1997–98 in Swiss football

none Switzerland 1997–98 Nationalliga A Grasshopper Club Nationalliga B Lugano 1. Liga OverallChiassoGroup 1:Stade NyonnaisGroup 2:SerrièresGroup 3:ChiassoGroup 4:Red Star Swiss Cup Swiss Women's Super League SV Seebach Zürich Swiss Cup FFC Bern 1996–97 1998–99 yes The following is a summary of the 1997–98 season of competitive football in Switzerland. Nationalliga A 1997–98 Nationalliga A Qualification phase main WDL First stage 5 Q GCZ Grasshopper Club LS Lausanne-Sport SER Servette AAR Aarau STG St. Gallen ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion LUC Luzern NX Xamax KRI Kriens BAS Basel ÉTO Étoile Carouge 14 4 4 59 23 12 6 4 45 27 11 6 5 45 33 10 5 7 38 31 7 9 6 38 34 7 9 6 31 28 7 9 6 30 27 7 8 7 26 28 7 5 10 37 39 5 7 10 23 41 5 4 13 28 46 1 6 15 20 63 yes green3 Advance to championship roundhalved points (rounded up) as bonus CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red3 Continue to promotion/relegation round RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Championship round main WDL Champions group 5 Q y GCZ Grasshopper Club SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport ZÜR Zürich SIO Sion STG St. Gallen AAR Aarau LUC Luzern 11 1 2 39 16 23 C 5 6 3 18 15 20 5 4 5 17 17 21 6 5 3 27 17 15 6 4 4 23 21 15 4 5 5 12 17 15 1 4 9 13 27 18 1 5 8 10 29 15 yes green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 UC2 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round UCWCQ #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC2 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete rsssf.com Nationalliga B 1998–99 Nationalliga A#Nationalliga B Qualification phase main WDL QR n YB Young Boys 13 3 6 48 22 LUG Lugano 11 7 4 44 21 BAD Baden 12 3 7 42 31 SOL Solothurn 9 10 3 31 19 DEL Delémont 11 3 8 47 31 LOC Locarno 9 7 6 46 36 WIL Wil 8 10 4 31 26 FCS FC Schaffhausen 9 6 7 35 32 YVE Yverdon-Sport 7 9 6 37 33 WIN Winterthur 3 7 12 22 41 SVS SV Schaffhausen 1 6 15 12 63 THU Thun 1 5 16 18 58 yes green3 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round CPR CPR CPR CPR red3 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Ligahalved points (rounded up) as bonus RP RP RP RP RP RP RP RP 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB main WDL Relegation group Q 5 NX Xamax LUG Lugano BAS Basel YB BSC Young Boys SOL Solothurn KRI Kriens BAD Baden ÉTO Étoile Carouge 7 5 2 35 22 6 5 3 15 12 6 4 4 27 22 6 4 4 20 23 6 3 5 17 15 4 4 6 19 25 3 3 8 15 23 3 2 9 13 19 yes yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A S1 green1 Promoted P1 yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A S2 green1 Promoted P2 yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B RB1 red1 Relegated R1 yellow3 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B RB2 red1 Relegated R2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete rsssf.com Relegation group NLB/1. Liga The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. main WDL QR y YVE Yverdon-Sport 9 3 2 33 14 15 DEL Delémont 7 5 2 34 12 18 FCS FC Schaffhausen 5 5 4 17 17 17 WIL Wil 4 5 5 23 17 17 LOC Locarno 5 1 8 17 24 17 THU Thun 8 3 3 17 12 4 WIN Winterthur 4 3 7 17 22 8 SVS SV Schaffhausen 1 1 12 11 51 5 yes yellow3 Remain in NLB RB RB RB RB RB RB red3 Relegated to 1. Liga R1 R1 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification. complete RSSSF</onlyinclude> 1. Liga 1997–98 Swiss 1. Liga Group 1 main WDL QR NYO FC Stade Nyonnais 21 3 2 78 16 MEY FC Meyrin 18 4 4 68 30 CHE CS Chênois 17 5 4 68 31 REN FC Renens 14 2 10 54 42 NAT FC Naters 11 6 9 39 34 MON FC Monthey 11 5 10 51 42 BEX FC Bex 11 5 10 46 50 MAR FC Martigny-Sports 9 8 9 41 39 VEV Vevey Sports 9 5 12 39 41 ECH FC Echallens 9 5 12 32 38 SLO FC Stade Lausanne 7 7 12 41 55 GrL Grand-Lancy FC 6 6 14 30 45 GLA FC Gland Erste Liga (SFV) 2018 https://www.el-pl.ch/PortalData/3/Resources/saison_2019_2020/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-Juni-2019.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018 PDF page 13 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 2 5 19 24 79 LeM FC Le Mont 2 4 20 22 91 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Group 2 main WDL QR SER FC Serrières 16 8 2 51 23 MÜN FC Münsingen 15 9 2 54 20 GRE FC Grenchen 16 4 6 43 21 WBO FC Wangen bei Olten 11 8 7 46 43 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 10 8 8 48 43 FRI FC Fribourg 10 7 9 53 39 BÜM SC Bümpliz 78] 9 8 9 48 47 CdF FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 8 7 11 37 40 COL FC Colombier 6 11 9 22 29 BUL FC Bulle 6 10 10 33 32 KÖN FC Köniz 6 9 11 33 48 LYS SV Lyss 4 10 12 35 44 MAR FC Marly 5 6 15 34 69 ALL FC Alle 5 5 16 23 52 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Group 3 main WDL QR CHI FC Chiasso 15 6 5 38 21 MUT SV Muttenz 14 7 5 49 23 SCH FC Schötz 14 4 8 48 37 GCB GC Biaschesi 12 8 6 41 26 BUO SC Buochs 12 7 7 42 30 CON FC Concordia Basel 11 8 7 40 41 ASC FC Ascona 10 7 9 33 32 BEL AC Bellinzona 10 6 10 44 31 RIE FC Riehen 8 8 10 38 44 SUR FC Sursee 7 10 9 41 52 MÜR FC Muri 6 8 12 22 54 DOR SC Dornach 7 4 15 35 51 WOH FC Wohlen 3 10 13 28 45 HOC FC Hochdorf 4 5 17 22 54 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP QP orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Group 4 main WDL QR RED FC Red Star Zürich 18 1 7 48 29 GOS FC Gossau 14 8 4 56 26 ZUG Zug 94 16 2 8 62 33 TUG FC Tuggen 15 5 6 46 27 FRA FC Frauenfeld 14 7 5 40 27 RAP FC Rapperswil-Jona 10 7 9 43 29 YFJ SC Young Fellows Juventus 10 7 9 31 28 ALT FC Altstetten 10 7 9 33 35 VAD FC Vaduz 10 5 11 34 34 KRE FC Kreuzlingen 10 5 11 38 41 ROR FC Rorschach 9 4 13 34 39 FRE FC Freienbach 6 4 16 39 64 BÜL FC Bülach 4 6 16 28 57 SWA FC Schwamendingen 1 2 23 20 83 green3 Play-off to Nationalliga B QP Decider for play-off DPL green3 Decider winners, play-off to Nationalliga B DPW orange2 Play-out against relegation POR red2 Relegation to 2. Liga R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete RSSSF Decider Because the teams from FC Gossau and Zug 94 ended the season level on points they had to play a league positions decider. The match was played on a neutral ground and it took place on 19 May 1998 in Allmend Brunau (Zürich). Zug 94 3–0 FC Gossau Zug 94 win the decider and advance to play-offs. Promotion play-offs Qualification round Muttenz 1–1 Red Star Red Star 1–5 Muttenz Muttenz win 6–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Münsingen 1–0 Stade Nyonnais Stade Nyonnais 2–0 Münsingen Stade Nyonnais win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Zug 94 0–0 Chiasso Chiasso 2–1 Zug 94 Chiasso win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. FC Meyrin 2–2 Serrières Serrières 2–25–3 a.e.t. FC Meyrin Aggregate 4–4. Serrières win in overtime and continue to the finals. Final round Stade Nyonnais 3–2 Muttenz Muttenz 0–1 Stade Nyonnais Stade Nyonnais win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. Serrières 0–1 Chiasso Chiasso 3–0 Serrières Chiasso win 4–0 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. Relegation play-out First round Grand-Lancy 2–1 SV Lyss SV Lyss continue to the final. Freienbach 4–1 Dornach Dornach continue to the final. Final round SV Lyss 4–0 Dornach Dornach 1–3 SV Lyss SV Lyss win 7–1 on aggregate. Dornach relegated to 2. Liga. Swiss Cup 1997–98 Swiss Cup The route of the finalists to the final: Round 5: Young Boys-Lausanne-Sport 1–4. Bellinzona-St. Gallen 1–3. Round 6: Winterthur-Lausanne-Sport 1–3. Sion-St. Gallen 1–2 a.e.t. Quarter-finals: Lausanne-Sport-Xamax 1–1 a.e.t., 4–1 in penalties. Thun-St. Gallen 0–5. Semi-finals: Wil-Lausanne-Sport 0–2. St. Gallen-Lugano 2–1. The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final. Final 1 June 1998 15:00 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 yes Report St. Gallen Rehn 58Thurre 89 30 48 Vurens Wankdorf, Bern 25,000 SUI Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch) 4 – 3 Celestini Londono Douglas Puce Hellinga Sène Fiechter Zwyssig Bühlmann Swiss Clubs in Europe Sion as 1996–97 Nationalliga A champions (and 1996–97 Swiss Cup winners): 1997–98 Champions League Luzern as finalist in the 1996–97 Swiss Cup: First round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Xamax as league runners-up: 1997–98 UEFA Cup Grasshopper Club as third placed team: 1997–98 UEFA Cup Lausanne-Sport: 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Aarau: 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Balzers as 1996–97 Liechtenstein Cup winners: qualifying round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Sion Champions League 1997–98 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round First leg 23 July 1997 20:00 Sion SUI 4–0 Report LUX Jeunesse Esch Lipawsky 5 45Seoane 15Derivaz 61 Stade Tourbillon, Sion 7,000 Amit Klein (Israel) W Second leg 30 July 1997 Jeunesse Esch LUX 0–1 Report SUI Sion Zambaz 89 Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette 1,600 Pavlín Jirků (Czech Republic) W Sion won 5–0 on aggregate. Second qualifying round First leg 13 August 1997 Sion SUI 1–4 (Report) Turkey Galatasaray Lonfat 32 Luiz de Sousa Milton 4Erdem 9Ilie 60Kaya 85 Sion Stade Tourbillon RUS Nikolay Levnikov L Second leg 27 August 1997 Galatasaray Turkey 4–1 (UEFA report) SUI Sion Ilie 40 52 56Akyel 62 Ouattara 70 Istanbul Ali Sami Yen Stadı NED Mario Van Der Ende L Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate. Sion transfer to UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round First leg 16 September 1997 19:00 Sion SUI 0–1 Report RUS Spartak Moscow Kechinov 73 Sion 6,000 L Second leg 15 October 1997 17:00 Spartak Moscow RUS 5–1 Report SUI Sion Buznikin 6Titov 34Kechinov 41Tikhonov 60Romaschenko 83 Camadini 65 Moscow 29,000 L The original 2nd leg game finished 2–2 (scorers: Shirko, Alenichev – Lota 2x) on 30 September (Report), but had to be replayed because the goal posts were 8 cm short of the prescribed height. Spartak Moscow won 6–1 on aggregate. Luzern Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round First leg 18 September 1997 20:00 Slavia Prague CZE 4–2 Lineups SUI Luzern Ašanin 4Vácha 13Vágner 48Labant 53 Aleksandrov 6Koilov 74 Stadion Eden, Prague 5,614 Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy) L Second leg 2 October 1997 20:00 Luzern SUI 0–2 Lineups CZE Slavia Prague Koilov 55 o.g.Vágner 74 Stadion Allmend, Luzern 5,61454371 Luzern v Slavia Prague, 2 October 1997 22 April 2021 Mikko Vuorela (Finland) L Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate. Xamax UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup First qualifying round First leg 23 July 1997 20:00 Xamax SUI 7–0 Report MDA Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Isabella 9 16Kunz 15Sandjak 70Perret 72Rothenbühler 76Gigon 90 Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel Dobrinov BUL W Second leg 30 July 1997 17:00 Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol MDA 1–3 Report SUI Xamax Lukianchikov 14 Sandjak 11Martin 28Jeanneret 80 Tiraspol W Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate. Second qualifying round First leg 12 August 1997 20:00 Xamax SUI 3–0 Report NOR Viking Sandjak 54 81Fuglestad 58 o.g. Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 6,100 Jacek Granat (Poland) W Second leg 26 August 1997 19:00 Viking NOR 2–1 Report SUI Xamax Skogheim 54Mansson 85 Kunz 48 Stavanger Stadion, Stavanger 1,877 Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) L Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate. First round First leg 16 September 1997 20:45 Internazionale ITA 2–0 Report SUI Xamax Ronaldo 59Zé Elias 71 San Siro, Milan 30,000 Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden) L Second leg 30 September 1997 20:45 Xamax SUI 0–2 Report ITA Internazionale Moriero 26Ganz 69 Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel 15,000 L Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate. Grasshopper Club UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup First qualifying round First leg 23 July 1997 Grasshopper Club SUI 3–0 Report NIR Coleraine H. Yakin 33Aspinall 36 o.g.Subiat 80 Hardturm, Zürich Bazzoli ITA W Second leg 30 July 1997 20:30 Coleraine NIR 1–7 Report SUI Grasshopper Club O'Dowd 22 Magnin 15Esposito 27Ahinful 33Shiels 51 o.g.Tikva 63H. Yakin 64Aspinall 83 o.g. Coleraine W Grasshoppers won 10–1 on aggregate. Second qualifying round First leg 12 August 1997 19:30 Grasshopper Club SUI 3–0 Report NOR Brann Magnin 50Türkyilmaz 65Thüler 83 Hardturm, Zürich W Second leg 26 August 1997 Brann NOR 2–0 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Paldan 41 44 Bergen L Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate. First round First leg 16 September 1997 20:15 Croatia Zagreb CRO 4–4 Report SUI Grasshopper Club Šarić 23Viduka 41Prosinečki 58 pen.Cvitanović 78 Moldovan 20 79Esposito 62Türkyilmaz 65 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 35,000 D Second leg 30 September 1997 20:00 Grasshopper Club SUI 0–5 Report CRO Croatia Zagreb Cvitanović 25 32 89Prosinečki 86 pen. 90 pen. Hardturm, Zürich 16,000 L Croatia Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate. Lausanne-Sport Intertoto Cup 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 3 Matchday 1 1997 06 22 y Lausanne Sports SUI 4–1 CYP 1960 Nea Salamis Famagusta Iglesias 20Hänzi 56N'Kufo 59 81 Mihić 90 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 800 Grujica Tomić (Croatia) W Matchday 2 1997 06 28 y Auxerre FRA 1–1 SUI Lausanne Sports Guivarc'h 38 Ohrel 45 pen. Stade Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre 3,917 Emanuel Zammit (Malta) D Matchday 4 1997 07 13 y Lausanne Sports SUI 6–0 NIR Ards Hänzi 28 38Iglesias 52Carrasco 72Celestini 76 pen.Douglas 79 pen. Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 1,070 Vladimir Antonov (Moldova) W Matchday 5 1997 07 20 y Royal Antwerp BEL 2–2 SUI Lausanne Sports da Silva 58Kiekens 73 pen. Douglas 39Thurre 62 Bosuilstadion, Antwerp 2,000 Igor Horozhankin (Ukraine) D main WDL Group 3 Q AUX FRA Auxerre LS SUI Lausanne Sports ANT BEL Royal Antwerp NSL CYP 1960 Nea Salamis Famagusta ARD NIR Ards 3 1 0 19 2 2 2 0 13 4 2 1 1 7 7 1 0 3 6 19 0 0 4 1 14 green1 Advanced to semi-finals A complete rsssf.com Aarau Intertoto Cup 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 4 Matchday 1 1997 06 22 y Standard Liège BEL 0–0 SUI Aarau Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 2,412 Livio Bazzoli (Italy) D Matchday 2 1997 06 29 y Aarau SUI 0–1 ISR Maccabi Petah Tikva Biala 74 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 1,400 Marcel Lică (Romania) L Matchday 3 1997 07 06 y Köln GER 3–0 SUI Aarau Vlădoiu 22 29 84 Südstadion, Cologne 11,000 Milan Mitrović (Slovenia) L Matchday 5 1997 07 19 y Aarau SUI 0–0 IRL Cork City Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau 700 Željko Širić (Croatia) D main WDL Group 4 Q KÖLN GER Köln MPT ISR Maccabi Petah Tikva STA BEL Standard Liège COR IRL Cork City AAR SUI Aarau 3 1 0 9 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 green1 Advanced to semi-finals A complete rsssf.com Balzers Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round First leg 14 August 1997 18:00 Balzers LIE 1–3 Lineups HUN BVSC Budapest Wörnhard 38 Telser 50 o.g.Füzi 76Csordás 84 Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers 660 Ante Kulušić (Croatia) L Second leg 28 August 1997 19:00 BVSC Budapest HUN 2–0 Lineups LIE Balzers Komlósi 12Bükszegi 90 Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest 1,500 Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland) L BVSC won 5–1 on aggregate. References Sources Switzerland 1997–98 at RSSSF Switzerland Cup 1997–98 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997 at RSSSF FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre Josef Zindel Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag Basel 2018 978-3-7245-2305-5 de Seasons inSwiss football 1996–97 1998–99 Category:Seasons in Swiss football