2009–10 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2009–10
Champions	Basel 13th 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
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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

Aarau

Basel

Bellinzona

Grasshopper
FC Zürich

Location of teams in the 2009–10 Swiss Super League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aarau !FC Aarau	Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	9,249
Basel !FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	42,500
Bellinzona !AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	8,740
Grasshoppers !Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Lucerne !FC Luzern	Luzern	Stadion Allmend	13,000
Neuchatel !Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	12,000
Sion !FC Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
St Gallen !FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	AFG Arena	19,694
Young Boys !BSC Young Boys	Berne	Wankdorf	31,783
Zurich !FC Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel !Basel (C)	36	25	5	6	90	46	+44	80	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Young Boys !Young Boys	36	25	2	9	78	47	+31	77	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	36	21	2	13	65	43	+22	65	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ¹
4	Luzern !Luzern	36	17	7	12	66	55	+11	58	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ¹
5	Sion !Sion	36	14	9	13	63	57	+6	51
6	St. Gallen !St. Gallen	36	13	7	16	53	56	−3	46
7	Zürich !Zürich	36	12	9	15	55	58	−3	45
8	Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	36	11	8	17	55	57	−2	41
9	Bellinzona !Bellinzona (O)	36	7	4	25	42	92	−50	25	Relegation play-offs
10	Aarau !Aarau (R)	36	6	5	25	32	88	−56	23	Relegation to Challenge League 2010-11

Source: axposuperleague.ch (in 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.

AC Bellinzona v Lugano

21 May 2010
20:15 CEST

AC Bellinzona	2 – 1	Lugano
Mihoubi 27' Feltscher 90+1'	Report (in Italian)	70' Montandon 78' Preisig

Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Lugano v AC Bellinzona

24 May 2010
16:00 CEST

Lugano	0 – 0	AC Bellinzona
	Report (in 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	Aarau !AAR	Basel !BAS	Bellinzona !BEL	Grasshopper Club Zürich !GCZ	Luzern !LUZ	Neuchâtel Xamax !NX	Sion !SIO	St. Gallen !STG	Young Boys !YB	Zürich !ZÜR
Aarau !Aarau		0–2	1–2	1–0	2–4	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–1
Basel !Basel	2–1		3–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	5–0	4–0	1–2	1–1
Bellinzona !Bellinzona	4–1	2–3		0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–5	1–7	3–2
Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	4–0	3–1	7–0		0–0	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–0
Luzern !Luzern	6–0	4–5	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	3–3	2–2	4–1	0–1	1–1		1–3	4–2	3–0	3–0
Sion !Sion	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–0		2–1	3–1	3–3
St. Gallen !St. Gallen	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–3	1–3
Young Boys !Young Boys	4–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1		3–0
Zürich !Zürich	2–0	2–2	4–1	4–3	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3

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	Aarau !AAR	Basel !BAS	Bellinzona !BEL	Grasshopper Club Zürich !GCZ	Luzern !LUZ	Neuchâtel Xamax !NX	Sion !SIO	St. Gallen !STG	Young Boys !YB	Zürich !ZÜR
Aarau !Aarau		0–3	6–3	1–4	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	1–5	1–3
Basel !Basel	2–1		4–0	1–2	5–0	3–0	4–3	3–2	4–0	4–1
Bellinzona !Bellinzona	1–2	0–2		1–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	1–4
Grasshopper Club Zürich !Grasshopper Club Zürich	2–0	4–0	2–0		0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–0
Luzern !Luzern	4–0	0–1	2–1	4–2		2–1	1–1	2–3	5–1	4–1
Neuchâtel Xamax !Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–2		4–1	0–3	1–0	3–3
Sion !Sion	4–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	5–2	1–1		5–1	4–1	1–1
St. Gallen !St. Gallen	2–2	2–4	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0		1–2	1–0
Young Boys !Young Boys	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1		2–1
Zürich !Zürich	0–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2

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 (in German)

Top scorers

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

References

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

External links

Super League website (in German)
soccerway.com

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

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2009–10 in Swiss football

« 2008–09

2010–11 »

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 Europa League
Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	2010 FIFA World Cup (Group H) Qualification (UEFA Group 2) 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2010 UEFA Under-17 Championship Qualifying round – Group 13 Elite round – Group 6
Women	2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (First Qualifying Round Second Qualifying Round)

Club seasons
Super League	Aarau Basel Bellinzona Grasshopper Club Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax Sion St. Gallen Young Boys Zürich
Challenge League	Biel-Bienne Gossau Kriens Lausanne-Sport Le Mont Locarno Lugano Schaffhausen Servette Stade Nyonnais Thun Vaduz Wil Winterthur Wohlen Yverdon-Sport

2009–10 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '09 '10 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '09 '10 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '09 '10 Faroe Islands '09 '10 Finland '09 '10 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '09 '10 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '09 '10 Latvia '09 '10 Lithuania '09 '10 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '09 '10 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '09 '10 Romania Russia '09 '10 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '09 '10 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 '09 '10 Finland '09 '10 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '09 '10 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '09 '10 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '09 '10 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '09 '10 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '09 '10 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '09 '10 France Hungary Iceland '09 '10 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '09 '10 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup

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