2008–09 Swiss Super League
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| 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 |
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2009–10 →
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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.
Contents
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.
| 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 (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 | 51 | −16 | 44 | |
| 6 | Bellinzona | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 43 | |
| 7 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 40 | |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 37 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1 |
| 9 | Luzern (O) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 35 | Relegation play-off |
| 10 | 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.
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10 June 2009
20:15 CEST |
| AC Lugano | 1–0 | FC Luzern |
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Renfer  15' |
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Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano
Attendance: 7,200 |
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13 June 2009
18:45 CEST |
| FC Luzern | 5–0 | AC Lugano |
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| Renggli 14'
Chiumiento Paiva Scarione |
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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 | BEL | GCZ | LUZ | NX | SIO | VAD | YB | ZÜR |
| Aarau | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Basel | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Bellinzona | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Luzern | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| Sion | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Vaduz | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–7 | |
| Young Boys | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| 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 | AAR | BAS | BEL | GCZ | LUZ | NX | SIO | VAD | YB | ZÜR |
| Aarau | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
| Basel | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |
| Bellinzona | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |
| Luzern | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
| Sion | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
| Vaduz | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 3–5 | |
| Young Boys | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | |
| 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
- 19 goals
- 17 goals
- 13 goals
- 12 goals
- 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
