2009–10 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
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 →

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]

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

Aarau

Basel

Bellinzona

Grasshopper
FC Zürich

Location of teams in the 2009–10 Swiss 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

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	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	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:

^ ^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.

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

Source: Swiss Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

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

Source: Swiss Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

21 May 2010

20:15 CEST

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

Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

24 May 2010

16:00 CEST

Lugano	0–0	Bellinzona
	Report (in Italian)

Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

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
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