Teams in the Swiss National League A played 22 games in the 1998–99 football season, with an eight-team playoff.
Overview The Qualification Round to the League season 2001–02 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the First Stage (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in ninth to twelfth position completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round.
Nationalliga A At the end of the season Servette won the championship.
Qualification phase Table
Results
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
Results
Nationalliga B Qualification phase Table
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 Results
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
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Basel 8,141 2 GCZ 7,767 3 St. Gallen 7,256 4 Xamax 6,978 5 Sion 6,242 6 Luzern 6,190 7 Lausanne 6,136 8 Zürich 5,596 9 Servette 5,513 10 Young Boys 4,755 11 Lugano 2,706 12 Aarau 2,705
Source:
Sources Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF
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