2012–13 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season 2012–13
Champions Basel
Relegated Servette
Champions League Basel
Grasshopper
Europa League Zürich
St. Gallen
Thun
Matches played 180
Goals scored 462 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Ezequiel Scarione
(21 goals)
Biggest home win St. Gallen 5–0 Sion
(11 May 2013)
Biggest away win Thun 0–4 Zürich
(10 March 2013)
Luzern 0–4 Basel
(1 April 2013)
Sion 0–4 Grasshopper
(16 May 2013)
Highest scoring Young Boys 6–2 Servette
(30 September 2012)
Highest attendance 35,171[1]
Basel 2–0 Lausanne-Sport
(16 May 2013)
Lowest attendance 2,379[1]
Servette 3–4 Luzern
(1 June 2013)
Average attendance 12,019[2]

The 2012–13 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes,[3] was the 116th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 14 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013.[4] Basel successfully defended their title.

The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2011–12 season, the 2011–12 Swiss Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, and FC Sion, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.

Since Switzerland climbed from sixteenth to fourteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season,[5] the league regained its second spot for the UEFA Champions League. In other changes, the league abolished the relegation/promotion play-off from this season after a structural change at lower tiers of the Swiss football league pyramid.

Teams

No team were relegated on competitive grounds at the end of the 2011–12 season after Neuchâtel Xamax were expelled from the league over financial irregularities midway through the campaign. The club went into administration soon afterwards and was eventually liquidated. Its successors Neuchâtel Xamax 1912 were subsequently inserted into the fifth-tier 2. Liga Interregional. Xamax were replaced by 2011–12 Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, who immediately returned to the highest football league of Switzerland.

A further spot in the league was contested in a relegation/promotion playoff between ninth-placed FC Sion and Challenge League runners-up FC Aarau. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Sion, 3–1 on aggregate. The club from Valais thus remained in the league despite having received a 36-point deduction for fielding ineligible players during the season.[6]

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2012–13 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park38,512
GrasshopperZürichLetzigrund23,605
Lausanne-SportLausanneStade Olympique de la Pontaise15,850
LuzernLucerneSwissporarena17,500
ServetteGenevaStade de Genève30,084
SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500
St. GallenSt. GallenAFG Arena19,694
ThunThunArena Thun10,000
Young BoysBernStade de Suisse31,783
ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Switzerland Murat Yakin Switzerland Marco Streller adidas Novartis
Grasshopper Switzerland Uli Forte Switzerland Vero Salatić Puma FROMM/Feldmann Bau AG
Lausanne-Sport France Laurent Roussey Spain Gabri adidas Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Luzern Switzerland Carlos Bernegger Switzerland Florian Stahel adidas Otto's
Servette Switzerland Sébastien Fournier Switzerland Lionel Pizzinat 14fourteen Journal GHI
Sion Switzerland Michel Decastel Italy Gennaro Gattuso Erreà Baldini Transports
St. Gallen Luxembourg Jeff Saibene Switzerland Philippe Montandon Jako St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun Switzerland Urs Fischer Switzerland Roland Bättig Erima Panorama Center/Sky Work
Young Boys Switzerland Bernard Challandes Switzerland Marco Wölfli Jako Bauhaus
Zürich Switzerland Urs Meier Switzerland Philippe Koch Nike TalkEasy

League table

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 21 9 6 61 31+30 72 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Grasshopper Club Zürich 36 20 9 7 48 32+16 69
3 St. Gallen 36 17 8 11 54 36+18 59 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Zürich 36 16 7 13 62 48+14 55 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Thun 36 13 9 14 44 462 48 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
6 Sion 36 13 9 14 40 5414 48
7 Young Boys 36 11 10 15 48 502 43
8 Luzern 36 10 12 14 41 5211 42
9 Lausanne-Sport 36 8 9 19 32 5119 33
10 Servette (R) 36 6 8 22 32 6230 26 Relegation to the 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results

First and Second Round

Home ╲ Away[1] BAS GCZ LSLUZSERSIOSTGTHUYBZÜR
Basel 40 20 22 32 41 10 31 20 00
Grasshopper Club Zürich 22 11 20 10 02 10 10 32 10
Lausanne-Sport 11 02 10 51 02 01 30 21 02
Luzern 10 02 00 11 03 11 21 12 11
Servette 01 20 01 02 02 11 00 11 11
Sion 11 11 11 32 10 03 21 10 22
St. Gallen 21 11 21 11 20 03 10 11 31
Thun 32 23 00 21 30 11 01 21 14
Young Boys 11 01 00 21 62 31 00 30 41
Zürich 12 01 40 02 02 10 02 02 11

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Third and Fourth Round

Home ╲ Away[1] BAS GCZ LSLUZSERSIOSTGTHUYBZÜR
Basel 00 20 03 20 30 10 10 30 31
Grasshopper Club Zürich 10 41 00 20 11 31 02 20 01
Lausanne-Sport 12 00 30 30 13 13 24 00 11
Luzern 04 11 10 11 20 20 00 31 11
Servette 12 01 10 34 40 13 20 01 12
Sion 01 04 01 21 11 10 01 00 42
St. Gallen 11 12 31 40 41 50 00 31 12
Thun 22 10 20 11 11 40 30 22 04
Young Boys 01 40 31 32 02 00 20 12 24
Zürich 31 24 20 41 40 31 13 20 40

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Argentina Ezequiel Scarione St. Gallen 21
2 Switzerland Marco Streller Basel 14
3 Switzerland Josip Drmić Zürich 13
Switzerland Marco Schneuwly Thun 13
5 Equatorial Guinea Anatole Ngamukol Grasshopper / Thun 12
6 Tunisia Amine Chermiti Zürich 10
7 Switzerland Mario Gavranović Zürich 9
Switzerland Raphael Nuzzolo Young Boys 9
9 Switzerland Izet Hajrović Grasshopper 8
Brazil Léo Itaperuna Sion 8
Republic of the Congo Chris Malonga Lausanne-Sport 8

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Zuschauer". Hattrick.ch (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. "Zuschauerzahlen – Raiffeisen Super League". Swiss Super League (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. Football League, Swiss. "Main Page of Swiss Football League". Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  4. Super League, Swiss. "Swiss Super League schedule". Swiss Super League. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  5. "UEFA Country Ranking 2012". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  6. "FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  7. "Torschützenliste – Raiffeisen Super League". Swiss Super League (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2012.

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