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2000–01 in Swiss football

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Football in Switzerland
Season2000–01
Men's football
Nationalliga AGrasshopper
Nationalliga BYoung Boys
1. LigaOverall
Concordia
Group 1:
Serrières
Group 2:
Concordia
Group 3:
Vaduz
Swiss CupServette
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueFFC Bern
Swiss CupFFC Bern
← 1999–2000 Switzerland 2001–02 →

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

Nationalliga A

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Qualification phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lugano 22 12 6 4 33 16 +17 42 Advance to championship round
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
2 St. Gallen 22 11 7 4 43 18 +25 40
3 Grasshopper 22 11 3 8 46 25 +21 36
4 Lausanne-Sport 22 11 2 9 37 34 +3 35
5 Basel 22 10 4 8 42 36 +6 34
6 Servette 22 9 6 7 34 26 +8 33
7 Sion 22 9 5 8 27 31 −4 32
8 Zürich 22 8 7 7 36 29 +7 31
9 Aarau 22 6 6 10 31 43 −12 24 Continue to promotion/relegation round
10 Yverdon-Sport 22 5 6 11 27 43 −16 21
11 Xamax 22 6 2 14 21 53 −32 20
12 Luzern 22 5 4 13 27 50 −23 19
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Championship round

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Grasshopper (C) 14 8 4 2 29 14 +15 18 46 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Lugano 14 5 5 4 24 19 +5 21 41 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 St. Gallen 14 6 2 6 23 28 −5 20 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4 Basel 14 4 8 2 18 16 +2 17 37 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Servette 14 5 5 4 26 19 +7 17 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
6 Lausanne-Sport 14 4 3 7 15 27 −12 18 33 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Sion 14 4 4 6 16 22 −6 16 32
8 Zürich 14 3 3 8 12 18 −6 16 28
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2000–01 Swiss Cup winner.

Nationalliga B

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Qualification phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Young Boys 22 13 6 3 42 20 +22 45 Advance to promotion/relegation NLA/LNB round
2 Wil 22 14 3 5 47 28 +19 45
3 Winterthur 22 11 8 3 41 21 +20 41
4 Bellinzona 22 11 5 6 40 27 +13 38
5 Thun 22 10 5 7 46 39 +7 35 Continue to relegation round NLB/1. Liga
halved points (rounded up) as bonus
6 Delémont 22 9 4 9 43 39 +4 31
7 Kriens 22 7 4 11 29 37 −8 25
8 Locarno 22 6 6 10 28 41 −13 24
9 Wangen b.O. 22 5 7 10 26 38 −12 22
10 Baden 22 5 5 12 23 40 −17 20
11 Étoile Carouge 22 3 9 10 25 36 −11 18
12 Solothurn 22 4 6 12 16 40 −24 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion/relegation group NLA/NLB

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Neuchâtel Xamax 14 7 6 1 24 16 +8 27 Remain in NLA
2 Aarau 14 7 3 4 23 15 +8 24
3 Luzern 14 7 3 4 24 18 +6 24
4 Young Boys 14 7 3 4 17 14 +3 24 Promoted to NLA
5 Yverdon-Sport 14 4 7 3 23 20 +3 19 Relegated to NLB
6 Winterthur 14 5 2 7 18 21 −3 17 Remain in NLB
7 Wil 14 2 5 7 17 22 −5 11
8 Bellinzona 14 1 3 10 8 28 −20 6
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Relegation group NLB/1. Liga

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Relegation
1 Delémont 14 6 5 3 24 20 +4 16 39 Remain in NLB
2 Thun 14 5 4 5 24 21 +3 18 37
3 Kriens 14 5 5 4 12 13 −1 13 33
4 Baden 14 6 4 4 31 22 +9 10 32
5 Locarno 14 5 4 5 17 24 −7 12 31
6 Étoile Carouge 14 3 10 1 16 12 +4 9 28
7 Wangen b.O. 14 5 1 8 24 32 −8 11 27 Relegated to 1. Liga
8 Solothurn 14 1 7 6 22 26 −4 9 19
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

1. Liga

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Group 1

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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[1] 30 8 7 15 43 50 −7 31 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 US Terre Sainte[1] 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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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[1] 30 7 8 15 42 57 −15 29 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 SV Muttenz[1] 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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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[1] 30 6 7 17 41 67 −26 25 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Sursee[1] 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.

Qualification round
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
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[1] 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Promotion to Challenge League
2 FC Vaduz[1] 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.

Swiss Cup

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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.


First semi-final
Servette1–0St. Gallen
Frei 77' SFV summary
Attendance: 4,816
Referee: Switzerland Andreas Schluchter (Schönenbuch)


Final


Servette3 – 0[2]Yverdon-Sport
Lonfat 11'
Petrov 29'
Frei 55'
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Switzerland Markus Nobs (Wohlen bei Bern)

Swiss Clubs in Europe

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St. Gallen

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Champions League

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Third qualifying round
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9 August 2000 First leg St. Gallen Switzerland 1–2 Turkey Galatasaray Hardturm, Zürich[note 1]
20:15 (CET) Amoah 14' Report Jardel 39', 78' Attendance: 16,066
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
22 August 2000 Second leg Galatasaray Turkey 2–2 Switzerland St. Gallen Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
20:45 (CET) Zellweger 22' (o.g.)
Jardel 28' (pen.)
Report Gane 30'
Amoah 85'
Attendance: 16,337
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Galatasaray won 4–3 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

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First round
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14 September 2000 First leg Chelsea England 1–0 Switzerland St. Gallen Stamford Bridge, London
20:45 Panucci 25' Report Attendance: 18,196
Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)
28 September 2000 Second leg St. Gallen Switzerland 2–0 England Chelsea Hardturm, Zürich
20:45 Müller 19'
Amoah 35'
Report Attendance: 15,620
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

St. Gallen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
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26 October 2000 First leg Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Switzerland St. Gallen Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30 Lembi 54' (p)
Vermant 77' (p)
Report UEFA Report Amoah 29' Attendance: 10,283
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)
9 November 2000 Second leg St. Gallen Switzerland 1–1 Belgium Club Brugge Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Amoah 19' Report UEFA Report Mendoza 90' Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

Club Brugge win 3–2 on aggregate

Lausanne-Sport

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UEFA Cup

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Qualifying round
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10 August 2000 First leg Lausanne Switzerland 1–0 Republic of Ireland Cork City Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:30 Horjak 89' Report Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
24 August 2000 Second leg Cork City Republic of Ireland 0–1 Switzerland Lausanne Turners Cross, Cork
19:00 Report Gomes 62' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Petteri Kari (Iceland)

Lausanne win 2–0 on aggregate.

First round
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14 September 2000 First leg Lausanne Switzerland 3–2 Russia Torpedo Moscow Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
18:30 Kuźba 22', 48'
Mazzoni 51'
Report Gashkin 14'
Litvinov 33'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
28 September 2000 Second leg Torpedo Moscow Russia 0–2 Switzerland Lausanne Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
17;30 Report Kuźba 29'
Puce 62'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

Lausanne won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round
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26 October 2000 First leg Lausanne Switzerland 1–0 Netherlands Ajax Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:00 Mazzoni 37' Report UEFA
Report
Wamberto Red card 79' Attendance: 11,150
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
9 November 2000 Second leg Ajax Netherlands 2–2 Switzerland Lausanne Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20;45 Arveladze 17'
Van der Gun 79'
Report UEFA
Report
Mazzoni 38'
Kuźba 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Víctor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

Lausanne win 3–2 on aggregate

Third round
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23 November 2000 First leg Nantes France 4–3 Switzerland Lausanne Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
1915 Moldovan 18'
Monterrubio 43'
Puce 73'
Gillet 86'
Report UEFA
Report
Kuźba 41' (pen.), 70'
Mazzoni 53'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
7 December 2000 Second leg Lausanne Switzerland 1–3 France Nantes Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
20:15 Lombardo 49' Report UEFA
Report
Ziani 24'
Moldovan 59'
Carrière 88'
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

Nantes win 7–4 on aggregate.

Basel

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UEFA Cup

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Qualifying round
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10 August 2000 First leg Folgore San Marino 1 – 5 Switzerland Basel Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
20:00 Rossi Yellow card 55'
S. Bianchi Yellow card 73'
Zanotti 79' (1:5)
Uefa summary
FCB summary
13' (0:1) Tchouga
22' (0:2) Tchouga
40' Muff
48' (0:4) Magro
77' (0:5) Magro
Attendance: 1,584
Referee: Andorra José Luis Mengual Prades (Andorra)
24 August 2000 Return leg Basel Switzerland 7 – 0
(12 – 1 agg.)
San Marino Folgore Hardturm, Zürich
20:00 Muff 7' (1:0)
Magro 19' (2:0)
Magro 21' (3:0)
Cantaluppi 30' (4:0)
Tholot 39' (5:0)
Koumantarakis 81' (6:0)
Tholot 85' (7:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 40' Zanotti
Yellow card 81' Della Torre
Attendance: 2,113
Referee: Northern Ireland David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)

Basel win 12-1 on aggregate

First round
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12 September 2000 First leg Basel Switzerland 3 – 2 Norway Brann Hardturm, Zürich
18:00 Magro 7' (1:0)
Magro Yellow card 26'
Tchouga 53' (2:1)
Kreuzer 86' (pen. 3:2)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 37' Ylönen
47' (1:1) Ludvigsen
Yellow card 71' Karadas
72' (2:2) Helstad
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Ukraine Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
28 September 2000 Return leg Brann Norway 4 – 4
(6 – 7 agg.)
Switzerland Basel Brann Stadion, Bergen
19:30 Karadas 4' (1:0)
Brendesæter 9' (2:0)
Terehhov 31' (3:1)
Karadas 40' (4:1)
Brendesæter Yellow card 61'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
20' (2:1) Tchouga
Yellow card 40' Cantaluppi
59' (o.g. 4:2) Wassberg
61' (pen. 4:3) Kreuzer
Yellow card 75' Varela
90' (4:4) Muff
Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Israel Dani Koren (Israel)

Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

Second round
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26 October 2000 First leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Netherlands Feyenoord Hardturm, Zürich
21:00 Tchouga Yellow card 13'
Varela Yellow card 22'
Tchouga 62' (1:1)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
60' (0:1) Kalou
Yellow card 70' Paauwe
84' (1:2) Bosvelt
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Scotland John Rowbotham (Scotland)
9 November 2000 Return leg Feyenoord Netherlands 1 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)
Switzerland Basel De Kuip, Rotterdam
20:00 Kalou 3' (1:0) UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 79' Muff Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Feyenoord win 3–1 on aggregate

Luzern

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Intertoto Cup

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First round
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18 June 2000 First leg Leiftur Iceland 2–2 Switzerland Luzern Ólafsfjarðarvöllur, Ólafsfjörður
Rasmussen 32'
Barreto 55'
Gian 72'
Frei 79'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Oleg Timofeev (Estonia)
24 June 2000 Second leg Luzern Switzerland 4–4 Iceland Leiftur Stadion Allmend, Lucerne
Frei 52'
Lipawsky 56'
Ohrel 57', 88'
Gíslason 39'
Petersen 64'
Magnússon 85'
Helgason 90'
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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

Xamax

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Intertoto Cup

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First round
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18 June 2000 First leg MyPa Finland 1–2 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Anjalankosken Jalkapallostadion, Anjalankoski
Väisänen 30' Perret 60'
Bilibani 84'
Attendance: 1,203
Referee: Karel Vidlák (Czech Republic)
25 June 2000 Second leg Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 3–3 Finland MyPa Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Koch 2', 4'
Bilibani 81'
Lindberg 48', 70'
Puhakainen 83'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Uriah Rennie (England)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 5–4 on aggregate.

Second round
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1 July 2000 First leg Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 1–6 Germany Stuttgart Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Simo 69' (pen.) Hosny 6', 59'
Schneider 15'
Pinto 20'
Soldo 76' (pen.)
Amanatidis 90'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Serguei Goussev (Russia)
9 July 2000 Second leg Stuttgart Germany 4–1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
Seitz 36', 51', 52'
Amanatidis 90'
Caracciolo 87' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Stuttgart won 10–2 on aggregate.

Zürich

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UEFA Cup

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First round
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14 September 2000 First leg Zürich Switzerland 1–2 Belgium Genk Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Bartlett 64' Report Paas 52'
Ban 90'
Attendance: 4,561
Referee: Bruno Coué (France)
28 September 2000 Second leg Genk Belgium 2–0 Switzerland Zürich Cristal Arena, Genk
20:30 Daerden 31'
Hendrikx 90'
Report Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Genk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vaduz

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UEFA Cup

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Qualifying round
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10 August 2000 First leg Amica Wronki Poland 3–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Stadion Amica, Wronki
20:00 Kryszałowicz 34'
Dawidowski 78'
Król 89'
Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gennady Yakubovsky (Belarus)
24 August 2000 Second leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 3–3 Poland Amica Wronki Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Wegmann 8'
Šlekys 43'
Polverino 75'
Report Andraszak 14'
Król 23'
Zieńczuk 83'
Attendance: 550
Referee: Sead Kulović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Amica Wronki win 6–3 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
  2. ^ Swiss Football Verband (SFV) (10 June 2001). "Servette FC 3:0 Association Yverdon-Sport" (in German). Swiss Football Verband (SFV) website. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  1. ^ St. Gallen played their home match at Hardturm stadium in Zürich, instead of their regular venue Espenmoos stadium in St. Gallen.

Sources

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Preceded by
1999–2000
Seasons in
Swiss football
Succeeded by
2001–02

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