2010–11 Swiss Super League

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.

Swiss Super League
Season2010–11
ChampionsBasel
14th title
RelegatedBellinzona
St. Gallen
Champions LeagueBasel
Zürich
Europa LeagueSion
Young Boys
Thun
Matches played180
Goals scored537 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Frei (27 goals)
Biggest home winZürich 5–0 Bellinzona
Biggest away winLuzern 0–5 Zürich
Highest scoringLuzern 6–2 Bellinzona

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.

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
Location of teams in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park38,512
AC BellinzonaBellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605
FC LuzernEmmenbrückeStadion Gersag8,700
Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000
FC SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500
FC St. GallenSt. GallenAFG Arena19,694
FC ThunThunStadion Lachen10,350
BSC Young BoysBernWankdorf31,783
FC ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605

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 Qualification to UEFA Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Zürich 36 21 9 6 74 44 +30 72 Qualification to UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Young Boys 36 15 12 9 65 50 +15 57 Qualification to UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Sion 36 15 9 12 47 36 +11 54 Qualification to UEFA Europa League Play-off round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Thun 36 11 16 9 48 43 +5 49 Qualification to 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 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 St. Gallen (R) 36 8 7 21 34 67 −33 31 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Due 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.
  2. By 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.

Relegation play-offs

Bellinzona as 9th-placed Super League team played a two-legged play-off against 2010–11 Challenge League runners-up Servette.

Bellinzona1 – 0Servette
Pergl  88' Report (in German)
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Alain Bieri
Servette3 - 1Bellinzona
de Azevedo  11'
Baumann  45'  56'		 Report (in German) Lustrinelli  69'
Attendance: 23,338
Referee: Hänni Nikolaj

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
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 match(es) played on 25 May 2011. Source: Swiss Football League
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
  1. "Super League - Results and fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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