User:Huligan0/2005–06 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2005–06
Champions	FC Zurich; (10th title)
Relegated	Yverdon-Sport FC; Neuchâtel Xamax
Champions League	FC Zurich
UEFA Cup	Basel; Young Boys; FC Thun
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Grasshopper
Matches played	180
Goals scored	518 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alhassane Keita
Biggest home win	St. Gallen 7-1 Neuchatel Xamax
Biggest away win	Thun 1-6 FC Zurich; Young Boys 1-6 Basel
Highest scoring	Basel 7-2 Aarau
Highest attendance	32,712; (Basel vs. Zürich, 13 May 2006)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Swiss Super League season was the 109th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes.

Teams

Aarau

Basel

Grasshopper
FC Zürich

Location of teams in the 2005–06 Swiss Super League

The 2005-06 Super League was contested by 10 teams. These being the first eight from the previous season, the winner of the previous season relegation play-off and one promoted team.

Basel were the defending champions, Thun were the previous runners-up. The next six teams were Grasshoppers (previous third) and FC Zurich (fifth) both of whom played in the UEFA Cup, Young Boys (fourth) and Neuchâtel Xamax (sixth) both of whom played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and St. Gallen (seventh) and Aarau (eighth.

Because the parent company of Servette FC was declared bankrupt during the previous February and because the consequence was that the team had their license revoked, they did not finish the previous season and were relegated. The Challenge League 2004–05 champions Yverdon-Sport FC replaced them. FC Schaffhausen retained their position in the Super League by beating Challenge League runners-up FC Vaduz 2-1 in a two-legged relegation play-off.

Overview

Season

The first round of the season was played on 19 July 2005. During the first half of the season the tens teams played a double round robin (home and away round) which was played through till 11 December. Then there was a winter break until the second half began on 12 February 2006. Again the tens teams played a double round robin. The last round of the season was played on 13 May 2006. The highest attendance at a match was 32,712 on the final day of the season in the game Basel against Zürich on 13 May 2006.^[1]

The league championship was decided by goal difference with FC Zurich being named champions. Thus Zürich qualified for the 2006–07 Champions League, Basel and Young Boys qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Cup and the Grasshoppers qualified for the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Yverdon-Sport were relegated and Xamax played in the Relegation play-off.

Basel hooligan incident

On the final day of the season Basel were in first position in the league table, three points clear, and they had a home fixture in the sold out St. Jakob-Park against their sole remaining rivals for the championship title Zürich. A last-minute goal from Iulian Filipescu gave Zürich their first national championship since the 1980–81 season. The last minute loss of the Championship resulted in subsequent riots, the so-called Basel hooligan incident. Basel were punished because of their inability to control its own fans.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	23	9	4	86	36	+50	78	2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	23	9	4	87	42	+45	78	2006–07 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	17	11	8	60	46	+14	62	2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	36	14	13	9	44	33	+11	55	2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
5	Thun	36	14	7	15	50	53	−3	49
6	St. Gallen	36	11	7	18	51	56	−5	40
7	Aarau	36	8	11	17	29	63	−34	35
8	Schaffhausen	36	7	12	17	32	55	−23	33
9	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	9	6	21	41	70	−29	33	Relegation play-off
10	Yverdon-Sport (R)	36	9	5	22	38	64	−26	32	Relegation to the 2006–07 Challenge League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

18 May 2006

FC Sion	0–0	Neuchatel Xamax

21 May 2006

Neuchatel Xamax	0–3	FC Sion

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alhassane Keita	FC Zurich	20
2	Matías Delgado	Basel	18
2	Daniel João Paulo	Young Boys	18
4	Mladen Petric	Basel	14
4	Raffael Caetano de Araújo	FC Zürich	14
5	Eric Hassli	St. Gallen	13
5	Francisco Aguirre	Yverdon-Sport FC	13

Sources and references

an English link to footballviolence.wordpress.com

^ Weber, Dominik (2006). "Fatales Gegentor in letzer Sekunde. FCB verliert Titel an den FCZ". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2006-05-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)
^ Beaumont, Adam (2006). "Basel face stiff penalties over match violence". swissinfo.org. Retrieved 2006-05-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)

[fcb_2006-05-13-1] Weber, Dominik (2006). "Fatales Gegentor in letzer Sekunde. FCB verliert Titel an den FCZ". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2006-05-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)

[Swissinfo_2006-05-15-2] Beaumont, Adam (2006). "Basel face stiff penalties over match violence". swissinfo.org. Retrieved 2006-05-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (in German)

[1]

[2]