User:Huligan0/1993–94 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 1993–94 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Championship group
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.

Qualification phase

 * Group West


 * Group East

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB
The teams in the ninth to twelfth positions in Nationalliga A competed with the top two teams of both Nationalliga B groups in a NLA/NLB promotion/relegation round.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga
The last eight teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in two relegation groups against relegation to the 1. Liga 1994–95. The teams were drawn into these two groups and received ranking bonus points from their qualifying groups (3rd place 8 pts; 4th place 7 pts; 5th place 6 pts; etc). There was to be three direct relegations and a relegation play-out between the two fifth placed teams.


 * Group A


 * Group B

Play-out
 Gossau win 2–1 on aggregate'. Chiasso is relegated to 1. Liga 1994–95.''

Decider
Decider for 11th/12th position. 12th position meant advance to play-out against relegation. The decider was played at a neutral ground. It took place in the Stadion Brühl in Muri, Aargau.

'' Zug 94 win and remain in 1. Liga. Altstetten continue in play-outs.''

Promotion play-offs

 * Qualification round

 FC Echallens win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

 FC Solothurn win 2–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

 FC Tuggen win 7–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

'' 2–2 on aggregate. FC Ascona win on away goals and continue to the finals.''


 * Final round

'' FC Solothurn win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. FC Ascona continue in decider for 3rd place. ''

'' FC Echallens win 6–0 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. FC Tuggen continue in decider for 3rd place. ''


 * Decider for promotion

 FC Tuggen win 2–0 and are promoted to Nationalliga B. 

Relegation play-outs
'' Pratteln win 1–0 on aggregate and remain in 1. Liga. Fully are relegated. ''

'' Altstetten win 2–1 on aggregate and remain in 1. Liga. Rorschach are relegated. ''

Swiss Cup
The routes of the finalists to the final, played on 15 May 1994 at the Wankdorf in Bern:


 * Round 3


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 * Round 4


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 * Round 5


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 * Quarter-finals


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 * Semi-finals


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The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final. Remark: FC Schaffhausen as a club from the NLB (second tier) in the final.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

 * Aarau as 1992–93 Nationalliga A champions: 1993–94 UEFA Champions League preliminary round and entered 1993 Intertoto Cup
 * Young Boys as league second placed team: 1993–94 UEFA Cup and entered 1993 Intertoto Cup
 * Servette as league third placed team: 1993–94 UEFA Cup
 * Lugano as 1992–93 Swiss Cup winners: 1993–94 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
 * Zürich entered: 1993 Intertoto Cup
 * Lausanne-Sport entered: 1993 Intertoto Cup
 * Balzers as 1992–93 Liechtenstein Cup winners: 1993–94 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

Qualifying round
Aarau won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round
Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.

First round
Celtic won 1–0 on aggregate.

First round
Servette won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second round
Bordeaux won 3–1 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Lugano won 6–2 on aggregate.

First round
Real won 6–1 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Balzers won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round
CSKA Sofia won 11–1 on aggregate.