# 2000–01 Swiss Football League

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 French: Ligue Nationale A/B and Italian: 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lugano | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 42 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 40 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 36 |
| 4 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 35 |
| 5 | Basel | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 34 |
| 6 | Servette | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 33 |
| 7 | Sion | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 32 |
| 8 | Zürich | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 31 |
| 9 | Aarau | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 24 |
| 10 | Yverdon-Sport | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 21 |
| 11 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 53 | −32 | 20 |
| 12 | Luzern | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 19 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAS | GCZ | LS | LUG | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | YS | ZÜR |
| Aarau | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Basel | 5–2 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 7–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Grasshopper | 6–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Lugano | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Luzern | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Servette | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Sion | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| St. Gallen | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Yverdon-Sport | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Zürich | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |

### 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Grasshopper (C) | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 18 | 46 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Lugano | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 21 | 41 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 20 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Basel | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 17 | 37 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 5 | Servette | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 17 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 18 | 33 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Sion | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 16 | 32 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 16 | 28 | |
* ↑ As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BAS | GCZ | LS | LUG | SER | SIO | STG | ZÜR |
| Basel | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Grasshopper | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Lugano | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Servette | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Sion | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| St. Gallen | 3–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 1–0 |
| Zürich | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |

## Nationalliga B
### Regular season
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Young Boys | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 45 |
| 2 | Wil | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 45 |
| 3 | Winterthur | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 41 |
| 4 | Bellinzona | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 38 |
| 5 | Thun | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 35 |
| 6 | Delémont | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 31 |
| 7 | Kriens | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 25 |
| 8 | Locarno | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 24 |
| 9 | Wangen b.O. | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 22 |
| 10 | Baden | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 20 |
| 11 | Étoile Carouge | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 18 |
| 12 | Solothurn | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 18 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | 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 | |

### Relegation playoffs

Each team was awarded half of the points from the regular season.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Delémont | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 39 |
| 6 | Thun | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 37 |
| 7 | Kriens | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 33 |
| 8 | Baden | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 32 |
| 9 | Locarno | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 31 |
| 10 | Étoile Carouge | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 28 |
| 11 | Wangen b.O. (R) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 |
| 12 | Solothurn (R) | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 19 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | 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 | |

## 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Neuchâtel Xamax (P) | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 27 |
| 2 | Aarau (P) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 24 |
| 3 | Luzern (P) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 24 |
| 4 | Young Boys (P) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 24 |
| 5 | Yverdon-Sport (R) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 19 |
| 6 | Winterthur (R) | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 17 |
| 7 | Wil (R) | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 11 |
| 8 | Bellinzona (R) | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 6 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | 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 | |

## Sources

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