1989–90 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga B
Season	1989–90
Champions	No team was declared champions
Promoted	Zürich
Relegated	FC Zug; FC Brüttisellen; FC Martigny-Sports
Top goalscorer	n/a
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Nationalliga A
Season	1989–90
Champions	Grasshopper Club
Relegated	Bellinzona
Top goalscorer	Iván Zamorano; St. Gallen (23 goals)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Statistics of the Swiss National League in the 1989–90 football season, both Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B.

Overview

The 36 clubs of the Swiss Football League (Nationalliga) were divided into two tiers. In the top-tier, there were 12 teams that played in the Nationalliga A (NLA). There were 24 teams in the Nationalliga B (NLB), the second tier, these were divided into two groups, a West and an East group. Each team in each group played a double round-robin in the qualification phase. Thereafter the divisions were divided into a Swiss championship group with the top eight teams from the qualification and two promotion/relegation groups (NLA/NLB), both with eight teams. These were the bottom four teams from the NLA qualification and the top six teams from both of the NLB qualification groups. Further, there were two relegation groups (NLB/1. Liga), each group with six teams. The last team in each NLB relegation group were to be relegated directly and the two fifth placed teams in each group played a play-out against relegation to decide the third relegation slot.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

The qualification stage of the NLA began on 22 July 1989 and was completed on 10 December. 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	St. Gallen	22	9	10	3	40	24	+16	28	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Xamax	22	11	5	6	38	32	+6	27
3	Grasshopper Club	22	9	7	6	31	24	+7	25
4	Luzern	22	9	6	7	39	29	+10	24
5	Sion	22	9	5	8	29	31	−2	23
6	Lausanne-Sport	22	6	10	6	28	27	+1	22
7	Lugano	22	8	6	8	36	35	+1	22
8	Young Boys	22	7	7	8	29	29	0	21

9	Servette	22	7	7	8	34	36	−2	21	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Wettingen	22	7	5	10	18	27	−9	19
11	Aarau	22	5	7	10	20	30	−10	17
12	Bellinzona	22	5	5	12	31	49	−18	15

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	BEL	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	WET	YB
Aarau		1–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1
Bellinzona	2–3		4–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–5	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–1
Grasshopper Club	1–2	2–0		1–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Lausanne-Sport	0–0	5–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
Lugano	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	6–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Luzern	3–0	2–2	4–2	3–0	3–0		1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–2		2–2	2–1	3–4	1–1	2–1
Servette	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2		2–3	2–3	0–0	1–3
Sion	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–4	2–1		1–1	1–0	0–0
St. Gallen	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2		3–0	5–1
Wettingen	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	0–3		1–1
Young Boys	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	3–0	5–3	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

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. The championship group began on 25 February 1990 and was completed on 30 May.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club	14	9	0	5	28	15	+13	13	31	Swiss champions, qualified for 1990–91 European Cup and entered 1990 Intertoto Cup
2	Lausanne-Sport	14	7	6	1	23	9	+14	11	31	Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cup
3	Xamax	14	5	6	3	18	14	+4	14	30	as Swiss Cup finalist qualified for 1990–91 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1990 Intertoto Cup
4	Luzern	14	6	4	4	20	22	−2	12	28	Qualified for 1990–91 UEFA Cup and entered 1990 Intertoto Cup
5	St. Gallen	14	4	5	5	19	15	+4	14	27	Entered 1990 Intertoto Cup
6	Lugano	14	4	4	6	11	23	−12	11	23
7	Young Boys	14	2	6	6	11	20	−9	11	21
8	Sion	14	1	5	8	10	22	−12	12	19

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

Results

Home \ Away	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SIO	STG	YB
Grasshopper		1–0	3–0	5–1	5–0	4–2	2–0	1–2
Lausanne-Sport	2–1		3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Lugano	1–0	0–3		4–0	0–5	1–0	1–4	1–1
Luzern	3–0	1–1	3–1		0–0	3–0	2–2	2–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	1–3	0–0	4–0		1–0	0–3	0–0
Sion	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1		0–3	1–1
St. Gallen	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–1
Young Boys	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

The qualification of the NLB began on 21 July 1989 and was completed on 3 December. The top six teams in each group were qualified to play in the two promotion/relegation groups. The bottom six teams in each group then played in newly drawn groups against relegation.

Table group East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Baden	22	14	4	4	46	25	+21	32	Promotion round
2	FC Zürich	22	13	4	5	45	24	+21	30
3	FC Winterthur	22	12	5	5	45	30	+15	29
4	FC Schaffhausen	22	8	10	4	36	26	+10	26
5	FC Locarno	22	7	10	5	36	31	+5	24
6	FC Chur	22	7	9	6	28	26	+2	23

7	FC Chiasso	22	8	6	8	24	27	−3	22	Relegation round
8	FC Emmenbrücke	22	6	6	10	38	40	−2	18
9	SC Zug	22	4	10	8	28	39	−11	18
10	FC Glarus	22	3	9	10	27	41	−14	15
11	FC Zug	22	4	6	12	23	52	−29	14
12	FC Brüttisellen	22	5	3	14	33	48	−15	13

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

Table group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Fribourg	22	13	5	4	43	38	+5	31	Promotion round
2	FC Bulle	22	12	6	4	46	23	+23	30
3	Yverdon-Sport FC	22	10	8	4	39	21	+18	28
4	CS Chênois	22	10	7	5	38	24	+14	27
5	FC Basel^[1]	22	11	5	6	40	29	+11	27
6	FC Grenchen	22	8	9	5	38	21	+17	25

7	Etoile Carouge FC	22	9	4	9	35	35	0	22	Relegation round
8	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	22	8	3	11	41	37	+4	19
9	FC Montreux-Sports	22	5	8	9	27	38	−11	18
10	BSC Old Boys	22	5	6	11	27	40	−13	16
11	ES Malley	22	3	5	14	18	53	−35	11
12	FC Martigny-Sports	22	1	8	13	26	59	−33	10

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

Promotion/relegation round NLA/NLB

The promotion/relegation stage began on 24 February 1990 and was completed on 30 May.

Table group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Servette	14	8	4	2	29	13	+16	20	Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91
2	Zürich	14	8	4	2	30	17	+13	20	Promoted to Nationalliga A 1990–91

3	Basel^[1]	14	6	5	3	27	17	+10	17	Remain in NLB 1990–91
4	Bellinzona	14	5	5	4	19	16	+3	15	Relegated to NLB 1990–91
5	Yverdon-Sports	14	3	7	4	14	16	−2	13	Remain in NLB 1990–91
6	Fribourg	14	4	3	7	17	27	−10	11
7	Chur	14	3	3	8	9	21	−12	9
8	Schaffhausen	14	2	3	9	15	33	−18	7

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	BAS	BEL	CHU	FRI	SHA	SER	YS	ZÜR
Basel		4–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Bellinzona	1–4		4–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Chur	1–0	0–0		1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–4
Fribourg	0–1	1–1	1–0		2–0	3–3	3–2	0–4
Schaffhausen	0–5	0–2	0–1	3–0		4–2	2–3	2–2
Servette	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–0		1–0	4–0
Yverdon-Sport	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0		0–0
Zürich	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	1–2	3–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aarau	14	10	2	2	35	10	+25	22	Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91
2	Wettingen	14	9	4	1	29	9	+20	22	Remain in Nationalliga A 1990–91

3	Bulle	14	6	5	3	24	18	+6	17	Remain in NLB 1990–91
4	Baden	14	6	4	4	31	25	+6	16
5	Locarno	14	4	5	5	15	17	−2	13
6	Grenchen	14	2	5	7	18	28	−10	9
7	Winterthur	14	2	3	9	15	38	−23	7
8	Chênois	14	1	4	9	12	34	−22	6

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	BAD	BUL	CHÊ	GRE	LOC	WET	WIN
Aarau		3–1	0–0	6–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Baden	2–5		1–1	1–1	4–1	0–2	1–3	4–0
Bulle	1–3	2–5		3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0
Chênois	0–3	2–3	0–0		1–1	2–1	1–2	2–3
Grenchen	2–0	1–4	1–3	1–1		2–3	0–1	1–1
Locarno	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–0
Wettingen	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	4–1	1–0		5–1
Winterthur	1–7	2–3	1–3	3–0	0–4	3–3	0–2

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round NLB/1. Liga

The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1990–91. The teams received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (7th place 6 pts; 8th place 5 pts; 9th place 4 pts; etc). There was to be one direct relegation in each group, plus a play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams.

Table group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Etoile Carouge FC	10	5	5	0	19	8	+11	6	21	Remain in NLB 1990–91
2	FC Glarus	10	2	7	1	11	10	+1	3	14
3	FC Emmenbrücke	10	1	7	2	14	15	−1	5	14
4	ES FC Malley	10	4	2	4	13	16	−3	2	12

5	FC Montreux-Sports	10	2	4	4	14	18	−4	4	12	Play-out against relegation
6	FC Brüttisellen^[2]	10	1	5	4	11	15	−4	1	8	Relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga

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

Table group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	10	5	3	2	18	14	+4	5	18	Remain in NLB 1990–91
2	FC Chiasso	10	3	5	2	21	12	+9	6	17
3	BSC Old Boys	10	2	6	2	14	12	+2	3	13
4	SC Zug	10	3	3	4	13	19	−6	4	13

5	FC Zug	10	2	5	3	7	12	−5	2	11	Play-out against relegation
6	FC Martigny-Sports^[2]	10	1	6	3	17	21	−4	1	9	Relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga

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

Relegation play-out

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Zug	0–2	FC Montreux-Sports
FC Montreux-Sports	5–1	FC Zug

FC Montreux-Sports won 7–1 on aggregate and FC Zug were relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga.^[2]

Further in Swiss football

References

^ ^a ^b Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1990). "1989/90 Rangliste" [1989/90 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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 11 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Switzerland 1989–90 at RSSSF

Preceded by 1988–89	Nationalliga seasons in Switzerland	Succeeded by 1990–91

[fcb-achiv-FCB-1989/90_Rangliste-1] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1990). "1989/90 Rangliste" [1989/90 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-2] 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 11 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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