User:Huligan0/2009–10 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2009–10
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Thun
Swiss Cup	Basel

The following is a summary of the 2009–10 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	25	5	6	90	46	+44	80	Swiss champions and Swiss Cup winners Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Young Boys	36	25	2	9	78	47	+31	77	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Grasshopper	36	21	2	13	65	43	+22	65	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
4	Luzern	36	17	7	12	66	55	+11	58	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	Sion	36	14	9	13	63	57	+6	51
6	St. Gallen	36	13	7	16	53	56	−3	46
7	Zürich	36	12	9	15	55	58	−3	45
8	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	11	8	17	55	57	−2	41
9	Bellinzona (O)	36	7	4	25	42	92	−50	25	Advance to relegation play-offs
10	Aarau (R)	36	6	5	25	32	88	−56	23	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Basel, who have already qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, played Challenge League side Lausanne-Sport in the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final. Basel have won the cup, thus 3rd-placed team will qualify for the play-off round and the 4th-placed team will be inserted into the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and Lausanne-Sport will be inserted into the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round.

Challenge League

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Thun (C, P)	30	18	6	6	70	36	+34	60	Promotion to 2010–11 Swiss Super League
2	Lugano	30	17	8	5	65	29	+36	59	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	Winterthur	30	16	8	6	69	46	+23	56
4	Servette	30	14	10	6	49	37	+12	52
5	Kriens	30	12	10	8	50	41	+9	46
6	Wil	30	11	12	7	44	37	+7	45
7	Biel-Bienne	30	10	12	8	54	39	+15	42
8	Vaduz	30	11	8	11	44	43	+1	41
9	Yverdon-Sport	30	10	9	11	50	38	+12	39
10	Lausanne-Sport	30	9	12	9	40	43	−3	39	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
11	Schaffhausen	30	10	9	11	42	51	−9	39
12	Wohlen	30	8	7	15	44	55	−11	31
13	Locarno	30	7	10	13	46	65	−19	31
14	Stade Nyonnais	30	8	7	15	36	64	−28	31
15	Le Mont (R)	30	8	3	19	30	56	−26	27	Relegation to 2010–11 Swiss 1. Liga
16	Gossau (R)	30	2	7	21	27	80	−53	13	Relegation to 2010–11 Swiss 1. Liga

Source: football.ch (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lausanne-Sport have qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round as they lost the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

AC Bellinzona as 9th-placed team of the 2009–10 Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano for a spot in the 2010–11 Super League.

21 May 2010

20:15 CEST

Bellinzona	2–1	Lugano
Mihoubi 27' Feltscher 90+1'	Report (in Italian)	Montandon 70' Preisig 78'

Stadio Comunale Bellinzona, Bellinzona

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

24 May 2010

16:00 CEST

Lugano	0–0	Bellinzona
	Report (in Italian)

Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate and remain in the Swiss Super League. Lugano remain in the Swiss Challenge League.

Swiss Cup

Semi-finals

The winners in the quarter-finals played in this round. FC St. Gallen had beaten FC Luzern 4–1, FC Lausanne-Sport had also beaten Young Boys 4–1, SC Kriens won 2–1 against FC Thun and Basel had been 3–1 winners against Biel-Bienne.

5 April 2010

14:00 CEST

FC St. Gallen	1 – 2	FC Lausanne-Sport
Zé Vitor 22' Zé Vitor 89'	SFV report	Favre 28' Katz 40' Katz 49' 63' Gaspar 79'

AFG Arena, St. Gallen

Attendance: 17,197

Referee: Massimo Busacca

5 April 2010

13:30 CEST

SC Kriens	0–1	Basel
Fanger 19' Ferricchio 43' Imholz 55' Pacar 90+2'	FCB summary	17' (0:1) Almerares 64' Abraham 88' Carlitos 90+1' Shaqiri

Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:

Daniel Wermelinger

Final

9 May 2010

16:30 CEST

Basel	6–0^[1]	FC Lausanne-Sport
Stocker 28' (1:0) Shaqiri 30' (2:0) Zoua 46' (3:0) Chipperfield 52' (4:0) Stocker 75' (5:0) Huggel 89' (6:0)	FCB summary

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 30,100

Referee:

Sascha Kever

Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Zürich as league champions: Champions League third qualifying round
Young Boys as runners-up: Europa League third qualifying round
Basel as third placed team: Europa League second qualifying round
Sion as 2008–09 Swiss Cup winners: Europa League play-off round
Vaduz as 2008–09 Liechtenstein Cup winners: Europa League second qualifying round

Zürich

Champions League

Third qualifying round

29 July 2009 First leg	Zürich	2–3	Maribor	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15	Vonlanthen 4' Hassli 29'	Report	Tavares 12', 22' Pavlović 50'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

5 August 2009 Second leg	Maribor	0–3	Zürich	Ljudski vrt, Maribor
20:15		Report	Djuric 21' Margairaz 45' Nikçi 76'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Zürich won 5–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round

19 August 2009 First leg	Ventspils	0–3	Zürich	Skonto Stadium, Riga^{[note 1]}
20:45		Report	Vonlanthen 12' Aegerter 55' Djuric 75'	Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Note: ^ Played in Riga at Skonto Stadium as Ventspils' Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions did not meet UEFA criteria.

25 August 2009 Second leg	Zürich	2–1	Ventspils	AFG Arena, St. Gallen^{[note 1]}
20:45	Vonlanthen 6' Abdi 90+2'	Report	Țîgîrlaș 8'	Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Note: ^ Played in St. Gallen at AFG Arena as Zürich's Letzigrund hosted IAAF Golden League's fourth part (Weltklasse Zürich) on 28 August 2009.

Zürich won 5–1 on aggregate.

Group stage / group C

15 September 2009 Matchday 1	Zürich	2–5	Real Madrid	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Margairaz 64' (pen.) Aegerter 65'	Report	Ronaldo 27', 89' Raúl 34' Higuaín 45+1' Guti 90+4'	Attendance: 24,424 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

30 September 2009 Matchday 2	Milan	0–1	Zürich	San Siro, Milan
20:45		Report	Tihinen 10'	Attendance: 32,439 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

21 October 2009 Matchday 3	Zürich	0–1	Marseille	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report	Heinze 69'	Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

3 November 2009 Matchday 4	Marseille	6–1	Zürich	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Aegerter 3' (o.g.) Abriel 11' Niang 51' Hilton 80' Cheyrou 87' Brandão 90'	Report	Alphonse 31'	Attendance: 56,282 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

25 November 2009 Matchday 5	Real Madrid	1–0	Zürich	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Higuaín 21'	Report		Attendance: 67,867 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

8 December 2009 Matchday 6	Zürich	1–1	Milan	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Gajić 29'	Report	Ronaldinho 64' (pen.)	Attendance: 24,100 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RM	MIL	OM	ZÜR
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–3	3–0	1–0
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–1	0–1
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–2	—	6–1
4	Zürich	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4		2–5	1–1	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF