1999–2000 Nationalliga A

The 1999–2000 season of the Swiss Nationalliga contained two divisions, each with twelve clubs. The top tier was called Nationalliga A (NLA) (French: Ligue Nationale A, Italian: Lega Nazionale A) and the second tier was named Nationalliga B (NLB).

Nationalliga A

Season	1999–2000
Champions	St. Gallen 2nd title
Relegated	Delémont
Top goalscorer	Charles Amoah (25 goals)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Overview

The season was divided into two phases. The first of which was the qualification phase, and within the divisions the teams played a double round-robin, one at home and the other away. The divisions were then split. The first eight teams of the NLA then competed in the championship group and played a further double round-robin. The teams in ninth to twelfth position competed with the top four teams of the NLB in a promotion/relegation group to decide which four teams would play top tier next season. The other eight teams of the second tier competed in a play-out against relegation to the 1. Liga and the last two teams were to be relegated.

Nationalliga A

At the end of the season FC St. Gallen won the championship.

Qualification phase

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen	22	13	6	3	42	25	+17	45	Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2	Basel	22	9	10	3	31	21	+10	37
3	Lausanne-Sport	22	9	9	4	35	25	+10	36
4	Grasshopper Club	22	9	7	6	40	25	+15	34
5	Yverdon-Sport	22	7	9	6	28	25	+3	30
6	Xamax	22	7	7	8	34	33	+1	28
7	Luzern	22	8	4	10	28	29	−1	28
8	Servette	22	8	4	10	32	36	−4	28
9	Zürich	22	6	8	8	21	29	−8	26	Continue to promotion/relegation round
10	Aarau	22	7	5	10	30	42	−12	26
11	Lugano	22	5	6	11	27	34	−7	21
12	Delémont	22	4	5	13	24	48	−24	17

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	DEL	GCZ	LS	LUG	LUZ	NX	SER	STG	YS	ZÜR
Aarau		1–3	4–2	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Basel	2–1		3–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	0–0
Delémont	4–2	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–3	2–2
Grasshopper	4–0	1–1	4–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	4–2	2–2	0–0	2–1
Lausanne-Sport	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–3		2–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0
Lugano	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–5	1–1		1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1
Luzern	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0		1–1	2–4	2–2	4–1	0–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–1		3–2	2–2	1–1	3–0
Servette	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	2–4		2–1	3–1	3–0
St. Gallen	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0		3–2	3–0
Yverdon-Sport	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1		1–1
Zürich	0–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0

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

Champion Playoffs

The first eight teams of the qualification then competed in the Championship Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as bonus with them.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Gallen (C)	14	9	4	1	33	14	+19	23	54	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Lausanne-Sport	14	8	2	4	22	13	+9	18	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Basel	14	5	6	3	16	16	0	19	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Grasshopper Club	14	5	5	4	30	26	+4	17	37	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Luzern	14	5	2	7	17	30	−13	14	31
6	Servette	14	4	5	5	25	21	+4	14	31
7	Xamax	14	4	3	7	25	29	−4	14	29	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8	Yverdon-Sport	14	2	1	11	16	35	−19	15	22

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUZ	NX	SER	STG	YS
Basel		2–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0
Grasshopper	3–0		1–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	4–4	4–1
Lausanne-Sport	0–0	3–1		3–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–0
Luzern	3–2	0–1	1–0		1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–1		2–2	0–3	7–2
Servette	1–1	1–3	1–3	6–0	3–3		1–2	2–0
St. Gallen	1–1	1–1	1–0	7–1	3–0	0–0		4–1
Yverdon-Sport	0–1	4–4	2–3	1–0	3–0	1–3	0–1

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

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bellinzona	22	13	5	4	43	17	+26	44	Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2	Sion	22	12	4	6	41	21	+20	40
3	Thun	22	10	8	4	34	24	+10	38
4	Baden	22	10	7	5	32	20	+12	37
5	Kriens	22	10	7	5	37	28	+9	37	Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6	Étoile Carouge	22	9	8	5	24	18	+6	35
7	Winterthur	22	9	3	10	30	33	−3	30
8	Wil	22	8	5	9	40	41	−1	29
9	Solothurn	22	7	2	13	29	37	−8	23
10	Young Boys	22	5	6	11	31	45	−14	21
11	Stade Nyonnais	22	5	3	14	30	53	−23	18
12	Schaffhausen	22	2	6	14	16	50	−34	12

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lugano	14	8	4	2	26	18	+8	28	Remain in NLA
2	Sion (P)	14	7	3	4	28	19	+9	24	Promoted to NLA
3	Zürich	14	7	3	4	17	12	+5	24	Remain in NLA
4	Aarau	14	6	4	4	23	16	+7	22
5	Bellinzona	14	4	8	2	21	14	+7	20	Remain in NLB
6	Thun	14	4	4	6	17	18	−1	16
7	Delémont (R)	14	4	2	8	18	29	−11	14	Relegated to NLB
8	Baden	14	1	2	11	7	31	−24	5	Remain in NLB

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAD	BEL	DEL	LUG	SIO	THU	ZÜR
Aarau		2–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–0
Baden	1–3		0–0	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–1
Bellinzona	2–2	3–1		5–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0
Delémont	0–1	3–0	0–4		0–3	3–2	2–3	0–2
Lugano	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1		4–2	2–1	2–1
Sion	2–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–0
Thun	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–0		0–1
Zürich	1–0	1–2	4–0	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–1

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Relegation
1	Wil	14	6	6	2	20	12	+8	15	39	Remain in NLB
2	Kriens	14	5	4	5	17	19	−2	19	38
3	Winterthur	14	5	7	2	23	16	+7	15	37
4	Young Boys	14	6	6	2	22	13	+9	11	35
5	Étoile Carouge	14	1	8	5	10	17	−7	18	29
6	Solothurn	14	4	3	7	15	20	−5	12	27
7	Stade Nyonnais	14	3	5	6	19	27	−8	9	23	Relegated to 1. Liga
8	Schaffhausen	14	3	7	4	20	22	−2	6	22

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification.

References

Sources

• RSSSF