The 1999–2000 season of the Swiss Nationalliga contained two divisions, each with twelve clubs. The top tier was called Nationalliga A (NLA) (French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB).

Nationalliga A
Season1999–2000
ChampionsSt. Gallen
2nd title
RelegatedDelémont
Top goalscorerCharles Amoah (25 goals)

Overview

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The season was divided into two phases. The first of which was the qualification phase, and within the divisions the teams played a double round-robin, one at home and the other away. The divisions were then split. The first eight teams of the NLA then competed in the championship group and played a further double round-robin. The teams in ninth to twelfth position competed with the top four teams of the NLB in a promotion/relegation group to decide which four teams would play top tier next season. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga and the last two teams were to be relegated.

Nationalliga A

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At the end of the season FC St. Gallen won the championship.

Qualification phase

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Table

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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-Sport 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 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.

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAS DEL GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER STG YS ZÜR
Aarau 1–3 4–2 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1
Basel 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 0–0
Delémont 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–3 1–3 2–2
Grasshopper 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 4–2 2–2 0–0 2–1
Lausanne-Sport 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0
Lugano 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Luzern 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–4 2–2 4–1 0–1
Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–0
Servette 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–4 2–1 3–1 3–0
St. Gallen 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–0
Yverdon-Sport 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
Zürich 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Champion Playoffs

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The first eight teams of the qualification then competed in the Championship Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them.

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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-Sport 14 2 1 11 16 35 −19 15 22
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away BAS GCZ LS LUZ NX SER STG YS
Basel 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Grasshopper 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 4–4 4–1
Lausanne-Sport 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–0
Luzern 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–3 7–2
Servette 1–1 1–3 1–3 6–0 3–3 1–2 2–0
St. Gallen 1–1 1–1 1–0 7–1 3–0 0–0 4–1
Yverdon-Sport 0–1 4–4 2–3 1–0 3–0 1–3 0–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Nationalliga B

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Qualification phase

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Table

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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

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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

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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
5 Bellinzona 14 4 8 2 21 14 +7 20 Remain in NLB
6 Thun 14 4 4 6 17 18 −1 16
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

Results

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Home \ Away AAR BAD BEL DEL LUG SIO THU ZÜR
Aarau 2–0 1–1 5–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 0–0
Baden 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 0–1
Bellinzona 2–2 3–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–0
Delémont 0–1 3–0 0–4 0–3 3–2 2–3 0–2
Lugano 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1
Sion 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0
Thun 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–1
Zürich 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

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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

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

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