| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 July 2011 – 23 May 2012 |
| Champions | Basel 15th title |
| Relegated | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| Champions League | Basel |
| Europa League | Luzern Young Boys Servette |
| Matches | 162 |
| Goals | 405 (2.5 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alexander Frei (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Zürich 6–0Grasshopper Basel 6–0Lausanne |
| Biggest away win | Servette 0–4Basel Sion 0–4Servette |
| Highest scoring | Basel 6–3Grasshopper |
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The2011–12 Swiss Super League season was the 115th season oftop-tierfootball inSwitzerland. It began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.[1]
Basel successfully defended their title. No team was directly relegated afterNeuchâtel Xamax were expelled midway through the season over severe financial irregularities.
The league comprised the best eight sides from the2010–11 season, the2010–11 Swiss Challenge League championsLausanne-Sport, andServette, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.
Since Switzerland dropped from thirteenth to sixteenth place in theUEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[2] the league lost its second spot for theUEFA Champions League. The league champions will now enter the second qualifying round of the2012–13 tournament, while the runners-up and third-placed sides will enter the second qualifying round of the2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
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FC St. Gallen were relegated after finishing in last place of the table after the2010–11 season. The club thus completed a two-year tenure in the Super League. St. Gallen were replaced by2010–11 Challenge League championsFC Lausanne-Sport, who returned to the highest football league of Switzerland after a nine-year absence.
A further spot in the league was contested in a relegation/promotion playoff between ninth-placedAC Bellinzona and Challenge League runners-upServette FC fromGeneva. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Servette, 3–2 on aggregate. The Geneva side thus returned to the Super League after six years, while Bellinzona were relegated to the Challenge League after three years in the highest Swiss football league.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| FC Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | 15,850 |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 17,500 |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 12,000 |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| FC Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
| FC Thun | Thun | Arena Thun | 10,000 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Wankdorf | 31,783 |
| FC Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel(C) | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 78 | 32 | +46 | 74 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Luzern | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 54 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round[a] |
| 3 | Young Boys | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 51 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 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[b] | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax(R, D, R, R, R) | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26[c] | Demotion to the2. Liga interregional |
All ten clubs played twice against each other during the first half of the season, once at home and once away, for a total of 18 matches. AsNeuchâtel Xamax had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were entirely cancelled. The second half of the season thus was competed by only nine clubs, which played another double round-robin schedule; each of these nine clubs hence had played 34 matches at the end of the season.[5]
First half of season[edit]
Source:Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Second half of season[edit]
Source:Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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The ninth-placed Super League team played a two-legged play-off against the2011–12 Challenge League runners-up for a spot in the 2012–13 season.
Sion won 2–1 on aggregate.
