Nationalliga A 1996/1997

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	Neuchatel Xamax	22	12	8	2	36 - 20	44	+16	Qualification to Championship Round
2	Grasshopper	22	10	9	3	42 - 27	39	+15	Qualification to Championship Round
3	FC Sion	22	9	10	3	33 - 21	37	+12	Qualification to Championship Round
4	FC Aarau	22	9	8	5	21 - 14	35	+7	Qualification to Championship Round
5	Lausanne Sports	22	9	7	6	35 - 32	34	+3	Qualification to Championship Round
6	FC Sankt Gallen	22	6	10	6	20 - 26	28	-6	Qualification to Championship Round
7	FC Zurich	22	6	9	7	24 - 25	27	-1	Qualification to Championship Round
8	FC Basel 1893	22	5	11	6	32 - 32	26	±0	Qualification to Championship Round
9	Servette FC	22	5	9	8	24 - 25	24	-1	Qualification to Relegation Round
10	FC Luzern	22	4	11	7	27 - 32	23	-5	Qualification to Relegation Round
11	AC Lugano	22	2	9	11	14 - 32	15	-18	Qualification to Relegation Round
12	BSC Young Boys	22	3	3	16	17 - 39	12	-22	Qualification to Relegation Round
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	Servette FC	14	7	4	3	18 - 10	25	+8	Promoted
2	Etoile Carouge FC	14	7	3	4	15 - 13	24	+2	Promoted
3	FC Luzern	14	6	5	3	16 - 12	23	+4	Cup Winner Cup (cup finalist)
4	SC Kriens	14	6	4	4	22 - 16	22	+6	Promoted
5	BSC Young Boys	14	5	5	4	19 - 17	20	+2	Relegated
6	FC Solothurn	14	3	5	6	9 - 17	14	-8	Relegated
7	AC Lugano	14	2	5	7	11 - 17	11	-6	Relegated
8	FC Schaffhausen	14	2	5	7	13 - 21	11	-8	Relegated
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD		Result
1	FC Sion	14	9	3	2	18 - 10	49	+8	[+19]	Champion (Champions League)
2	Neuchatel Xamax	14	6	6	2	22 - 14	46	+8	[+22]	Vice-champion (UEFA Cup)
3	Grasshopper	14	7	4	3	37 - 18	45	+19	[+20]	UEFA Cup
4	Lausanne Sports	14	8	2	4	20 - 16	43	+4	[+17]	Intertoto Cup
5	FC Aarau	14	3	4	7	17 - 22	31	-5	[+18]	Intertoto Cup
6	FC Sankt Gallen	14	3	4	7	13 - 26	27	-13	[+14]
7	FC Zurich	14	1	7	6	9 - 18	24	-9	[+14]
8	FC Basel 1893	14	3	2	9	16 - 28	24	-12	[+13]
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

Nationalliga A 1996/1997: final table of Qualifying Round