1998–99 FC Basel season
The 1998–99 Fussball Club Basel 1893 season was their 105th season since the club's foundation. Following their promotion in the 1993–94 season this was their fifth consecutive season in the highest tier of Swiss football. René C. Jäggi was the club's chairman for the third year. FC Basel played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium until 13 Dezember 1998. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte while the new stadium was being built.
| 1998–99 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman |  René C. Jäggi |
| Manager | Guy Mathez (until 14 May 1999) Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) |
| Ground | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel (until 13 Dezember 1998) Stadion Schützenmatte (from 7 March 1999) |
| Nationalliga A | Qualifying Phase 6th |
| Nationalliga A | Champions Group 5th |
| Swiss Cup | Round of 32 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Mario Frick (10) All: Mario Frick (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 34,735 on 13 December 1998 vs Lugano |
| Lowest home attendance | 3,830 on 2 June 1999 vs Luzern |
| Average home league attendance | 9,870[1] |
Overview
Guy Mathez, who had taken over the coaching in January of that year, was appointed as the new trainer at the start of the season, but on 14 May 1999 he was sacked and was replaced by Marco Schällibaum (ad interim) until the end of the season.
The club made many new signings as the season started, these included Mario Cantaluppi who returned from Servette. Also from Servette came the Romanian international Dan Potocianu and, on loan, the youngster Carlos Varela. Aleksandr Rytchkov was signed from 1. FC Köln and Philippe Cravero signed in from lower classed Etoile Carouge. The Ivorian international Ahmed Ouattara and the young Brazilian Abedi were signed in from Sion. Benjamin Huggel was signed in from local amateur club FC Münchenstein, he had played the previous season for FC Arlesheim, in the fourth tier of Swiss football.
In the other direction Adrian Knup, Daniel Salvi and Jürgen Hartmann all ended their football careers. Dario Zuffi returned to his club of origin Winterthur after having playing five years for the club. Jan Berger moved to Aarau and youngster Alexander Frei was loaned out to Thun so that he could obtain more playing time. Fabinho Santos returned home to Joinville in Brasil.
The first half of the season, until 13 December 1998, Basel's home ground was the St. Jakob Stadium. From 7 March 199 they played their games in the Stadion Schützenmatte and this because the old stadum was demolished and the new stadium was to be built on the same ground. The building was to take a little more than two years. The new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park, was to be an all seater, the old stadium had standing places on three sides.
The Campaign
- Domestic League
The club's priority aim was to remain in the top flight of Swiss football. The season started fairly well, with five victories and three draws in the first ten rounds. However, seven defeats in the next nine rounds let the team slip down into the bottom areas of the table. Basel ende the qualification stage with eight victories, four draws and ten defeats, with just 21 goals scored and 34 conceded, with 28 points in sixth position in the league table. With this tally they were qualified for Champions Group for the second half of the season. With an average second half of the season, winning five games, drawing four and losing five, Basel in the league tables fifth position, managed to qualify for the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup. With four goals in the qualification round and six in the championship round Mario Frick was the teams top goal scorer.[2]
- Domestic Cup
All eyes were set on the cup season. But despite a draw against lower classed Stade Nyonnais, Basel's cup season came to an abrupt end, because they were unable to pass this hurdle, losing the match on penalties. Lausanne-Sport won the Swiss Cup final on 13 June 199 in the Wankdorf Stadium, winning 2–0 against Grasshopper Club.[3]
Players
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It includes all players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July 1998 but subsequently left the club after that date and it includes all players that transferred in during the season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre- and mid-season
| 24 June 1998 Pre-season | Sion | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade St-Laurent, Saillon |
| 14:30 | Summary |  25' (0:1) Kreuzer |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Claude Détruche |
| 27 June 1998 Pre-season | Lausanne-Sport | 5 – 0 | Basel | Stade des Condémines, Sierre |
| 18:00 | Udovič 42' (1:0) Thurre 44' (2:0)Da Silva 57' (3:0)Rehn 60' (4:0)Celestini 65' (5:0) |
Summary |  60' Rytchkov |
Attendance: 500 Referee: André Daina, (Eclépens) |
| 4 July 1998 Pre-season | Basel | 2 – 3 |  Galatasaray | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:00 | Frick 4' (1:0) Rytchkov 64' (2:3) |
Summary | 11' (1:1) Şükür 30' (pen. 1:2) Belözoğlu 44' (1:3) Belözoğlu 71' Kerimoglu |
Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Andreas Schluchter |
| 7 July 1998 Pre-season | Basel | 0 – 2 | Grasshopper Club | Im Nau, Laufen |
| 19:00 | Summary | 81' (0:1) Tikva 90' (0:2) Tikva |
Attendance: 900 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
| 10 July 1998 Pre-season | Basel | 1 – 1 |  Karlsruher SC | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:00 | Tschopp 34' (1:0) |
Summary | 66' (1:1) Gilewicz |
Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Andreas Schluchter |
| 3 September 1998 Mid-season | Basel | 1 – 1 |  RC Strasbourg | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:00 | Rytchkov 27' (1:1) |
Summary | 16' (0:1) Bertin 19' Beye 81' Frank |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andreas Schluchter |
| 9 October 1998 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 4 | Olympique de Marseille | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:00 | Summary | 18' (1:0) Ravanelli 20' (2:0) Moses 37' (0:3) Camara 89' (0:4) Domoraud |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Urs Meier |
Winter break
| 20 January 1999 Winter break | Thun | 4 – 3 | Basel | Burgerallee, Thun |
| 19:30 | William 18' (1:0) Halef 75' (pen. 2:3)Raimondi 89' (3:3)Simonjic 90' (4:3) |
Summary | 21' (1:1) Tschopp 32' (1:2) Fabinho 48' (1:3) Frick |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Jürg Burkhart |
| 27 January 1999 Trainings camp | Martinique 11 | 2 – 2 | Basel | Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique |
| Percin 45' Rano 56' (1:1)Rano 86' (2:2) |
Summary | 5' (0:1) Fabinho 34' Reimann 45' Kreuzer 62' (1:2) Tschopp |
Attendance: 500 Referee: André Elbène |
| 21 January 1999 Trainings camp | Aiglon/U.S. Robert | 0 – 1 | Basel | Stade Georges-Gratiant, Le Lamentin, Martinique |
| St. Home 52' Gibon 60' |
Summary | 62' Sahin 65' (0:1) Frick |
Attendance: 350 Referee: Guy Bellance |
| 1 February 1999 Trainings camp | Stade Spiritain | 1 – 7 | Basel | Stade Municipal, Saint-Esprit, Martinique |
| J.-P.Party 17' (1:0) |
Summary | 25' (1:1) Fabinho 32' (1:2) Fabinho 44' (1:3) Frick 59' (1:4) Fabinho 74' (1:5) Fabinho 81' (1:6) Barberis 85' (1:7) Mendi |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alex Jacquens |
| 10 February 1999 Winter break | SR Delémont | 0 – 0 | Basel | Parc des Sports, Delémont |
| 19:00 | Summary | Attendance: 50 Referee: Stéphane Monaco |
| 13 February 1999 Winter break | Étoile Carouge | 2 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge |
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Summary | Reimann |
Referee: ? | |
| Note: FCB reserves strengthened with players from the first team. At the same time the first team played another test match against FC Meyrin | ||||
| 13 February 1999 Winter break | FC Meyrin | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stade des Arbères, Meyrin |
| Summary | (1:0) Mendi (2:0) Abedi |
Referee: ? | ||
| Note: Basel strengthened with FCB reserves. At the same time the reserve team played another friendly against Étoile Carouge | ||||
| 17 February 1999 Winter break | Eintracht Trier | 4 – 1 | Basel | Moselstadion, Trier |
| 17:00 | Thömmes 11' (1:0) Thömmes 31' (2:0)Melunović 43' (3:0)Papić 66' (4:1) |
Summary | 48' (3:1) Abedi |
Attendance: 250 Referee: Michael Herrmann |
| 25 March 1999 Mid-season | Basel | 0 – 0 | Sochaux | Stadion Rankhof, Basel |
| 18:00 | Summary | 62' Santini |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Andreas Schluchter | |
| Note: 2 test goalkeeper Christian Sturm (U–19) und Davide Taini (FC Singen 04) each 45 minutes | ||||
| 31 March 1999 Mid-season | SC Dornach | 2 – 3 | Basel | Gigersloch, Dornach |
| 18:00 | Weidmann 25' (1:1) Manz 39' (2:2) |
Summary | 20' (0:1) Türk 29' (1:2) Tschopp 55' (2:3) Henry |
Attendance: 200 Referee: René Rogalla |
Nationalliga A
Qualifying Phase
| 18 July 1998 Round 1 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Sion | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Disseris  4'Ceccaroni 24' |
Report | 22' Tholot 61' Eydelie 77' Lipawsky |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
| 21 July 1998 Round 2 | Aarau | 5 – 0 | Basel | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau |
| 19:30 | Aleksandrov 8' (1:0) Ivanov 21' (2:0)Aleksandrov 51' (3:0)Aleksandrov 65' (4:0)Heldmann 70' (5:0)Zitola 87' |
Report | 12' Pérez |
Attendance: 5,900 Referee: Reto Rutz |
| 25 July 1998 Round 3 | Basel | 2 – 1 | Zürich | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Tschopp 3' Rytchkov 25' (1:0)Rytchkov 44'Sahin 45' (2:0)Reimann 64' |
Report | 27' Sant'Anna 30' Castillo 64' (pen. 2:1) Sant'Anna 82' Di Jorio |
Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Dieter Schoch |
| 1 August 1998 Round 4 | Servette | 3 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 17:30 | Juárez 9' Rey 13' (pen. 1:0)Rey 19' (2:0)Rey 23' (3:0)Fournier 31'Rey 59' |
Report | 35' Reimann 68' Kreuzer 84' (3:1) Abedi |
Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Roberto Ferrari |
| 9 August 1998 Round 5 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 16:15 | Kondé 69' Tschopp 75' (1:0) |
Report | 60' Moser 82' Wyss |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 15 August 1998 Round 6 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Xamax | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Ouattara 64' (pen. 1:0) Tschopp 82'Kreuzer 90+2'Pérez 90+5' (2:0) |
Report | 2' Njanka 23' Wittl 58' Rueda 59' Zambaz |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Urs Meier |
| 23 August 1998 Round 7 | St. Gallen | 0 – 1 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 16:15 | Hellinga 22' Vurens 33' |
Report | 40' Kreuzer 43' Kondé 70' (0:1) Rytchkov 72' Veiga 75' Tschopp 90+3' Reimann |
Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Dominique Tavel |
| 29 August 1998 Round 8 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Grasshopper Club | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Ouattara 9' (1:0) Rytchkov 15'Cravero 20'Pérez 90+1' |
Report | 20' Vogel 29' Tararache 51' Nkufo 62' Magnin 70' (1:1) de Napoli |
Attendance: 26,600 Referee: Roland Beck |
| 8 September 1998 Round 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 0 – 2 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 19:30 | Celestini 24' Piffaretti 34' |
Report | 12' (0:1) Rytchkov 18'  58' Kondé 40' Reimann 50' Rytchkov 61' Ceccaroni 69' (0:2) Rytchkov |
Attendance: 5,900 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
| 12 September 1998 Round 10 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Young Boys | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 19:30 | Ouattara 24' Frick 57' (1:1)Barberis 77' |
Report | 21' Pintul 33' Baumann 40' (0:1) Bekirovski 50' Bekirovski 75' Kehrli |
Attendance: 16,000 Referee: André Daina |
| 19 September 1998 Round 11 | Lugano | 5 – 1 | Basel | Cornaredo, Lugano |
| 19:30 | Gaspoz 18' (1:0) Wegmann 30'Orlando 38' (2:0)Giménez 49' (3:0)Giménez 58' (4:0)Giallanza 87' (pen. 5:1) |
Summary | 74' (4:1) Rytchkov |
Attendance: 4,380 Referee: Marcus Nobs |
| 27 September 1998 Round 12 | Sion | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| 16:15 | Bertone 13' Benson 24'Tholot 37' (1:0)Tholot 40'Allenspach 86' |
Summary | 49' Kondé |
Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Dominique Tavel |
| 4 October 1998 Round 13 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Aarau | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 16:15 | Ouattara 50' (1:0) Abedi 69' |
Summary | 55' Markovic |
Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
| 16 October 1998 Round 14 | Zürich | 1 – 0 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 19:30 | Fischer 26' Sant'Anna 29'Chassot 58' (1:0) |
Summary | 10' Cravero 27' Tschopp 45' Frick 59' Ouattara 77' Calapes |
Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Roland Beck |
| 25 October 1998 Round 15 | Basel | 0 – 2 | Servette | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 16:15 | Rytchkov 56' Tschopp 87' |
Summary | 9' (0:1) Durix 45' (0:2) Durix 63' Juarez 79' Varela |
Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
| 31 October 1998 Round 16 | Luzern | 4 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| 17:30 | Izzo 5' Koch 28' (1:1)Koch 53' (2:1)Brunner 60' (3:1)van Eck 71'Moser 75' (4:1) |
Summary | 11' Huber 19' (0:1) Frick |
Attendance: 7,960 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 7 November 1998 Round 17 | Xamax | 3 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 17:30 | N'Diaye 8' (1:0) N'Diaye 36'Rueda 42'Njanka 44'Isabella 90' (2:1)N'Do 90+2' (3:1) |
Summary | 25' (1:1) Frick 39' 42' Frick 52' Tschopp |
Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Claude Détruche |
| 17 November 1998 Round 18 | Basel | 1 – 0 | St. Gallen | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 16:15 | Tschopp 8' (1:0) Reimann 16'Sahin 21'Veiga 68' |
Summary | 31' Zellweger 35' Zinna |
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberto Ferrari |
| 21 November 1998 Round 19 | Grasshopper Club | 2 – 1 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 17:30 | Tikva 47' (1:0) Tararache 73'Türkyilmaz 80' (2:0)Mazzarelli 90' |
Summary | 73' Ceccaroni 88' (2:1) Pérez |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Dominique Tavel |
| 28 November 1998 Round 20 | Basel | 1 – 1 | Lausanne-Sport | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel |
| 17:30 | Frick 3' (1:0) Rytchkov 49'Reimann 61' Barberis 67'Ceccaroni 73' |
Summary | 13' Iglesias 31' (1:1) 62' Pantelić 73' Thurre |
Attendance: 5,900 Referee: Roland Beck |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Servette | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 44 | Advance to championship round halved points (rounded up) as bonus |
| 2 | Grasshopper Club | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 38 | |
| 3 | Zürich | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 38 | |
| 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 38 | |
| 5 | Xamax | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 32 | |
| 6 | Basel | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 28 | |
| 7 | Luzern | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 27 | |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 | |
| 9 | Sion | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 23 | Continue to promotion/relegation round |
| 10 | Lugano | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 22 | |
| 11 | Young Boys | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 19 | |
| 12 | Aarau | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 16 |
Champions Group
| 28 February 1999 Round 1 | Luzern | 0 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| 16:15 | Stepanović 21' Koch 73'Knez 71' 83' |
Summary | 33' (0:1) 29' Abedi 49' Barberis 89' (0:2) Frick |
Attendance: 7,930 Referee: Urs Meier |
| 7 March 1999 Round 2 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Xamax | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 14:30 | Cravero 5' Abedi 36' (1:0)Kreuzer 38'Barberis 46' |
Summary | 26' Simo 53' Njanka |
Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Roland Beck |
| 13 March 1999 Round 3 | Servette | 2 – 1 | Basel | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva |
| 19:30 | Wolf 34' (1:0) Rey 38' (2:0) |
Summary | 20' Henry 60' Varela 61' Ceccaroni 71' (2:1) Fabinho |
Attendance: 6,657 Referee: Philippe Leuba |
| 21 March 1999 Round 4 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Zürich | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 14:30 | Cravero 8' Varela 29'Pérez 51' (pen. 1:0)Calapes 52'Cantaluppi 62' |
Summary | 24' 45' Di Jorio 58' Wiederkehr |
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 5 April 1999 Round 5 | Grasshopper Club | 4 – 2 | Basel | Hardturm, Zürich |
| 16:15 | de Napoli 5' (1:0) de Napoli 6' (2:0)Tikva 11' (3:0)de Napoli 52' (4:0)Comisetti 57' |
Summary | 58' Barberis 59' Fabinho 79' (4:1) Varela 90+1' (4:2) Frick |
Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Dominique Tavel |
| 10 April 1999 Round 6 | Basel | 1 – 2 | Lausanne-Sport | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 19:30 | Calapes 36' Frick 60' (1:2) |
Summary | 6' Thurre 12' (0:1) Gerber 54' (o.g. 0:2) Kreuzer 73' Puce 83' Hänzi |
Attendance: 5,315 Referee: Dieter Schoch |
| 18 April 1999 Round 7 | Basel | 3 – 3 | St. Gallen | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 16:15 | Frick 56' (1:1) Cantaluppi 58' (pen. 2:1)Henry 64'Kreuzer 79' (3:2)Barberis 90+4' |
Summary | 30' Thüler 42' Hellinga 45' (0:1) Contini 60' Tsawa 70' (2:2) Müller 90' Gil 90+5' (3:3) Jairo |
Attendance: 4,057 Referee: Claude Détruche |
| 25 April 1999 Round 8 | St. Gallen | 1 – 2 | Basel | Espenmoos, St. Gallen |
| 16:00 | Pinelli 23' Damasio 72' (1:0) |
Summary | 13' Cantaluppi 44' Potocianu 75' (1:1) Frick 81' Cravero 90+2' (1:2) Pérez 90+2' Varela |
Attendance: 7,800 Referee: André Daina |
| 1 May 1999 Round 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 3 – 0 | Basel | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
| 19:30 | Puce 13' (1:0) Barberis 31' (o.g. 2:0)Gerber 67' (3:0) |
Summary | 40' Varela 53' Cantaluppi 89' Tschopp |
Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Roland Beck |
| 8 May 1999 Round 10 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Grasshopper Club | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 19:30 | Rytchkov 1' Potocianu 26'Kreuzer 44'Fabinho 54' (1:0)Tschopp 90' (2:0)Tschopp 90' |
Summary | 17' Haas 17' Smiljanić 20' Tararache 87' Müller |
Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Dominique Tavel |
| 16 May 1999 Round 11 | Zürich | 2 – 1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 16:15 | Sant'Anna 45' Castillo 78' (1:1)Bartlett 83' (2:1)Jamarauli 90+3' |
Summary | 13' 61' Cantaluppi 29' Rytchkov 34' (0:1) Frick 45' Potocianu 80' Sahin |
Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Massimo Busacca |
| 22 May 1999 Round 12 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Servette | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 19:30 | Potocianu 13' Sahin 41'Varela 50'Rytchkov 57' |
Summary | 31' Barea 86' Rey 90' Vurens |
Attendance: 5,490 Referee: Carlo Bertolini |
| 30 May 1999 Round 13 | Xamax | 1 – 1 | Basel | Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel |
| 16:15 | Isabella 16' (1:0) N'Diaye 37' |
Summary | 22' 90+3' Potocianu 39' Ceccaroni 54' (1:1) Fabinho |
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Nicole Petignat |
| 2 June 1999 Round 14 | Basel | 0 – 0 | Luzern | Stadion Schützenmatte, Basel |
| 20:15 | Cantaluppi 60' |
Summary | 39' Stepanović |
Attendance: 3,830 Referee: Roberto Ferrari |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Servette | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 24 | Swiss champions, qualified for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 46 | qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 45 | Swiss Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Zürich | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 42 | qualified for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Basel | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 33 | qualified for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Xamax | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 28 | qualified for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Luzern | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 28 | |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 24 |
Swiss Cup
| 21 February 1999 Round of 32 | Stade Nyonnais | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p) | Basel | Colovray, Nyon |
| 14:30 | Oliveira 10' Margarini 37'Ceccaroni 44' (o.g.)Aubert 52'Bridi 62' |
Summary | 22' (o.g.) Poulard 34' Ceccaroni 67' Frick |
Attendance: 622 Referee: Marcel Vollenweider |
| Penalties | ||||
Vernaz  Carrasco  Ostermann Martin De Siebenthal |
Frick Cravero Kreuzer Sahin |
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