Season | 1997β98 |
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Champions |
Grasshoppers 25th title |
Relegated |
Γtoile Carouge Kriens |
Top goalscorer | Shabani Nonda (24 goals) |
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1996β97
1998β99 β |
Season | 1997β98 |
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Champions | Lugano |
Relegated |
Winterthur SV Schaffhausen |
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1996β97
1998β99 β |
Statistics of the Swiss National Leagues in the 1997β98 football season.
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.
At the end of the season Grasshopper Club won the championship.
The top eight teams in the qualification phase would advance to the championship group and the last four teams would play against relegation.
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 | ZΓΌrich | 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 | Γtoile Carouge | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 63 | −43 | 9 |
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 |
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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 | ZΓΌrich | 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 |
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.
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 | DelΓ©mont | 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 |
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 | Qualification |
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1 | Xamax | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 26 | Remain in 1998β99 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 1998β99 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 1998β99 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 1998β99 Nationalliga B |
8 | Γtoile Carouge | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 11 | Relegated |
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 | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Yverdon-Sport | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 15 | 45 | Remain in NLB |
2 | DelΓ©mont | 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 |