1998–99 Nationalliga A

102nd season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Nationalliga A
Season	1998–99
Champions	Servette 17th title
Relegated	Sion Young Boys
Top goalscorer	Alexandre Rey (19 goals)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Teams in the Swiss National League A played 22 games in the 1998–99 football season, with an eight-team playoff.

Overview

The Qualification Round to the League season 2001–02 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the First Stage (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in ninth to twelfth position completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round.

Nationalliga A

At the end of the season Servette won the championship.

Qualification phase

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	22	12	8	2	38	24	+14	44	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Grasshopper Club	22	11	5	6	37	25	+12	38
3	Zürich	22	10	8	4	33	21	+12	38
4	Lausanne-Sport	22	10	8	4	36	33	+3	38
5	Xamax	22	7	11	4	30	23	+7	32
6	Basel	22	8	4	10	21	34	−13	28
7	Luzern	22	6	9	7	26	25	+1	27
8	St. Gallen	22	7	6	9	31	31	0	27

9	Sion	22	5	8	9	22	36	−14	23	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Lugano	22	5	7	10	35	43	−8	22
11	Young Boys	22	4	7	11	33	34	−1	19
12	Aarau	22	3	7	12	28	41	−13	16

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		5–0	0–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–2	2–6	1–1	0–2
Basel	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Grasshopper	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	4–1	2–1	1–2
Lausanne-Sport	2–1	0–2	3–1		3–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Lugano	0–2	5–1	1–1	1–2		0–3^[a]	4–3	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–0
Luzern	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	0–0	3–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Servette	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–1		2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1
Sion	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–4	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	0–0
St. Gallen	4–3	0–1	3–1	0–1	4–4	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0		3–1	0–0
Young Boys	1–1	1–2	3–1	7–2	0–1	1–2	2–3	3–4	3–0	0–1		1–2
Zürich	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–2

^ Match awarded.

Championship round

The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	14	7	3	4	19	14	+5	22	46	Swiss champions, qualified for Champions League third qualifying round
2	Grasshopper Club	14	8	3	3	31	11	+20	19	46	qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Lausanne-Sport	14	8	2	4	28	20	+8	19	45	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup first round
4	Zürich	14	7	2	5	24	15	+9	19	42	qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Basel	14	5	4	5	18	19	−1	14	33	qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
6	Xamax	14	2	6	6	12	27	−15	16	28	qualified for Intertoto Cup first round
7	Luzern	14	4	2	8	13	27	−14	14	28
8	St. Gallen	14	2	4	8	13	25	−12	14	24

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUZ	NX	SER	STG	ZÜR
Basel		2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–0
Grasshopper	4–2		5–0	4–0	5–0	0–1	4–0	0–2
Lausanne-Sport	3–0	2–3		5–1	4–0	2–5	4–1	3–1
Luzern	0–2	1–4	0–1		2–0	2–1	2–1	1–3
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–3	3–2	1–3
Servette	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		2–0	1–1
St. Gallen	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0		1–3
Zürich	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bellinzona	22	13	5	4	43	17	+26	44	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	Sion	22	12	4	6	41	21	+20	40
3	Thun	22	10	8	4	34	24	+10	38
4	Baden	22	10	7	5	32	20	+12	37

5	Kriens	22	10	7	5	37	28	+9	37	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6	Étoile Carouge	22	9	8	5	24	18	+6	35
7	Winterthur	22	9	3	10	30	33	−3	30
8	Wil	22	8	5	9	40	41	−1	29
9	Solothurn	22	7	2	13	29	37	−8	23
10	Young Boys	22	5	6	11	31	45	−14	21
11	Stade Nyonnais	22	5	3	14	30	53	−23	18
12	Schaffhausen	22	2	6	14	16	50	−34	12

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B promotion/relegation round.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lugano	14	9	2	3	19	10	+9	29	Remain in NLA
2	Delémont	14	7	2	5	23	20	+3	23	Promoted to NLA
3	Yverdon-Sport	14	6	3	5	22	17	+5	21	Promoted to NLA
4	Aarau	14	6	2	6	24	24	0	20	Remain in NLA

5	Sion	14	6	1	7	16	17	−1	19	Relegated to NLB
6	Young Boys	14	5	2	7	25	31	−6	17	Relegated to NLB
7	Wil	14	5	1	8	26	30	−4	16	Remain in NLB
8	Étoile Carouge	14	4	3	7	18	24	−6	15	Remain in NLB

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	DEL	ÉTO	LUG	SIO	YB	YS	WIL
Aarau		1–3	3–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1
Delémont	2–1		1–1	1–2	1–0	5–3	0–0	1–2
Étoile Carouge	3–1	1–2		0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–3
Lugano	1–2	2–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Sion	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–2		3–1	2–1	2–0
Young Boys	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–1		1–2	3–2
Yverdon-Sport	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	5–1		1–4
Wil	2–3	1–4	3–4	3–0	1–0	3–4	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Baden	14	7	4	3	25	18	+7	11	36	Remain in NLB
2	Thun	14	6	4	4	30	20	+10	13	35
3	Stade Nyonnais	14	7	3	4	29	22	+7	11	35
4	Kriens	14	5	3	6	19	18	+1	17	35
5	Schaffhausen	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	18	32
6	Solothurn	14	5	6	3	20	19	+1	9	30

7	Locarno	14	3	3	8	14	29	−15	14	26	Relegated to 1. Liga
8	Chiasso	14	3	7	4	14	15	−1	8	24	Relegated to 1. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

Sources

Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons

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Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1998–99 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup