2009-10_Swiss_Super_League
2009–10 Swiss Super League
113th season of top-tier Swiss football
The 2009–10 Swiss Super League was the 113th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 11 July 2009 and ended in May 2010. FC Zürich were the defending champions. The title was won by FC Basel.[1][2]
| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 July 2009 – 16 May 2010 |
| 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 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Grasshoppers 7–0 Bellinzona |
| Biggest away win | Bellinzona 1–7 YB |
| Highest scoring | Luzern 4–5 Basel |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → | |
Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz were relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in 2008–09 Swiss Super League. 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 .
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Aarau | Aarau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 9,249 |
| FC Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 42,500 |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 8,740 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| FC Luzern | Luzern | Stadion Allmend | 13,000 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 12,000 |
| FC Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | AFG Arena | 19,694 |
| BSC Young Boys | Bern | Wankdorf | 31,783 |
| FC Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel (C) | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 90 | 46 | +44 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Young Boys | 36 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 77 | |
| 3 | Grasshopper | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | Luzern | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | Sion | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 51 | |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | Zürich | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 45 | |
| 8 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Bellinzona (O) | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Aarau (R) | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 88 | −56 | 23 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- 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.
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
Source: Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Second half of season
Source: Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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AC Bellinzona as 9th-placed team of the Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano.
Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate.
Updated on 16 May 2010; Source: Swiss Football League (in German)
| Rank | Player | 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 |
 Gonzalo Zarate |
Grasshopper Club Zürich | 14 | |
| 8 |  Scott Chipperfield |
FC Basel | 13 |
| 9 |  Ideye Aide Brown |
Neuchâtel Xamax | 12 |
| Valentin Stocker |
FC Basel | 12 | |
- "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. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- Super League website (in German)
- soccerway.com