2000–01 Swiss Football League

Swiss football season Nationalliga A 2000–01 Grasshopper Club 26th title Yverdon Sport Stéphane Chapuisat (21) Christian Giménez (21) 1999–2000 2001–02 The 2000–01 season Swiss Football League contains two divisions, the Swiss Super League, at the time called Nationalliga A, and the Swiss Challenge League, at the time called Nationalliga B (in fr Ligue Nationale A/B and it Lega Nazionale A/B). At the end of the season, Nationalliga A held its own championship playoffs, and Nationalliga B held its own relegation playoffs. Additionally, the last 4 teams from A and top 4 teams from B held a relegation/promotion playoff. Nationalliga A Regular season The Qualification Round to the League season 2000–01 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) then competed in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round. The regular season (Grunddurchgang) started on 15 July and ended on 10 December. At the end of the season Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship. Table main WDL Regular season A 5 Q LUG Lugano STG St. Gallen GCZ Grasshopper LS Lausanne-Sport BAS Basel SER Servette SIO Sion ZÜR Zürich AAR Aarau YVE Yverdon-Sport NX Neuchâtel Xamax LUZ Luzern 12 6 4 33 16 11 7 4 43 18 11 3 8 46 25 11 2 9 37 34 10 4 8 42 36 9 6 7 34 26 9 5 8 27 31 8 7 7 36 29 6 6 10 31 43 5 6 11 27 43 6 2 14 21 53 5 4 13 27 50 yellow1 CP CP CP CP CP CP CP CP red2 RP RP RP RP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AAR BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ NX SER SIO STG YS ZÜR Lugano 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 St. Gallen 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 7–0 2–0 2–1 Grasshopper 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 5–0 2–3 6–0 1–0 6–0 4–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–3 4–2 2–0 1–2 Basel 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–2 4–1 1–1 5–2 2–1 5–1 7–4 Servette 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 Sion 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 Zürich 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–2 Aarau 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–3 2–0 3–3 Yverdon-Sport 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 4–0 3–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–5 1–1 1–1 Luzern 1–1 1–5 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 complete RSSSF Champion playoffs The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them. Table main WDL Championship playoffs A 5 Q y GCZ Grasshopper LUG Lugano STG St. Gallen BAS Basel SER Servette LS Lausanne-Sport SIO Sion ZÜR Zürich 8 4 2 29 14 18 C 5 5 4 24 19 21 6 2 6 23 28 20 4 8 2 18 16 17 5 5 4 26 19 17 4 3 7 15 27 18 4 4 6 16 22 16 3 3 8 12 18 16 green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 yellow1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner. UC1 blue3 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAS GCZ LS LUG SER SIO STG ZÜR Grasshopper 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–3 4–0 3–0 4–2 Lugano 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 St. Gallen 0–4 3–2 3–2 2–2 4–2 4–1 1–0 Basel 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 Servette 1–0 2–3 4–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 Sion 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 Zürich 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 complete RSSSF Nationalliga B Regular season Table main WDL Regular season B 5 Q YB Young Boys WIL Wil WIN Winterthur BEL Bellinzona THU Thun DEL Delémont KRI Kriens LOC Locarno WBO Wangen b.O. BAD Baden ÉTO Étoile Carouge SOL Solothurn 13 6 3 42 20 14 3 5 47 28 11 8 3 41 21 11 5 6 40 27 10 5 7 46 39 9 4 9 43 39 7 4 11 29 37 6 6 10 28 41 5 7 10 26 38 5 5 12 23 40 3 9 10 25 36 4 6 12 16 40 yellow1 CP CP CP CP red2 RP RP RP RP RP RP RP RP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAD BEL DEL ÉTO KRI LOC SOL THU WAN WIL WIN YB Baden 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–5 0–0 Bellinzona 4–1 5–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 Delémont 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–2 6–1 2–1 3–2 5–1 4–6 0–1 3–1 Étoile Carouge 0–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 Kriens 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 4–0 2–2 2–5 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 Locarno 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 Solothurn 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–7 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–3 Thun 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 0–3 3–3 3–3 1–4 Wangen b.O. 1–0 0–5 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Wil 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 Winterthur 4–1 1–0 6–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–0 Young Boys 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 8–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 complete RSSSF Relegation playoffs Each team was awarded half of the points from the regular season. Table main WDL Relegation playoffs B 5 R DEL 5 Delémont THU 6 Thun KRI 7 Kriens BAD 8 Baden LOC 9 Locarno ÉTO 10 Étoile Carouge WBO 11 Wangen b.O. SOL 12 Solothurn 6 5 3 24 20 16 5 4 5 24 21 18 5 5 4 12 13 13 6 4 4 31 22 10 5 4 5 17 24 12 3 10 1 16 12 9 5 1 8 24 32 11 R 1 7 6 22 26 9 R red1 R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BAD DEL ÉTO KRI LOC SOL THU WAN Baden 3–3 1–1 3–0 5–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 Delémont 1–5 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 6–4 Étoile Carouge 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 Kriens 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 Locarno 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–5 3–0 Solothurn 3–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 Thun 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–5 1–2 Wangen b.O. 1–2 2–4 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 0–4 complete RSSSF Nationalliga A/B playoffs The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top four teams of Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round. Table main WDL AB playoffs 5 PR NX Neuchâtel Xamax AAR Aarau LUZ Luzern YB Young Boys YVE Yverdon-Sport WIN Winterthur WIL Wil BEL Bellinzona 7 6 1 24 16 P 7 3 4 23 15 P 7 3 4 24 18 P 7 3 4 17 14 P 4 7 3 23 20 R 5 2 7 18 21 R 2 5 7 17 22 R 1 3 10 8 28 R green1 P P P P red1 R R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AAR BEL LUZ NX WIL WIN YB YS Aarau 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 Bellinzona 1–6 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 Luzern 3–0 2–0 2–3 4–0 2–3 1–0 4–3 Neuchâtel Xamax 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 Wil 2–3 5–0 0–0 2–4 1–3 0–0 1–1 Winterthur 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–1 Young Boys 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 Yverdon-Sport 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 4–2 complete RSSSF Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 15,152 2 St. Gallen 10,317 3 GCZ 7,583 4 Sion 7,283 5 Zürich 6,056 6 Lugano 5,325 7 Luzern 4,857 8 Servette 4,583 9 Aarau 3,895 10 Xamax 3,800 11 Lausanne 3,564 12 Yverdon 2,036 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui01.htm 2026-08-10 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Sources RSSSF References Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss 1