2010–11 Swiss Super League
| Season | 2010–11 |
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| Champions | Basel 14th title |
| Relegated | Bellinzona St. Gallen |
| Champions League | Basel Zürich |
| Europa League | Sion Young Boys Thun |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 537 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alexander Frei (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Zürich 5–0 Bellinzona |
| Biggest away win | Luzern 0–5 Zürich |
| Highest scoring | Luzern 6–2 Bellinzona |
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The 2010–11 Swiss Super League was the 114th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 17 July 2010 and ended on 25 May 2011.[1] The league comprised ten teams.
FC Basel successfully defended their league title, maintaining a one-point edge over runners-up FC Zürich at the end of the season. It was the 14th league title overall for the club.
Contents
Teams
FC Aarau were relegated after finishing in last place of the table after the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by 2009–10 Challenge League champions FC Thun.
Ninth-placed AC Bellinzona and Challenge League runners-up FC Lugano competed in a two-legged relegation play-off after the end of the 2009–10 season. Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate and thus retained their Super League spot.
Stadia and locations
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 8,740 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| FC Luzern | Emmenbrücke | Stadion Gersag | 8,700 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 12,000 |
| FC Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
| FC St. Gallen | St. Gallen | AFG Arena | 19,694 |
| FC Thun | Thun | Stadion Lachen | 10,350 |
| BSC Young Boys | Bern | Wankdorf | 31,783 |
| FC Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel (C) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 76 | 44 | +32 | 73 | 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage 1 |
| 2 | Zürich | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 72 | 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 3 | Young Boys | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 57 | 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sion | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 54 | 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 2 |
| 5 | Thun | 36 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 49 | 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 48 | |
| 7 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 41 | |
| 8 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 32 | |
| 9 | Bellinzona (R) | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 75 | −33 | 32 | Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | St. Gallen (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 31 | Relegation to 2011–12 Challenge League |
Updated to games played on 25 May 2011.
Source: Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Due to the winners of 2010-11 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona, having qualified for the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League group phase via their domestic leagues and the subsequent vacation of the title holder spot, Basel as Swiss champions were moved up from the third qualification round into the group stage.
2By winning the 2010–11 Swiss Cup. The team was later disqualified from the Europa League after Celtic's successful protest over the team's use of ineligible players.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Relegation play-offs
Bellinzona as 9th-placed Super League team played a two-legged play-off against 2010–11 Challenge League runners-up Servette.
Results
Teams played each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches per team.
First half of season
| Home ╲ Away | BAS | BEL | GCZ | LUZ | NX | SIO | STG | THU | YB | ZÜR |
| Basel | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
| Bellinzona | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Luzern | 1–1 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | |
| Sion | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| St. Gallen | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| Thun | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Young Boys | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
| Zürich | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Source: Swiss Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of season
| Home ╲ Away | BAS | BEL | GCZ | LUZ | NX | SIO | STG | THU | YB | ZÜR |
| Basel | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Bellinzona | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
| Luzern | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
| Sion | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| St. Gallen | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Thun | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Young Boys | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | |
| Zürich | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 25 May 2011.
Source: Swiss Football League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source:Swiss Football League
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexander Frei |
Basel | 27 |
| 2 |  Henri Bienvenu |
Young Boys | 16 |
| 3 | Mauro Lustrinelli |
Bellinzona | 14 |
| 4 | Hakan Yakin |
Luzern | 12 |
| 5 |  Alexandre Alphonse |
Zürich | 10 |
 Giovanni Sio |
Sion | 10 | |
| Admir Mehmedi |
Zürich | 10 | |
| Marco Streller |
Basel | 10 | |
| Innocent Emeghara |
Grasshopper | 10 | |
| 10 |  Nelson Ferreira |
Luzern | 9 |
 Ezequiel Scarione |
Thun | 9 | |
 Emmanuel Mayuka |
Young Boys | 9 | |
 Amine Chermiti |
Zürich | 9 |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Super league website (German)
- soccerway.com
