Swiss Football Championship 2007/08

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Swiss Football Championship 2007/08
Super League logo
master FC Basel
Champions League FC Basel
Uefa cup BSC Young Boys ,
FC Zurich
UI cup Grasshopper Club Zurich
Cup winners FC Basel
Relegation ↓ FC St. Gallen (2: 3 and 0: 2 against AC Bellinzona )
Relegated FC St. Gallen ,
FC Thun
Teams 10
Games 180 + 2 relegation games
Gates 522  (ø 2.9 per game)
Top scorer Hakan Yakin ( BSC Young Boys )
← Swiss Football Championship 2006/07

The 111th Swiss Football Championship took place from July 18, 2007 to 10th (Super League) resp. 12th (Challenge League) May 2008 (excluding barrage games ). The season was opened with the game Grasshoppers Club Zürich against FC St. Gallen . The Swiss champions are FC Basel for the twelfth time . FC Thun is directly relegated to the Challenge League and will be replaced by FC Vaduz . In the barrage, FC St. Gallen played against AC Bellinzona . AC Bellinzona rose to the Super League thanks to two victories , while FC St. Gallen was relegated to the Challenge League .

Super League

table

Clubs of the Axpo Super League in the 2007/2008 season
society R. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
1. FC Basel (C) 36 22nd 8th 6th 73:39 +34 74
2. BSC Young Boys 36 21st 7th 8th 82:49 +33 70
3. FC Zurich (M) 36 15th 11 10 58:43 +15 56
4th Grasshopper Club Zurich 36 15th 9 12 57:49 +8 54
5. FC Aarau 36 11 14th 11 47:48 −1 47
6th FC Luzern 36 10 14th 12 40:49 −9 44
7th FC Sion 36 11 10 15th 48:51 −3 43
8th. Neuchâtel Xamax (N) 36 10 11 15th 48:55 −7 41
9. FC St. Gallen 36 9 7th 20th 39:69 −30 34
10. FC Thun 36 6th 9 21st 30:70 −40 27
Legend
Swiss champions (participation in the UEFA Champions League qualification)
Participation in the UEFA Cup qualification
Participation in the UI Cup
Barrage games against the runner-up in the Challenge League
Relegation to the Challenge League
(M) reigning Swiss champion
(N) Newcomers last season
(C) Swiss Cup winner last season

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

First round

2007 FC Aarau FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zurich FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax FC Sion FC St. Gallen FC Thun BSC Young Boys FC Zurich
1. FC Aarau 0: 3 2: 2 0-0 3: 2 2: 2 2-0 5-0 1: 1 1: 1
2. FC Basel 1: 1 2-0 3: 2 0: 1 3: 2 3-0 2: 1 4-0 1-0
3. Grasshopper Club Zurich 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 3 2: 1
4th FC Luzern 0-0 2: 4 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2
5. Neuchâtel Xamax 2: 1 0: 3 4: 1 3: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1
6th FC Sion 3-0 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 5: 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 5
7th FC St. Gallen 1: 1 0: 3 5: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 0: 4 2: 7 2: 3
8th. FC Thun 2: 5 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1: 1
9. BSC Young Boys 4: 1 5: 1 3: 2 6: 1 3: 2 1-0 3: 1 0-0 1: 1
10. FC Zurich 0: 1 2: 2 4-0 4: 1 1-0 4: 1 3: 1 3: 1 5: 1

Second half

2008 FC Aarau FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zurich FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax FC Sion FC St. Gallen FC Thun BSC Young Boys FC Zurich
1. FC Aarau 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2-0 3: 1 3-0 0: 2 1-0
2. FC Basel 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 4-0
3. Grasshopper Club Zurich 2-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2: 3 4-0 3: 3 1: 1
4th FC Luzern 2-0 1-0 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 4-0 0: 3 2: 1
5. Neuchâtel Xamax 1: 2 2: 2 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 3: 1
6th FC Sion 1-0 4: 2 0: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 2 5-0 1: 2 3: 3
7th FC St. Gallen 0-0 1: 4 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 3-0 2-0 1-0
8th. FC Thun 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 4 1: 1
9. BSC Young Boys 4-0 2-0 2-0 0: 1 1: 3 3: 1 3-0 4: 2 3-0
10. FC Zurich 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2

Relegation

The FC Thun was in the Challenge League relegated. The FC Vaduz went straight on into the Super League.

List of goalscorers

Pl. Nat. player society Gates
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hakan Yakin BSC Young Boys 24
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Häberli BSC Young Boys 18th
0 ArgentinaArgentina Raúl Bobadilla GC Zurich 18th
4th Costa RicaCosta Rica Álvaro Saborío FC Sion 17th
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mauro Lustrinelli FC Luzern 14th
6th BrazilBrazil Raffael FC Zurich 12
0 BrazilBrazil Rogério FC Aarau 12
0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Streller FC Basel 12
9 ArgentinaArgentina Francisco Aguirre FC St. Gallen 11
10 BrazilBrazil Antonio dos Santos GC Zurich 10
0 RomaniaRomania Cristian Ianu FC Aarau 10

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
FC Basel

Venues

society Stadion capacity Average audience society Stadion capacity Average audience
FC Basel St. Jakob Park 38,500 23,539 FC Luzern Allmend stadium 13,500 9,180
BSC Young Boys Stade de Suisse 31'783 18,571 Neuchàtel Xamax Stade de la Maladière 12,500 6,582
FC Zurich Letzigrund 26,600 12,186 FC St. Gallen Aspen moss 11,300 10,022
Grasshoppers Club Zurich Letzigrund (also Hardturm ) 26,600 7'256 FC Thun Stadium laughter 9'550 4,761
FC Sion Tourbillon Stadium 20'200 11'055 FC Aarau Brügglifeld Stadium 9,249 6,011

Challenge League

Swiss Football Championship 2007/08 (Switzerland)
FC Concordia Basel
FC Concordia Basel
AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona
SC Cham
SC Cham
FC Chiasso
FC Chiasso
SR Delémont
SR Delémont
FC Gossau
FC Gossau
SC Kriens
SC Kriens
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
FC Lausanne Sports
FC Lausanne Sports
FC Locarno
FC Locarno
AC Lugano
AC Lugano
FC Schaffhausen
FC Schaffhausen
Servette FC Genève
Servette FC Genève
FC Vaduz
FC Vaduz
FC Wil
FC Wil
FC Winterthur
FC Winterthur
FC Wohlen
FC Wohlen
Yverdon-Sport FC
Yverdon-Sport FC
The Challenge League clubs 2007/08.

table

society R. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
1. LiechtensteinLiechtenstein FC Vaduz 34 21st 7th 6th 75:40 +35 70
2. AC Bellinzona 34 21st 6th 7th 74:39 +35 69
3. FC Wil 34 20th 8th 6th 63:35 +28 68
4th FC Wohlen 34 16 8th 10 65:46 +19 56
5. FC Winterthur 34 14th 9 11 59:56 +3 51
6th FC Schaffhausen (A) 34 13 10 11 53:40 +13 49
7th FC Concordia Basel 34 13 10 11 55:54 +1 49
8th. Servette FC Genève 34 12 10 12 55:46 +9 46
9. AC Lugano 34 12 10 12 61:63 −2 46
10. FC Yverdon-Sport 34 10 13 11 39:35 +4 43
11. FC Gossau (N) 34 11 10 13 50:54 −4 43
12. FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 34 12 7th 15th 53:63 −10 43
13. FC Lausanne Sports 34 11 9 14th 46:47 −1 42
14th FC Locarno 34 12 5 17th 37:61 −24 41
15th SC Kriens 34 8th 14th 12 43:54 −11 38
16. SR Delémont 34 10 7th 17th 42:58 −16 37
17th FC Chiasso 34 8th 9 17th 43:68 −25 33
18th SC Cham (N) 34 4th 4th 26th 31:85 −54 16
Legend
Promotion to the Axpo Super League
Barrage games against the ninth of the Axpo Super League
Relegation to the first division
(A) Relegated last season
(N) Newcomers last season

List of goalscorers

Pl. Nat. player society Gates
1 BrazilBrazil Gaspar FC Vaduz 31
2 MontenegroMontenegro Samel Šabanović FC Wil 25th
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Pascal Renfer FC Lugano 20th
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alain Schultz FC Wohlen 20th
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Safet Etemi FC Gossau 18th
CameroonCameroon Christian Pouga AC Bellinzona 18th
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rainer Bieli FC Concordia Basel 17th
8th ZimbabweZimbabwe Newton Ben Katanha FC Schaffhausen 16
PortugalPortugal Bruno Valente FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 16
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Önder Çengel FC Winterthur 14th

Barrage games

date total First leg Return leg
17./20. May 2008 AC Bellinzona 5: 2 FC St. Gallen 3: 2 2-0

1st league - promotion games

1 round

date total First leg Return leg
21./25. May 2008 FC Münsingen 1: 2 GC Biaschesi 0: 1 1: 1
21./24. May 2008 Étoile Carouge FC 0: 2 FC Baden 0: 2 0-0
21./24. May 2008 FC Urania Genève Sports 3: 2 FC Biel-Bienne 1: 1 2: 1 a.d.
22./25. May 2008 FC Rapperswil-Jona (a)5: 5 (a) Nyonnais Stadium 4: 3 1: 2

2nd round

date total First leg Return leg
28./31. May 2008 FC Biel-Bienne (a) 1: 1(a) FC Baden 0-0 1: 1
May 28/1. June 2008 Nyonnais Stadium 6: 2 GC Biaschesi 1-0 5: 2

The FC Biel-Bienne and Stade Nyonnais advance to the Challenge League 2008/09.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b page 11 in the master supplement of the Basler Zeitung of May 13, 2008