2001–02 in Swiss football

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Football in Switzerland
Season2001–02
Men's football
Nationalliga ABasel
Nationalliga BWil
1. LigaGroup 1:
Colombier
Group 2:
FC Schaffhausen
Group 3:
Malcantone
Overall 1. Liga champion
Wohlen
Swiss CupBasel
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueFC Sursee
Swiss CupFC Sursee
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The following is a summary of the 2001–02 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Nationalliga A

Qualification phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Basel 22 13 4 5 52 37 +15 43 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 Lugano 22 11 5 6 39 33 +6 38
3 Grasshopper Club 22 11 4 7 50 33 +17 37
4 St. Gallen 22 9 8 5 38 32 +6 35
5 Servette 22 9 7 6 36 29 +7 34
6 Sion 22 10 3 9 40 29 +11 33
7 Young Boys 22 8 7 7 35 28 +7 31
8 Zürich 22 7 9 6 24 27 −3 30
9 Aarau 22 7 6 9 28 25 +3 27 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Neuchâtel Xamax 22 6 7 9 28 36 −8 25
11 Lausanne-Sport 22 4 4 14 24 49 −25 16
12 Luzern 22 3 4 15 23 59 −36 13
Source: RSSSF

Championship playoff round

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 14 11 0 3 36 16 +20 22 55 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club 14 7 5 2 28 17 +11 19 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Lugano[lower-alpha 1] (R) 14 7 2 5 23 19 +4 19 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Servette 14 6 3 5 25 23 +2 17 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Zürich 14 6 2 6 14 17 −3 15 35 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 St. Gallen 14 4 4 6 18 20 −2 18 34 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Young Boys 14 4 3 7 18 25 −7 16 31
8 Sion[lower-alpha 1] (R) 14 1 1 12 10 35 −25 17 21
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Both Lugano and Sion did not obtain a top level license for the 2002/03 season. Neither did Lausanne; all three clubs are relegated to the NLB and their NLA places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

Nationalliga B

Qualification phase

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wil 22 12 5 5 53 32 +21 41 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2 Winterthur 22 12 3 7 48 48 0 39
3 Thun 22 11 5 6 42 32 +10 38
4 Delémont 22 11 5 6 33 26 +7 38
5 Yverdon-Sport 22 10 5 7 37 31 +6 35 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 Étoile Carouge 22 8 7 7 27 26 +1 31
7 Kriens 22 9 3 10 28 30 −2 30
8 Bellinzona 22 7 4 11 26 33 −7 25
9 Baden 22 5 9 8 40 37 +3 24
10 Locarno 22 6 5 11 28 34 −6 23
11 Vaduz 22 5 7 10 34 43 −9 22
12 Concordia Basel 22 5 4 13 34 58 −24 19
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Xamax 14 8 4 2 26 12 +14 28 Remain in NLA
2 Lausanne-Sport[lower-alpha 1] 14 8 2 4 21 14 +7 26 Did not obtain licence for top level
3 Wil 14 6 5 3 17 13 +4 23 Promoted to NLA
4 Thun 14 6 3 5 19 18 +1 21
5 Aarau[lower-alpha 1] 14 6 3 5 20 20 0 21 Relegated, but remained in NLA via green table
6 Delémont[lower-alpha 1] 14 4 4 6 14 20 −6 16 Promoted on green table
7 Luzern[lower-alpha 1] 14 2 5 7 26 28 −2 11 Relegated, but remained in NLA via green table
8 Winterthur 14 1 4 9 11 29 −18 7 Remain in NLB
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lausanne did not obtain a top level license for the 2002/03 season, neither did Lugano and Sion; these three clubs were relegated to the NLB and their NLA places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Yverdon-Sport 14 8 1 5 30 26 +4 18 43 Remain in LNB
2 Vaduz 14 8 3 3 28 18 +10 11 38
3 Bellinzona 14 7 3 4 22 18 +4 13 37
4 Kriens 14 7 0 7 31 24 +7 15 36
5 Concordia Basel 14 6 4 4 23 20 +3 15 37
6 Baden 14 5 2 7 15 21 −6 12 29
7 Locarno 14 4 5 5 17 19 −2 12 29 Relegated to 1. Liga
8 Étoile Carouge 14 1 2 11 10 30 −20 16 21
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Position in the qualification

1. Liga

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Colombier 30 17 7 6 49 37 +12 58 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Serrières 30 15 8 7 45 32 +13 53
3 CS Chênois 30 15 7 8 56 38 +18 52
4 FC Baulmes 30 15 4 11 66 53 +13 49
5 FC Echallens 30 13 6 11 48 36 +12 45
6 FC Naters 30 12 9 9 59 48 +11 45
7 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 12 6 12 50 47 +3 42
8 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 30 11 9 10 42 43 −1 42
9 FC Meyrin 30 12 5 13 51 52 −1 41
10 FC Bex 30 9 10 11 39 43 −4 37
11 Vevey Sports 30 10 7 13 43 53 −10 37
12 Grand-Lancy FC 30 9 8 13 46 49 −3 35
13 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 9 8 13 43 51 −8 35
14 Servette U-21 30 9 8 13 41 56 −15 35
15 Lausanne-Sport U-21[1] 30 10 4 16 44 65 −21 34 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 Sion U-21[1] 30 7 4 19 32 51 −19 25
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Schaffhausen 30 19 8 3 52 23 +29 65 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Solothurn 30 16 8 6 60 34 +26 56 Decider for play-off
3 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 16 8 6 65 46 +19 56 Decider winners, play-off to Challenge League
4 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 14 7 9 62 53 +9 49
5 Basel U-21 30 14 6 10 67 46 +21 48
6 FC Biel-Bienne 30 12 8 10 47 43 +4 44
7 Zürich U-21 30 12 8 10 45 46 −1 44
8 FC Grenchen 30 11 8 11 52 43 +9 41
9 FC Altstetten 30 9 10 11 35 40 −5 37
10 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 8 11 11 56 54 +2 35
11 SV Schaffhausen 30 9 8 13 34 45 −11 35
12 FC Bulle 30 9 8 13 37 52 −15 35
13 FC Münsingen 30 9 8 13 35 51 −16 35
14 FC Fribourg 30 9 7 14 43 47 −4 34
15 FC Red Star Zürich[1] 30 8 6 16 32 52 −20 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Schwamendingen[1] 30 4 3 23 24 71 −47 15
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Decider to play-off

The two teams Solothurn and Young Fellows Juventus ended the season level on points and so they had to play a decision match to resolve second position and the play-off slot. This match was played on May 21, 2002, in Sursee.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Solothurn 1–3 YFJ

SC Young Fellows Juventus win and advance, as group runner-up, to play-offs.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Malcantone Agno 30 19 6 5 63 33 +30 63 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Wohlen 30 18 8 4 61 28 +33 62
3 FC Tuggen 30 17 9 4 58 24 +34 60
4 SC Buochs 30 15 7 8 35 29 +6 52
5 St. Gallen U-21 30 10 13 7 38 34 +4 43
6 FC Chiasso 30 11 9 10 39 28 +11 42
7 FC Chur 97 30 12 6 12 58 56 +2 42
8 FC Mendrisio 30 12 5 13 34 38 −4 41
9 FC Schötz 30 9 10 11 44 52 −8 37
10 Luzern U-21 30 9 8 13 42 46 −4 35
11 FC Gossau 30 8 11 11 39 48 −9 35
12 FC Kreuzlingen 30 10 5 15 34 50 −16 35
13 Zug 94 30 9 7 14 35 38 −3 34
14 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 7 9 14 43 45 −2 30
15 FC Freienbach[1] 30 6 5 19 38 71 −33 23 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Rorschach[1] 30 5 8 17 31 72 −41 23
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

The three group winners and the three runners-up contested this play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams were not eligible for this stage.

Qualification round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Wohlen 4–1 Colombier
Colombier 2–2 Wohlen

Wohlen win 6–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
YFJ 1–0 Malcantone
Malcantone 3–2 YFJ

3–3 on aggregate, Young Fellows Juventus win on away goals and continue to the finals.[2]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Serrières 1–4 Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen 1–0 Serrières

Schaffhausen win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.[2]

Final round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
YFJ 1–2 Wohlen
Wohlen 0–0 Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen 1–1 YFJ

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wohlen[1] 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Promotion to Challenge League
2 Schaffhausen[1] 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Young Fellows Juventus 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off

Swiss Cup

The four winners of the quarter-finals played in the semi-finals. The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.


Semi-finals

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Final

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Swiss Clubs in Europe

Grasshopper Club

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Porto won 5–4 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

Grasshoppers won 6–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Grasshoppers won 6–4 on aggregate.

Third round

Leeds United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Lugano

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–2 on aggregate.

St. Gallen

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round
23 August 2001 (2001-08-23) Second leg St. Gallen Switzerland 2–3 North Macedonia Pelister Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Report [18] Attendance: 3,555
Referee: Tonny Poulsen (Denmark)

3–3 on aggregate. St. Gallen won on away goals.

First round

St. Gallen won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Freiburg won 4–2 on aggregate.

Servette

UEFA Cup

First round
20 September 2001 First leg Servette Switzerland 1–0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
20:15 Oruma File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Report [23] Attendance: 4,286
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Servette won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
18 October 2001 First leg Zaragoza Spain 0–0 Switzerland Servette La Romareda, Zaragoza
21:00 Report [25] Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round
22 November 2001 First leg Servette Switzerland 0–0 Germany Hertha BSC Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
18:00 Report [27] Attendance: 8,412
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Servette won 3–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.

Basel

Intertoto Cup

Second round
8 July 2001 (2001-07-08) Second leg Grindavík Iceland 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Grindavíkurvöllur, Grindavík
16:00 Kekic Yellow card 56'
Floventtson Yellow card 75'
Report [32] File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (0:1) Muff
Yellow card 42' Aziawonou
File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (0:2) Muff
Attendance: 700
Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland)

Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-final
25 July 2001 (2001-07-25) First leg Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Lausanne St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (1:0)
Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (2:0)
M. Yakin Yellow card 42'
H. Yakin File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (3:0)
Report [34] Yellow card 42' Margairaz Attendance: 14,872
Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

Basel won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final
7 August 2001 (2001-08-07) First leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 England Aston Villa St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' (1:1) Report [36] File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' (0:1) Merson
Yellow card 76' Vassell
Yellow card 77' Wright
Attendance: 25,879
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Aston Villa won 5–2 on aggregate.

Lausanne-Sport

Intertoto Cup

First round

Lausanne-Sport won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second round
30 June 2001 (2001-06-30) First leg Sturm Graz Austria 0–1 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium, Graz
20:00 Report [40] Masudi File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Attendance: 5,650
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Lausanne-Sport won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round

1–1 on aggregate. Lausanne-Sport won on away goals.

Semi-final
25 July 2001 (2001-07-25) First leg Basel Switzerland 3 – 0 Switzerland Lausanne St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (1:0)
Giménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (2:0)
M. Yakin Yellow card 42'
H. Yakin File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (3:0)
Report [34] Yellow card 42' Margairaz Attendance: 14,872
Referee: Ferenc Bede (Hungary)

Basel won 5–2 on aggregate.

Vaduz

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Varteks won 9–4 on aggregate.

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Sources

Preceded by
2001–02
Seasons in
Swiss football
Succeeded by
2003–04

{{2001–02 in Swiss football}}