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Football in Switzerland

Season	1988–89
Men's football
Nationalliga A	Luzern
Nationalliga B	No team was declared champions
1. Liga	Overall champions FC Zug Group 1: FC Châtel-Saint-Denis Group 2: FC Laufen Group 3: SC Kriens Group 4: FC Altstätten
Swiss Cup	Grasshopper Club
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	FC Rapid Lugano
Swiss Cup	SV Seebach Zürich
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The following is a summary of the 1988–89 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

Championship group

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

Group East

Group East

Promotion/relegation round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round NLB/1. Liga

The last six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1991–92. There was to be one direct relegation in each group, plus a play-out against relegation between both second last placed teams.

Group A

Group B

Relegation play-out

FC Chur won 3–1 on aggregate and FC Biel-Bienne were relegated to 1989–90 1. Liga.

1. Liga

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

FC Thun win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

FC Fribourg win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

FC Zug win 6–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Brüttisellen win 1–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

FC Fribourg win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 1989–90 Nationalliga B.

FC Zug win 4–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 1989–90 Nationalliga B.

Decider for third place

The play-off for the third promotion place was played on 24 June 1989 in Burgdorf.

FC Brüttisellen win after penalty shoot-out and are promoted to 1989–90 Nationalliga B

Decider for championship

The play-off for the championship was played on 24 June 1989.

FC Zug win and are declared 1.Liga champions.

Relegation play-out

First round

The first play-out against relegation was played on 4 June in Kilchberg.

FC Wohlen win and Einsiedeln continue to the final.

The second play-out against relegation was played on 4 June in Echallens.

FC Boudry win and FC Stade Lausanne continue to the final.

Final round

The play-out against relegation was played on 11 and 18 June 1989.

Einsiedeln win 4–3 on aggregate. FC Stade Lausanne are relegated to 2. Liga.

Swiss Cup

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final, played on 15 May 1989 at the Wankdorf in Bern:

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Grasshopper Club	2–1	FC Aarau
Andermatt  8' Halter 8', 51'  75' In-Albon  85'	Report	54' van der Gijp  76' Kühni

Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Xamax as 1987–88 Nationalliga A champions: 1988–89 European Cup
• Grasshopper Club as 1987–88 Swiss Cup winners: 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1988 Intertoto Cup
• Servette as league second placed team: 1988–89 UEFA Cup
• Aarau as league third placed team: 1988–89 UEFA Cup and entered 1988 Intertoto Cup
• Luzern: entered 1988 Intertoto Cup
• Young Boys: entered 1988 Intertoto Cup

Xamax

European Cup

First round

7 September 1988 First leg	AEL	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Alcazar Stadium, Larissa
16:00	Agorogiannis 5' Mitsibonas 90'	Report	Hermann 59'	Attendance: 9,717 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (West Germany)

5 October 1988 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	AEL	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
20:00	Lei-Ravello 61' (pen.) Lüthi 71'	Report	Karapialis 59'	Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)
	Penalties
	Hermann Lei-Ravello Decastel		Mitsibonas Bannon Tsiolis

3–3 on aggregate; Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties.

Second round

26 October 1988 First leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	3–0	Galatasaray	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
	Lüthi 55' Chassot 87' Decastel 90'	Report		Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

9 November 1988 Second leg	Galatasaray	5–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
12:30	Uğur 18', 76' Tanju 55', 78', 84'	Report		Attendance: 35,149 Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Galatasaray won 5–3 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Club

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

6 September 1988 First leg	Grasshopper	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
		Report		Attendance: 13,600 Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

4 October 1988 Second leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Grasshopper	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
	Bakalorz 32'	Report		Attendance: 13,280 Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GCZ	PÉC	PSZ	ÖST
1	Grasshopper Club	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6	10		—	1–0	1–0	1–1
2	Pécsi Munkás Sport Club	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	5		0–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Pogoń Szczecin	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	5		0–0	0–0	—	2–0
4	Östers IF	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	4		1–4	3–1	0–0	—

Servette

UEFA Cup

First round

7 September 1988 First leg	Servette	1–0	Sturm Graz	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
20:00	Grossenbacher 89'	UEFA report		Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Manfred Roßner (East Germany)

5 October 1988 Second leg	Sturm Graz	0–0	Servette	Bundesstadion Liebenau, Graz
19:30		UEFA report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jean-François Crucke (Belgium)

Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

26 October 1988 First leg	Groningen	2–0	Servette	Stadion Oosterpark, Groningen
20:00	Groeleken 11' Meijer 83'	UEFA report		Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

9 November 1988 Second leg	Servette	1–1	Groningen	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
20:15	Schällibaum 30'	UEFA report	Meijer 83'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Groningen won 3–1 on aggregate.

Aarau

UEFA Cup

First round

7 September 1988 First leg	Aarau	0–3	Lokomotive Leipzig	Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
			Hobsch 67', 81' Marschall 85'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Alain Delmer (France)

5 October 1988 First leg	Lokomotive Leipzig	4–0	Aarau	Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig
	Zimmerling 21', 28' (pen.) Halata 59', 83'			Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Kaj Natri (Finland)

Lokomotive Leipzig won 7–0 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		GÖT	SIG	SLS	AAR
1	IFK Göteborg	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	8		—	0–0	2–1	1–2
2	Sigma Olomouc	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7		3–4	—	2–1	1–0
3	Slavia Sofia	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	5		0–2	3–1	—	2–1
4	FC Aarau	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	4		1–1	2–3	1–1	—

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		YBB	DAC	NOR	SZO
1	Young Boys	6	4	0	2	16	9	+7	8		—	5–1	3–2	4–0
2	DAC Dunajská Streda	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	7		3–1	—	5–1	3–0
3	IFK Norrköping	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	5		0–2	1–0	—	2–2
4	Szombathelyi Haladás	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	4		3–1	0–0	1–2	—

Luzern

Intertoto Cup

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KAI	AWW	LUZ	ŁKS
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	4	1	1	15	8	+7	9		—	1–0	4–2	4–1
2	Admira Wacker Wien	6	2	3	1	12	7	+5	7		1–1	—	2–0	2–2
3	FC Luzern	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1	7		2–1	1–1	—	3–1
4	ŁKS Łódź	6	0	1	5	9	22	−13	1		2–4	2–6	1–3	—

References

1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (1990). "1988/89 Rangliste" [1988/89 Ranking] (in Swiss High German). Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
2. ^ Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 8 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
3. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (12 April 1989). "FC Basel - FC Aarau 0:2 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

• Switzerland 1988–89 at RSSSF
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
• Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

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