2000–01 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2000–01 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

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.

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.

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

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

Third qualifying round
Galatasaray won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round
St. Gallen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
Club Brugge win 3–2 on aggregate

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.

Qualifying round
Basel win 12-1 on aggregate

First round
Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

Second round
Feyenoord win 3–1 on aggregate

First round
6–6 on aggregate, Leiftur won on away goals rule.

First round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–4 on aggregate.

Second round
Stuttgart won 10–2 on aggregate.

First round
Genk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Amica Wronki win 6–3 on aggregate.