2009–10 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season 2009–10
Champions Basel
(13th Swiss title)
Relegated Aarau
Champions League Basel
Young Boys
Europa League Grasshopper
Luzern
Lausanne-Sport (via domestic cup)
Matches played 182
Goals scored 602 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Seydou Doumbia (30)
Biggest home win Grasshoppers 7–0 Bellinzona
Biggest away win Bellinzona 1–7 YB
Highest scoring Luzern 4–5 Basel

The 2009–10 Swiss Super League is the 113th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 11 July 2009 and has ended in May 2010. FC Zürich were the defending champions. The title was won by FC Basel.[1][2]

Promotion and relegation

Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz were relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in Swiss Super League 2008-09. They were replaced by Challenge League 2008–09 champions FC St. Gallen.

9th-placed FC Luzern and Challenge League runners-up FC Lugano competed in a two-legged relegation play-off after the end of the 2008–09 season. Lucerne won 5–1 aggregate and thus remained in Super League .

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in the 2009–10 Swiss Super League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC AarauAarauStadion Brügglifeld9,249
FC BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park42,500
AC BellinzonaBellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605
FC LuzernLuzernStadion Allmend13,000
Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000
FC SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500
FC St. GallenSt. GallenAFG Arena19,694
BSC Young BoysBerneWankdorf31,783
FC ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 25 5 6 90 46+44 80 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 25 2 9 78 47+31 77
3 Grasshopper Club Zürich 36 21 2 13 65 43+22 65 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
4 Luzern 36 17 7 12 66 55+11 58 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
5 Sion 36 14 9 13 63 57+6 51
6 St. Gallen 36 13 7 16 53 563 46
7 Zürich 36 12 9 15 55 583 45
8 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 11 8 17 55 572 41
9 Bellinzona (O) 36 7 4 25 42 9250 25 Relegation play-offs
10 Aarau (R) 36 6 5 25 32 8856 23 Relegation to Challenge League 2010-11

Source: axposuperleague.ch (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Basel, who have already qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, played Challenge League side Lausanne-Sport in the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final. Basel have won the cup, thus 3rd-placed team will qualify for the play-off round and the 4th-placed team will be inserted into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and Lausanne-Sport will be inserted into the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round.
(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

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

21 May 2010
20:15 CEST
AC Bellinzona 2 – 1 Lugano
Mihoubi  27'
Feltscher  90+1'
Report (Italian)  70' Montandon
Red card 78' Preisig
Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

24 May 2010
16:00 CEST
Lugano 0 – 0 AC Bellinzona
Report (Italian)
Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Claudio Circhetta

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 AAR BAS BELGCZLUZNXSIOSTGYBZÜR
Aarau 02 12 10 24 04 00 02 03 11
Basel 21 32 31 11 41 50 40 12 11
Bellinzona 41 23 00 12 11 31 05 17 32
Grasshopper Club Zürich 40 31 70 00 13 31 13 21 10
Luzern 60 45 20 21 21 12 31 12 10
Neuchâtel Xamax 33 22 41 01 11 13 42 30 30
Sion 11 12 31 23 31 10 21 31 33
St. Gallen 10 20 11 10 11 11 11 23 13
Young Boys 40 20 42 20 11 10 31 11 30
Zürich 20 22 41 43 40 12 11 10 23

Source: Swiss Football League
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 AAR BAS BELGCZLUZNXSIOSTGYBZÜR
Aarau 03 63 14 12 10 03 20 15 13
Basel 21 40 12 50 30 43 32 40 41
Bellinzona 12 02 12 00 32 21 02 13 14
Grasshopper Club Zürich 20 40 20 01 21 20 21 21 40
Luzern 40 01 21 42 21 11 23 51 41
Neuchâtel Xamax 21 13 20 01 12 41 03 10 33
Sion 40 22 21 10 52 11 51 41 11
St. Gallen 22 24 12 01 31 21 10 12 10
Young Boys 31 02 21 40 21 41 10 21 21
Zürich 01 12 20 32 10 00 20 11 02

Source: Swiss Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated on 16 May 2010; Source: Swiss Football League (German)

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia BSC Young Boys 30
2 Switzerland Marco Streller FC Basel 21
Romania Cristian Florin Ianu FC Luzern 21
Belgium Émile Mpenza FC Sion 21
5 Switzerland Alexander Frei FC Basel 15
6 Switzerland Moreno Costanzo FC St. Gallen 14
Argentina Gonzalo Zarate Grasshopper Club Zürich 14
8 Australia Scott Chipperfield FC Basel 13
9 Nigeria Ideye Aide Brown Neuchâtel Xamax 12
Switzerland Valentin Stocker FC Basel 12

References

  1. "Basel snatch Swiss title from Young Boys". UEFA.com (UEFA). 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  2. "FC Basel snatch Swiss title as Young Boys miss out again". Reuters (Thomson Reuters). 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

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