1999–2000 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	1999–2000
Men's football
Nationalliga A	St. Gallen
Nationalliga B	Sion
1. Liga	Group 1:; Chênois; Group 2:; Wangen b.O.; Group 3:; Locarno; Group 4:; Vaduz
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	FFC Bern
Swiss Cup	FFC Bern

The following is a summary of the 1999–2000 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen	22	13	6	3	42	25	+17	45	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Basel	22	9	10	3	31	21	+10	37
3	Lausanne-Sport	22	9	9	4	35	25	+10	36
4	Grasshopper Club	22	9	7	6	40	25	+15	34
5	Yverdon-Sports	22	7	9	6	28	25	+3	30
6	Xamax	22	7	7	8	34	33	+1	28
7	Luzern	22	8	4	10	28	29	−1	28
8	Servette	22	8	4	10	32	36	−4	28

9	Zürich	22	6	8	8	21	29	−8	26	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Aarau	22	7	5	10	30	42	−12	26
11	Lugano	22	5	6	11	27	34	−7	21
12	SR Delémont	22	4	5	13	24	48	−24	17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen (C)	14	9	4	1	33	14	+19	23	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Lausanne-Sport	14	8	2	4	22	13	+9	18	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Basel	14	5	6	3	16	16	0	19	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Grasshopper Club	14	5	5	4	30	26	+4	17	37	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Luzern	14	5	2	7	17	30	−13	14	31
6	Servette	14	4	5	5	25	21	+4	14	31
7	Xamax	14	4	3	7	25	29	−4	14	29	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8	Yverdon-Sports	14	2	1	11	16	35	−19	15	22

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

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bellinzona	22	13	5	4	43	17	+26	44	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	Sion	22	12	4	6	41	21	+20	40
3	Thun	22	10	8	4	34	24	+10	38
4	Baden	22	10	7	5	32	20	+12	37

5	Kriens	22	10	7	5	37	28	+9	37	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6	Étoile Carouge	22	9	8	5	24	18	+6	35
7	Winterthur	22	9	3	10	30	33	−3	30
8	Wil	22	8	5	9	40	41	−1	29
9	Solothurn	22	7	2	13	29	37	−8	23
10	Young Boys	22	5	6	11	31	45	−14	21
11	Stade Nyonnais	22	5	3	14	30	53	−23	18
12	Schaffhausen	22	2	6	14	16	50	−34	12

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lugano	14	8	4	2	26	18	+8	28	Remain in NLA
2	Sion (P)	14	7	3	4	28	19	+9	24	Promoted to NLA
3	Zürich	14	7	3	4	17	12	+5	24	Remain in NLA
4	Aarau	14	6	4	4	23	16	+7	22	Remain in NLA

5	Bellinzona	14	4	8	2	21	14	+7	20	Remain in NLB
6	Thun	14	4	4	6	17	18	−1	16	Remain in NLB
7	Delémont (R)	14	4	2	8	18	29	−11	14	Relegated to NLB
8	Baden	14	1	2	11	7	31	−24	5	Remain in NLB

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Relegation
1	Wil	14	6	6	2	20	12	+8	15	39	Remain in NLB
2	Kriens	14	5	4	5	17	19	−2	19	38
3	Winterthur	14	5	7	2	23	16	+7	15	37
4	Young Boys	14	6	6	2	22	13	+9	11	35
5	Étoile Carouge	14	1	8	5	10	17	−7	18	29
6	Solothurn	14	4	3	7	15	20	−5	12	27
7	Stade Nyonnais	14	3	5	6	19	27	−8	9	23	Relegated to 1. Liga
8	Schaffhausen	14	3	7	4	20	22	−2	6	22	Relegated to 1. Liga

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

1. Liga

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CS Chênois	26	14	8	4	57	34	+23	50	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Bex	26	15	3	8	54	42	+12	48	Not eligible for play-offs
3	FC Naters	26	12	9	5	55	28	+27	45	Decider for play-off
4	FC Meyrin	26	12	9	5	39	33	+6	45	Decider winners, play-off to Nationalliga B
5	Vevey Sports	26	12	8	6	53	31	+22	44
6	FC Echallens	26	11	7	8	58	40	+18	40
7	FC Martigny-Sports	26	10	7	9	43	41	+2	37
8	FC Bulle	26	11	4	11	38	43	−5	37
9	Grand-Lancy FC	26	9	7	10	42	41	+1	34
10	FC Stade Lausanne	26	8	10	8	45	47	−2	34
11	US Terre Sainte	26	9	5	12	35	34	+1	32
12	FC Renes	26	9	4	13	46	58	−12	31	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Visp	26	4	4	18	29	61	−32	16
14	Signal FC Bernex-Confignon	26	2	3	21	27	88	−61	9

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Decider

Due the fact that the club FC Bex had infrastructural deficiencies, they were not eligible to enter the play-offs for promotion to the Nationalliga B, this right was passed down to the third placed club in the division. Because the teams from Naters and Meyrin ended the season level on points they had to play a league positions decider. The match was played on a neutral ground and it took place on May 24, 2000, in Martigny.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Meyrin	2–0	Naters

Meyrin win the decider and advance to play-offs.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Wangen bei Olten	26	18	5	3	52	23	+29	59	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Wohlen	26	14	9	3	34	12	+22	51	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Fribourg	26	14	6	6	61	28	+33	48
4	FC Serrières	26	13	9	4	38	20	+18	48
5	FC Biel-Bienne	26	11	10	5	42	37	+5	43
6	FC Münsingen	26	12	5	9	41	28	+13	41
7	FC Colombier	26	9	11	6	41	25	+16	38
8	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	11	5	10	31	35	−4	38
9	FC Grenchen	26	8	8	10	33	35	−2	32
10	FC Concordia Basel	26	8	6	12	26	42	−16	30
11	SV Muttenz	26	7	4	15	33	48	−15	25
12	SC Bümpliz 78	26	6	5	15	29	48	−19	23	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Stade Payerne	26	4	6	16	27	56	−29	18
14	SV Lyss	26	1	3	22	18	69	−51	6

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Locarno	26	19	3	4	57	21	+36	60	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	Zug 94	26	14	6	6	46	25	+21	48	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	FC Tuggen	26	14	5	7	59	30	+29	47
4	FC Malcantone Agno	26	14	5	7	42	31	+11	47
5	FC Chiasso	25	13	4	8	39	31	+8	43
6	FC Schötz	26	12	5	9	52	41	+11	41
7	SC Buochs	26	10	10	6	57	48	+9	40
8	FC Rapperswil-Jona	26	9	8	9	42	43	−1	35
9	FC Mendrisio	26	8	3	15	36	48	−12	27
10	FC Freienbach	26	8	3	15	32	53	−21	27
11	FC Sursee	26	7	5	14	36	63	−27	26
12	FC Küsnacht	26	5	7	14	31	57	−26	22	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Ascona	26	4	9	13	32	47	−15	21
14	SC Cham	25	2	11	12	24	47	−23	17

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Vaduz	26	16	6	4	65	22	+43	54	Play-off to Nationalliga B
2	FC Red Star Zürich	26	15	6	5	56	26	+30	51	Play-off to Nationalliga B
3	SC Young Fellows Juventus	26	14	7	5	64	32	+32	49
4	FC Kreuzlingen	26	13	7	6	39	21	+18	46
5	FC Gossau	26	13	7	6	37	24	+13	46
6	FC Altstetten	26	12	8	6	47	25	+22	44
7	FC Horgen	26	11	4	11	42	48	−6	37
8	FC Rorschach	26	9	5	12	32	48	−16	32
9	FC Widnau	26	8	6	12	38	38	0	30
10	SV Schaffhausen	26	9	3	14	30	52	−22	30
11	FC Schwamendingen	26	7	5	14	41	65	−24	26
12	FC Wülflingen	26	5	8	13	36	67	−31	23	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
13	FC Frauenfeld	26	5	7	14	31	51	−20	22
14	USV Eschen/Mauren	26	4	3	19	29	68	−39	15

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, but play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

The four group winners and the four runners-up played in the qualification round of the play-offs. The winners here would advance to the two finals. Both final winners would be promoted to the Nationalliga B.

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Meyrin	0–4	Wangen b.O.
Wangen b.O.	1–2	Meyrin

Wangen b.O. win 5–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Red Star	0–2	Locarno
Locarno	2–1	Red Star

Locarno win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zug 94	2–1	Vaduz
Vaduz	3–2	Zug 94

4–4 on aggregate, Zug 94 win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Wohlen	0–1	Chênois
Chênois	1–2	Wohlen

2–2 on aggregate, Wohlen win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Locarno	3–1	Wohlen
Wohlen	3–3	Locarno

Locarno win 6–4 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.^[1]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zug 94	2–1	Wangen b.O.
Wangen b.O.	2–0	Zug 94

Wangen b.O. win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.^[1]

Swiss Cup

The four winners of the quarter-finals played in the semi-finals. The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.

4 May 2000^[2]

20:15

First semi-final

FC Zürich	7 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FC Luzern
Bartlett 18', 79', 94' Frick 98' Del Signore 107' (pen.) Jamarauli 113' Chassot 116'	Sportalbum summary	7' Frei 78' 117' Gian 78' Branca

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 7,300

Referee:

Markus Nobs (Wohlen)

11 May 2000

20:15

Second semi-final

FC Lausanne-Sport	3 – 2	FC Lugano
Kuźba 8', 20', 60'		79' Gaspoz 81' Rothenbühler

Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:

Marcel Vollenweider (Ruti ZH)

Final

28 May 2000

15:00

FC Zürich	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	FC Lausanne-Sport
Jamarauli 77' Bartlett 95'	Report	35' Danilevičius 105' Gerber
Penalties
Fischer Douglas Kavelashvili	3 – 0	Ohrel Londono Christ

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Vira)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Servette as 1998–99 Nationalliga A champions: Champions League third qualifying round
Grasshopper Club as runners-up: UEFA Cup qualifying round
Zürich as fourth placed team: UEFA Cup qualifying round
Lausanne-Sport as 1998–99 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup first round
Basel: Intertoto Cup first round
Xamax: Intertoto Cup first round
Vaduz as 1998–99 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup qualifying round

Servette

Champions League

Third qualifying round

11 August 1999 First leg	Sturm Graz	2–1	Servette	Stadion Graz-Liebenau, Graz
21:15 (CET)	Vastić 33' Martens 45'	Report	Lonfat 45+3'	Attendance: 10,688 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

25 August 1999 Second leg	Servette	2–2	Sturm Graz	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:45 (CET)	Juárez 50' Thurre 89'	Report	Kocijan 54' Vastić 78'	Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Sturm Graz won 4–3 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1999 First leg	Aris	1–1	Servette	Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki
20:00	Mantzios 11'	Report	Petrov 88'	Attendance: 17,127 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

30 September 1999 Second leg	Servette	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Aris	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:30	Lonfat 35'	Report	Paulo Andrioli 37' Kyzeridis 97'	Attendance: 5,228 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Aris won 3–2 on aggregate.

Grasshoppers

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

12 August 1999 First leg	Grasshopper	4–0	Bray Wanderers	Hardturm, Zürich
19:30	Chapuisat 30', 62' Isabella 77', 84'	Report		Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania)

26 August 1999 Second leg	Bray Wanderers	0–4	Grasshopper	Tolka Park, Dublin
20:00		Report	Tikva 6', 38' de Napoli 53' Muff 65'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Anton Stredák (Slovakia)

Grasshopper won 8–0 on aggregate.

First round

16 September 1999 First leg	AB Copenhagen	0–2	Grasshopper	Gladsaxe Stadium, Gladsaxe
20:30		Report	Bjur 50' (o.g.) Ekoku 82'	Attendance: 3,297 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

30 September 1999 Second leg	Grasshopper	1–1	AB Copenhagen	Hardturm, Zürich
20:35	Magro 80'	Report	Daugaard 31'	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Mika Peltola (Finland)

Grasshopper won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

21 October 1999 First leg	Slavia Prague	3–1	Grasshopper	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague
17:00	Ulich 19', 50' Kuchař 40'	Report	Yakin 23'	Attendance: 4,555 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

4 November 1999 Second leg	Grasshopper	1–0	Slavia Prague	Hardturm, Zürich
19:00	Yakin 76'	Report		Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

Slavia Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zürich

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

12 August 1999 First leg	Sliema Wanderers	0–3	Zürich	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
19:30		Report	Kavelashvili 35' Bartlett 79' Keke 90'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

26 August 1999 Second leg	Zürich	1–0	Sliema Wanderers	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30	Douglas 69'	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Luan Zylfo (Albania)

Zürich won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round

16 September 1999 First leg	Zürich	1–0	Lierse	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Jamarauli 29'	Report		Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Michael McCurry (Scotland)

30 September 1999 Second leg	Lierse	3–4	Zürich	Het Lisp, Lier
20:00	Van Meir 16' Huysegems 72' Zdebel 83'	Report	Jamarauli 2' Frick 57' Eydelie 86' Daems 90' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)

Zürich won 5–3 on aggregate.

Second round

21 October 1999 First leg	Zürich	1–2	Newcastle United	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15	Castillo 68'	Report	Marić 51' Shearer 60'	Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

4 November 1999 Second leg	Newcastle United	3–1	Zürich	St James' Park, Newcastle
21:00	Marić 33' Ferguson 58' Speed 61'	Report	Jamarauli 17'	Attendance: 34,502 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Newcastle United won 5–2 on aggregate.

Lausanne

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1999 First leg	Lausanne-Sports	3–2	Celta Vigo	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15	Kuzba 20' Mazzoni 21', 57'	Report	Revivo 62' Karpin 66' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,770 Referee: Gary Willard (England)

30 September 1999 Second leg	Celta Vigo	4–0	Lausanne-Sports	Balaídos, Vigo
20:00	McCarthy 11', 84', 90+2' Mostovoi 76'	Report		Attendance: 12,840 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

Celta Vigo won 6–3 on aggregate.

Basel

Intertoto Cup

First round

20 June 1999 First leg	Korotan Prevalje	0 – 0	Basel	Stadion na Prevaljah, Prevalje
17:00	Benedejcic 4' Ristic 71'	Summary	69' Cantaluppi 73' Huggel 77' Ceccaroni	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

26 June 1999 Second leg	Basel	6 – 0 (6 – 0 agg.)	Korotan Prevalje	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30	Kreuzer 10' (pen. 1:0) Koumantarakis 18' (2:0) Koumantarakis 24' (3:0) Ceccaroni 38' Koumantarakis 43' (4:0) Cantaluppi 58' (5:0) Koumantarakis 78' (6:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Basel won 6–0 on aggregate.

Second round

4 July 1999 First leg	Basel	0 – 0	Boby Brno	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
17:30		Summary	75' Zubek 80' Zbončák	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

11 July 1999 Second leg	Boby Brno	2 – 4 (2 – 4 agg.)	Basel	Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno
18:00	Křivánek 9' Křivánek 19' (1:1) Patrik Holomek 46' Siegl 50' Zbončák 51' (2:2) Cihlar 84'	Summary	10' (pen. 0:1) Tholot 24' Güner 37' (1:2) Cantaluppi 71' (2:3) Savić 79' Pérez 89' (2:4)Kehrli	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Basel won 4–2 on aggregate.

Third round

18 July 1999 First leg	Hamburg	0 – 1	Basel	Lohmühle, Lübeck
18:00	Hoogma 65'	Summary	15' Koumantarakis 47' Quennoz 72' Zuberbühler	Attendance: 8,192 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

24 July 1999 Second leg	Basel	2 – 3 (3 – 3 agg.)	Hamburg	Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel
16:45	Quennoz 29' Koumantarakis 50' (1:3) Koumantarakis 57' (2:3) Koumantarakis 84' Huggel 90+3'	Summary	37' (0:1) Fischer 44' (0:2) Groth 48' (0:3) Yeboah 62' Grammozis 64' Hashemian	Attendance: 3,756 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

3–3 on aggregate, Hamburg won on away goals rule.^[3]

Xamax

Intertoto Cup

First round

20 June 1999 First leg	Shelbourne	0–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Tolka Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 1,612 Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

27 June 1999 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	Shelbourne	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	N'Diaye 71' Perret 79'			Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round

3 July 1999 First leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–2	Vasas	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
			Aranyos 21' Szilveszter 30'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

10 July 1999 Second leg	Vasas	1–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky, Budapest
	Sowunmi 31'			Attendance: 500 Referee: Johnny Ditlefsen (Norway)

Vasas won 3–0 on aggregate.^[3]

Vaduz

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

12 August 1999 First leg	Bodø/Glimt	1–0	Vaduz	Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø
18:00	Staurvik 28'	Report		Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Darius Miezelis (Lithuania)

26 August 1999 Second leg	Vaduz	1–2	Bodø/Glimt	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:00	Wegmann 38'	Report	Sæternes 29', 83'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kevin Parry (Wales)

Bodø/Glimt won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

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Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
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Preceded by 1998–99	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2000–01

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[swissinfo2000-05-15-2] Swissinfo.ch (2000). "Late-Zurich-goal-deluge-sinks-Lucerne". Swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2016-10-02.

[rsssf-Intertoto_Cup-1999-3] Karel Stokkermans. "Intertoto Cup-1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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