User:Huligan0/1994–95 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 1994–95 season of competitive football in Switzerland. This was the final season in which two points were awarded for a win; from the next season onwards this was to changed to three points.

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

Play-off for NLB championship

 * Semi-finals

 Yverdon-Sport win 4–2 on aggregate and continue to the final.

 Solothurn win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.


 * Third place

 Winterthur win 4–2 on aggregate and are declaired third.


 * Final

'' Yverdon-Sport win 2–1 on aggregate and are declaired NLB champions. Solothurn are runners-up''

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 six teams in each of the two qualification phase groups competed in the relegation group against relegation to the 1. Liga. The teams all entered the phase in one sole group. The teams took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the qualification as bonus with them. As the NLB was to be reduced to one single group the following season, six teams would be relegated to the 1995–96 Swiss 1. Liga.

Because AC Bellinzona and FC Grenchen had their licenses revoked, FC Baden and Étoile Carouge remained in the NLB.
 * Note:

Deciders
The decider for second position, qualification to play-off, was played at a neutral ground. It took place on 23 May 1995 at the Stade d'Octodure in Martigny.

'' Bulle win and advance to play-offs. Raron remain in division''

Decider for 12th/13th position, play-out or direct relegation, was played at a neutral ground. It took place on 23 May 1995 at the Stade de Colovray in Nyon.

'' Signal FC (Bernex) win and advance to play-outs. Le Mont are directly relegated to 2. Liga. ''

Decider
Decider for 11th/12th position. 12th position means advance to play-out against relegation. The decider was played at a neutral ground. It took place on 23 May 1995 at Stadion Gurzelen in Biel/Bienne.

'' SV Lyss win and remain in the division. Bümpliz advance to play-outs against relegation.''

Promotion play-off

 * Qualification round

 Naters win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

''1–1 on aggregate. Bulle win on away goals and continue to the finals.''

 Chiasso win 1–0 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

 Freienbach win 4–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.


 * Final round

 Naters win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. 

 Chiasso win 5–2 on aggregate and are promoted to Nationalliga B. 

Relegation play-outs
'' FC Stäfa win on 2–0 on aggregate. TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen are relegated to 2. Liga. ''

'' Bümpliz win on 7–3 on aggregate. Signal FC (Bernex) are relegated to 2. Liga. ''

Swiss Cup
The route of the finalists to the final. Clubs playing in the European competitions were granted a bye in the third round: The winners of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team in the final.
 * Round 3: Sion bye. GC bye.
 * Round 4: FC Renens-Sion 1–3 . FC Sursee-GC 0–2.
 * Round 5: FC Freienbach-Sion 0–9. GC-FC Lugano 1–0.
 * Quarter-finals: AC Bellinzona-Sion 0–1. FC Wil-GC 0–2.
 * Semi-finals: Sion-SR Delémont 6–1. BSC Young Boys-GC 1–2.

Swiss Clubs in Europe

 * Servette as 1993–94 Nationalliga A champions: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League qualifying round and 1994 Intertoto Cup
 * Sion as league third placed team: 1994–95 UEFA Cup first round and 1994 Intertoto Cup
 * Aarau as league fourth placed team: 1994–95 UEFA Cup preliminary round
 * Grasshopper Club as 1993–94 Swiss Cup winners: 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and 1994 Intertoto Cup
 * Young Boys: 1994 Intertoto Cup
 * Lausanne-Sport: 1994 Intertoto Cup
 * Schaan as 1993–94 Liechtenstein Cup winners: 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

Qualifying round
Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate.

First round
Sion won 5–4 on aggregate.

Second round
''3–3 on aggregate. Sion won on away goals.''

Third round
Nantes won 6–2 on aggregate.

Preliminary round
Aarau won 2–0 on aggregate.

First round
Marítimo won 1–0 on aggregate.

First round
Grasshopper won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round
Sampdoria won 5–3 on aggregate.

Qualifying round
Pirin Blagoevgrad won 4–0 on aggregate.