2000–01 Swiss 1. Liga

The 2000–01 Swiss 1. Liga was the 69th season of this league since its creation in 1931. The 1. Liga was the third tier of the Swiss football league system and it was also the highest level of amateur football.

1. Liga
Season2000–01
ChampionsGroup 1:
Serrières
Group 2:
Concordia
Group 3:
Vaduz
PromotedConcordia
Vaduz
RelegatedGroup 1:
Martigny-Sports
Terre Sainte
Group 2:
Horgen
Muttenz
Group 3:
Widnau
Sursee
Matches played3 times 240
plus 9 play-offs

Format

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There were 48 teams in this division this season, including four U-21 teams, which were the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the Super League and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their positions in the league. The three group winners and the three runners-up then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams were not eligible for promotion and could not compete the play-offs. The two last placed teams in each group were directly relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.

Group 1

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Teams

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Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Bex Vaud Relais 2,000
CS Chênois Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
FC Colombier Neuchâtel Stade des Chézards 2,500
FC Echallens Vaud Sportplatz 3 Sapins 2,000
Grand-Lancy FC Geneva Stade de Marignac 1,500
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 12,700
Lausanne-Sport U-21 Vaud Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 15,700
FC Martigny-Sports Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Meyrin Geneva Stade des Arbères 9,000
FC Naters Valais Sportanlage Stapfen 3,000
FC Serrières Neuchâtel Pierre-à-Bot 1,700
Servette U-21 Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
US Terre Sainte[1] Vaud Centre Sportif des Rojalets 1,400
Vevey Sports Vaud Stade de Copet 4,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Serrières 30 16 10 4 45 27 +18 58 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 30 16 7 7 50 29 +21 55
3 Servette U-21 30 16 6 8 54 33 +21 54
4 FC Colombier 30 14 9 7 43 37 +6 51
5 CS Chênois 30 12 11 7 60 44 +16 47
6 Vevey Sports 30 11 10 9 56 39 +17 43
7 FC Bex 30 11 8 11 51 50 +1 41
8 FC Meyrin 30 11 8 11 38 40 −2 41
9 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 11 7 12 44 53 −9 40
10 FC Naters 30 10 9 11 46 51 −5 39
11 Lausanne-Sport U-21 30 10 4 16 43 48 −5 34
12 Grand-Lancy FC 30 8 10 12 38 54 −16 34
13 FC Echallens 30 9 5 16 36 44 −8 32
14 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 8 8 14 48 63 −15 32
15 FC Martigny-Sports 30 8 7 15 43 50 −7 31 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 US Terre Sainte 30 6 7 17 31 64 −33 25
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

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Teams

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Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Altstetten[2] Zürich Buchlern 1,000
FC Biel-Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
FC Concordia Basel Basel-City Stadion Rankhof 7,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
Grasshopper Club U-21 Zürich GC/Campus Niederhasli 2,000
FC Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Horgen[3] Zürich Waldegg 1,000
FC Münsingen Bern Sportanlage Sandreutenen 1,400
SV Muttenz Basel-Country Sportplatz Margelacker 3,200
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
SV Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Sportplatz Bühl 1,000
FC Schwamendingen[4] Zürich Sportanlage Heerenschürli 1,522
FC Wohlen Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 3,734[5]
SC YF Juventus Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Concordia Basel 30 18 8 4 58 30 +28 62 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Schaffhausen 30 17 9 4 55 26 +29 60
3 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 16 7 7 56 35 +21 55
4 FC Altstetten 30 15 8 7 48 31 +17 53
5 FC Grenchen 30 12 11 7 60 34 +26 47
6 FC Red Star Zürich 30 13 7 10 41 38 +3 46
7 FC Fribourg 30 10 10 10 47 39 +8 40
8 FC Münsingen 30 8 12 10 36 43 −7 36
9 FC Biel-Bienne 30 9 8 13 41 58 −17 35
10 FC Wohlen 30 9 7 14 50 48 +2 34
11 FC Schwamendingen 30 9 7 14 45 59 −14 34
12 FC Bulle 30 9 5 16 41 64 −23 32
13 SV Schaffhausen 30 7 10 13 36 61 −25 31
14 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 7 9 14 44 48 −4 30
15 FC Horgen 30 7 8 15 42 57 −15 29 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 SV Muttenz 30 7 8 15 41 70 −29 29
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

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Teams

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Club Canton Stadium Capacity
SC Buochs Nidwalden Stadion Seefeld 5,000
FC Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
FC Freienbach Schwyz Chrummen 4,500
FC Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 3,500
FC Kreuzlingen Thurgau Sportplatz Hafenareal 1,200
FC Malcantone Agno Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
FC Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Rapperswil-Jona St. Gallen Stadion Grünfeld 2,500
FC Rorschach[6] Schwyz Sportplatz Kellen 1,000
FC Schötz Lucerne Sportplatz Wissenhusen 1,750
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Sursee[7] Lucerne Stadion Schlottermilch 3,500
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
FC Vaduz   Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
FC Widnau[8] St. Gallen Sportanlage Aegeten 2,000
Zug 94 Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Vaduz 30 19 7 4 78 31 +47 64 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Schötz 30 17 7 6 61 32 +29 58
3 St. Gallen U-21 30 15 9 6 54 34 +20 54
4 Zug 94 30 15 8 7 50 29 +21 53
5 FC Gossau 30 14 6 10 51 55 −4 48
6 FC Malcantone Agno 30 12 8 10 41 30 +11 44
7 SC Buochs 30 14 1 15 37 45 −8 43
8 FC Tuggen 30 11 8 11 41 43 −2 41
9 FC Kreuzlingen 30 8 14 8 37 35 +2 38
10 FC Chiasso 30 8 13 9 27 32 −5 37
11 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 9 8 13 41 48 −7 35
12 FC Freienbach 30 9 8 13 43 57 −14 35
13 FC Rorschach 30 7 13 10 30 43 −13 34
14 FC Mendrisio 30 6 12 12 35 43 −8 30
15 FC Widnau 30 6 7 17 41 67 −26 25 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Sursee 30 5 1 24 34 77 −43 16
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

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The three group winners and the runners-up contested this play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams were not eligible for this stage.

Qualification round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Stade Lausanne Ouchy 1–2 Vaduz
Vaduz 3–3 Stade Lausanne Ouchy

Vaduz win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Schötz 1–0 Concordia
Concordia 3–0 Schötz

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

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Schaffhausen 3–2 Serrières
Serrières 2–1 Schaffhausen

4–4 on aggregate, Serrières win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Final round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Serrières 1–3 Vaduz
Vaduz 0–1 Concordia
Concordia 0–0 Serrières

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Concordia Basel 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Promotion to Challenge League
2 FC Vaduz 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 FC Serrières 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Play-off.

Summary

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Group 1 champions were Serrières, runners-up were Stade Lausanne Ouchy. Group 2 champions were Concordia and runners-up were FC Schaffhausen. Group 3 champions were Vaduz, runners-up were Schötz. These six teams played a qualification and the three winners played a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. Concordia and Vaduz secured their promotion to the second tier. Concordia secured the 1. Liga championship.

From group 1 relegated were FC Martigny-Sports and US Terre Sainte. Relegated from group 2 were the two clubs FC Horgen and SV Muttenz and from group 3 the two teams FC Widnau and FC Sursee also suffered relegation. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in following season by the six winners of the 2. Liga Interregional. These were Sion U-21, FC Baulmes, Basel U-21, Luzern U-21, Zürich U-21 and FC Chur 97.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ (red) (2023). "US Terre Sainte" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Altstetten" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Horgen" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Schwamendingen" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ "Stadion Niedermatten - Football Stadium".
  6. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Rorschach-Goldach 17" (in German). matchcenter.ofv.swiss. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Sursee" (in German). matchcenter.al-la.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  8. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Widnau" (in German). matchcenter.ofv.swiss. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  9. ^ Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF page 14 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
1999–2000
Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga
Succeeded by
2001–02