2008–09 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season 2008–09
Champions FC Zürich
12th 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

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.

Location of teams in the 2008–09 Swiss Super League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park42,500
BSC Young BoysBerneWankdorf31,783
FC ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605
FC SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500
FC LuzernLucerneStadion Allmend13,000
Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000
FC AarauAarauStadion Brügglifeld9,249
AC BellinzonaBellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740
FC VaduzVaduzRheinpark Stadion6,127

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich (C) 36 24 7 5 80 36+44 79 UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 22 7 7 85 46+39 73 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3 Basel 36 22 6 8 72 44+28 72 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4 Grasshopper Club Zürich 36 12 14 10 57 48+9 50
5 Aarau 36 11 11 14 35 5116 44
6 Bellinzona 36 11 10 15 44 517 43
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 10 10 16 50 577 40
8 Sion 36 9 10 17 44 6016 37 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
9 Luzern (O) 36 9 8 19 45 6217 35 Relegation play-off
10 Vaduz (R) 36 5 7 24 28 8557 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.

10 June 2009
20:15 CEST
AC Lugano 1–0 FC Luzern
Renfer  15'
Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano
Attendance: 7,200

13 June 2009
18:45 CEST
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 AAR BAS BELGCZLUZNXSIOVADYBZÜR
Aarau 02 01 10 10 21 31 40 11 21
Basel 31 20 10 20 43 30 40 12 11
Bellinzona 11 23 11 22 12 21 10 12 03
Grasshopper Club Zürich 00 11 31 42 10 31 30 01 22
Luzern 30 51 10 03 01 11 12 03 03
Neuchâtel Xamax 00 20 33 11 10 33 22 23 12
Sion 11 20 02 00 11 00 31 21 13
Vaduz 02 02 00 11 10 10 12 00 17
Young Boys 33 12 30 13 61 21 50 00 22
Zürich 40 14 30 21 10 30 10 10 21

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 AAR BAS BELGCZLUZNXSIOVADYBZÜR
Aarau 31 00 03 00 00 10 20 01 03
Basel 31 11 00 20 30 22 50 03 21
Bellinzona 12 11 62 20 20 10 31 21 01
Grasshopper Club Zürich 11 41 13 10 11 02 20 33 22
Luzern 40 12 42 11 21 10 31 23 13
Neuchâtel Xamax 31 23 10 41 33 32 31 23 01
Sion 20 04 22 14 11 10 21 23 01
Vaduz 11 01 10 22 12 24 15 31 35
Young Boys 40 32 30 31 52 00 21 60 42
Zürich 21 13 00 21 11 30 22 50 30

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
19 goals
17 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Awards

External links

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