1987–88 Nationalliga A

Statistics of Swiss National League A in the 1987–88 football season.

Nationalliga A

Season	1987–88
Champions	Neuchâtel Xamax (2nd title)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Neuchâtel Xamax won the championship.

First stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Neuchâtel Xamax	22	13	5	4	53	28	+25	31
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	22	12	6	4	30	16	+14	30
3	BSC Young Boys	22	7	12	3	37	28	+9	26
4	FC Aarau	22	9	7	6	28	24	+4	25
5	FC St. Gallen	22	9	5	8	28	27	+1	23
6	FC Lucerne	22	7	9	6	30	29	+1	23
7	Servette FC	22	8	7	7	32	31	+1	23
8	Lausanne Sports	22	8	7	7	39	39	0	23
9	FC Sion	22	8	6	8	42	36	+6	22
10	AC Bellinzona	22	3	8	11	25	38	−13	14
11	FC Basel	22	4	5	13	27	55	−28	13
12	FC Zürich	22	4	3	15	26	46	−20	11

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	BEL	GCZ	LS	NX	LUZ	SER	SIO	STG	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2
Basel	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–4	5–4
Bellinzona	2–2	2–2		0–1	4–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–2	1–2
Grasshopper	2–1	5–1	3–0		3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Lausanne-Sport	4–1	5–0	0–1	0–0		2–2	3–1	4–2	4–4	4–0	2–0	3–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	9–1	2–1	2–1	3–0		2–1	4–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	5–2
Luzern	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Servette	2–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2		1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Sion	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	5–2	2–2	3–1	4–1		4–0	1–1	2–0
St. Gallen	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–0		2–0	4–1
Young Boys	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	5–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		1–1
Zürich	2–0	0–4	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	3–0	1–3	2–3

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

Second stage

Championship group

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
1	Neuchâtel Xamax	14	6	4	4	29	19	+10	16	32
2	Servette FC	14	7	4	3	38	23	+15	12	30
3	FC Aarau	14	6	5	3	24	17	+7	13	30
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	6	3	5	23	21	+2	15	30
5	FC Lucerne	14	5	5	4	19	19	0	12	27
6	FC St. Gallen	14	4	3	7	16	25	−9	12	23
7	Lausanne Sports	14	3	5	6	18	30	−12	12	23
8	BSC Young Boys	14	4	1	9	18	31	−13	13	22

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AAR	GCZ	LS	LUZ	NX	SER	STG	YB
Aarau		2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1
Grasshopper	2–1		3–1	1–2	1–0	3–3	4–1	3–0
Lausanne-Sport	0–0	1–2		4–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–1
Luzern	0–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	4–0	6–1	1–1		2–4	2–0	3–2
Servette	1–5	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–3		4–1	6–0
St. Gallen	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2		2–1
Young Boys	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–5	5–1

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

Promotion/relegation group

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Wettingen	14	11	0	3	32	16	+16	22	Promotion to Nationalliga A 1988–89
2	AC Bellinzona	14	8	1	5	29	20	+9	17	Remain in Nationalliga A 1988–89
3	FC Schaffhausen	14	7	1	6	25	22	+3	15	Remain in Nationalliga B
4	ES Malley	14	7	1	6	21	20	+1	15
5	FC Basel	14	5	4	5	27	20	+7	14	Relegation to Nationalliga B 1988–89
6	FC Bulle	14	7	0	7	28	25	+3	14	Remain in Nationalliga B
7	Etoile-Carouge FC	14	4	1	9	14	33	−19	9
8	BSC Old Boys Basel	14	2	2	10	11	31	−20	6

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BEL	BUL	ÉTO	MAL	OBB	SHA	WET
Basel		0–2	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–2
Bellinzona	4–1		5–1	1–1	3–4	2–0	1–0	2–1
Bulle	0–2	1–0		5–0	2–1	4–1	3–4	0–3
Étoile Carouge	0–6	3–1	0–3		2–3	2–0	3–2	2–4
Malley	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–0		4–0	0–3	1–0
Old Boys Basel	3–3	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–1		2–1	0–4
Schaffhausen	0–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–2		1–2
Wettingen	3–2	4–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2

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

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AC Lugano	14	13	0	1	47	15	+32	26
2	FC Sion	14	11	1	2	49	14	+35	23
3	FC Grenchen	14	7	1	6	27	24	+3	15
4	CS Chênois	14	6	2	6	21	30	−9	14
5	FC Chiasso	14	5	1	8	21	34	−13	11
6	FC Zürich	14	4	1	9	24	34	−10	9
7	FC Martigny-Sports	14	3	2	9	16	37	−21	8
8	FC Locarno	14	1	4	9	16	33	−17	6

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	CHÊ	CHI	GRE	LOC	LUG	MAR	SIO	ZÜR
Chênois		3–1	2–4	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–5	3–2
Chiasso	1–0		2–1	1–1	1–5	4–1	1–2	5–3
Grenchen	4–1	2–0		3–0	1–4	1–1	5–1	3–2
Locarno	1–1	2–3	2–1		3–4	1–2	0–1	0–0
Lugano	5–0	3–0	2–0	5–2		6–0	3–2	2–1
Martigny-Sports	1–2	5–0	0–2	0–0	1–4		0–3	4–1
Sion	1–1	3–0	5–0	6–1	3–0	8–0		6–1
Zürich	1–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–3

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

Sources

• Switzerland 1987–88 at RSSSF