2011–12 in Swiss football

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Football in Switzerland
Season2011–12
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueSt. Gallen
1. Liga group 1Sion U-21
1. Liga group 2BSC Old Boys
1. Liga group 3Tuggen
Swiss CupBasel
Women's football
Women's Super LeagueZürich Frauen
← 2010–11 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2012–13 →

The following is a summary of the 2011–12 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League

The Super League is the top tier of the Swiss football league system. The 2011–12 season was the 115th season since its foundation and the season began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 34 22 8 4 78 33 +45 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Luzern 34 14 12 8 46 32 +14 54 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Young Boys 34 13 12 9 52 38 +14 51 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Servette 34 14 6 14 45 53 −8 48
5 Thun 34 11 10 13 38 41 −3 43
6 Zürich 34 11 8 15 43 44 −1 41
7 Lausanne-Sport 34 8 6 20 29 61 −32 30
8 Grasshopper 34 7 5 22 32 66 −34 26
9 Sion (O) 34 15 8 11 40 35 +5 17[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Neuchâtel Xamax (R, D, R, R, R) 18 7 5 6 22 22 0 26[lower-alpha 3] Demotion to the 2. Liga interregional
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.
  2. Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.[1]
  3. Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.[2] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.[3]

Challenge League

The 2011–12 Challenge League was the ninth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football league pyramid. The season began on 22 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.[4] Due to the creation of the 1. Liga Promotion that was due to commence the following year, this season would see the reduction in the number of teams competing from 16 to 10. This reconstruction was done to decrease the competitive gap between the two top tiers by converting the second to a purely professional league. The new Promotion League would therefore serve as the semi-professional link to amateur football. Therefore, six teams were due to be relegated, however, as Neuchâtel Xamax were demoted from the top tier to the sixth level, subsequently only five teams were relegated.[5]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St. Gallen (C, P) 30 19 7 4 67 31 +36 64 Promoted to 2012–13 Swiss Super League
2 Aarau 30 18 5 7 64 34 +30 59 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Bellinzona 30 18 5 7 49 21 +28 59
4 Winterthur 30 15 8 7 44 29 +15 53
5 Lugano 30 14 7 9 44 38 +6 49
6 Wil 30 12 10 8 59 41 +18 46
7 Chiasso 30 11 12 7 34 23 +11 45
8 Vaduz 30 13 6 11 54 45 +9 45
9 Locarno 30 12 9 9 47 44 +3 45
10 Biel-Bienne 30 12 7 11 55 54 +1 43
11 Wohlen 30 9 9 12 39 44 −5 36
12 Stade Nyonnais (R) 30 8 10 12 41 49 −8 34 Relegation to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
13 Étoile Carouge (R) 30 8 6 16 25 56 −31 30
14 Delémont (R) 30 4 8 18 24 60 −36 20
15 Kriens (R) 30 4 5 21 37 66 −29 17
16 Brühl (R) 30 4 4 22 30 78 −48 16
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed Super League team Sion played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up Aarau for the last slot in the top tier in the 2012–13 season.


Sion2–0Aarau
Winter File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 81' Report
Attendance: 10,800

Aarau1–0Sion
Gashi File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Report
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Patrick Graf

Sion won 2–1 on aggregate and the two teams remained in their divisions.

1. Liga

The 1. Liga was up until here, the third highest tier in the Swiss football league pyramid, it was the highest tier in amateur football. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Due to the creation of the 1. Liga Promotion that was due to commence the following year, this season would see the number of teams in the groups reduced from 16 to 14 and it would be renamed as 1. Liga Classic. The new Promotion League would serve as the semi-professional link to amateur football. Six clubs could achieve promotion to the new third division, if they had applied for the semi-professional status. The four best U-21 teams would receive a wild card and advance as well. This reconstruction was done to decrease the competitive gap between the two top tiers and the amateur league. No teams were to be relegated to the next lowest level, then the fourth tier which would become the new fifth level.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sion U-21 30 17 5 8 70 41 +29 56 Youth team wild card
2 Young Boys U-21 30 16 4 10 74 50 +24 52 To 1. Liga Classic
3 FC Fribourg 30 16 4 10 52 40 +12 52 Promoted to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
4 Yverdon-Sport FC 30 15 7 8 53 44 +9 52
5 FC Le Mont 30 15 6 9 51 45 +6 51 To 1. Liga Classic
6 Grand-Lancy FC 30 13 9 8 56 44 +12 48
7 FC Meyrin 30 13 6 11 57 42 +15 45
8 SC Düdingen 30 14 3 13 63 59 +4 45
9 FC Echallens 30 12 8 10 62 49 +13 44
10 FC Martigny-Sports 30 11 8 11 51 50 +1 41
11 ES FC Malley 30 10 8 12 66 61 +5 38
12 FC Bulle 30 10 7 13 46 59 −13 37
13 Urania Genève Sport 30 10 6 14 51 67 −16 36
14 FC Monthey 30 7 9 14 50 66 −16 30
15 FC Naters 30 8 5 17 42 72 −30 29
16 FC Baulmes 30 3 5 22 25 80 −55 14
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BSC Old Boys 30 20 2 8 68 36 +32 62 Promoted to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
2 FC Breitenrain Bern 30 18 7 5 54 25 +29 61
3 FC Baden 30 19 3 8 61 31 +30 60 To 1. Liga Classic
4 Zürich U-21 30 16 3 11 55 49 +6 51 Youth team wild card
5 FC Münsingen[6] 30 14 8 8 42 36 +6 50 To 1. Liga Classic
6 Basel U-21 30 13 8 9 56 36 +20 47 Youth team wild card
7 FC Solothurn 30 13 6 11 52 43 +9 45 To 1. Liga Classic
8 SC Dornach 30 12 8 10 54 50 +4 44
9 FC Schötz 30 12 6 12 54 57 −3 42
10 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 12 4 14 50 58 −8 40
11 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 8 9 13 29 47 −18 33
12 FC Serrières 30 7 11 12 43 47 −4 32
13 FC Grenchen 30 8 5 17 29 64 −35 29
14 SV Muttenz 30 8 3 19 41 74 −33 27
15 Thun U-21 30 6 8 16 46 58 −12 26
16 SC Zofingen 30 5 7 18 35 58 −23 22
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 22 3 5 69 31 +38 69 Promoted to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
2 FC Schaffhausen 30 21 3 6 88 28 +60 66
3 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 20 4 6 83 34 +49 64
4 USV Eschen/Mauren 30 15 8 7 56 43 +13 53 To 1. Liga Classic
5 St. Gallen U-21 30 14 8 8 52 43 +9 50 Youth team wild card
6 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 11 14 5 60 51 +9 47 To 1. Liga Classic
7 SC Cham 30 13 6 11 58 46 +12 45
8 FC Mendrisio 30 12 6 12 38 33 +5 42
9 Luzern U-21 30 12 4 14 56 59 −3 40
10 FC Balzers 30 10 5 15 48 66 −18 35
11 Winterthur U-21 30 9 5 16 37 57 −20 32
12 GC Biaschesi 30 6 11 13 39 53 −14 29
13 Lugano U-21 30 8 4 18 36 64 −28 28
14 FC Muri 30 7 7 16 35 66 −31 28
15 SV Höngg 30 6 5 19 31 70 −39 23
16 FC Gossau 30 5 5 20 42 84 −42 20
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Swiss Cup

In the first semi-final Basel beat Winterthur 2–1 and Luzern beat Sion 1–0 in the second semi-final. The winner of the first semi-final was considered as home team in the final, which was played on 16 May 2012 at the Stade de Suisse in Bern.[7]

Final



Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel

UEFA Champions League

Group stage / Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN BAS MU OG
1 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 1–1 1–0
2 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11 0–2 2–1 2–1
3 File:Flag of England.svg Manchester United 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 3–3 2–0
4 File:Flag of Romania.svg Oțelul Galați 6 0 0 6 3 11 −8 0 0–1 2–3 0–2
Source: Soccerway
Knockout phase

Zürich

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Zürich won 2–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Bayern Munich won 3–0 on aggregate. Zürich transfer to Europa League group stage

Europa League

Group stage / Group D
Notes

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCP LAZ VAS ZÜR
1 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9 2–0 2–2 1–0
3 File:Flag of Romania.svg Vaslui 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6 1–0 0–0 2–2
4 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zürich 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5 0–2 1–1 2–0
Source: Soccerway

Young Boys

Europa League

Third qualifying round

Young Boys won 5–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

2–2 on aggregate. Braga won on away goals.

Sion

Europa League

Play-off round
18 August 2011 Play-off (1st leg) Celtic F.C. 0–01 FC Sion Glasgow
21:05 CEST Match Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 51,525
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
25 August 2011 Play-off (2nd leg) FC Sion 3–11
(3–1 agg.)
Celtic F.C. Sion
20:30 CEST Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.), 63'
Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'
Match Report Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
18 August 2011 Play-off (1st leg) Celtic F.C. 3–01 FC Sion Glasgow
21:05 CEST Match report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 10,145
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
25 August 2011 Play-off (2nd leg) FC Sion 0–31
(0–6 agg.)
Celtic F.C. Sion
20:30 CEST Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.), 63'
Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'
Match report Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
  • 1.^ FC Sion originally drew 0–0 in the first leg and won 3–1 in the second leg. UEFA overturned the result of both matches. Both matches were awarded 3–0 in favour of Celtic F.C.

Thun

Europa League

Second qualifying round

Thun won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

3–3 on aggregate. Thun won on away goals.

Play-off round

Stoke City won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vaduz

Europa League

Second qualifying round

3–3 on aggregate. Vaduz won on away goals.

Third qualifying round

Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Sources

Preceded by
2010–11
Seasons in
Swiss football
Succeeded by
2012–13