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2001–02 Swiss 1. Liga

The 2001–02 Swiss 1. Liga was the 70th 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, even though there was an ever-increasing number of clubs in this league that played with professional or semi-professional players.

1. Liga
Season2001–02
ChampionsGroup 1:
Colombier
Group 2:
FC Schaffhausen
Group 3:
Malcantone
PromotedWohlen
FC Schaffhausen
RelegatedGroup 1:
Lausanne-Sport U-21
Sion U-21
Group 2:
FC Red Star Zürich
FC Schwamendingen
Group 3:
FC Freienbach
FC Rorschach
Matches played3 times 240
plus 9 play-offs

Format

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There were 48 teams in this division this season, including eight 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 last placed team 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 Baulmes Vaud Stade Sous-Ville 2,500
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 Naters Valais Sportanlage Stapfen 3,000
FC Meyrin Geneva Stade des Arbères 9,000
FC Serrières Neuchâtel Pierre-à-Bot 1,700
Servette U-21 Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084
Sion U-21 Valais Stade de Tourbillon 20,200
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
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 Colombier 30 17 7 6 49 37 +12 58 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Serrières 30 15 8 7 45 32 +13 53
3 CS Chênois 30 15 7 8 56 38 +18 52
4 FC Baulmes 30 15 4 11 66 53 +13 49
5 FC Echallens 30 13 6 11 48 36 +12 45
6 FC Naters 30 12 9 9 59 48 +11 45
7 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 12 6 12 50 47 +3 42
8 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 30 11 9 10 42 43 −1 42
9 FC Meyrin 30 12 5 13 51 52 −1 41
10 FC Bex 30 9 10 11 39 43 −4 37
11 Vevey Sports 30 10 7 13 43 53 −10 37
12 Grand-Lancy FC 30 9 8 13 46 49 −3 35
13 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 9 8 13 43 51 −8 35
14 Servette U-21 30 9 8 13 41 56 −15 35
15 Lausanne-Sport U-21 30 10 4 16 44 65 −21 34 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 Sion U-21 30 7 4 19 32 51 −19 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[1] Zürich Buchlern 1,000
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob 		7,000
4,000
FC Biel-Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 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 Münsingen Bern Sportanlage Sandreutenen 1,400
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
SV Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Sportplatz Bühl 1,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC Schwamendingen[2] Zürich Sportanlage Heerenschürli 1,522
FC Wangen bei Olten Solothurn Sportplatz Chrüzmatt 3,000
SC YF Juventus Zürich Utogrund 2,850
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportplatz Heerenschürli 1,120

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Schaffhausen 30 19 8 3 52 23 +29 65 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Solothurn 30 16 8 6 60 34 +26 56 Decider for play-off
3 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 16 8 6 65 46 +19 56 Decider winners, play-off to Challenge League
4 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 14 7 9 62 53 +9 49
5 Basel U-21 30 14 6 10 67 46 +21 48
6 FC Biel-Bienne 30 12 8 10 47 43 +4 44
7 Zürich U-21 30 12 8 10 45 46 −1 44
8 FC Grenchen 30 11 8 11 52 43 +9 41
9 FC Altstetten 30 9 10 11 35 40 −5 37
10 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 8 11 11 56 54 +2 35
11 SV Schaffhausen 30 9 8 13 34 45 −11 35
12 FC Bulle 30 9 8 13 37 52 −15 35
13 FC Münsingen 30 9 8 13 35 51 −16 35
14 FC Fribourg 30 9 7 14 43 47 −4 34
15 FC Red Star Zürich 30 8 6 16 32 52 −20 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Schwamendingen 30 4 3 23 24 71 −47 15
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Decider

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The two teams Solothurn and Young Fellows Juventus ended the season level on points and so they had to play a decision match to resolve second position and the play-off slot. This match was played on May 21, 2002, in Sursee.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Solothurn 1–3 YFJ

SC Young Fellows Juventus win and advance, as group runner-up, to play-offs.

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 Chur 97 Grisons Ringstrasse 2,820
FC Freienbach Schwyz Chrummen 4,500
FC Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 3,500
FC Kreuzlingen Thurgau Sportplatz Hafenareal 1,200
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Stadion Allmend or
Allmend Süd 		15,000
2,000
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[3] Schwyz Sportplatz Kellen 1,000
FC Schötz Lucerne Sportplatz Wissenhusen 1,750
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
FC Wohlen Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 3,734[4]
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 Malcantone Agno 30 19 6 5 63 33 +30 63 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Wohlen 30 18 8 4 61 28 +33 62
3 FC Tuggen 30 17 9 4 58 24 +34 60
4 SC Buochs 30 15 7 8 35 29 +6 52
5 St. Gallen U-21 30 10 13 7 38 34 +4 43
6 FC Chiasso 30 11 9 10 39 28 +11 42
7 FC Chur 97 30 12 6 12 58 56 +2 42
8 FC Mendrisio 30 12 5 13 34 38 −4 41
9 FC Schötz 30 9 10 11 44 52 −8 37
10 Luzern U-21 30 9 8 13 42 46 −4 35
11 FC Gossau 30 8 11 11 39 48 −9 35
12 FC Kreuzlingen 30 10 5 15 34 50 −16 35
13 Zug 94 30 9 7 14 35 38 −3 34
14 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 7 9 14 43 45 −2 30
15 FC Freienbach 30 6 5 19 38 71 −33 23 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Rorschach 30 5 8 17 31 72 −41 23
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 three 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
Wohlen 4–1 Colombier
FC Colombier 2–2 Wohlen

Wohlen win 6–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
YFJ 1–0 Malcantone
Malcantone 3–2 YFJ

3–3 on aggregate, Young Fellows Juventus win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Serrières 1–4 Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen 1–0 Serrières

Schaffhausen win 5–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.[5]

Final round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
YFJ 1–2 Wohlen
Wohlen 0–0 Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen 1–1 YFJ

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wohlen 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Promotion to Challenge League
2 Schaffhausen 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Young Fellows Juventus 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off

Summary

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Group 1 champions were Colombier, runners-up were Serrières. Group 2 champions were Schaffhausen and runners-up were Young Fellows Juventus. Group 3 champions were Malcantone, runners-up were Wohlen. These six teams played a qualification and the three winners played a single round-robin to decide the two promotion slots. Wohlen and Schaffhausen secured their promotion to the second tier. Wohlen were 1. Liga champions.[6]

From group 1 relegated were Lausanne-Sport U-21 and Sion U-21. Relegated from group 2 were the two clubs Red Star and Schwamendingen and from group 3 the two teams Freienbach and Rorschach also suffered relegation. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in following season by ES Malley, Martigny-Sports, Zofingen, Aarau U-21, Biaschesi and Frauenfeld, each of which had won their 2. Liga Interregional groups.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Altstetten" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Schwamendingen" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Rorschach-Goldach 17" (in German). matchcenter.ofv.swiss. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ "Stadion Niedermatten - Football Stadium".
  5. ^ (red) (2002). "Qualifikationsrunde" [Qualification round] (in German). matchcenter.el-pl.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ (red) (2002). "1. Liga Finalrunde" [1. Liga Final round] (in German). el-pl.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ^ 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 Seite 14 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
2000–01 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
2002–03
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