1998–99 Nationalliga A

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

Nationalliga A
Season1998–99
ChampionsServette
17th title
RelegatedSion
Young Boys
Top goalscorerAlexandre Rey (19 goals)

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. At the end of the season Servette FC won the championship.

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Servette FC 22 12 8 2 38 24 +14 44
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 11 5 6 37 25 +12 38
3 FC Zürich 22 10 8 4 33 21 +12 38
4 Lausanne Sports 22 10 8 4 36 33 +3 38
5 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 7 11 4 30 23 +7 32
6 FC Basel 22 8 4 10 21 34 −13 28
7 FC Lucerne 22 6 9 7 26 25 +1 27
8 FC St. Gallen 22 7 6 9 31 31 0 27
9 FC Sion 22 5 8 9 22 36 −14 23
10 AC Lugano 22 5 7 10 35 43 −8 22
11 BSC Young Boys 22 4 7 11 33 34 −1 19
12 FC Aarau 22 3 7 12 28 41 −13 16
Source: rsssf.com

Second stage

The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them

Championship Playoff
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Servette FC (C) 14 7 3 4 19 14 +5 46 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 14 8 3 3 31 11 +20 46 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Lausanne Sports 14 8 2 4 28 20 +8 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
4 FC Zürich 14 7 2 5 24 15 +9 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 FC Basel 14 5 4 5 18 19 −1 33 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 14 2 6 6 12 27 −15 28
7 FC Lucerne 14 4 2 8 13 27 −14 28
8 FC St. Gallen 14 2 4 8 13 25 −12 24
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. As 1998–99 Swiss Cup winner.

Promotion and relegation group

The teams in ninth to twelfth position in the Nationalliga A completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round (promotion/relegation).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AC Lugano 14 9 2 3 19 10 +9 29
2 SR Delémont (P) 14 7 2 5 23 20 +3 23
3 Yverdon-Sport FC (P) 14 6 3 5 22 17 +5 21
4 FC Aarau 14 6 2 6 24 24 0 20
5 FC Sion (R) 14 6 1 7 16 17 −1 19
6 BSC Young Boys (R) 14 5 2 7 25 31 −6 17
7 FC Wil 14 5 1 8 26 30 −4 16
8 Étoile Carouge FC 14 4 3 7 18 24 −6 15
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

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