2008–09 Swiss Super League

112th season of top-tier Swiss football Swiss Super League 2008–09 18 July 2008 – 30 May 2009 FC Zürich12th title FC Vaduz Champions League FC Zürich Europa League FC BaselBSC Young BoysFC Sion (via domestic cup) Seydou Doumbia (20) Young Boys 6–0 Vaduz Vaduz 1–7 Zürich Bellinzona 6–2 GrasshopperVaduz 3–5 ZürichVaduz 1–7 Zürich 180 540 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Swiss Super League was the 112th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 18 July 2008 with a match between Young Boys Bern and reigning champions FC Basel, which the latter won by 2–1. The last matches were played in May 2009. Teams FC Thun were relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in 2007–08 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by Challenge League 2007–08 champions FC Vaduz, who are the first team from Liechtenstein participating in Switzerland's top football league. 9th placed FC St. Gallen and Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona competed in a two-legged relegation play-off after the end of last season. Bellinzona won 5–2 on aggregate and thus earned promotion, while St. Gallen were relegated. Switzerland right 325 Location of teams in the 2008–09 Swiss Super League Switzerland 47.4 8.05 Aarau left Switzerland 47.566667 7.6 Basel Switzerland 46.2 9.016667 Bellinzona Switzerland 47.366667 8.55 GrasshopperFC Zürich Switzerland 47.05 8.3 Luzern Switzerland 46.983333 6.933333 Neuchâtel left Switzerland 46.233333 7.366667 Sion Switzerland 47.133333 9.516667 Vaduz right Switzerland 46.95 7.45 Young Boys bottom ClubLocationStadiumCapacityFC BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park42,500BSC Young BoysBernWankdorf31,783FC ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605FC SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500FC LuzernLucerneStadion Allmend13,000Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000FC AarauAarauStadion Brügglifeld9,249AC BellinzonaBellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740FC VaduzVaduzRheinpark Stadion6,127 League table main WDL 5 QR ZÜR Zürich YB Young Boys BAS Basel GCZ Grasshopper AAR Aarau BEL Bellinzona NX Neuchâtel Xamax SIO Sion LUZ Luzern VAD Vaduz 24 7 5 80 36 C 22 7 7 85 46 22 6 8 72 44 12 14 10 57 48 11 11 14 35 51 11 10 15 44 51 10 10 16 50 57 9 10 17 44 60 9 8 19 45 62 O 5 7 24 28 85 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round UCL3 blue2 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round EL3 blue3 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round Sion won the 2008–09 Swiss Cup and thereby qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League. ELPR red2 Qualification to relegation play-off RP red1 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League Being a Liechtenstein club, Vaduz are not eligible for qualification to European competitions via the Swiss league system. They did, however, qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning their domestic 2008–09 Liechtenstein Cup. R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete axposuperleague.ch de 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 main FBR grey AAR BAS BEL GCZ LUZ NX SIO VAD YB ZÜR Aarau 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 Basel 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–3 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 Bellinzona 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 Grasshopper 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 Luzern 3–0 5–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–2 2–3 1–2 Sion 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 Vaduz 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–7 Young Boys 3–3 1–2 3–0 1–3 6–1 2–1 5–0 0–0 2–2 Zürich 4–0 1–4 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 complete axposuperleague.ch de Second half of season main FBR grey AAR BAS BEL GCZ LUZ NX SIO VAD YB ZÜR Aarau 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 Basel 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 5–0 0–3 2–1 Bellinzona 1–2 1–1 6–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 Grasshopper 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–2 Luzern 4–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–3 Neuchâtel Xamax 3–1 2–3 1–0 4–1 3–3 3–2 3–1 2–3 0–1 Sion 2–0 0–4 2–2 1–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 Vaduz 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–4 1–5 3–1 3–5 Young Boys 4–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 5–2 0–0 2–1 6–0 4–2 Zürich 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 5–0 3–0 complete axposuperleague.ch de Relegation play-offs FC Lucern as 9th-placed team of the Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano. 10 June 2009 20:15 CEST Lugano 1–0 Luzern Renfer 15 Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano 7,200 Claudio Circhetta 13 June 2009 18:45 CEST Luzern 5–0 Lugano Renggli 14Chiumiento 52 pen.Paiva 77 83Scarione 80 Stadion Allmend, Lucerne 12,500 Cyril Zimmermann Luzern won 5–1 on aggregate. Top goalscorers Updated on 24 May 2009; Source: football.ch de RankPlayerClubGoals1Ivory Coast Seydou DoumbiaBSC Young Boys202Switzerland Almen AbdiFC Zürich193France Eric HassliFC Zürich174France Alexandre AlphonseFC Zürich13Ghana Joetex Asamoah FrimpongFC Lucerne136Australia Scott ChipperfieldFC Basel127Switzerland Mauro LustrinelliAC Bellinzona11Portugal João PaivaFC Lucerne11France Olivier MonterrubioFC Sion1110Switzerland Benjamin HuggelFC Basel10Nigeria Ideye Aide BrownNeuchâtel Xamax10Switzerland Mario RaimondiBSC Young Boys10 Awards Super League Player of the Year: Seydou Doumbia (BSC Young Boys) Goal of the Year: Fabian Frei (FC Basel, scored against FC Aarau) Coach of the Year: Bernard Challandes (FC Zürich) Youngster of the Year: Valentin Stocker (FC Basel) Fair Play Trophy: FC Aarau Attendances # Club Average 1 Basel 21,044 2 Young Boys 17,985 3 Zürich 9,830 4 Sion 9,383 5 Luzern 8,074 6 GCZ 6,497 7 Aarau 5,583 8 Xamax 5,086 9 Bellinzona 4,012 10 Vaduz 2,177Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sui/avesui09.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 23, 2026 References External links Super league website de soccerway.com Category:Swiss Super League seasons Swiss 1