2001–02 Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A

Season	2001–02
Champions	Basel 9th title
Relegated	Sporting: Aaarau Luzern License: None
Top goalscorer	Giménez (28) Núñez (28)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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

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

Playoff

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	(B)	Remarks
1	FC Basel	14	11	0	3	36	16	+20	55	22	Champions
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	14	7	5	2	28	17	+11	45	19
3	AC Lugano	14	7	2	5	23	19	+4	42	19
4	Servette FC	14	6	3	5	25	23	+2	38	17
5	FC Zürich	14	6	2	6	14	17	-3	35	15
6	FC St. Gallen	14	4	4	6	18	20	-2	34	18
7	BSC Young Boys	14	4	3	7	18	25	-7	31	16
8	FC Sion	14	1	1	12	10	35	-15	21	17

Nationalliga A/B Playoffs

1. Neuchâtel Xamax    14  8  4  2 26-12 28  Remain in NL A
2. Lausanne-Sports    14  8  2  4 21-14 26  [*]  Remain in NL A
3. FC Wil 1900        14  6  5  3 17-13 23  Promoted
4. FC Thun            14  6  3  5 19-18 21  Promoted
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5. FC Aarau           14  6  3  5 20-20 21  [*]  Relegated
6. SR Delémont        14  4  4  6 14-20 16  [*]  Remain in NL B
7. FC Luzern          14  2  5  7 26-28 11  [*]  Relegated
8. FC Winterthur      14  1  4  9 11-29  7  Remain in NL B

[*] 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.