The following is a summary of the 2001–02 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Nationalliga A
Qualification phase
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.
Nationalliga B
Qualification phase
Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB
Relegation group NLB/1. Liga
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
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.
SC Young Fellows Juventus win and advance, as group runner-up, to play-offs.
Group 3
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
Wohlen win 6–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.
3–3 on aggregate, Young Fellows Juventus win on away goals and continue to the finals.
Schaffhausen win 5–1 on aggregate 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.
Semi-finals
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Final
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Swiss Clubs in Europe Grasshopper Club as 2000–01 Nationalliga A champions: Champions League third qualifying round Lugano as runners-up: Champions League second qualifying round St. Gallen as third placed team: UEFA Cup qualifying round Servette as 2000–01 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup first round Basel: UEFA Cup first round Lausanne-Sport: UEFA Cup first round FC Vaduz as 2000–01 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup qualifying round
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
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
Servette won 2–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Servette won 1–0 on aggregate.
Third round
Servette won 3–0 on aggregate.
Fourth round
Valencia won 5–2 on aggregate.
Basel Intertoto Cup
Second round
Basel won 5–0 on aggregate.
Third round
Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.
Semi-final
Basel won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
Aston Villa won 5–2 on aggregate.
Lausanne-Sport Intertoto Cup
First round
Lausanne-Sport won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second round
Lausanne-Sport won 4–3 on aggregate.
Third round
1–1 on aggregate. Lausanne-Sport won on away goals.
Semi-final
Basel won 5–2 on aggregate.
Vaduz UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
Varteks won 9–4 on aggregate.
References
Sources Switzerland 2001–02 at RSSSF 1. Liga season 2001–02 at the official website Switzerland Cup 2001–02 at RSSSF Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001 at RSSSF