1998–99 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 1998–99 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

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.

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.

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.

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.''

Swiss Cup
The route of the finalists to the final: The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.
 * Round five: FC Bulle-LS 1–5. FC Winterthur-GC 1–2.
 * Round six: FC Wil-LS 1–4. Stade Nyonnais-GC 1–1 a.e.t. 2–4 after penalties.
 * Quarter-finals: SR Delémont-LS 1–2. FC Luzern-GC 1–2.
 * Semi-finals: Servette FC-LS 0–1. FC Red Star Zürich-GC 0–7.
 * Final

Swiss Clubs in Europe

 * Grasshopper Club as 1997–98 Nationalliga A champions: Champions League first qualifying round
 * Servette as runners-up: UEFA Cup second qualifying round
 * Zürich as fourth placed team: UEFA Cup second qualifying round
 * Lausanne-Sport as 1997–98 Swiss Cup winners: Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
 * Sion: Intertoto Cup first round
 * St. Gallen: Intertoto Cup first round
 * Vaduz as 1997–98 Liechtenstein Cup winners: Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

First qualifying round
Grasshopper won 8–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round
''Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate. Grasshoppers transferred to the first round of the UEFA Cup.''

First round
Grasshoppers won 2–0 on aggregate.

Second round
''The match was abandoned at half-time after the fourth official, Philippe Flament of Belgium, sustained a knee injury and bruising from a firecracker thrown onto the pitch by fans in the stands. At the moment of the incident, Fiorentina led 2–1 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate. Four days later at a UEFA emergency meeting, Fiorentina was kicked out of the UEFA Cup and the match was recorded as a 0–3 Grasshopper win. Future expulsion from European competition for Fiorentina was also considered by UEFA but eventually ruled out because of mitigating circumstances, specifically that the match, as part of an earlier punishment, was not played at Fiorentina's home stadium but in Salerno and credible evidence that the firecracker was likely thrown by fans of the local club Salernitana holding a grudge following a recent Serie A fixture between the two clubs. ''

Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third round
3–3 on aggregate; Bordeaux won on away goals.

Second qualifying round
Servette won 5–3 on aggregate.

First round
2–2 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.

Second qualifying round
Zürich won 6–3 on aggregate.

First round
Zürich won 7–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Zürich won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round
Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Lausanne-Sport won 7–2 on aggregate.

First round
3–3 on aggregate; Lazio won on away goals.

First round
''TPS 3–3 Sion on aggregate. TPS won on away goals rule.''

First round
St. Gallen won 9–3 on aggregate.

Second round
Austria Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Helsingborg won 5–0 on aggregate.