1988–89 Nationalliga A
# 1988–89 Nationalliga A

The 1988–89 Nationalliga A (Swiss National League A) was contested by 12 teams and won by FC Lucerne.

## First stage

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Lucerne | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 28 |
| 2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 27 |
| 3 | AC Bellinzona | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 25 |
| 4 | FC Sion | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 24 |
| 5 | FC Wettingen | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 24 |
| 6 | BSC Young Boys | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 23 |
| 7 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 23 |
| 8 | Servette FC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 22 |
| 9 | FC Aarau | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 18 |
| 10 | Lausanne Sports | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 18 |
| 11 | FC St. Gallen | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 16 |
| 12 | AC Lugano | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 16 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BEL | GCZ | LS | LUG | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | WET | YB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aarau | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Bellinzona | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Grasshopper | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Lugano | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Luzern | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 |
| Servette | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Sion | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| St. Gallen | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Wettingen | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Young Boys | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |

## Second stage

### Championship group

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Lucerne | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 14 | 33 | Champions |
| 2 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 14 | 30 | |
| 3 | FC Sion | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 12 | 29 | |
| 4 | FC Wettingen | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 12 | 28 | |
| 5 | BSC Young Boys | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 12 | 27 | |
| 6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 12 | 23 | |
| 7 | AC Bellinzona | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 13 | 21 | |
| 8 | Servette FC | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 11 | 21 | |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | BEL | GCZ | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | WET | YB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bellinzona | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Grasshopper | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Luzern | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 6–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Servette | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Sion | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Wettingen | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 0–2 | | 3–1 |
| Young Boys | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |

### Promotion/relegation group

**Group A**

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC St. Gallen | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 23 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 |
| 2 | Lausanne Sports | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 8 | +34 | 22 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 |
| 3 | FC Zürich | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 14 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 4 | FC Basel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 14 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 5 | CS Chênois | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 12 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 6 | FC Grenchen | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 10 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 7 | ES Malley | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 10 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 8 | BSC Old Boys Basel | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 7 | Remain in Nationalliga B |

**Group A**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | BAS | CHÊ | GRE | LS | MAL | OBB | STG | ZÜR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basel | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Chênois | 2–2 | | 3–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Grenchen | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 4–1 | 6–1 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 |
| Malley | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Old Boys Basel | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 1–6 |
| St. Gallen | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 2–1 |
| Zürich | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |

**Group B**

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AC Lugano | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 23 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 |
| 2 | FC Aarau | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 23 | Remain in Nationalliga A 1989–90 |
| 3 | FC Locarno | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 15 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 4 | FC Baden | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 15 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 5 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 6 | FC Bulle | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 9 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 7 | FC Chiasso | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 7 | Remain in Nationalliga B |
| 8 | Étoile Carouge FC | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 6 | Remain in Nationalliga B |

**Group B**

**Results**

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAD | BUL | CHI | ÉTO | LOC | LUG | YS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aarau | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| Baden | 0–3 | | 4–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Bulle | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Chiasso | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Étoile Carouge | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
| Locarno | 0–2 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lugano | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| Yverdon-Sport | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
