2004–05 Swiss Super League
The 2005–06 Swiss Super League season was the 108th season of top-tier football in Switzerland.
Season | 2004–05 |
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Champions | Basel 11th title |
Relegated | FC Servette |
Champions League | Basel Thun |
UEFA Cup | Grasshopper FC Zurich (via Swiss Cup) |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Young Boys Neuchâtel Xamax |
Matches played | 170 |
Goals scored | 505 (2.97 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stéphane Chapuisat (23) |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → |
Overview
The Swiss Super League season 2004–05 was originally contested by ten teams. On 4 February 2005 the parent company of Servette FC was declared bankrupt. As a consequence of the bankruptcy Servette FC had their license revoked. The eighteen results from the team's first half of the season remained in the league table. The club's second half matches were cancelled entirely and so the second half of the season was competed with only nine clubs. These each played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had played 34 matches at the end of the season. Servettes parent company had run up debts of over 10 million Swiss francs and had not paid the players wages since the previous November. FC Servette were subsequently demoted to the Second Tier. The championship was won by FC Basel.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Basel (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 81 | 45 | +36 | 70 | Qualification to UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
2 | Thun | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
3 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup Second qualifying round |
4 | Young Boys | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round |
5 | Zürich | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup Second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
6 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Intertoto Cup First round |
7 | St. Gallen | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 36 | |
8 | Aarau | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 32 | |
9 | Schaffhausen | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 32 | Qualification to Relegation play-off |
10 | Servette (R) | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 20[lower-alpha 2] | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League[lower-alpha 3] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- via 2004-05 Swiss Cup
- Servette were docked three points for financial irregularities.
- Servette was forced to withdraw from the championship at the end of the first round of the season and demoted to the Second Division.