2001–02 Nationalliga A
# 2001–02 Nationalliga A

Statistics of National League A in the 2001–02 football season.

## Nationalliga A

The Qualification Round to the League season 2001–02 was contested by twelve teams. The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) were then to compete in the Championship Playoff Round. The teams in ninth to twelfth position completed with the top four teams of the Nationalliga B in a Nationalliga A/B Playoff round. At the end of the season FC Basel won the championship.

### Regular season

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Basel | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 43 |
| 2 | Lugano | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 38 |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 37 |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 35 |
| 5 | Servette | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 34 |
| 6 | Sion | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 33 |
| 7 | Young Boys | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 31 |
| 8 | Zürich | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 30 |
| 9 | Aarau | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 27 |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 25 |
| 11 | Lausanne-Sport | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 16 |
| 12 | Luzern | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 59 | −36 | 13 |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | AAR | BAS | GCZ | LS | LUG | LUZ | NX | SER | SIO | STG | YB | ZÜR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aarau | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Basel | 1–0 | | 4–5 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Grasshopper | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–5 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Lugano | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Luzern | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 3–0 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Servette | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| St. Gallen | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Sion | 0–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Young Boys | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 |
| Zürich | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

### Champion playoffs

The first eight teams of the regular season (or Qualification) competed in the Championship Playoff Round. They took half of the points (rounded up to complete units) gained in the Qualification as Bonus with them.

**Table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Basel (C) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 22 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Grasshopper Club | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 19 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Lugano (R) | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 19 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Servette | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 17 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Zürich | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 15 | 35 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | 34 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Young Boys | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 16 | 31 | |
| 8 | Sion (R) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 17 | 21 | |

* 1 2 Both Lugano and Sion did not obtain a 1st level license for the 2002/03 season. Nor die Lausanne; all three clubs are relegated to the NL B and their NL A places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

**Results**

| Home \ Away | BAS | GCZ | LUG | SER | SIO | STG | YB | ZÜR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basel | | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Grasshopper | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Lugano | 2–5 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Servette | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sion | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| St. Gallen | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Young Boys | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 |
| Zürich | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Nationalliga A/B Playoffs

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 28 |
| 2 | Lausanne-Sport (R) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 26 |
| 3 | Wil (P) | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 23 |
| 4 | Thun (P) | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 21 |
| 5 | Aarau | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| 6 | Delémont | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 16 |
| 7 | Luzern | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 11 |
| 8 | Winterthur | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 7 |

* 1 2 3 4 Lausanne did not obtain a 1st level license for the 2002/03 season, like Lugano and Sion; these three clubs are relegated to the NL B and their NL A places filled by Aarau, Delémont and Luzern.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAR | DEL | NX | LS | LUZ | THU | WIL | WIN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aarau | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Delémont | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Luzern | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Thun | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Wil | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Winterthur | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |

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