2005–06 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2005–06 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland

Season	2005–06
Men's football
Super League	Zürich
Challenge League	Luzern
1. Liga	Group 1: Servette Group 2: Biel-Bienne Group 3: Tuggen
Swiss Cup	Sion
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	SC LUwin.ch Luzern
Swiss Cup	FFC Zürich Seebach

Super League

Main article: 2005–06 Swiss Super League

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	23	9	4	86	36	+50	78	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	23	9	4	87	42	+45	78	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	17	11	8	60	46	+14	62
4	Grasshopper	36	14	13	9	44	33	+11	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Thun	36	14	7	15	50	53	−3	49
6	St. Gallen	36	11	7	18	51	56	−5	40
7	Aarau	36	8	11	17	29	63	−34	35
8	Schaffhausen	36	7	12	17	32	55	−23	33
9	Neuchâtel Xamax (R)	36	9	6	21	41	70	−29	33	Qualification to relegation play-off
10	Yverdon-Sport (R)	36	9	5	22	38	64	−26	32	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Challenge League

Main article: 2005–06 Swiss Challenge League

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Luzern (C, P)	34	24	7	3	69	33	+36	79	Promotion to 2006–07 Swiss Super League
2	FC Sion (P)	34	22	6	6	61	24	+37	72	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	FC Lausanne-Sport	34	20	8	6	64	42	+22	68
4	FC Chiasso	34	17	8	9	51	31	+20	59
5	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	34	15	13	6	60	44	+16	58
6	FC Wohlen	34	15	7	12	50	40	+10	52
7	FC Wil	34	14	9	11	61	55	+6	51
8	FC Vaduz	34	13	7	14	57	54	+3	46
9	AC Bellinzona	34	12	10	12	43	45	−2	46
10	AC Lugano	34	10	11	13	41	52	−11	41
11	FC Baulmes	34	9	13	12	36	45	−9	40
12	FC Concordia Basel	34	10	9	15	44	57	−13	39
13	SC Kriens	34	9	12	13	42	56	−14	39
14	FC Winterthur	34	10	7	17	62	53	+9	37
15	SC YF Juventus	34	8	14	12	39	53	−14	35
16	FC Locarno	34	7	7	20	35	60	−25	28
17	FC Baden (R)	34	6	9	19	30	59	−29	27	Relegated to 2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga
18	FC Meyrin (R)	34	1	11	22	26	68	−42	14

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team in the 2005–06 Swiss Super League, Neuchâtel Xamax, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Sion, for a spot in the 2006–07 Super League.

18 May 2006

19:30 CEST

Sion	0–0	Neuchâtel Xamax

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 12,300

Referee: Massimo Busacca

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21 May 2006

16:00 CEST

Neuchâtel Xamax	0–3	Sion
		Vogt 38', 59' Gaspoz 68'

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: René Rogalla

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Sion won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted. Neuchâtel Xamax lose and are relegated.

1. Liga

Main article: 2005–06 Swiss 1. Liga

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Servette FC	30	21	5	4	82	32	+50	68	Play-off to Challenge League
2	Étoile Carouge FC	30	16	8	6	66	27	+39	56
3	Urania Genève Sport	30	16	7	7	55	39	+16	55
4	ES FC Malley	30	16	6	8	61	34	+27	54
5	FC Stade Nyonnais	30	14	6	10	57	51	+6	48
6	FC Echallens	30	11	11	8	47	43	+4	44
7	CS Chênois	30	11	8	11	50	54	−4	41
8	FC Bulle	30	11	7	12	46	50	−4	40
9	FC Fribourg	30	9	12	9	50	48	+2	39
10	FC Serrières	30	9	11	10	33	33	0	38
11	FC Martigny-Sports	30	10	7	13	40	50	−10	37
12	FC Bex	30	10	7	13	39	56	−17	37
13	SC Düdingen	30	8	7	15	41	65	−24	31
14	FC Naters	30	7	7	16	42	60	−18	28
15	Signal FC Bernex-Confignon	30	3	12	15	37	62	−25	21	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	Grand-Lancy FC	30	4	7	19	30	72	−42	19

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off if for qualifiers.

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Biel-Bienne	30	20	8	2	65	20	+45	68	Play-off to Challenge League
2	SR Delémont	30	14	10	6	56	40	+16	52
3	Basel U-21	30	14	7	9	78	48	+30	49
4	FC Kickers Luzern	30	13	10	7	49	41	+8	49
5	FC Solothurn	30	12	10	8	51	40	+11	46
6	SC Zofingen	30	10	10	10	52	55	−3	40
7	FC Grenchen	30	9	11	10	51	46	+5	38
8	FC Wangen bei Olten	30	10	8	12	51	55	−4	38
9	FC Laufen	30	9	9	12	37	45	−8	36
10	Young Boys U-21	30	8	11	11	44	45	−1	35
11	FC Münsingen	30	7	14	9	37	42	−5	35
12	SC Dornach	30	10	5	15	42	63	−21	35
13	SV Muttenz	30	9	8	13	43	67	−24	35
14	Luzern U-21	30	8	10	12	45	53	−8	34
15	FC Schötz	30	7	10	13	46	64	−18	31	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	SC Buochs	30	5	9	16	39	62	−23	24

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off if for qualifiers.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Tuggen	30	21	4	5	76	35	+41	67	Play-off to Challenge League
2	FC Red Star Zürich	30	16	8	6	57	41	+16	56
3	FC Herisau	30	15	8	7	55	32	+23	53
4	FC Kreuzlingen	30	15	5	10	49	44	+5	50
5	Zürich U-21	30	13	10	7	52	32	+20	49
6	Zug 94	30	14	7	9	67	57	+10	49
7	Grasshopper Club U-21	30	13	6	11	60	41	+19	45
8	FC Seefeld Zürich	30	12	7	11	42	41	+1	43
9	GC Biaschesi	30	12	5	13	44	49	−5	41
10	SC Cham	30	10	10	10	50	49	+1	40
11	FC Brugg	30	11	6	13	37	39	−2	39
12	FC Rapperswil-Jona	30	10	6	14	46	55	−9	36
13	St. Gallen U-21	30	9	7	14	44	52	−8	34
14	FC Mendrisio	30	8	10	12	35	49	−14	34
15	FC Altstetten	30	6	6	18	36	74	−38	24	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	FC Frauenfeld	30	1	3	26	29	89	−60	6

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off if for qualifiers.

Promotion play-offs

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Herisau	1–3	Servette
Servette	3–0	Herisau

Servette win 6–1 on aggregate

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Delémont	3–0	Tuggen
Tuggen	0–4	Delémont

Delémont win 7–0 on aggregate

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Red Star	1–0	Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge	4–1	Red Star

Étoile Carouge win 4–2 on aggregate

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UGS	2–0	Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne	3–1	UGS

3–3 on aggregate UGS win on away goals

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Delémont	1–0	Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge	1–1	Delémont

Delémont win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UGS	0–3	Servette
Servette	2–1	UGS

Servette win 5–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2005–06 Swiss Cup

BSC Young Boys beat FC Zürich 4–1 in the first drawn semi-final and FC Sion beat FC Winterthur 1–0 in the second semi-final. The winner of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team. The final was played on 17 April 2006 and took place at Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in the Swiss capital Bern.

Final

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17 April 2006

15:00

BSC Young Boys	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	FC Sion
Varela 16'	SFL summary	55' Obradović
Penalties
João Paulo H. Yakin Calvano Raimondi	3 – 5	Obradović Di Zenzo Crettenand Gaspoz Regazzoni

Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 30,659

Referee: Reto Rutz

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Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Basel as 2004–05 champions: Champions League third qualifying round
• Thun as runner-up: Champions League second qualifying round
• Grasshoppers as third placed team: UEFA Cup second qualifying round
• Zürich as 2004–05 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup second qualifying round
• Young Boys as fourth placed team: Intertoto Cup second round
• Xamax as sixth placed team: Intertoto Cup first round
• Vaduz as 2004–05 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup first qualifying round

Basel

Champions League

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Basel v Werder Bremen

10 August 2005 First Leg	Basel	2 – 1	Werder Bremen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	D. Degen 28' (1:0) Rossi 52' (2:0) Quennoz  84'	UEFA summary FCB summary	23' Jelle Van Damme  62' Davala 74' (2:1) Klose	Attendance: 28,101 Referee: Paul Allaerts, (KBVB)

Werder Bremen v Basel

24 August 2005 Second Leg	Werder Bremen	3 – 0	Basel	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Klose  28'  79' Klasnić 65' (1:0) Borowski 68' (pen. 2:0) Klasnić 73' (3:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	2' D. Degen  40' Eduardo	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (DBU)

Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate. Basel transfer to 2005–06 UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round

Basel v Široki Brijeg

15 September 2005 First Leg	Basel	5 – 0	Široki Brijeg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Delgado 10' (1:0) Ergić 70' (2:0) Delgado 78' (3:0) Eduardo 85' (4:0) Delgado 88' (5:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	15'  53' Rezic  23' Kozul	Attendance: 14,458 Referee: Zsolt Szabo (MLSZ)

Široki Brijeg v Basel

29 September 2005 Second Leg	Široki Brijeg	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Pecara, Široki Brijeg
19:30		UEFA summary FCB summary	Petrić 8' (0:1)	Referee: Tony Asumaa (SPL)

Basel won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group E

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E

Basel v Strasbourg

20 October 2005 Matchday 1	Basel	0 – 2	Strasbourg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Müller  30' Degen  55' Chipperfield  76'	UEFA summary FCB summary	15' (0:1) Diané 25' (0:2) Boka  68' Johansen	Attendance: 16,623 Referee: Mark Halsey (FA)

Red Star Belgrade v Basel

3 November 2005 Matchday 2	Red Star Belgrade	1 – 2	Basel	Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
17:00	Purović 25' (1:0) Mladenović 54' Basta 59' Dudić  65'	UEFA summary FCB summary	30' (pen. 1:1) Delgado  57' Delgado  77' Zanni 88' (1:2) Rossi	Attendance: 0 (closed doors) Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (DBU)

Basel v Tromsø

1 December 2005 Matchday 4	Basel	4 – 3	Tromsø	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Petrić 17' (1:1) Delgado 61' (2:3) Chipperfield 67' (3:3) Degen 75' (4:3)	UEFA summary FCB summary	2' (0:1) Strand 19' (1:2) Årst 29' (1:3) Strand  82' Kibebe	Attendance: 14,887 Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (PZPN)

Roma v Basel

14 December 2005 Matchday 5	Roma	3 – 1	Basel	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:45	Taddei 12' (1:0) Totti 45' (2:0) Nonda 49' (3:0) Chivu  61'	UEFA summary FCB summary	78' (3:1) Petrić  82' Eduardo	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (DFB)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STR	ROM	BSL	RSB	TRO
1	Strasbourg	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	2–2	2–0
2	Roma	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7			1–1	—	3–1	—	—
3	Basel	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6			0–2	—	—	—	4–3
4	Red Star Belgrade	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1	4			—	3–1	1–2	—	—
5	Tromsø	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	3			—	1–2	—	3–1	—

Source:

Round of 32

Basel v Monaco

15 February 2006 First Leg	Basel	1 – 0	Monaco	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00	Degen 78' (1:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary		Attendance: 14,143 Referee: Pieter Vink (KNVB)
Note: No yellow cards

Monaco v Basel

23 February 2006 Second Leg	Monaco	1 – 1	Basel	Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45	Bernardi  9' Vieri 21' (pen. 1:0) Chevantón  76'	UEFA summary FCB summary	38' Smiljanić 56' (1:1) Majstorović  56' Majstorović  71' Zanni	Attendance: 11,955 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (CFA)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Basel v Strasbourg

9 March 2006 First Leg	Basel	2 – 0	Strasbourg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Delgado 8' (1:0) Ba  22' Kuzmanović 89' (2:0)	UEFA summary FCB summary	14' P. Farnerud  57' Lacour  69' Deroff  73' Abdessadki  90+2' Bellaïd	Attendance: 14,243 Referee: Stefano Farina (FIGC)

Strasbourg v Basel

15 March 2006 Second Leg	Strasbourg	2 – 2	Basel	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
18:00	Carlier 11' (1:1) Kanté 78' (2:2)	UEFA summary FCB summary	3' (0:1) Eduardo 26' (1:2) Eduardo	Referee: Olegário Benquerença (FPF)
Note: No yellow cards

Basel won 4-2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Basel v Middlesbrough

30 March 2006 First Leg	Basel	2 – 0	Middlesbrough	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	D. Degen  29' Majstorović  40' Delgado 43' D. Degen 45+1'	UEFA summary FCB summary	53' Downing  77' Riggott	Attendance: 23,639 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (FIGC)

Middlesbrough v Basel

6 April 2006 Second Leg	Middlesbrough	4 – 1	Basel	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
21:00	Riggott  24' Viduka 33' (1:1) Parnaby  44' Viduka 57' (2:1) Hasselbaink 79' (3:1) Maccarone 90' (4:1) Maccarone  90+1'	UEFA summary FCB summary	23' (0:1) Eduardo  55'  74' Majstorović  58' D. Degen  90+3' Zuberbühler	Attendance: 24,521 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (RFS)

Middlesbrough won 4-3 on aggregate.

Thun

Champions League

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Dynamo Kyiv v Thun

26 July 2005 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Thun	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
	Husyev 20' Shatskikh 40'		Lustrinelli 28' Aegerter 66'

Thun v Dynamo Kyiv

3 August 2005 Second leg	Thun	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Bernardini 90+'

Third qualifying round

Malmö FF v Thun

10 August 2005 First leg	Malmö FF	0–1	Thun	Malmö Stadion, Malmö
			Pimenta 34'

Thun v Malmö FF

23 August 2005 Second leg	Thun	3–0	Malmö FF	Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern
	Bernardini 26' Lustrinelli 40', 66'

Group stage / Group B

Arsenal v Thun

14 September 2005 Matchday 1	Arsenal	2–1	Thun	Highbury, London
20:45	Gilberto 51' Bergkamp 90+2'	Report	Ferreira 53'	Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Thun v Sparta Prague

27 September 2005 Matchday 2	Thun	1–0	Sparta Prague	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45	Hodžić 89'	Report		Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Ajax v Thun

18 October 2005 Matchday 3	Ajax	2–0	Thun	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Anastasiou 36', 55'	Report		Attendance: 44,775 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Thun v Ajax

2 November 2005 Matchday 4	Thun	2–4	Ajax	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45	Lustrinelli 56' Adriano 74'	Report	Sneijder 27' Anastasiou 63' de Jong 90+1' Boukhari 90+3'	Attendance: 30,120 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Thun v Arsenal

22 November 2005 Matchday 5	Thun	0–1	Arsenal	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45		Report	Pires 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 31,330 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Sparta Prague v Thun

7 December 2005 Matchday 6	Sparta Prague	0–0	Thun	Sparta Stadium, Prague
20:45		Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	AJA	THU	SPR
1	Arsenal	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–1	3–0
2	Ajax	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11			1–2	—	2–0	2–1
3	Thun	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup		0–1	2–4	—	1–0
4	Sparta Prague	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2			0–2	1–1	0–0	—

Source: RSSSF

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Round of 32

Thun v Hamburg

15 February 2006 First leg	Thun	1–0	Hamburg	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
18:30	Adriano 30'	Report		Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Hamburg v Thun

23 February 2006 Second leg	Hamburg	2–0	Thun	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
18:30	Van Buyten 2', 33'	Report		Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Grasshoppers

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Grasshoppers v Wisła Płock

11 August 2005 First leg	Grasshoppers	1–0	Wisła Płock	Hardturm, Zürich
19:30	Eduardo 68'	Report		Referee: Duarte Gomes (Portugal)

Wisła Płock v Grasshoppers

25 August 2005 Second leg	Wisła Płock	3–2	Grasshoppers	Kazimierz Górski Stadium, Płock
18:00	Gęsior 35', 38' Zilić 69'	Report	António 30' Eduardo 83'	Referee: Egill Mar Markusson (Iceland)

3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers win on away goals

First round

Grasshoppers v MyPa

15 September 2005 First leg	Grasshoppers	1–1	MyPa	Hardturm, Zürich
19:30	Salatić 1'	Report	Marco Manso 19'	Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

MyPa v Grasshoppers

29 September 2005 Second leg	MyPa	0–3	Grasshoppers	Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa
18:30		Report	Touré 75' Salatić 80' Rogério 86'	Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

Grasshoppers won 4-1 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group D

Grasshoppers v Middlesbrough

20 October 2005 Matchday 1	Grasshoppers	0–1	Middlesbrough	Hardturm, Zürich
21:00		Report	Hasselbaink 10'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Litex Lovech v Grasshoppers

3 November 2005 Matchday 2	Litex Lovech	2–1	Grasshoppers	Lovech Stadium, Lovech
16:00	Novaković 13' Sandrinho 81'	Report	António 90'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Grasshoppers v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

30 November 2005 Matchday 4	Grasshoppers	2–3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Hardturm, Zürich
20:45	Touré 85' Renggli 90'	Report	Nazarenko 39' Kravchenko 61' Mykhaylenko 84'	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

AZ v Grasshoppers

15 December 2005 Matchday 5	AZ	1–0	Grasshoppers	Alkmaarderhout, Alkmaar
20:45	Koevermans 70'	Report		Attendance: 8,153 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MID	AZ	LIT	DNI	GRA
1	Middlesbrough	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	2–0	3–0	—
2	AZ	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	10			0–0	—	—	—	1–0
3	Litex Lovech	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6			—	0–2	—	—	2–1
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3			—	1–2	0–2	—	—
5	Grasshoppers	4	0	0	4	3	7	−4	0			0–1	—	—	2–3	—

Source:

Zürich

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Legia Warsaw v Zürich

11 August 2005 First leg	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Zürich	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
18:00		Report	Raffael 90+1'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

Zürich v Legia Warsaw

25 August 2005 Second leg	Zürich	4–1	Legia Warsaw	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00	Keita 25', 64' Džemaili 29' Cesar 78' (p)	Report	Szałachowski 18'	Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Zürich win 5–1 on aggregate

Third qualifying round

Brøndby v Zürich

15 September 2005 First leg	Brøndby	2–0	Zürich	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
20:15	Skoubo 46' Johansen 72'	Report		Attendance: 13,614 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

Zürich v Brøndby

29 September 2005 Second leg	Zürich	2–1	Brøndby	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15	Raffael 15', 80'	Report	Elmander 42'	Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Second qualifying round

Lokeren v Young Boys

2 July 2005 First leg	Lokeren	1–4	Young Boys	Het Kuipje, Westerlo
	Deschacht 70'		Steinsson 4' Neri 25' Varela 49' Häberli 67'	Attendance: 545 Referee: Brage Sandmoen (Norway)

Young Boys v Lokeren

10 July 2005 Second leg	Young Boys	2–1 (6–2 agg.)	Lokeren	Stadion Neufeld, Bern
	Steinsson 79' Sermeter 81' (pen.)		Grétarsson 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Ian Stokes (Republic of Ireland)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Young Boys v Marseille

16 July 2005 First leg	Young Boys	2–3	Marseille	Stade de Suisse, Bern
	Raimondi 61' Yakin 74'		Oruma 15' Niang 35' Taiwo 82'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Marseille v Young Boys

23 July 2005 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (5–3 agg.)	Young Boys	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Luyindula 70' (pen.) Nasri 83'		Raimondi 43'	Attendance: 18,708 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Marseille won 5–3 on aggregate.

Xamax

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup

First qualifying round

Lernagorts-Ararat v Neuchâtel Xamax

18 June 2005 First leg	Lernagorts-Ararat	1–3	Neuchâtel Xamax	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
	Navoyan 27'		Griffiths 2', 32' Muñoz 90'	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ioannis Tsaheilidis (Greece)

Neuchâtel Xamax v Lernagorts-Ararat

25 June 2005 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	6–0 (9–1 agg.)	Lernagorts-Ararat	Stade de Genève, Geneva
	Baumann 14' Oppliger 17' Maraninchi 36' Doudin 39' Griffiths 64' Cordonnier 86'			Attendance: 800 Referee: Hristo Ristoskov (Bulgaria)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Saint-Étienne v Neuchâtel Xamax

2 July 2005 First leg	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
	Sablé 71'		Lombardo 57'	Attendance: 32,021 Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)

Neuchâtel Xamax v Saint-Étienne

10 July 2005 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Saint-Étienne	Stade de Genève, Geneva
	Maraninchi 80'		Mazure 60' Feindouno 70'	Attendance: 11,273 Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Romania)

Saint-Étienne won 3–2 on aggregate.

Vaduz

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Vaduz v Dacia Chişinău

14 July 2005 First leg	Vaduz	2–0	Dacia Chişinău	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30	Gohouri 53' Gaspar 71'	Report		Attendance: 850 Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faroe Islands)

Dacia Chişinău v Vaduz

28 July 2005 Second leg	Dacia Chişinău	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Vaduz	Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
17:30	Japalau 63'	Report		Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Emil Laursen (Denmark)

Vaduz won 2–1 on aggregate

Second qualifying round

Vaduz v Beşiktaş

11 August 2005 First leg	Vaduz	0–1	Beşiktaş	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30		Report	Buruk 12'	Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Beşiktaş v Vaduz

25 August 2005 Second leg	Beşiktaş	5–1 (6–1 agg.)	Vaduz	BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:00	Aílton 35' Hassan 61' Dursun 83' (p) Dursun 89' Pancu 90+2'	Report	Gaspar 28'	Attendance: 15,120 Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Beşiktaş win 6–1 on aggregate

Sources

• Switzerland Cup 2005–06 at RSSSF
• 1. Liga season 2005–06 at the official website
• Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
• Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 2004–05

Seasons in Swiss football

Succeeded by 2006–07