Season | 2012β13 |
---|---|
Dates | 14 July 2012 β 2 June 2013 |
Champions |
Basel 16th title |
Relegated | Servette |
Champions League | Basel Grasshopper |
Europa League |
ZΓΌrich St. Gallen Thun |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 462 (2.57 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Ezequiel Scarione (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | St. Gallen 5β0
Sion (11 May 2013) |
Biggest away win | Thun 0β4 ZΓΌrich (10 March 2013) Luzern 0β4 Basel (1 April 2013) Sion 0β4 Grasshopper (16 May 2013) |
Highest scoring | Young Boys 6β2 Servette (30 September 2012) |
Highest attendance | 35,171
[1] Basel 2β0 Lausanne-Sport (16 May 2013) |
Lowest attendance | 2,379
[1] Servette 3β4 Luzern (1 June 2013) |
Average attendance | 12,019 [2] |
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The 2012β13 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, [3] was the 116th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 14 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. [4] Basel successfully defended their title.
The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2011β12 season, the 2011β12 Swiss Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, and FC Sion, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.
Since Switzerland climbed from sixteenth to fourteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011β12 season, [5] the league regained its second spot for the UEFA Champions League. In other changes, the league abolished the relegation/promotion play-off from this season after a structural change at lower tiers of the Swiss football league pyramid.[ citation needed]
No team were relegated on competitive grounds at the end of the 2011β12 season after NeuchΓ’tel Xamax were expelled from the league over financial irregularities midway through the campaign. The club went into administration soon afterwards and was eventually liquidated.[ citation needed] Its successors NeuchΓ’tel Xamax 1912 were subsequently inserted into the fifth-tier 2. Liga Interregional.[ citation needed] Xamax were replaced by 2011β12 Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, who immediately returned to the highest football league of Switzerland.
A further spot in the league was contested in a relegation/promotion playoff between ninth-placed FC Sion and Challenge League runners-up FC Aarau. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Sion, 3β1 on aggregate. The club from Valais thus remained in the league despite having received a 36-point deduction for fielding ineligible players during the season. [6]
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
Grasshopper | ZΓΌrich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | 15,850 |
Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 17,500 |
Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
St. Gallen | St. Gallen | AFG Arena | 19,694 |
Thun | Thun | Arena Thun | 10,000 |
Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,783 |
ZΓΌrich | ZΓΌrich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Basel | Murat Yakin | Marco Streller | adidas | Novartis |
Grasshopper | Uli Forte | Vero SalatiΔ | Puma | FROMM/Feldmann Bau AG |
Lausanne-Sport | Laurent Roussey | Gabri | adidas | Banque Cantonale Vaudoise |
Luzern | Carlos Bernegger | Florian Stahel | adidas | Otto's |
Servette | SΓ©bastien Fournier | Lionel Pizzinat | 14fourteen | Journal GHI |
Sion | Michel Decastel | Gennaro Gattuso | ErreΓ | Baldini Transports |
St. Gallen | Jeff Saibene | Philippe Montandon | Jako | St. Galler Kantonalbank |
Thun | Urs Fischer | Roland BΓ€ttig | Erima | Panorama Center/ Sky Work |
Young Boys | Bernard Challandes | Marco WΓΆlfli | Jako | Bauhaus |
ZΓΌrich | Urs Meier | Philippe Koch | Nike | TalkEasy |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 | ZΓΌrich | 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 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [7] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ezequiel Scarione | St. Gallen | 21 |
2 | Marco Streller | Basel | 14 |
3 | Josip DrmiΔ | ZΓΌrich | 13 |
Marco Schneuwly | Thun | 13 | |
5 | Anatole Ngamukol | Grasshopper / Thun | 12 |
6 | Amine Chermiti | ZΓΌrich | 10 |
7 | Mario GavranoviΔ | ZΓΌrich | 9 |
Raphael Nuzzolo | Young Boys | 9 | |
9 | Izet HajroviΔ | Grasshopper | 8 |
LΓ©o Itaperuna | Sion | 8 | |
Chris Malonga | Lausanne-Sport | 8 |