Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Countries	Switzerland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1897
Number of teams	10
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Challenge League
Domestic cup(s)	Schweizer Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Basel; (2010–11)
Most championships	Grasshopper Club Zürich (27)
Website	www.axposuperleague.ch
	2011–12 Swiss Super League

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The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.

[edit] Names

Years	German	French	Italian
1897–1929	Serie A
1930–31		1e Ligue	Prima Lega
1931–44	Nationalliga	Ligue Nationale	Lega Nazionale
1933		Challenge National	Challenge National
1944–2003	Nationalliga A	Ligue Nationale A	Lega Nazionale A
2003–	Axpo Super League

[edit] 2011–12 season

[edit] Participating clubs

The teams competing in the 2011–12 season are

Team	Manager	Venue	Capacity
BSC Young Boys	Christian Gross	Stade de Suisse	31,783
FC Basel	Heiko Vogel	St. Jakob-Park	38,500
FC Lausanne-Sport	Martin Rueda	Pontaise	15,850
FC Luzern	Murat Yakin	Swissporarena	16,800
Servette FC	João Carlos Pereira	Stade de Genève	30,084
FC Sion	Laurent Roussey	Tourbillon	16,263
FC Thun	Bernard Challandes	Arena Thun	10,000
FC Zürich	Urs Fischer	Letzigrund	26,500
Grasshopper-Club Zürich	Ciriaco Sforza	Letzigrund	26,500
Neuchâtel Xamax	Víctor Muñoz	La Maladière	12,000

[edit] Promotion/Relegation from 2010–11 Season

FC St. Gallen was relegated to the Challenge League by finishing 10th.
FC Lausanne-Sport finished first in the Challenge League.
Servette FC, who finished second in the Challenge League, won 3–2 on aggregate against AC Bellinzona, who finished ninth in the Axpo Super League. So Servette FC will be promoted to the Axpo Super League while AC Bellinzona will be relegated to the Challenge League.

[edit] League Champions

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1933–34	Servette FC	Grasshopper Club	FC Lugano
1934–35	FC Lausanne-Sport	Servette FC	FC Lugano
1935–36	FC Lausanne-Sport	Young Fellows Zürich	Grasshopper Club
1936–37	Grasshopper Club	BSC Young Boys	Young Fellows Zürich
1937–38	FC Lugano	Grasshopper Club	BSC Young Boys
1938–39	Grasshopper Club	FC Grenchen	FC Lugano
1939–40	Servette FC	FC Grenchen	Grasshopper Club
1940–41	FC Lugano	BSC Young Boys	Servette FC
1941–42	Grasshopper Club	FC Grenchen	Servette FC
1942–43	Grasshopper Club	FC Lugano	FC Lausanne-Sport
1943–44	FC Lausanne-Sport	Servette FC	FC Lugano
1944–45	Grasshopper Club	FC Lugano	BSC Young Boys
1945–46	Servette FC	FC Lugano	FC Lausanne-Sport
1946–47	FC Biel-Bienne	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC Lugano
1947–48	AC Bellinzona	FC Biel-Bienne	FC Lausanne-Sport
1948–49	FC Lugano	FC Basel	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1949–50	Servette FC	FC Basel	FC Lausanne-Sport
1950–51	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC Chiasso	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1951–52	Grasshopper Club	FC Zürich	FC Chiasso
1952–53	FC Basel	BSC Young Boys	Grasshopper Club
1953–54	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	Grasshopper Club	FC Lausanne-Sport
1954–55	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	FC Lausanne-Sport	Grasshopper Club
1955–56	Grasshopper Club	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	BSC Young Boys
1956–57	BSC Young Boys	Grasshopper Club	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1957–58	BSC Young Boys	Grasshopper Club	FC Chiasso
1958–59	BSC Young Boys	FC Grenchen	FC Zürich
1959–60	BSC Young Boys	FC Biel-Bienne	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1960–61	Servette FC	BSC Young Boys	FC Zürich
1961–62	Servette FC	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1962–63	FC Zürich	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1963–64	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	FC Zürich	FC Grenchen
1964–65	FC Lausanne-Sport	BSC Young Boys	Servette FC
1965–66	FC Zürich	Servette FC	FC Lausanne-Sport
1966–67	FC Basel	FC Zürich	FC Lugano
1967–68	FC Zürich	Grasshopper Club	FC Lugano
1968–69	FC Basel	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC Zürich
1969–70	FC Basel	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC Zürich
1970–71	Grasshopper Club	FC Basel	FC Lugano
1971–72	FC Basel	FC Zürich	Grasshopper Club
1972–73	FC Basel	Grasshopper Club	FC Sion
1973–74	FC Zürich	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC
1974–75	FC Zürich	BSC Young Boys	Grasshopper Club
1975–76	FC Zürich	Servette FC	FC Basel
1976–77	FC Basel	Servette FC	FC Zürich
1977–78	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC	FC Basel
1978–79	Servette FC	FC Zürich	Grasshopper Club
1979–80	FC Basel	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC
1980–81	FC Zürich	Grasshopper Club	Neuchâtel Xamax
1981–82	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC	FC Zürich
1982–83	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC	FC St. Gallen
1983–84	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC	FC Sion
1984–85	Servette FC	FC Aarau	Neuchâtel Xamax
1985–86	BSC Young Boys	Neuchâtel Xamax	FC Luzern
1986–87	Neuchâtel Xamax	Grasshopper Club	FC Sion
1987–88	Neuchâtel Xamax	Servette FC	FC Aarau
1988–89	FC Luzern	Grasshopper Club	FC Sion
1989–90	Grasshopper Club	FC Lausanne-Sport	Neuchâtel Xamax
1990–91	Grasshopper Club	FC Sion	Neuchâtel Xamax
1991–92	FC Sion	Neuchâtel Xamax	Grasshopper Club
1992–93	FC Aarau	BSC Young Boys	Servette FC
1993–94	Servette FC	Grasshopper Club	FC Sion
1994–95	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC	Neuchâtel Xamax
1995–96	Grasshopper Club	FC Sion	Neuchâtel Xamax
1996–97	FC Sion	Neuchâtel Xamax	Grasshopper Club
1997–98	Grasshopper Club	Servette FC	FC Lausanne-Sport
1998–99	Servette FC	Grasshopper Club	FC Lausanne-Sport
1999–2000	FC St. Gallen	FC Lausanne-Sport	FC Basel
2000–01	Grasshopper Club	FC Lugano	FC St. Gallen
2001–02	FC Basel	Grasshopper Club	FC Lugano
2002–03	Grasshopper Club	FC Basel	Neuchâtel Xamax
2003–04	FC Basel	BSC Young Boys	Servette FC
2004–05	FC Basel	FC Thun	Grasshopper Club
2005–06	FC Zürich	FC Basel	BSC Young Boys
2006–07	FC Zürich	FC Basel	FC Sion
2007–08	FC Basel	BSC Young Boys	FC Zürich
2008–09	FC Zürich	BSC Young Boys	FC Basel
2009–10	FC Basel	BSC Young Boys	Grasshopper Club
2010–11	FC Basel	FC Zürich	BSC Young Boys

[edit] Performance by club

Titles	Club
27	Grasshopper Club
17	Servette FC
14	FC Basel
12	FC Zürich
11	BSC Young Boys
7	FC Lausanne-Sport
3	FC Lugano (CL)
3	FC Aarau
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (2. Liga)
3	FC Winterthur (CL)
2	Neuchâtel Xamax
2	FC Sion
2	FC St. Gallen (CL)
1	FC Luzern
1	AC Bellinzona (CL)
1	FC Biel-Bienne (CL)
1	Brühl St. Gallen (2. Liga interregional)
1	Etoile-Sporting La Chaux-de-Fonds (2. Liga)
1	Anglo-American Club Zürich (dissolved)

[edit] Top scorers

Season	Player	Goals	Club
1979–80	Claudio Sulser	18	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1980–81	Peter Risi	18	FC Luzern
1981–82	Claudio Sulser	22	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1982–83	Jean-Paul Brigger	23	Servette FC
1983–84	Georges Bregy	21	FC Sion
1984–85	Dominique Cina	24	FC Sion
1985–86	Steen Thychosen	21	Lausanne Sports
1986–87	John Eriksen	28	Servette FC
1987–88	John Eriksen	36	Servette FC
1988–89	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	24	Servette FC
1989–90	Iván Zamorano	23	FC St. Gallen
1990–91	Dario Zuffi	17	BSC Young Boys
1991–92	Miklos Molnar	18	Servette FC
1992–93	Sonny Anderson	20	Servette FC
1993–94	Élber	21	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1994–95	Petar Aleksandrov	24	Neuchâtel Xamax
1995–96	Petar Aleksandrov Viorel Moldovan	19	FC Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax
1996–97	Viorel Moldovan	27	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
1997–98	Shabani Nonda	24	FC Zürich
1998–99	Alexandre Rey	19	Servette FC
1999–2000	Charles Amoah	25	FC St. Gallen
2000–01	Stéphane Chapuisat Christian Giménez	21	Grasshopper-Club Zürich AC Lugano
2001–02	Christian Giménez Richard Núñez	28	FC Basel Grasshopper-Club Zürich
2002–03	Richard Núñez	27	Grasshopper-Club Zürich
2003–04	Stéphane Chapuisat	23	BSC Young Boys
2004–05	Christian Giménez	27	FC Basel
2005–06	Alhassane Keita	20	FC Zürich
2006–07	Mladen Petrić	19	FC Basel
2007–08	Hakan Yakin	24	BSC Young Boys
2008–09	Seydou Doumbia	20	BSC Young Boys
2009–10	Seydou Doumbia	30	BSC Young Boys
2010–11	Alexander Frei	27	FC Basel

[edit] Top assistors

Season	Player	Assists	Club
2005–06	Rafael	13	FC Zürich
2006–07	Rafael António dos Santos	16	FC Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich
2007–08	Hakan Yakin	14	BSC Young Boys
2008–09	Almen Abdi	11	FC Zürich
2009–10	Álvaro Domínguez	12	FC Sion
2010–11	Dusan Djuric	14	FC Zürich