Swiss Football Championship 2005/06

The Axpo Super League 2005/06 was the 109th season of the top Swiss league in men's football. Ten teams took part. The Swiss champions were FC Zurich .

The Challenge League 2005/06 was the 108th season of the second highest Swiss league in men's football. Eighteen teams took part in the Challenge League. FC Luzern became champions in the Challenge League .

Super League

Axpo Super League 2005/06
master	FC Zurich
Champions League	FC Zurich
Uefa cup	FC Basel BSC Young Boys FC Sion
UI cup	Grasshopper Club Zurich
Cup winners	FC Sion
Relegation ↓	Neuchâtel Xamax (0-0 and 0-3 against FC Sion )
Relegated	Neuchâtel Xamax Yverdon-Sport FC
Teams	10
Games	180 + 2 relegation games
Gates	518  (ø 2.88 per game)
spectator	1 438 851  (ø 7994 per game)
Top scorer	Alhassane Keita (20) ( FC Zurich )
← Swiss Football Championship 2004/05 Swiss Football Championship 2006/07 →

Season overview

The reigning champions FC Basel took the lead early on and took first place without interruption from the sixth round of the Super League . Recently, however, FC Zurich was able to catch up and in the last championship round in Basel there was a big final game of first-placed versus second-placed. This was won by FC Zurich in the 93rd minute with 1: 2 and, thanks to the better goal difference, ousted FC Basel with equal points from first place. Zurich achieved its first championship title in 25 years and with its tenth title also received a championship star . Thus, the series of FC Basel ended with 59 home games without defeat. After the game there were riots .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Zurich (C)	36	23	9	4th	086:360	+50	78
2.	FC Basel (M)	36	23	9	4th	087:420	+45	78
3.	BSC Young Boys	36	17th	11	8th	060:460	+14	62
4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	36	14th	13	9	044:330	+11	55
5.	FC Thun	36	14th	7th	15th	050:530	−3	49
6th	FC St. Gallen	36	11	7th	18th	051:560	−5	40
7th	FC Aarau	36	8th	11	17th	029:630	−34	35
8th.	FC Schaffhausen	36	7th	12	17th	032:550	−23	33
9.	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	9	6th	21st	041:700	−29	33
10.	Yverdon-Sport FC (N)	36	9	5	22nd	038:640	−26	32

Legend

Swiss champion and participation in qualifying for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the qualification for the Uefa Cup 2006/07

Participation in the UI Cup 2006

Barrage games against the runner-up in the Challenge League

 Relegation to the Challenge League

(M) - reigning Swiss champion
(C) - Swiss Cup winner 2004/05
(N) - newcomers of the 2004/05 season

European qualifications

• UEFA Champions League qualification: FC Zurich
• UEFA Cup qualification: FC Basel, BSC Young Boys, FC Sion (cup winners)
• UI Cup : Grasshopper Club Zurich

Barrage games

date		total		First leg	Return leg
18./21. May 2006	FC Sion	3-0	Neuchâtel Xamax	0-0	3-0

Audience numbers / stadiums

	society	city	Stadion	spectator	cut
	FC Aarau	Aarau	Brügglifeld Stadium	83 8000	4,6550
	FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob Park	0392 5110	021 8060
	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Zurich	Hard tower	0110 5000	6 1380
	Xamax Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	53 4000	2 9660
	FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadium width	59 5100	3 3060
	FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Aspen moss	0154 6000	8 5880
	FC Thun	Tuna	Stadium laughter	87 3000	4 8500
	BSC Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	0254 5300	014 1400
	Yverdon-Sport FC	Yverdon-les-Bains	Stade Municipal	62 5500	3,4750
	FC Zurich	Zurich	Letzigrund	0180 1500	010 0080
Source: Viewer 2005/06 sfl.ch

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Alhassane Keita	FC Zurich	20th
02.	Matias Delgado	FC Basel	18th
	João Paulo Daniel	BSC Young Boys
04th	Mladen Petrić	FC Basel	14th
	Raffael	FC Zurich
06th	Francisco Aguirre	Yverdon-Sport FC	13
	Eric Hassli	FC St. Gallen
8th.	Clederson César	FC Zurich	12
	Antonio dos Santos	Grasshopper Club Zurich
	Alexander Tachie-Mensah	FC St. Gallen
Final score

The championship team of FC Zurich

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

1.

FC Zurich

Goal: Johnny Leoni (32 / -) Defense: Steve von Bergen (36 / -), Iulian Filipescu (30/1), Alain Nef (32/4), Giuseppe Rapisarda (9 / -), Florian Stahel (31/2), Daniel Stucki (29 / -) , Marc Schneider (23/4) Midfield: Almen Abdi (10 / -), Blerim Dzemaili (32/3), Francesco Di Jorio (29/3), Gökhan Inler (17/2), Xavier Margairaz (29/6), Raffael (31/14), Mihai Tararache (15/2) Forward: Vladimir Akhalaia (5/1), Alexandre Alphonse (21/8), Clederson César (29/12), Alhassane Keita (32/20), Kresimir Stanic (13/3) Coach: Lucien Favre

Challenge League

Challenge League 2005/06
master	FC Luzern
Climbers	FC Luzern, FC Sion
Relegation ↑	FC Sion (0-0 and 3-0 against Neuchâtel Xamax )
Relegated	FC Baden , FC Meyrin
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 2 relegation games
Gates	871  (ø 2.85 per game)
spectator	525 654  (ø 1718 per game)
Top scorer	Jean-Michel Tchouga (27) ( FC Luzern )

Season overview

After FC Luzern started the season with 3 defeats, they remained unbeaten in 31 games in a row until the end of the season and were sovereign champions of the Challenge League , which was promoted directly to the Super League. The FC Sion , the table Second, denied the Barrage against Neuchatel Xamax . The Sioners succeeded and rose to the Super League.

The FC Baden and FC Meyrin were in the first league relegated.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Luzern	34	24	7th	3	069:330	+36	79
2.	FC Sion	34	22nd	6th	6th	061:240	+37	72
3.	FC Lausanne-Sport (N)	34	20th	8th	6th	064:420	+22	68
4th	FC Chiasso	34	17th	8th	9	051:310	+20	59
5.	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	34	15th	13	6th	060:440	+16	58
6th	FC Wohlen	34	15th	7th	12	050:400	+10	52
7th	FC Wil	34	14th	9	11	061:550	+6	51
8th.	FC Vaduz	34	13	7th	14th	057:540	+3	46
9.	AC Bellinzona	34	12	10	12	043:450	−2	46
10.	FC Lugano	34	10	11	13	041:520	−11	41
11.	FC Baulmes	34	9	13	12	036:450	−9	40
12.	FC Concordia Basel	34	10	9	15th	044:570	−13	39
13.	SC Kriens	34	9	12	13	042:560	−14	39
14th	FC Winterthur	34	10	7th	17th	062:530	+9	37
15th	SC YF Juventus 1	34	8th	14th	12	039:530	−14	35
16.	FC Locarno (N)	34	7th	7th	20th	035:600	−25	28
17th	FC Baden	34	6th	9	19th	030:590	−29	27
18th	FC Meyrin	34	1	11	22nd	026:680	−42	14th

¹ 3 points were deducted from SC YF Juventus for violating the license conditions

Legend

Promotion to the Super League

Barrage games against the ninth of the Super League

Relegation to the 1st division

(N) - Newcomers of the 2004/05 season

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Jean-Michel Tchouga	FC Luzern	27
02.	Paulo Vogt	FC Sion	25th
03.	Pascal Renfer	FC Winterthur	22nd
04th	Patrick Bengondo	FC Winterthur	18th
	Edmond N'Tiamoah	FC Luzern
06th	Sokol Maliqi	FC Wil	17th
07th	Stéphane Chapuisat	FC Lausanne Sports	16
	Bruno Valente	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
09.	Miloš Malenović	FC Wohlen	14th
010.	Camel Boughanem	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	13
	Ikechukwu Kalu	FC Chiasso
Final score

1st League

1st league 2005/06
master	Servette FC Genève
Climbers	Servette FC Genève, SR Delémont
Relegated	Signal FC Bernex-Confignon FC Grand-Lancy FC Schötz SC Buochs FC Altstetten Zurich FC Frauenfeld
Teams	48 (3 groups of 16 each)
Games	720 + 12 promotion games

After Servette was forcibly relegated from the Super League to the 1st division this season , they became 1st division champions and made it to the Challenge League. The SR Delémont also rose.

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Servette FC Genève (R)	30th	21st	5	4th	082:320	+50	68
2.	Étoile Carouge FC	30th	16	8th	6th	066:270	+39	56
3.	Urania Genève Sport	30th	16	7th	7th	055:390	+16	55
4th	Étoile Sportive FC Malley	30th	16	6th	8th	061:340	+27	54
5.	FC Stade Nyonnais	30th	14th	6th	10	057:510	+6	48
6th	FC Echallens	30th	11	11	8th	047:430	+4	44
7th	CS Chênois	30th	11	8th	11	050:540	−4	41
8th.	FC Bulle (A)	30th	11	7th	12	046:500	−4	40
9.	FC Friborg	30th	9	12	9	050:480	+2	39
10.	FC Serrières NE	30th	9	11	10	033:330	± 0	38
11.	FC Martigny-Sports	30th	10	7th	13	040:500	−10	37
12.	FC Bex	30th	10	7th	13	039:560	−17	37
13.	SC Düdingen (N)	30th	8th	7th	15th	041:650	−24	31
14th	FC Oberwallis Naters	30th	7th	7th	16	042:600	−18	28
15th	Signal FC Bernex-Confignon (N)	30th	3	12	15th	037:620	−25	21st
16.	FC Grand-Lancy	30th	4th	7th	19th	030:720	−42	19th

Legend

Participation in the promotion games to the Challenge League

Relegation to the 2nd interregional league

(R) - Forced relegation from the Super League in the 2004/05 season
(A) - Relegated in the 2004/05 season
(N) - New promoted in the 2004/05 season

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Biel-Bienne	30th	20th	8th	2	065:200	+45	68
2.	SR Delémont	30th	14th	10	6th	056:400	+16	52
3.	FC Basel II	30th	14th	7th	9	078:480	+30	49
4th	FC Kickers Lucerne (N)	30th	13	10	7th	049:410	+8	49
5.	FC Solothurn	30th	12	10	8th	051:400	+11	46
6th	SC Zofingen	30th	10	10	10	052:550	−3	40
7th	FC Grenchen	30th	9	11	10	051:460	+5	38
8th.	FC Wangen near Olten	30th	10	8th	12	051:550	−4	38
9.	FC Laufen (N)	30th	9	9	12	037:450	−8	36
10.	BSC Young Boys II	30th	8th	11	11	044:450	−1	35
11.	FC Münsingen	30th	7th	14th	9	037:420	−5	35
12.	SC Dornach	30th	10	5	15th	042:630	−21	35
13.	SV Muttenz (N)	30th	9	8th	13	043:670	−24	35
14th	FC Luzern II	30th	8th	10	12	045:530	−8	34
15th	FC Schötz	30th	7th	10	13	046:640	−18	31
16.	SC Buochs	30th	5	9	16	039:620	−23	24

Legend

Participation in the promotion games to the Challenge League

Relegation to the 2nd interregional league

(N) - Newcomers of the 2004/05 season

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Tuggen	30th	21st	4th	5	076:350	+41	67
2.	FC Red Star Zurich	30th	16	8th	6th	057:410	+16	56
3.	FC Herisau	30th	15th	8th	7th	055:320	+23	53
4th	FC Kreuzlingen	30th	15th	5	10	049:440	+5	50
5.	FC Zurich II	30th	13	10	7th	052:320	+20	49
6th	Move 94	30th	14th	7th	9	067:570	+10	49
7th	Grasshopper Club Zurich II	30th	13	6th	11	060:410	+19	45
8th.	FC Seefeld Zurich	30th	12	7th	11	042:410	+1	43
9.	GC Biaschesi	30th	12	5	13	044:490	−5	41
10.	SC Cham	30th	10	10	10	050:490	+1	40
11.	FC Brugg	30th	11	6th	13	037:390	−2	39
12.	FC Rapperswil-Jona (N)	30th	10	6th	14th	046:550	−9	36
13.	FC St. Gallen II	30th	9	7th	14th	044:520	−8	34
14th	FC Mendrisio	30th	8th	10	12	035:490	−14	34
15th	FC Altstetten Zurich	30th	6th	6th	18th	036:740	−38	24
16.	FC Frauenfeld	30th	1	3	26th	029:890	−60	06th

Legend

Participation in the promotion games to the Challenge League

Relegation to the 2nd interregional league

(N) - Newcomers of the 2004/05 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. Servette FC Genève , SR Delémont , FC UGS , Étoile Carouge FC , FC Biel-Bienne , FC Tuggen , FC Red Star Zurich and FC Herisau qualified for the promotion round .

Qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Herisau	1: 6	Servette FC Genève	1: 3	0: 3
SR Delémont	7-0	FC Tuggen	3-0	4-0
FC Red Star Zurich	2: 4	Étoile Carouge FC	1-0	1: 4
Urania Genève Sport	( a ) 3: 3(a)	FC Biel-Bienne	2-0	1: 3

Final round

In the final round, the Servettiens defeated Urania Genève Sports in the Geneva Derby and the Delsbergers defeated the third Geneva participant, Étoile Carouge FC.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SR Delémont	2: 1	Étoile Carouge FC	1-0	1: 1
Urania Genève Sport	1: 5	Servette FC Genève	0: 3	1: 2

Web links

• Overview at RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers Super League 2005/2006 sfl.ch
2. ↑ List of goalscorers Challenge League 2005/2006 transfermarkt.ch