The following is a summary of the 1987–88 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Qualification phase
Championship group 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.
Nationalliga B Qualification phase Group East
Group East
Promotion/relegation round Group A
Group B
Relegation round NLB/1. Liga The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1991–92. There was to be one direct relegation in each group, plus a play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams.
Group A
Group B
Decider against relegation The decider was played on in .
FC Renens win and remain in the division. Vevey Sports are relegated to 1989–90 1. Liga.
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Decider for twelfth position The play-out match for twelfth position was played on 24 May 1988 in Stadion Neumatt in Burgdorf.
FC Köniz win and continued in the play-outs. FC Dürrenast are directly relegated to 2. Liga Interregional.
Group 3
Decider for second position
SC Buochs win and advance to play-offs.
Group 4
Decider for second place The decider was played on 24 May 1988 in St. Gallen
FC Rorschach win and advance to play-offs.
Decider for twelfth place The decider was played on 24 May 1988 in Kilchberg
FC Dübendorf win and continued in the play-outs. FC Küsnacht are relegated directly to 2. Liga Interregional.
Promotion play-off Qualification round
FC Emmenbrücke win 8–5 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Glarus win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Urania Genève Sport win 6–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
FC Rorschach win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
Urania Genève Sport win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1988–89 Nationalliga B.
FC Emmenbrücke win on away goals and are promoted to 1988–89 Nationalliga B.
Decider for third place The play-offs for the third promotion place was played on 25 June and on 2 July.
Glarus win 8–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1988–89 Nationalliga B.
Decider for championship The play-off for the championship should have taken place on 25 June.
Urania Genève Sport rejected the offer to play a championship final, thus FC Emmenbrücke were declared as 1. Liga champions for the 1987–88 season.
Relegation play-out First round
continue to the final.
continue to the final.
Final round
FC Köniz win 4–1 on aggregate. FC Dübendorf are relegated to 2. Liga.
Swiss Cup
Early rounds The routes of the finalists to the final, played on Whit Monday 23 May 1988 at the Wankdorf in Bern: Round 3
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 18 October 1987
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 13 March 1988
Round 4
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 13 March 1988
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 27 March 1988
Round 5
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 26 March 1988
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 9 April 1988
Quarter-finals
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 19 April 1988
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 26 April 1988
Semi-finals
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 10 May 1988
Final
The trophy was presented to GC captain Andy Egli by Federal Councilor Adolf Ogi.
Swiss Clubs in Europe Xamax as 1986–87 Nationalliga A champions: 1987–88 European Cup Young Boys as 1986–87 Swiss Cup winners: 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup Grasshopper Club as league runners-up: 1987–88 UEFA Cup and entered 1987 Intertoto Cup Sion as league third placed team: 1987–88 UEFA Cup Lausanne-Sport: entered 1987 Intertoto Cup Bellinzona: entered 1987 Intertoto Cup La Chaux-de-Fonds: entered 1987 Intertoto Cup
Xamax European Cup
First round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Bayern Munich won 3–2 on aggregate.
Young Boys Cup Winners' Cup
First round
Young Boys won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second round
2–2 on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals.
Quarter-finals
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper Club UEFA Cup
First round
Dynamo Moscow won 5–0 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup
Group 2
Sion UEFA Cup
First round
Velež Mostar won 5–3 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport Intertoto Cup
Group 1
Bellinzona Intertoto Cup
Group 4
La Chaux-de-Fonds Intertoto Cup
Group 2
References
Sources Switzerland 1987–88 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page