| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 July 2012 – 2 June 2013 |
| Champions | Basel 16th title |
| Relegated | Servette |
| Champions League | Basel Grasshopper |
| Europa League | Zürich St. Gallen Thun |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 462 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ezequiel Scarione (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | St. Gallen 5–0Sion (11 May 2013) |
| Biggest away win | Thun 0–4 Zürich (10 March 2013) Luzern 0–4 Basel (1 April 2013) Sion 0–4Grasshopper (16 May 2013) |
| Highest scoring | Young Boys 6–2 Servette (30 September 2012) |
| Highest attendance | 35,171[1] Basel 2–0 Lausanne-Sport (16 May 2013) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,379[1] Servette 3–4 Luzern (1 June 2013) |
| Average attendance | 12,019[2] |
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The2012–13 Swiss Super League, also known as theRaiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes,[3] was the 116th season oftop-tierfootball inSwitzerland. It began on 14 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013.[4]Basel successfully defended their title.
The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2011–12 season, the2011–12 Swiss Challenge League championsFC St. Gallen, andFC Sion, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.
Since Switzerland climbed from sixteenth to fourteenth place in theUEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season,[5] the league regained its second spot for theUEFA Champions League. In other changes, the league abolished the relegation/promotion play-off from this season after a structural change at lower tiers of theSwiss football league pyramid.[citation needed]
No team were relegated on competitive grounds at the end of the2011–12 season afterNeuchâtel Xamax were expelled from the league over financial irregularities midway through the campaign. The club went intoadministration soon afterwards and was eventually liquidated.[citation needed] Its successorsNeuchâtel Xamax 1912 were subsequently inserted into the fifth-tier2. Liga Interregional.[citation needed] Xamax were replaced by2011–12 Challenge League championsFC St. Gallen, who immediately returned to the highest football league of Switzerland.
A further spot in the league was contested in a relegation/promotion playoff between ninth-placedFC Sion and Challenge League runners-upFC Aarau. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Sion, 3–1 on aggregate. The club fromValais thus remained in the league despite having received a 36-point deduction for fielding ineligible players during the season.[6]
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
| Grasshopper | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | 15,850 |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 17,500 |
| Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | AFG Arena | 19,694 |
| Thun | Thun | Arena Thun | 10,000 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,783 |
| Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | adidas | Novartis | ||
| Grasshopper | Puma | FROMM/Feldmann Bau AG | ||
| Lausanne-Sport | adidas | Banque Cantonale Vaudoise | ||
| Luzern | adidas | Otto's | ||
| Servette | 14fourteen | Journal GHI | ||
| Sion | Erreà | Baldini Transports | ||
| St. Gallen | Jako | St. Galler Kantonalbank | ||
| Thun | Erima | Panorama Center/Sky Work | ||
| Young Boys | Jako | Bauhaus | ||
| Zürich | Nike | TalkEasy |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel(C) | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 72 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 69 | |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 59 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-off round |
| 4 | Zürich | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Thun | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 48 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Sion | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 48 | |
| 7 | Young Boys | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 42 | |
| 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 33 | |
| 10 | Servette(R) | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 26 | Relegation toSwiss Challenge League |
First and Second Round[edit]
Source:Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Third and Fourth Round[edit]
Source:Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Basel | 18 | 29,036 |
| 2 | BSC Young Boys | 18 | 17,242 |
| 3 | FC St. Gallen | 18 | 14,310 |
| 4 | FC Luzern | 18 | 12,410 |
| 5 | FC Zürich | 18 | 10,740 |
| 6 | FC Sion | 18 | 10,150 |
| 7 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 18 | 8,600 |
| 8 | Servette FC | 18 | 6,666 |
| 9 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 18 | 5,733 |
| 10 | FC Thun | 18 | 5,328 |