2009–10 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2009–10 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland
Season2009–10
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueThun
1. Liga: Group 1Sion U-21
1. Liga: Group 2YF Juventus
1. Liga: Group 3Chiasso
Swiss CupBasel
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueFC Zürich Frauen
← 2008–09 Switzerland 2010–11 →

Super League edit

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 25 5 6 90 46 +44 80 Swiss champions and Swiss Cup winners
Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 25 2 9 78 47 +31 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Grasshopper 36 21 2 13 65 43 +22 65 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
4 Luzern 36 17 7 12 66 55 +11 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
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 Advance to relegation play-offs
10 Aarau (R) 36 6 5 25 32 88 −56 23 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Challenge League edit

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Thun (C, P) 30 18 6 6 70 36 +34 60 Promotion to 2010–11 Swiss Super League
2 Lugano 30 17 8 5 65 29 +36 59 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Winterthur 30 16 8 6 69 46 +23 56
4 Servette 30 14 10 6 49 37 +12 52
5 Kriens 30 12 10 8 50 41 +9 46
6 Wil 30 11 12 7 44 37 +7 45
7 Biel-Bienne 30 10 12 8 54 39 +15 42
8 Vaduz 30 11 8 11 44 43 +1 41 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
9 Yverdon-Sport 30 10 9 11 50 38 +12 39
10 Lausanne-Sport 30 9 12 9 40 43 −3 39 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[b]
11 Schaffhausen 30 10 9 11 42 51 −9 39
12 Wohlen 30 8 7 15 44 55 −11 31
13 Locarno 30 7 10 13 46 65 −19 31
14 Stade Nyonnais 30 8 7 15 36 64 −28 31
15 Le Mont (R) 30 8 3 19 30 56 −26 27 Relegation to 2010–11 Swiss 1. Liga
16 Gossau (R) 30 2 7 21 27 80 −53 13
Source: football.ch (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Vaduz qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round as they won the 2009–10 Liechtenstein Cup
  2. ^ Lausanne-Sport have qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round as they lost the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel.

Promotion/relegation play-offs edit

AC Bellinzona as 9th-placed team of the 2009–10 Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano for a spot in the 2010–11 Super League.


Bellinzona2–1Lugano
Mihoubi   27'
Feltscher   90+1'
Report (in Italian) Montandon   70'
Preisig   78'

Lugano0–0Bellinzona
Report (in Italian)
Attendance: 6,500

Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate and remain in the Swiss Super League. Lugano remain in the Swiss Challenge League.

1. Liga edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sion U-21 30 16 6 8 66 50 +16 54 Not elegible to Play-off
2 ES FC Malley 30 15 8 7 65 45 +20 53 Play-off to Challenge League
3 CS Chênois 30 13 9 8 46 40 +6 48
4 SC Düdingen 30 13 8 9 62 49 +13 47
5 Étoile Carouge FC 30 13 7 10 60 54 +6 46 Play-off to Challenge League
6 FC Martigny-Sports 30 14 4 12 46 46 0 46
7 FC Meyrin 30 11 12 7 64 51 +13 45
8 FC Fribourg 30 12 8 10 54 46 +8 44
9 FC Echallens 30 12 8 10 59 52 +7 44
10 FC Naters 30 10 7 13 53 61 −8 37
11 FC Baulmes 30 10 6 14 53 76 −23 36
12 Young Boys U-21 30 10 4 16 48 58 −10 34
13 Urania Genève Sport 30 8 10 12 49 62 −13 34
14 Grand-Lancy FC 30 10 4 16 43 62 −19 34
15 FC Bavois 30 9 5 16 43 55 −12 32 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Bulle 30 6 10 14 46 50 −4 28
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off.

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 YF Juventus 30 16 10 4 52 33 +19 58 Play-off to Challenge League
2 Basel U-21 30 17 6 7 76 46 +30 57 Not elegible to Play-off
3 Zürich U-21 30 17 6 7 70 40 +30 57 Not elegible to Play-off
4 SR Delémont 30 17 6 7 61 45 +16 57 Play-off to Challenge League
5 FC Münsingen 30 13 7 10 49 39 +10 46
6 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 12 9 9 64 55 +9 45
7 FC Grenchen 30 11 9 10 42 41 +1 42
8 FC Breitenrain Bern 30 10 10 10 53 43 +10 40
9 FC Laufen 30 9 7 14 49 59 −10 34
10 BSC Old Boys 30 8 10 12 40 51 −11 34
11 FC Solothurn 30 7 12 11 34 45 −11 33
12 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 9 6 15 48 61 −13 33
13 SV Muttenz 30 7 10 13 39 47 −8 31
14 Winterthur U-21 30 8 7 15 44 73 −29 31
15 FC Schaffhausen 30 7 9 14 38 64 −26 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 SV Höngg 30 7 6 17 49 66 −17 27
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Chiasso 30 19 7 4 63 26 +37 64 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 18 7 5 69 44 +25 61
3 FC Tuggen 30 16 3 11 69 48 +21 51
4 FC Baden 30 14 7 9 59 34 +25 49
5 Luzern U-21 30 13 7 10 44 43 +1 46
6 Zug 94 30 13 5 12 48 55 −7 44
7 FC Mendrisio 30 12 6 12 34 38 −4 42
8 GC Biaschesi 30 13 2 15 45 53 −8 41
9 USV Eschen/Mauren 30 11 7 12 53 57 −4 40
10 St. Gallen U-21 30 11 5 14 48 59 −11 38
11 SC Zofingen 30 10 7 13 53 56 −3 37
12 Lugano U-21 30 10 6 14 44 54 −10 36
13 FC Schötz 30 9 7 14 43 54 −11 34
14 SC Cham 30 9 6 15 35 43 −8 33 Play-off against relegation
15 FC Emmenbrücke 30 9 6 15 43 54 −11 33
16 FC Chur 97 30 8 2 20 32 64 −32 26 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off

Play-off against relegation edit


SC Cham3–0FC Emmenbrücke
     
Sportplatz Wissenhusen, Schötz

FC Emmenbrücke is relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.

Promotion play-offs edit

Qualifying Round edit


Tuggen0–4YF Juventus
       

YF Juventus3–2Tuggen
         

YF Juventus win 7–2 on aggregate



Rapperswil-Jona5–1Étoile Carouge
           
Stadion Grünfeld, Rapperswil

Rapperswil-Jona win 8–2 on aggregate



ES FC Malley2–3Delémont
         
Centre Sportif de la Tuilière, Lausanne

Delémont win 5–2 on aggregate



Chiasso2–1Münsingen
     

Chiasso win 3–1 on aggregate

Final round edit


YF Juventus2–1Delémont
     

Delémont4–1YF Juventus
         

Delémont win 5–3 on aggregate and achieve peomotion



Rapperswil-Jona0–2Chiasso
   
Stadion Grünfeld, Rapperswil

Chiasso win 3–0 on aggregate and achieve peomotion

Swiss Cup edit

Semi-finals edit

The winners in the quarter-finals played in this round. FC St. Gallen had beaten FC Luzern 4–1, FC Lausanne-Sport had also beaten Young Boys 4–1, SC Kriens won 2–1 against FC Thun and Basel had been 3–1 winners against Biel-Bienne.


FC St. Gallen1 – 2FC Lausanne-Sport
Zé Vitor   22'
Zé Vitor   89'
SFV report Favre   28'
Katz   40'
Katz   49'   63'
Gaspar   79'
Attendance: 17,197

SC Kriens0–1Basel
Fanger   19'
Ferricchio   43'
Imholz   55'
Pacar   90+2'
FCB summary   17' (0:1) Almerares
  64' Abraham
  88' Carlitos
  90+1' Shaqiri
Attendance: 5,000

Final edit

Basel6–0[1]FC Lausanne-Sport
Stocker  28' (1:0)
Shaqiri  30' (2:0)
Zoua  46' (3:0)
Chipperfield  52' (4:0)
Stocker  75' (5:0)
Huggel  89' (6:0)
FCB summary
Attendance: 30,100
Referee:   Sascha Kever

Note: Fair game, no yellow cards


Swiss Clubs in Europe edit

Zürich edit

Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit
29 July 2009 First leg Zürich   2–3   Maribor Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Vonlanthen   4'
Hassli   29'
Report Tavares   12', 22'
Pavlović   50'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
5 August 2009 Second leg Maribor   0–3   Zürich Ljudski vrt, Maribor
20:15 Report Djuric   21'
Margairaz   45'
Nikçi   76'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Zürich won 5–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round edit
19 August 2009 First leg Ventspils   0–3   Zürich Skonto Stadium, Riga
20:45 Report Vonlanthen   12'
Aegerter   55'
Djuric   75'
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Note: Played in Riga at Skonto Stadium as Ventspils' Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions did not meet UEFA criteria.
25 August 2009 Second leg Zürich   2–1   Ventspils AFG Arena, St. Gallen
20:45 Vonlanthen   6'
Abdi   90+2'
Report Țîgîrlaș   8' Attendance: 9,050
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Note: Played in St. Gallen at AFG Arena as Zürich's Letzigrund hosted IAAF Golden League's fourth part (Weltklasse Zürich) on 28 August 2009.

Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Group stage / group C edit
15 September 2009 Matchday 1 Zürich   2–5   Real Madrid Letzigrund, Zürich
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Margairaz   64' (pen.)
Aegerter   65'
Report Ronaldo   27', 89'
Raúl   34'
Higuaín   45+1'
Guti   90+4'
Attendance: 24,424
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
30 September 2009 Matchday 2 Milan   0–1   Zürich San Siro, Milan
20:45 Report Tihinen   10' Attendance: 32,439
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
21 October 2009 Matchday 3 Zürich   0–1   Marseille Letzigrund, Zürich
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)
Report Heinze   69' Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
3 November 2009 Matchday 4 Marseille   6–1   Zürich Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Aegerter   3' (o.g.)
Abriel   11'
Niang   51'
Hilton   80'
Cheyrou   87'
Brandão   90'
Report Alphonse   31' Attendance: 56,282
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
25 November 2009 Matchday 5 Real Madrid   1–0   Zürich Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Higuaín   21' Report Attendance: 67,867
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
8 December 2009 Matchday 6 Zürich   1–1   Milan Letzigrund, Zürich
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)
Gajić   29' Report Ronaldinho   64' (pen.) Attendance: 24,100
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM MIL OM ZÜR
1   Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–3 3–0 1–0
2   Milan 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 1–1 1–1 0–1
3   Marseille 6 2 1 3 10 10 0 7 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 1–2 6–1
4   Zürich 6 1 1 4 5 14 −9 4 2–5 1–1 0–1
Source: RSSSF

Young Boys edit

Europa League edit

Third qualifying round edit
30 July 2009 First leg Athletic Bilbao   0–1   Young Boys San Mamés, Bilbao
21:30 Report Doumbia   23' Attendance: 19,104
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
6 August 2009 Second leg Young Boys   1–2   Athletic Bilbao Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:30 Frimpong   90+2' Report Llorente   26'
Muniain   72'
Attendance: 21,277
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Young Boys 2–2 Athletic Bilbao on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.

Basel edit

Europa League edit

Second qualifying round edit
16 July 2009 First leg Basel   3–0   Santa Coloma St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Şahin   23'
Streller   48' (2:0)
Almerares   59' (3:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  40' Sergio Albanell
  84' dos Santos
  90+2' Sánchez
Attendance: 25,038
Referee:   Ceri Richards (FAW)
23 July 2009 Second leg Santa Coloma   1–4   Basel Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella
19:00   36'
dos Santos   42' (pen. 1:3)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  12' (0:1) Streller
  15' (0:2) Gelabert
  37' Huggel
  40' (o.g. 0:3) Alvarez
  43' Şahin
  52' Gelabert
  86' Safari
  88' (1:4) Almerares
Attendance: 400
Referee:   Rusmir Mrkovic (FSBiH)

Basel won 7–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round edit
30 July 2009 First leg Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur   2–2   Basel KR-völlur, Reykjavík
21:15 Benediktsson   6' (1:0)
G. Sigurðarson   9' (2:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  58' (2:1) Chipperfield
  83' (2:2) Almerares
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:   Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (RFEF)
6 August 2009 Second leg Basel   3–1   Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Frei   29' (1:0)
Shaqiri   77' (2:1)
Frei   80' (pen. 3:1)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  45+1' (pen. 1:1) Takefusa Attendance: 13,117
Referee:   Tony Asumaa (FAF)

Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round edit
20 August 2009 First leg Baku   1–3   Basel Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
17:00 Skulic   3'
Pérez   49' (1:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  45' Şahin
  51' Inkoom
  71' (1:1) Streller
  74' (1:2) Streller
  77' (1:3) Huggel
Attendance: 13,000
Referee:   Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)
Note: Played in Baku at Tofik Bakhramov Stadium as Karabakh's Guzanli Olympic Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
27 August 2009 Second first leg Basel   5–1   Baku St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Gelabert   7'
Almerares   32' (1:0)
Gelabert   36' (2:1)
da Silva   61'
Frei   63' (3:1)
Huggel   69'
Shaqiri   74' (4:2)
Mustafi   84' (5:1)
Mustafi   85'
Shaqiri   90'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  33' (1:1) Felipe
  85' Fabio Ramim
  85' Jaba
Attendance: 7,113
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

Basel won 8–2 on aggregate.

Group stage, group E edit
17 September 2009 Matchday 1 Basel   2–0   Roma St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Carlitos   11' (1:0)
Cabral   33'
Costanzo   50'
Abraham   64'
Çağdaş   73'
Almerares   87' (2:0)
Almerares   88'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  45' Ménez
  78' Pizarro
Attendance: 16,459
Referee:   Carlos Velasco Carballo (RFEF)
1 October 2009 Matchday 2 Fulham   1–0   Basel Craven Cottage, London
21:05 Murphy   57' (1:0)
Greening   63'
Baird   85'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Attendance: 16,100
Referee:   Michael Weiner (DFB)
22 October 2009 Matchday 3 CSKA Sofia   0–2   Basel Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
21:05 Todorov   67'
Branekov   70'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  20' (0:1) Frei
  34' Safari
  63' (0:2) Frei
Attendance: 17,000
Referee:   Manuel De Sousa (FPF)
Note: CSKA Sofia played their home group matches at Vasil Levski National Stadium as their Balgarska Armiya Stadium did not meet UEFA criteria.
5 November 2009 Matchday 4 Basel   3–1   CSKA Sofia St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Gelabert   35' (1:0)
Frei   41' (pen. 2:0)
Frei   67' (3:1)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  15' K. Stoyanov
  19' Morozs
  61' (2:1) Yanchev
Attendance: 15,255
Referee:   Oleg Oriekhov (FFU)
3 December 2009 Matchday 5 Roma   2–1   Basel Stadio Olimpico, Rome
21:05 Totti   32' (pen. 1:1)
Ménez   44'
De Rossi  52'
Vučinić   59' (2:1)
Juan  90+2'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  18' (0:1) Huggel
  31' Gelabert
  75' Carlitos
Attendance: 27,000
Referee:   Tony Chapron (FFF)
16 December 2009 Matchday 6 Basel   2–3   Fulham St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Abraham   40'
Frei   45'
Frei   64' (pen. 1:2)
Streller   87' (2:3)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
  30' Zamora
  41' (0:1) Zamora
  45' (0:2) Zamora
  51' Greening
  77' (1:3) Gera
Attendance: 20,063
Referee:   Stefan Johannesson (SvFF)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Roma 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2   Fulham 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
3   Basel 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 9
4   CSKA Sofia 6 0 1 5 2 12 −10 1
Source: Soccerway

Sion edit

Europa League edit

Play-off round edit
20 August 2009 First leg Sion   0–2   Fenerbahçe Stade de Genève, Geneva 61
20:30 Report Santos   44'
Kazim-Richards   84'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)
27 August 2009 Second leg Fenerbahçe   2–2   Sion Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:30 Santos   2', 41' (pen.) Report Vanczák   9'
Chihab   31' (pen.)
Attendance: 24,083
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Fenerbahçe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Vaduz edit

Europa League edit

Second qualifying round edit
16 July 2009 First leg Falkirk   1–0   Vaduz Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
20:30 Flynn   50' Report Attendance: 5,763
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)
23 July 2009 Second leg Vaduz   2–0 (a.e.t.)   Falkirk Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Noll   24'
Burgmeier   105'
Report Attendance: 1,842
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Croatia)

Vaduz won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round edit
30 July 2009 Vaduz   0–1   Slovan Liberec Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Report Blažek   43' Attendance: 1,105
Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)
6 August 2009 Slovan Liberec   2–0   Vaduz U Nisy Stadium, Liberec
18:00 Kerić   17'
Nezmar   22'
Report Attendance: 4,822
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Slovan Liberec won 3–0 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ SFV (2010). "Schweizer Cup (Final)". SFV. Retrieved 2010-05-09.

Sources edit

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Seasons in
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