2009–10 Swiss Super League

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]

Swiss Super League
Season2009–10
Dates11 July 2009 – 16 May 2010
ChampionsBasel
13th title
RelegatedAarau
Champions LeagueBasel
Young Boys
Europa LeagueGrasshopper
Luzern
Lausanne-Sport (via domestic cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored602 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorerSeydou Doumbia (30 goals)
Biggest home winGrasshoppers 7–0 Bellinzona
Biggest away winBellinzona 1–7 YB
Highest scoringLuzern 4–5 Basel

Promotion and relegation

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 .

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in the 2009–10 Swiss Super League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC AarauAarauStadion Brügglifeld9,249
FC BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park42,500
AC BellinzonaBellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605
FC LuzernLuzernStadion Allmend13,000
Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000
FC SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500
FC St. GallenSt. GallenAFG Arena19,694
BSC Young BoysBerneWankdorf31,783
FC ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605

League table
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
Source: axposuperleague.ch (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  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.

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.

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.

Bellinzona2–1Lugano
Mihoubi 27'
Feltscher 90+1'		 Report (in Italian) Montandon 70'
Preisig Red card 78'
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
Lugano0–0Bellinzona
Report (in Italian)
Attendance: 6,500

Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Updated on 16 May 2010; Source: Swiss Football League (in German)

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

References
  1. "Basel snatch Swiss title from Young Boys". UEFA.com. UEFA. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  2. "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.
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