The following is a summary of the 1998–99 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Qualification phase
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.
Nationalliga B
Qualification phase
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.
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
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: 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. The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final. 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
Grasshoppers Champions League
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.
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.
Servette UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
Servette won 5–3 on aggregate.
First round
2–2 on aggregate; CSKA Sofia won on away goals.
Zürich UEFA Cup
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.
Lausanne-Sport Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round
Lausanne-Sport won 7–2 on aggregate.
First round
3–3 on aggregate; Lazio won on away goals.
Sion Intertoto Cup
First round
TPS 3–3 Sion on aggregate. TPS won on away goals rule.
St. Gallen Intertoto Cup
First round
St. Gallen won 9–3 on aggregate.
Second round
Austria Salzburg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Vaduz Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round
Helsingborg won 5–0 on aggregate.
References
Sources Switzerland 1998–99 at RSSSF Switzerland Cup 1998–99 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998 at RSSSF