1989–90 in Swiss football explained

The following is a summary of the 1989–90 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

See main article: 1989–90 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 West

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. The teams received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (7th place 6 pts; 8th place 5 pts; 9th place 4 pts; etc). 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 Montreux-Sports won 7–1 on aggregate and FC Zug were relegated to 1990–91 1. Liga.

1. Liga

See main article: 1989–90 Swiss 1. Liga.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round Urania Genève Sport win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Concordia/Folgore Lausanne win 2–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals. SC Burgdorf win 4–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. SC Kriens win 3–2 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round SC Burgdorf win 6–3 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. Urania Genève Sport win 7–4 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B.

Decider for third placeThe play-off for the third promotion place was played on 16 June 1990 in Châtel-St-Denis. Concordia/Folgore Lausanne win, but refused promotion, so SC Kriens are promoted to Nationalliga B.

Decider for championshipThe play-off for the 1. Liga championship was played on 16 June 1990 in Châtel-St-Denis. Urania Genève Sport win and become 1. Liga champions.

Relegation play-out

First round FC Raron continue to the final. FC Vaduz continue to the final.

Final round FC Raron win 4–3 on aggregate and remain in the division. FC Vaduz are relegated to 2. Liga.

Swiss Cup

See main article: 1989–90 Swiss Cup.

Early rounds

The routes of the finalists to the final, played on 4 June 1990 at the Wankdorf in Bern:

Round 3|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 September 1989|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|23 September 1989|}

Round 4|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 April 1990|}

Round 5|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 April 1990|}

Quarter-finals|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 May 1990|}

Semi-finals|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|22 May 1990|}

Final

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Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Luzern as 1988–89 Nationalliga A champions: 1989–90 European Cup and entered 1989 Intertoto Cup
• Grasshopper Club as 1988–89 Swiss Cup winners: 1989–90 Cup Winners' Cup and entered 1989 Intertoto Cup
• Sion as league third placed team: 1989–90 UEFA Cup
• Wettingen as league fourth placed team: 1989–90 UEFA Cup and entered 1989 Intertoto Cup
• Bellinzona: entered 1989 Intertoto Cup

Luzern

European Cup

See main article: 1989–90 European Cup.

First round

PSV Eindhoven won 5–0 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1989 Intertoto Cup.

Group 1

Grasshopper Club

Cup Winners' Cup

See main article: 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup.

First round

Grasshopper Club won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Grasshopper Club won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Sampdoria won 4–1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1989 Intertoto Cup.

Group 4

Sion

UEFA Cup

See main article: 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

First round

Sion won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Karl-Marx-Stadt won 5–3 on aggregate.

Wettingen

UEFA Cup

See main article: 1989–90 UEFA Cup.

First round

Wettingen won 5–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Napoli won 2–1 on aggregate.

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1989 Intertoto Cup.

Group 7

Bellinzona

Intertoto Cup

See main article: 1989 Intertoto Cup.

Group 3

Sources

• Switzerland 1989–90 at RSSSF
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• Intertoto history at Pawel Mogielnicki's Page
• Book: FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre . Josef Zindel . Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag . Basel . 2018 . 978-3-7245-2305-5 . de.