1997–98 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A
Season1997–98
ChampionsGrasshoppers
25th title
RelegatedÉtoile Carouge
Kriens
Top goalscorerShabani Nonda (24 goals)
Nationalliga B
Season1997–98
ChampionsLugano
RelegatedWinterthur
SV Schaffhausen

Statistics of the Swiss National Leagues in the 1997–98 football season.

Overview

Both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B were contested by 12 teams, with each team playing a double round-robin in the qualification phase. There after the divisions were divided into a championship group, a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group NLB/1. Liga.

Nationalliga A

At the end of the season Grasshopper Club won the championship.

Qualification phase

The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper Club 22 14 4 4 59 23 +36 46 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Lausanne-Sport 22 12 6 4 45 27 +18 42
3 Servette 22 11 6 5 45 33 +12 39
4 Aarau 22 10 5 7 38 31 +7 35
5 St. Gallen 22 7 9 6 38 34 +4 30
6 Zürich 22 7 9 6 31 28 +3 30
7 Sion 22 7 9 6 30 27 +3 30
8 Luzern 22 7 8 7 26 28 −2 29
9 Xamax 22 7 5 10 37 39 −2 26 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Kriens 22 5 7 10 23 41 −18 22
11 Basel 22 5 4 13 28 46 −18 19
12 Étoile Carouge 22 1 6 15 20 63 −43 9
Source: rsssf.com
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 BAS ÉTO GCZ KRI LS LUZ NX SER SIO STG ZÜR
Aarau 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 4–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Basel 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–4 1–4 1–3 1–3 3–2 3–3
Étoile Carouge 1–1 2–1 0–6 0–2 3–7 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–3
Grasshopper 4–1 3–2 6–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 7–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 3–1
Kriens 3–5 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–5 1–1
Lausanne-Sport 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–0 4–1
Luzern 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2
Neuchâtel Xamax 3–0 3–0 6–2 1–2 4–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–1
Servette 2–1 4–1 5–1 3–2 2–2 3–0 3–5 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–1
Sion 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 3–1
St. Gallen 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Zürich 1–1 0–0 5–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 Grasshopper Club (C) 14 11 1 2 39 16 +23 23 57 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Servette 14 5 6 3 18 15 +3 20 41 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Lausanne-Sport 14 5 4 5 17 17 0 21 40 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Zürich 14 6 5 3 27 17 +10 15 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5 Sion 14 6 4 4 23 21 +2 15 37 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 St. Gallen 14 4 5 5 12 17 −5 15 32 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Aarau 14 1 4 9 13 27 −14 18 25
8 Luzern 14 1 5 8 10 29 −19 15 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AAR GCZ LS LUZ SER SIO STG ZÜR
Aarau 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–2
Grasshopper 5–3 3–0 4–0 4–2 5–2 2–2 2–1
Lausanne-Sport 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–2
Luzern 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–2
Servette 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1
Sion 0–0 1–2 3–0 5–2 2–0 0–0 3–2
St. Gallen 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0
Zürich 3–2 0–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

The NLB was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the qualification phase. Then the division was separated into a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation group and a relegation group to the 1. Liga. The top four teams would play for promotion and the last eight teams would play against relegation.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys 22 13 3 6 48 22 +26 42 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2 Lugano 22 11 7 4 44 21 +23 40
3 Baden 22 12 3 7 42 31 +11 39
4 Solothurn 22 9 10 3 31 19 +12 37
5 Delémont 22 11 3 8 47 31 +16 36 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 Locarno 22 9 7 6 46 36 +10 34
7 Wil 22 8 10 4 31 26 +5 34
8 FC Schaffhausen 22 9 6 7 35 32 +3 33
9 Yverdon-Sport 22 7 9 6 37 33 +4 30
10 Winterthur 22 3 7 12 22 41 −19 16
11 SV Schaffhausen 22 1 6 15 12 63 −51 9
12 Thun 22 1 5 16 18 58 −40 8
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

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 Xamax 14 7 5 2 35 22 +13 26 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A
2 Lugano 14 6 5 3 15 12 +3 23 Promoted
3 Basel 14 6 4 4 27 22 +5 22 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga A
4 BSC Young Boys 14 6 4 4 20 23 −3 22 Promoted
5 Solothurn 14 6 3 5 17 15 +2 21 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B
6 Kriens 14 4 4 6 19 25 −6 16 Relegated
7 Baden 14 3 3 8 15 23 −8 12 Remain in 1998–99 Nationalliga B
8 Étoile Carouge 14 3 2 9 13 19 −6 11 Relegated
Source: rsssf.com
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 BAD BAS ÉTO KRI NX LUG SOL YB
Baden 3–1 1–3 0–2 5–1 1–2 0–1 2–1
Basel 0–0 3–1 4–2 3–6 0–0 3–0 4–1
Étoile Carouge 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–1
Kriens 1–1 1–3 2–1 4–4 3–0 1–0 0–3
Neuchâtel Xamax 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 6–1
Lugano 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2
Solothurn 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 1–2
Young Boys 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2
Source: rsssf.com
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 Yverdon-Sport 14 9 3 2 33 14 +19 15 45 Remain in NLB
2 Delémont 14 7 5 2 34 12 +22 18 44
3 FC Schaffhausen 14 5 5 4 17 17 0 17 37
4 Wil 14 4 5 5 23 17 +6 17 34
5 Locarno 14 5 1 8 17 24 −7 17 33
6 Thun 14 8 3 3 17 12 +5 4 31
7 Winterthur[1] 14 4 3 7 17 22 −5 8 23 Relegated to 1. Liga
8 SV Schaffhausen[1] 14 1 1 12 11 51 −40 5 9
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

References

  1. ^ a b Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 13 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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