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| Season | 1998–99 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Servette 17th title |
| Relegated | Sion Young Boys |
| Top goalscorer | Alexandre Rey (19 goals) |
Teams in theSwiss National League A played 22 games in the 1998–99 football season, with an eight-team playoff.
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 seasonServette won the championship.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
| 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 forChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 19 | 46 | qualified forUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 19 | 45 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified forUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Zürich | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 19 | 42 | qualified forUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Basel | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 14 | 33 | qualified forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Xamax | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 16 | 28 | qualified forIntertoto 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 |
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wil | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 43 | Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round |
| 2 | Delémont | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 40 | |
| 3 | Étoile Carouge | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 40 | |
| 4 | Yverdon-Sport | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 37 | |
| 5 | Schaffhausen | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 35 | Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 6 | Kriens | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 34 | |
| 7 | Locarno | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Thun | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 25 | |
| 9 | Stade Nyonnais | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 22 | |
| 10 | Baden | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 22 | |
| 11 | Solothurn | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 18 | |
| 12 | Chiasso | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 15 |
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.
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 7 | Wil | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 16 | Remain in NLB |
| 8 | Étoile Carouge | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 15 |
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |