2008–09 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2008–09
Champions	FC Zürich (12th Swiss title)
Relegated	FC Vaduz
UEFA Champions League	FC Zürich
UEFA Europa League	FC Basel BSC Young Boys FC Sion (via domestic cup)
Goals scored	525 (after 35 matchdays)
Average goals/game	3
Top goalscorer	Seydou Doumbia (20)
Biggest home win	Young Boys 6–0 Vaduz
Biggest away win	Vaduz 1–7 Zürich
Highest scoring	Bellinzona 6–2 Grasshopper Vaduz 3–5 Zürich Vaduz 1–7 Zürich
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Swiss Super League 2008–09 is the 112th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 18 July 2008 with a match between Young Boys Bern and reigning champions FC Basel, which the latter won by 2–1. The last matches were played in May 2009.

Teams

FC Thun were relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in Swiss Super League 2007-08. They were replaced by Challenge League 2007–08 champions FC Vaduz, who are the first team from Liechtenstein participating in Switzerland's top football league.

9th placed FC St. Gallen and Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona competed in a two-legged relegation play-off after the end of last season. Bellinzona won 5–2 on aggregate and thus earned promotion, while St. Gallen were relegated.

Aarau

Basel

Bellinzona

Grasshopper
FC Zürich

Location of teams in the 2008–09 Swiss Super League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	42,500
BSC Young Boys	Berne	Wankdorf	31,783
FC Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
FC Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend	13,000
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	12,000
FC Aarau	Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	9,249
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	8,740
FC Vaduz	Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	6,127

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich !Zürich (C)	36	24	7	5	80	36	+44	79	UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
2	Young Boys !Young Boys	36	22	7	7	85	46	+39	73	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3	Basel !Basel	36	22	6	8	72	44	+28	72	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	36	12	14	10	57	48	+9	50
5	Aarau !Aarau	36	11	11	14	35	51	−16	44
6	Bellinzona !Bellinzona	36	11	10	15	44	51	−7	43
7	Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	36	10	10	16	50	57	−7	40
8	Sion !Sion	36	9	10	17	44	60	−16	37	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ¹
9	Luzern !Luzern (O)	36	9	8	19	45	62	−17	35	Relegation play-off
10	Vaduz !Vaduz (R)	36	5	7	24	28	85	−57	22	Relegation to Challenge League 2009-10 ²

Source: axposuperleague.ch (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Sion won the Swiss Cup 2008–09 and thereby qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
²Being a Liechtenstein club, Vaduz are not eligible for qualification to European competitions via the Swiss league system. They did, however, qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning their domestic Liechtenstein Cup 2008–09.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

FC Lucern as 9th-placed team of the Super League will play a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano.

AC Lugano v FC Luzern

10 June 2009
20:15 CEST

AC Lugano	1–0	FC Luzern
Renfer 15'

Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano
Attendance: 7,200

FC Luzern v AC Lugano

13 June 2009
18:45 CEST

FC Luzern	5–0	AC Lugano
Renggli 14' Chiumiento 52' (pen.) Paiva 77', 83' Scarione 80'

FC Luzern

5–0

AC Lugano

Renggli

14'

Chiumiento 52' (pen.)

Paiva 77', 83'

Scarione 80'

Stadion Allmend, Lucerne
Attendance: 12,500

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Basel !BAS	Bellinzona !BEL	Grasshopper Club Zürich !GCZ	Luzern !LUZ	Neuchâtel Xamax !NX	Sion !SIO	Vaduz !VAD	Young Boys !YB	Zürich !ZÜR
Aarau !Aarau		0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–1
Basel !Basel	3–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	4–3	3–0	4–0	1–2	1–1
Bellinzona !Bellinzona	1–1	2–3		1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–3
Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	0–0	1–1	3–1		4–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–2
Luzern !Luzern	3–0	5–1	1–0	0–3		0–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–3
Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	0–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–0		3–3	2–2	2–3	1–2
Sion !Sion	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0		3–1	2–1	1–3
Vaduz !Vaduz	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2		0–0	1–7
Young Boys !Young Boys	3–3	1–2	3–0	1–3	6–1	2–1	5–0	0–0		2–2
Zürich !Zürich	4–0	1–4	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1

Source: axposuperleague.ch (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Basel !BAS	Bellinzona !BEL	Grasshopper Club Zürich !GCZ	Luzern !LUZ	Neuchâtel Xamax !NX	Sion !SIO	Vaduz !VAD	Young Boys !YB	Zürich !ZÜR
Aarau !Aarau		3–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–3
Basel !Basel	3–1		1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	5–0	0–3	2–1
Bellinzona !Bellinzona	1–2	1–1		6–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–1
Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	1–1	4–1	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–2
Luzern !Luzern	4–0	1–2	4–2	1–1		2–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	1–3
Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	3–1	2–3	1–0	4–1	3–3		3–2	3–1	2–3	0–1
Sion !Sion	2–0	0–4	2–2	1–4	1–1	1–0		2–1	2–3	0–1
Vaduz !Vaduz	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–4	1–5		3–1	3–5
Young Boys !Young Boys	4–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	5–2	0–0	2–1	6–0		4–2
Zürich !Zürich	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	3–0

Source: axposuperleague.ch (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 24 May 2009; Source: football.ch (German)

20 goals

Seydou Doumbia (BSC Young Boys)

19 goals

Almen Abdi (FC Zürich)

17 goals

Eric Hassli (FC Zürich)

13 goals

Alexandre Alphonse (FC Zürich)
Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (FC Lucerne)

12 goals

Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel)

11 goals

10 goals

Awards

Super League Player of the Year: Seydou Doumbia (BSC Young Boys)
Goal of the Year: Fabian Frei (FC Basel, scored against FC Aarau)
Coach of the Year: Bernard Challandes (FC Zürich)
Youngster of the Year: Valentin Stocker (FC Basel)
Fair Play Trophy: FC Aarau

External links

Super league website (German)
soccerway.com

Seasons of Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944

Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Super League era, 2003–present

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2008–09 in Swiss football

« 2007–08

2009–10 »

Domestic leagues

Super League
Challenge League
1. Liga
2. Liga Interregional
2. Liga
3. Liga
4. Liga
5. Liga

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League UEFA Cup

Women	UEFA Women's Cup

Related to
national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2008 (Group A) 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 2)

Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 (Qualifying – Group 4)

Club seasons

Super League

Aarau
Basel
Bellinzona
Grasshopper Club
Luzern
Neuchâtel Xamax
Sion
Vaduz
Young Boys
Zürich

Challenge League

Biel-Bienne
Concordia Basel
Gossau
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Lausanne-Sport
Locarno
Lugano
Schaffhausen
Servette
Stade Nyonnais
St. Gallen
Thun
Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen
Yverdon-Sport

2008–09 in European football (UEFA)

« 2007–08 2009–10 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '08 '09 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '08 '09 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '08 '09 Faroe Islands '08 '09 Finland '08 '09 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '08 '09 Latvia '08 '09 Lithuania '08 '09 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '08 '09 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Romania Russia '08 '09 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '08 '09 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '08 '09 Finland '08 '09 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '08 '09 Latvia '08 '09–'10 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '08 '09 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '08 '09 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '08 '09 France Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout phase, Final) UEFA Cup (Group stage, final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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