Swiss Football Championship 2004/05

The Axpo Super League 2004/05 was the 108th season of the top Swiss league in men's football. Ten teams took part. The Swiss champions were FC Basel .

The 2004/05 Challenge League was the 107th season of the second highest Swiss division in men's football. Eighteen teams took part in the Challenge League. Yverdon-Sport FC became champions in the Challenge League .

Super League

Axpo Super League 2004/05
master	FC Basel
Champions League qualification	FC Basel FC Thun
UEFA Cup qualification	Grasshopper Club Zurich FC Zurich
UI cup	BSC Young Boys Neuchâtel Xamax
Cup winners	FC Zurich
Relegation ↓	FC Schaffhausen (1: 0 and 1: 1 against FC Vaduz )
Relegated	Servette FC Genève
Teams	10 (second round: 9)
Games	162 + 2 relegation games
Gates	505  (ø 3.12 per game)
spectator	1 345 436  (ø 8305 per game)
Top scorer	Christian Giménez (27) ( FC Basel )
← Swiss Football Championship 2003/04 Swiss Football Championship 2005/06 →

Season overview

FC Basel successfully defended its title from the previous year and became Swiss champions for the 11th time .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Basel (M)	34	21st	7th	6th	081:450	+36	70
2.	FC Thun	34	18th	6th	10	069:420	+27	60
3.	Grasshopper Club Zurich	34	12	14th	8th	051:500	+1	50
4th	BSC Young Boys	34	12	13	9	060:520	+8	49
5.	FC Zurich	34	13	9	12	055:570	−2	48
6th	Neuchâtel Xamax	34	10	8th	16	036:480	−12	38
7th	FC St. Gallen	34	8th	12	14th	051:600	−9	36
8th.	FC Aarau	34	7th	11	16	042:640	−22	32
9.	FC Schaffhausen (N)	34	7th	11	16	036:590	−23	32
10.	Servette FC Genève 1	18th	6th	5	7th	024:280	−4	23

¹Servette FC Genève were deducted 3 points due to financial irregularities. During the winter break, the public limited company finally went bankrupt and the club no longer took part in the championship in the second half of the season. Servette FC Genève was relegated to the first division .

Legend

Swiss champions and participation in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League 2005/06

Participation in qualifying for the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the qualification for the Uefa Cup 2005/06

Participation in the UI Cup 2005

 Cup winner 2005 and participation in the qualification for the Uefa Cup 2005/06

Barrage games against the runner-up in the Challenge League

Forced relegation to the first division

(M) - reigning Swiss champion
(N) - newcomers of the 2003/04 season

European qualifications

• UEFA Champions League qualification: FC Basel, FC Thun
• UEFA Cup qualification: Grasshopper Club Zürich, FC Zürich (cup winner)
• UI Cup : BSC Young Boys, Neuchâtel Xamax

Barrage games

date		total		First leg	Return leg
1./12. June 2005	FC Schaffhausen	2: 1	FC Vaduz	1: 1	1-0

Audience numbers / stadiums

	society	city	Stadion	spectator	cut
	FC Aarau	Aarau	Brügglifeld Stadium	86 550	5 091
	FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob Park	423 780	24 928
	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Zurich	Hard tower	119 400	7 024
	Xamax Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	74,000	4 353
	FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadium width	59 755	3 515
	Servette FC Genève 1	Geneva	Stade de Genève	77 280	8 587
	FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Aspen moss	140 500	8 265
	FC Thun	Tuna	Stadium laughter	89 121	5 242
	BSC Young Boys	Bern	Neufeld Stadium	125 550	7 385
	FC Zurich	Zurich	Letzigrund	149 500	8 794
Source: Viewer 2004/05 sfl.ch

¹Since the public limited company of Servette FC Genève went bankrupt during the winter break and the club did not participate in the championship in the second half of the season, only 162 games instead of 180 games were played. Servette FC Genève only played 9 (preliminary round) instead of 18 home games.

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Christian Giménez	FC Basel	27
2.	Mauro Lustrinelli	FC Thun	20th
3.	Stéphane Chapuisat	BSC Young Boys	15th
4th	Francisco Neri	BSC Young Boys	13
5.	Thomas Häberli	BSC Young Boys	12
6th	Matias Delgado	FC Basel	11
	Alhassane Keita	FC Zurich
	Gelson Rodrigues	FC Thun
9.	Mobulu M'Futi	Neuchâtel Xamax	10
Final score

The championship team of FC Basel

(Players with at least 5 appearances were considered; the games and goals are given in brackets)

1.

FC Basel

Goal: Pascal Zuberbühler (33 / -) Defense: Philipp Degen (32 / -), Kléber (30/2), Patrick Müller (15 / -), Boris Smiljanić (24/5), Murat Yakin (13/3), Reto Zanni (15/2), Marco Zwyssig (24/1) Midfield: Sébastien Barberis (20 / -), Mario Cantaluppi (5/1), Scott Chipperfield (26/5), David Degen (26/1), Matías Delgado (32/11), Ivan Ergic (10 / -), Benjamin Huggel (24/3), Djamel Mesbah (9/1), Mile Sterjovski (28/1) Forward: César Carignano (16/6), Christian Giménez (30/27), Mladen Petric (16/5), Julio Hernán Rossi (31/6) Trainer: Christian Gross

Challenge League

Challenge League 2004/05
master	Yverdon-Sport FC
Climbers	Yverdon-Sport FC
Relegation ↑	FC Vaduz (1-1 and 0-1 against FC Schaffhausen )
Relegated	FC Bulle
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 2 relegation games
Gates	899  (ø 2.94 per game)
spectator	431 211  (ø 1409 per game)
Top scorer	Francisco Aguirre (24) ( Yverdon-Sport FC )

Season overview

The Yverdon-Sport FC got a master of Challenge League directly into the Super League. The FC Vaduz , the table Second, denied the Barrage against FC Schaffhausen . The Liechtensteiners lost in the duels with FC Schaffhausen and remained in the Challenge League.

The FC Bulle rose from bottom of the table in the first division . Since Servette FC Genève was forcibly relegated from the Super League directly to the first division, the second-last FC Baden remained in the Challenge League.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yverdon-Sport FC	34	20th	10	4th	059:260	+33	70
2.	FC Vaduz	34	21st	6th	7th	058:280	+30	69
3.	FC Sion	34	19th	11	4th	063:330	+30	68
4th	FC Chiasso	34	20th	5	9	060:370	+23	65
5.	FC Luzern	34	19th	2	13	073:530	+20	59
6th	AC Bellinzona	34	17th	6th	11	058:460	+12	57
7th	FC Concordia Basel	34	13	12	9	052:400	+12	51
8th.	AC Lugano	34	14th	8th	12	049:460	+3	50
9.	SC Kriens	34	11	15th	8th	046:370	+9	48
10.	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	34	12	7th	15th	057:560	+1	43
11.	FC Winterthur	34	11	8th	15th	046:530	−7	41
12.	FC Baulmes (N)	34	12	5	17th	031:540	−23	41
13.	FC Wil (A, C)	34	10	10	14th	045:540	−9	40
14th	FC Meyrin	34	9	8th	17th	039:610	−22	35
15th	FC Wohlen	34	8th	7th	19th	038:630	−25	31
16.	SC YF Juventus (N)	34	8th	5	21st	043:710	−28	29
17th	FC Baden	34	7th	7th	20th	039:620	−23	28
18th	FC Bulle	34	6th	6th	22nd	043:790	−36	24

Legend

Champion & promotion to the Super League

Barrage games against the ninth of the Super League

Relegation to the 1st division

(C) - Swiss Cup winner 2003/04
(A) - Relegated of the 2003/04 season
(N) - Newcomer of the 2003/04 season

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Francisco Aguirre	Yverdon-Sport FC	24
2.	Paulo Vogt	FC Luzern	23
3.	Camel Boughanem	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	19th
	Cristian Ianu	AC Bellinzona
5.	Achille Njanke	FC Meyrin	18th
	Pascal Renfer	FC Winterthur
7th	Jean-Michel Tchouga	FC Luzern	17th
8th.	Felix Mordeku	FC Wil	15th
	Raffael	FC Chiasso
10.	Léonard Thurre	FC Sion	14th
Final score

1st League

1st league 2004/05
master	FC Lausanne Sports
Climbers	FC Lausanne-Sport, FC Locarno
Relegated	FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy FC Alle FC Langenthal Chur 97 FC Gossau
Teams	48 (3 groups of 16 each)
Games	720 + 12 promotion games

The newly promoted FC Lausanne-Sport was first league champion and was promoted to the Challenge League. FC Locarno also made it to the top.

Because Servette FC Genève was forcibly relegated to the 1st league from the Super League and therefore the 2nd team from Servette FC Genève was not allowed to play in the same league, only five instead of six teams relegated to the 2nd league interregionally . The beneficiary was the Étoile Sportive FC Malley , which thus remained in the first division.

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Lausanne-Sport (N)	30th	20th	3	7th	064:270	+37	63
2.	FC Serrières NE	30th	16	10	4th	053:310	+22	58
3.	Étoile Carouge FC	30th	18th	3	9	076:490	+27	57
4th	FC Echallens	30th	15th	11	4th	060:410	+19	56
5.	FC Bex	30th	14th	8th	8th	055:430	+12	50
6th	CS Chênois	30th	14th	4th	12	053:530	± 0	46
7th	BSC Young Boys II	30th	12	8th	10	048:430	+5	44
8th.	FC Martigny-Sports	30th	11	11	8th	046:430	+3	44
9.	FC Stade Nyonnais	30th	10	6th	14th	052:590	−7	36
10.	FC Grand-Lancy	30th	9	9	12	043:510	−8	36
11.	FC Friborg	30th	9	6th	15th	040:490	−9	33
12.	FC Oberwallis Naters	30th	9	5	16	054:670	−13	32
13.	Urania Genève Sport (N)	30th	8th	8th	14th	049:620	−13	32
14th	Servette FC Genève II	30th	9	5	16	050:710	−21	32
15th	Étoile Sportive FC Malley	30th	8th	6th	16	054:740	−20	30th
16.	FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	30th	3	7th	20th	031:650	−34	16

Legend

Participation in the promotion games to the Challenge League

 Disbanded due to forced relegation 1st team

Relegation to the 2nd interregional league

(N) - Newcomers of the 2003/04 season

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Biel-Bienne	30th	21st	7th	2	077:240	+53	70
2.	FC Wangen near Olten	30th	15th	6th	9	055:410	+14	51
3.	FC Grenchen	30th	14th	8th	8th	053:390	+14	50
4th	FC Solothurn	30th	14th	7th	9	055:440	+11	49
5.	Move 94	30th	13	8th	9	060:470	+13	47
6th	FC Münsingen	30th	14th	5	11	043:430	± 0	47
7th	FC Luzern II	30th	12	6th	12	050:520	−2	42
8th.	FC Schötz	30th	10	11	9	047:460	+1	41
9.	SC Zofingen	30th	11	7th	12	046:450	+1	40
10.	FC Basel II	30th	10	9	11	060:490	+11	39
11.	SC Dornach	30th	11	6th	13	056:660	−10	39
12.	SC Cham	30th	10	6th	14th	040:500	−10	36
13.	SR Delémont (A)	30th	10	5	15th	037:530	−16	35
14th	SC Buochs	30th	9	6th	15th	040:550	−15	33
15th	FC All (N)	30th	4th	10	16	036:620	−26	22nd
16.	FC Langenthal (N)	30th	5	7th	18th	035:740	−39	22nd

Legend

Participation in the promotion games to the Challenge League

Relegation to the 2nd interregional league

(A) - Relegated from the 2003/04 season
(N) - Relegated from the 2003/04 season

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Tuggen	30th	21st	3	6th	070:370	+33	66
2.	FC Locarno	30th	15th	7th	8th	054:360	+18	52
3.	FC Red Star Zurich	30th	14th	9	7th	064:350	+29	51
4th	FC Mendrisio	30th	11	15th	4th	040:310	+9	48
5.	FC Kreuzlingen	30th	13	8th	9	052:480	+4	47
6th	FC Zurich II	30th	12	9	9	046:400	+6	45
7th	Grasshopper Club Zurich II	30th	13	6th	11	039:360	+3	45
8th.	FC St. Gallen II	30th	12	6th	12	043:470	−4	42
9.	GC Biaschesi	30th	10	10	10	035:410	−6	40
10.	FC Herisau (N)	30th	9	10	11	038:460	−8	37
11.	FC Altstetten Zurich	30th	9	7th	14th	029:480	−19	34
12.	FC Brugg (N)	30th	8th	9	13	034:530	−19	33
13.	FC Frauenfeld	30th	9	5	16	045:530	−8	32
14th	FC Seefeld Zurich	30th	8th	7th	15th	044:520	−8	31
15th	Chur 97	30th	6th	12	12	042:530	−11	30th
16.	FC Gossau	30th	6th	5	19th	041:600	−19	23

Legend

Participation in the promotion games to the Challenge League

Relegation to the 2nd interregional league

(N) - Newcomers of the 2003/04 season

Promotion Games

In two rounds, the best two teams from each of the three groups in the first division and the two best group thirds identified two promoted teams in the Challenge League. FC Lausanne-Sport , FC Locarno , FC Red Star Zurich , Étoile Carouge FC , FC Biel-Bienne , FC Serrières NE , FC Wangen bei Olten and FC Tuggen qualified for the promotion round .

Qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Étoile Carouge FC	3: 1	FC Tuggen	1-0	2: 1
FC Wangen near Olten	3: 8	FC Lausanne Sports	2: 2	1: 6
FC Locarno	2: 1	FC Serrières NE	1: 1	1-0
FC Red Star Zurich	6: 2	FC Biel-Bienne	4: 1	2: 1

Final round

In the final round, Lausanne defeated Étoile Carouge FC in a duel in western Switzerland and Locarno defeated FC Red Star Zurich.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Locarno	4: 1	FC Red Star Zurich	2: 1	2-0
FC Lausanne Sports	5: 4	Étoile Carouge FC	2: 1	3: 3

Web links

• Overview at RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers Super League 2004/2005 sfl.ch
2. ↑ List of goalscorers Challenge League 2004/2005 rsssf.com