The following is a summary of the 2000–01 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Qualification phase
Championship round The first eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the Championship round. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.
Nationalliga B
Qualification phase
Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB 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 promotion/relegation round.
Relegation group NLB/1. Liga The last eight teams of the qualification phase competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them.
1. Liga Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Promotion play-off The three group winners and the runners-up contested this play-off for the two promotion slots.
Qualification round
Vaduz win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
Concordia win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
4–4 on aggregate, Serrières win on away goals and continue to the finals.
Final round
Final table
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.
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe St. Gallen as 1999–2000 Nationalliga A champions: Champions League third qualifying round Lausanne-Sport as runners-up: UEFA Cup qualifying round Basel as third placed team: UEFA Cup qualifying round Luzern: Intertoto Cup first round Xamax: Intertoto Cup first round Zürich as 1999–2000 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup first round Vaduz as 1999–2000 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup qualifying round
St. Gallen Champions League
Third qualifying round
Galatasaray won 4–3 on aggregate.
UEFA Cup
First round
St. Gallen won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Club Brugge win 3–2 on aggregate
Lausanne-Sport UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
Lausanne win 2–0 on aggregate.
First round
Lausanne won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Lausanne win 3–2 on aggregate
Third round
Nantes win 7–4 on aggregate.
Basel UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
Basel win 12-1 on aggregate
First round
Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.
Second round
Feyenoord win 3–1 on aggregate
Luzern Intertoto Cup
First round
6–6 on aggregate, Leiftur won on away goals rule.
Xamax Intertoto Cup
First round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–4 on aggregate.
Second round
Stuttgart won 10–2 on aggregate.
Zürich UEFA Cup
First round
Genk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Vaduz UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
Amica Wronki win 6–3 on aggregate.
References
Sources Switzerland 2000–01 at RSSSF 1. Liga season 2000–01 at the official website Switzerland Cup 2000–01 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000 at RSSSF