1997–98 Nationalliga A

Statistics of the Swiss National League A in the 1997–98 football season.

Nationalliga A

Season	1997–98
Champions	Grasshoppers 25th title
Relegated	Étoile Carouge Kriens
Top goalscorer	Shabani Nonda (24 goals)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams with each team playing each other twice in the first stage before being separated into a championship group and a relegation group; Grasshoppers won the championship.

First stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	14	4	4	59	23	+36	46
2	Lausanne Sports	22	12	6	4	45	27	+18	42
3	Servette FC	22	11	6	5	45	33	+12	39
4	FC Aarau	22	10	5	7	38	31	+7	35
5	FC St. Gallen	22	7	9	6	38	34	+4	30
6	FC Zürich	22	7	9	6	31	28	+3	30
7	FC Sion	22	7	9	6	30	27	+3	30
8	FC Lucerne	22	7	8	7	26	28	−2	29
9	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	7	5	10	37	39	−2	26
10	SC Kriens	22	5	7	10	23	41	−18	22
11	FC Basel	22	5	4	13	28	46	−18	19
12	Étoile Carouge FC	22	1	6	15	20	63	−43	9

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	ÉTO	GCZ	KRI	LS	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	STG	ZÜR
Aarau		1–0	3–0	0–2	3–0	4–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0
Basel	2–1		0–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	3–2	3–3
Étoile Carouge	1–1	2–1		0–6	0–2	3–7	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–3
Grasshopper	4–1	3–2	6–0		1–0	5–1	3–0	7–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–1
Kriens	3–5	3–1	2–0	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–1
Lausanne-Sport	2–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0		1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	3–0	4–1
Luzern	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0		2–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	3–0	3–0	6–2	1–2	4–1	0–2	1–0		1–2	1–4	2–2	1–1
Servette	2–1	4–1	5–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	3–5	2–0		1–0	2–2	4–1
Sion	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–4	3–1
St. Gallen	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–0		1–1
Zürich	1–1	0–0	5–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Grasshopper Club Zürich (C)	14	11	1	2	39	16	+23	23	57	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Servette FC	14	5	6	3	18	15	+3	20	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Lausanne Sports	14	5	4	5	17	17	0	21	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4	FC Zürich	14	6	5	3	27	17	+10	15	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	FC Sion	14	6	4	4	23	21	+2	15	37	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	FC St. Gallen	14	4	5	5	12	17	−5	15	32	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7	FC Aarau	14	1	4	9	13	27	−14	18	25
8	FC Lucerne	14	1	5	8	10	29	−19	15	23

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	GCZ	LS	LUZ	SER	SIO	STG	ZÜR
Aarau		0–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–2
Grasshopper	5–3		3–0	4–0	4–2	5–2	2–2	2–1
Lausanne-Sport	4–1	2–1		2–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–2
Luzern	0–0	0–3	1–0		0–0	2–3	0–2	2–2
Servette	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		2–1	3–0	1–1
Sion	0–0	1–2	3–0	5–2	2–0		0–0	3–2
St. Gallen	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1		0–0
Zürich	3–2	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	4–0	3–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	7	5	2	35	22	+13	26
2	AC Lugano (P)	14	6	5	3	15	12	+3	23
3	FC Basel	14	6	4	4	27	22	+5	22
4	BSC Young Boys (P)	14	6	4	4	20	23	−3	22
5	FC Solothurn	14	6	3	5	17	15	+2	21
6	SC Kriens (R)	14	4	4	6	19	25	−6	16
7	FC Baden	14	3	3	8	15	23	−8	12
8	Étoile Carouge FC (R)	14	3	2	9	13	19	−6	11

Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAD	BAS	ÉTO	KRI	NX	LUG	SOL	YB
Baden		3–1	1–3	0–2	5–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Basel	0–0		3–1	4–2	3–6	0–0	3–0	4–1
Étoile Carouge	0–0	2–0		2–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–1
Kriens	1–1	1–3	2–1		4–4	3–0	1–0	0–3
Neuchâtel Xamax	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–1		3–0	2–1	6–1
Lugano	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–1		0–0	1–2
Solothurn	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–0		1–2
Young Boys	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sources

• Switzerland 1997–98 at RSSSF