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. 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 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 started on 15 July and ended on 10 December. At the end of the season Grasshopper Club Zürich won the championship.

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Champion playoffs

The first eight teams of the regular season competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them.

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Nationalliga B

Regular season

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Relegation playoffs

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

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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.

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Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Basel15,152
2St. Gallen10,317
3GCZ7,583
4Sion7,283
5Zürich6,056
6Lugano5,325
7Luzern4,857
8Servette4,583
9Aarau3,895
10Xamax3,800
11Lausanne3,564
12Yverdon2,036

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