2012–13 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2012–13
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Aarau
Swiss Cup	Grasshopper Club Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2012–13 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

2014 World Cup qualification

7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)	Slovenia	0 – 2	Switzerland	Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:30 CEST		report	20' G. Xhaka 51' Inler 76' Barnetta	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 14'000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

11 September 2012 (2012-09-11)	Switzerland	2 – 0	Albania	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Shaqiri 23' Inler 68' (pen.)	report		Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 15'600 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)	Switzerland	1 – 1	Norway	Bern, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Gavranović 79'	report	81' Hangeland	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 30'712 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

16 October 2012 (2012-10-16)	Iceland	0 – 2	Switzerland	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:30 GMT		report	65' Barnetta 79' Gavranović	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 8'369 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

23 March 2013 (2013-03-23)	Cyprus	0 - 0	Switzerland	Nicosia, Cyprus
18:30	Solomou 7' Theophilou 80'	Summary	Seferović 34' von Bergen 46' Senderos 89'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

8 June 2013 (2013-06-08)	Switzerland	1 - 0	Cyprus	Lancy, Switzerland
17:30 CEST	Inler 45' Djourou 86' Seferović 90'	Summary	Charalambous 13' Sotiriou 20' Makrides 33' Charalambous 67'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Friendly matches

29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)	Switzerland	1 – 3	Argentina	Basel, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Shaqiri 50'	report	20', 88', 92' (pen.) Messi	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,250 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)	Switzerland	5 – 3	Germany	Basel, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Derdiyok 21', 23', 50' Lichtsteiner 67' Mehmedi 77'	report	45' Hummels 64' Schürrle 72' Reus	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 27,381 Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

30 May 2012 (2012-05-30)	Switzerland	0 – 1	Romania	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:15 CEST		report	57' Grozav	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 11,850 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

15 August 2012 (2012-08-15)	Croatia	2 – 4	Switzerland	Split, Croatia
20:15 CEST	Eduardo 20', 65'	report	11' Xhaka 11' Barnetta 52', 81' Gavranović	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

14 November 2012 (2012-11-14)	Tunisia	1 – 2	Switzerland	Sousse, Tunisia
18:15 CET	Dhaouadi 59' Bédoui 74'	report	40' Derdiyok 90+6' Shaqiri	Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Cecil Amatey Fleisher (Ghana)

6 February 2013 (2013-02-06)	Greece	0 - 0	Switzerland	Piraeus, Greece
21:45 EET		Summary		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano

Men's Olympic national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

2012 Summer Olympics

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26)	Gabon	1 – 1	Switzerland	Newcastle, England
17:15 GMT	Aubameyang 45'	report	5' (pen.) Mehmedi	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,748 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)	South Korea	2 – 1	Switzerland	Coventry, England
17:15 GMT	Park Chu-Young 57' Kim Bo-Kyung 64'	report	60' Emeghara	Stadium: City of Coventry Stadium Attendance: 30,114 Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

1 August 2012 (2012-08-01)	Mexico	1 – 0	Switzerland	Cardiff, Wales
17:00 GMT	O. Peralta 69'	report		Stadium: Millennium Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Women's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

Euro 2013 qualifying

31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)	Switzerland	5 – 0	Turkey	Aarau, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Mändly 3', 9' Bachmann 30' Crnogorčević 53' Dickenmann 87'	report		Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marina Mamaeva (Russia)

5 April 2012 (2012-04-05)	Switzerland	0 – 6	Germany	Aarau, Switzerland
18:15 CET		report	16', 38', 71', 85' Okoyino da Mbabi 24' Mittag 64' (o.g.) Egli	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Tanja Schett (Austria)

16 June 2012 (2012-06-16)	Switzerland	4 – 3	Spain	Aarau, Switzerland
18:30 CET	Bachmann 18', 80' Crnogorčević 54' Zumbühl 82'	report	25' Paz 37' García 73' (pen.) Boquete	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 760 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

21 June 2012 (2012-06-21)	Romania	4 – 2	Switzerland	Buftea, Romania
18:00 CET	Rus 41', 60', 81' Duşa 61'	report	8' Crnogorčević 64' Abbé	Stadium: Stadionul Buftea Attendance: 100 Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15)	Turkey	1 – 3	Switzerland	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 CET	Uraz 27'	report	25' Dickenmann 69', 73' Bachmann	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Ginta Pēce (Latvia)

19 September 2012 (2012-09-19)	Kazakhstan	1 – 0	Switzerland	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
15:00 CET	Yalova 58'	report		Stadium: Shakhtyor Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Marija Damjanović (Croatia)

2012 Cyprus Cup

28 February 2012 (2012-02-28)	France	3 – 0	Switzerland	Nicosia, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Delie 5' Thiney 18' Bompastor 38' (pen.)	report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

1 March 2012 (2012-03-01)	Switzerland	0 – 1	England	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 EET		report	77' Williams	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)	Finland	3 – 1	Switzerland	Paralimni, Cyprus
17:30 EET	Sällström 25', 33', 47'	report	58' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)	Northern Ireland	0 – 5	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
12:00 EET		report	Crnogorčević 16', 81' Mändly 54' Schwarz 76' Mehmeti 90'	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 100

2013 Cyprus Cup

6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)	Canada	2 – 0	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Schmidt 2' Matheson 79'	report		Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Christina Husballe (Denmark)

8 March 2012 (2012-03-08)	Switzerland	1 – 1	Netherlands	Nicosia, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Bachmann 24'	report	12' Martens	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 50

11 March 2012 (2012-03-11)	Finland	2 – 3	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
17:30 EET	Saari 17' Talonen 25'	report	1' Bachmann 45' Dickenmann 63' Bernauer	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Rhona Dhaly (Ireland)

13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)	New Zealand	2 – 1	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Hassett 85' Wilkinson 87'	report	23' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Barbara Bollenberger (Austria)

Friendly matches

26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)	Switzerland	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Wohlen AG, Switzerland
13:00 CET	Bachmann 46'	report		Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten Attendance: 400 Referee: Nicole Widmer (Switzerland)

22 August 2012 (2012-08-22)	Austria	1 – 2	Switzerland	Altach, Austria
19:00 CET	Puntigam 63'	report	32' Moser 56' Dickenmann	Stadium: Cashpoint Arena Attendance: 853 Referee: Biljana Iskin (Albania)

23 October 2012 (2012-10-23)	Sweden	3 – 0	Switzerland	Växjö, Sweden
19:00 CET	Jakobsson 1' Asllani 46' Göransson 77'	report		Stadium: Myresjöhus Arena Attendance: 4'905 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

16 January 2013 (2013-01-16)	England	1 – 1	Switzerland	Cartagena, Spain
15:30 CET	69'		72'	Stadium: La Manga Club Attendance: closed

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06)	Switzerland	3 – 1	Norway	Nyon, Switzerland
14:30 CET	Mändly 2' Crnogorčević 33', 77' (pen.)	report	45+2' Hegerberg	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray

19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)	Finland	2 - 2	Switzerland	Helsinki, Finland
18:00 CET	Alanen 8', 72'	report	29' (o.g.) Kukkonen 78' Bachmann	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3000

League standings

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	21	9	6	61	31	+30	72	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Grasshopper	36	20	9	7	48	32	+16	69
3	St. Gallen	36	17	8	11	54	36	+18	59	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Zürich	36	16	7	13	62	48	+14	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Thun	36	13	9	14	44	46	−2	48	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Sion	36	13	9	14	40	54	−14	48
7	Young Boys	36	11	10	15	48	50	−2	43
8	Luzern	36	10	12	14	41	52	−11	42
9	Lausanne-Sport	36	8	9	19	32	51	−19	33
10	Servette (R)	36	6	8	22	32	62	−30	26	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Challenge League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aarau (C)	36	24	6	6	76	40	+36	78	Promotion to 2013–14 Swiss Super League
2	Bellinzona (D, R)	36	21	8	7	62	37	+25	64	Relegation to 2013–14 1. Liga Promotion^[a]
3	Winterthur	36	19	5	12	61	43	+18	62
4	Wil	36	15	6	15	59	65	−6	51
5	Biel-Bienne	36	13	8	15	59	59	0	47
6	Chiasso	36	13	8	15	42	51	−9	47
7	Lugano	36	11	11	14	52	50	+2	44
8	Wohlen	36	9	12	15	39	58	−19	39
9	Vaduz	36	10	7	19	41	52	−11	37	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
10	Locarno	36	5	9	22	32	68	−36	24

Source: Swiss Challenge League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Due to financial irregularities, AC Bellinzona was discounted seven points and were ultimately relegated at the end of the season. FC Locarno was thus not relegated in spite of their last-place finish.

1. Liga Promotion

Preceded by 2011–12	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2013–14

[table_note_res_R0.69476317926066-1] Due to financial irregularities, AC Bellinzona was discounted seven points and were ultimately relegated at the end of the season. FC Locarno was thus not relegated in spite of their last-place finish.

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