1997–98 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga B
Season	1997–98
Champions	Lugano
Relegated	Winterthur; SV Schaffhausen
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Nationalliga A
Season	1997–98
Champions	Grasshoppers ; 25th title
Relegated	Étoile Carouge; Kriens
Top goalscorer	Shabani Nonda (24 goals)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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	Relegated to 1. Liga

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

References

^ ^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.

Sources

Switzerland 1997–98 at RSSSF

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-1] 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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