The 1998–1999 Swiss 1. Liga was the 67th season of this league since its creation in 1931. At this time, the 1. Liga was the third tier of the Swiss football league system and it was the highest level of amateur football.
Format There were 56 clubs in the 1. Liga, divided into four regional groups of 14 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their league position. The four group winners and the four runners-up then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional (fourth tier). The four third-last placed teams would compete a play-out against the ninth relegation place.
Group 1 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BexVaudRelaisFC BramoisValaisStade du Bois-de-la-Borgne/GlareysCS ChênoisGenevaStade des Trois-ChêneFC EchallensVaudSportplatz 3 SapinsGrand-Lancy FCGenevaStade de MarignacFC Martigny-SportsValaisStade d'OctodureFC MeyrinGenevaStade des ArbèresFC MontheyValaisStade Philippe PottierFC Montreux-SportsVaudStade de ChaillyFC NatersValaisSportanlage StapfenFC RenensWaadtZone sportive du CensuySignal FC Bernex-ConfignonGenevaStade municipal de BernexFC Stade LausanneVaudCentre sportif de VidyVevey SportsVaudStade de Copet
Final league table
Group 2 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC Biel-BienneBernStadion GurzelenFC BulleFribourgStade de BouleyresSC Bümpliz 78BernBodenweidFC ColombierNeuchâtelStade des ChézardsFC Concordia BaselBasel-CityStadion RankhofFC FribourgFribourgStade UniversitaireFC GrenchenSolothurnStadium BrühlFC KönizBernSportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut FC La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière SV LyssBernSportzentrum GrienFC MünsingenBernSportanlage SandreutenenSV MuttenzBasel-CountrySportplatz MargelackerFC RiehenBasel-CitySportplatz GrendelmatteFC SerrièresNeuchâtelPierre-à-Bot
Final league table
Group 3 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC AltstettenZürichBuchlernFC AsconaTicinoStadio Comunale AsconaAC BellinzonaTicinoStadio Comunale BellinzonaGC BiaschesiTicinoCampo Sportivo "Al Vallone"SC BuochsNidwaldenStadion SeefeldFC KüsnachtZürichSportanlage HeslibachFC Malcantone AgnoTicinoCornaredo StadiumFC MuriAargauStadion BrühlFC Red Star ZürichZürichAllmend BrunauFC SchötzLucerneSportplatz WissenhusenFC SurseeLucerneStadion SchlottermilchFC Wangen bei OltenSolothurnSportplatz ChrüzmattSC YF JuventusZürichUtogrundZug 94ZugHerti Allmend Stadion
Final league table
Group 4 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC FrauenfeldThurgauKleine AllmendFC FreienbachSchwyzChrummenFC GossauSt. GallenSportanlage BuechenwaldFC HorgenZürichWaldeggFC KreuzlingenThurgauSportplatz HafenarealFC Rapperswil-JonaSt. GallenStadion GrünfeldFC RorschachSchwyzSportplatz KellenSV SchaffhausenSchaffhausenSportplatz BühlFC TuggenSchwyzLinthstrasseFC Vaduz LiechtensteinRheinpark StadionSC VeltheimAargauSportanlage FlüeliFC WetzikonZürichMeierwiesenFC WidnauZürichSportanlage AegetenFC WinterthurZürichSchützenwiese
Final league table
Promotion play-off Qualification round
Winterthur win 4–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Vevey Sports win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Münsingen win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Bellinzona win 5–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Final round
Winterthur win 3–1 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.
Bellinzona win 14–0 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.
Relegation play-out First round
Montreux-Sports continue to the final.
Küsnacht] continue to the final.
Final round
Küsnacht win 6–1 on aggregate. Montreux-Sports are relegated to 2. Liga.
See also 1998–99 Nationalliga A 1998–99 Nationalliga B 1998–99 Swiss Cup
References
Sources Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF