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Swiss Super League

Season	2008–09
Champions	FC Zürich 12th title
Relegated	FC Vaduz
UEFA Champions League	FC Zürich
UEFA Europa League	FC Basel BSC Young Boys FC Sion (via domestic cup)
Matches played	180
Goals scored	540 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Seydou Doumbia (20)
Biggest home win	Young Boys 6–0 Vaduz
Biggest away win	Vaduz 1–7 Zürich
Highest scoring	Bellinzona 6–2 Grasshopper Vaduz 3–5 Zürich Vaduz 1–7 Zürich
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Swiss Super League 2008–09 is the 112th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is 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.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	42,500
BSC Young Boys	Berne	Wankdorf	31,783
FC Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
FC Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend	13,000
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	12,000
FC Aarau	Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	9,249
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	8,740
FC Vaduz	Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	6,127

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	24	7	5	80	36	+44	79	UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Third qualifying round
2	Young Boys	36	22	7	7	85	46	+39	73	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	22	6	8	72	44	+28	72	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	36	12	14	10	57	48	+9	50
5	Aarau	36	11	11	14	35	51	−16	44
6	Bellinzona	36	11	10	15	44	51	−7	43
7	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	10	10	16	50	57	−7	40
8	Sion	36	9	10	17	44	60	−16	37	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round[a]
9	Luzern (O)	36	9	8	19	45	62	−17	35	Relegation play-off
10	Vaduz (R)	36	5	7	24	28	85	−57	22	Relegation to Challenge League 2009–10[b]

Relegation play-offs

FC Lucern as 9th-placed team of the Super League will play a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano.

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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	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 Club Zürich	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

Second half of season

Home Away	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 Club Zürich	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

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 24 May 2009; Source: football.ch (in German)

20 goals

• 
  Seydou Doumbia (BSC Young Boys)
  

19 goals

• 
  Almen Abdi (FC Zürich)
  

17 goals

• 
  Eric Hassli (FC Zürich)
  

13 goals

• 
  Alexandre Alphonse (FC Zürich)
  


• 
  Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (FC Lucerne)
  

12 goals

• 
  Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel)
  

11 goals

• 
  Mauro Lustrinelli (AC Bellinzona)
  


• 
  João Paiva (FC Lucerne)
  


• 
  Olivier Monterrubio (FC Sion)
  

10 goals

• 
  Benjamin Huggel (FC Basel)
  


• 
  Ideye Aide Brown (Neuchâtel Xamax)
  


• 
  Mario Raimondi (BSC Young Boys)
  

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
  

External links

• 
  Super league website (in German)
  


• soccerway.com