1988–89 Nationalliga A

92nd season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

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

First stage

Source: rsssf.com

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: rsssf.com

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
5	CS Chênois	14	4	4	6	22	29	−7	12
6	FC Grenchen	14	3	4	7	17	26	−9	10
7	ES Malley	14	2	6	6	15	29	−14	10
8	BSC Old Boys Basel	14	3	1	10	13	38	−25	7

Source: rsssf.com

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
5	Yverdon-Sport FC	14	4	6	4	9	9	0	14
6	FC Bulle	14	3	3	8	19	28	−9	9
7	FC Chiasso	14	0	7	7	15	30	−15	7
8	Étoile Carouge FC	14	1	4	9	8	22	−14	6

Source: rsssf.com

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Serie A era, 1897–1931
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons

Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 1988–89 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89