2010–11 Swiss Super League
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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. The league comprised ten teams.
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.
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.
as 9th-placed Super League team played a two-legged play-off against 2010–11 Challenge League
runners-up Servette
.
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Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...
was the 114th season of top-tier football in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It began on 17 July 2010 and ended on 25 May 2011. The league comprised ten teams.
FC Basel
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...
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 AarauFC Aarau
FC Aarau is a Swiss football club, based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League.-History:FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local brewery. The early days of the club were a success and they won the Swiss championship in 1911/12 and then again in 1913/14...
were relegated after finishing in last place of the table after the 2009–10 season
2009–10 Swiss Super League
The 2009–10 Swiss Super League is the 113th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 11 July 2009 and will end in May 2010. FC Zürich were the defending champions...
. They were replaced by 2009–10 Challenge League champions FC Thun
FC Thun
FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing...
.
Ninth-placed AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948.-History:Since Bellinzona is an Italian speaking region, many Italian Serie A clubs loan youth players to the club to get first team experience. AS Roma are a parent club to...
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
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basel Basel Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany... |
St. Jakob-Park St. Jakob-Park ' is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity was increased to 42,500 for Euro 2008, which was hosted by Switzerland... |
38,512 | |
| Bellinzona Bellinzona Bellinzona is the administrative capital of the canton Ticino in Switzerland. The city is famous for its three castles that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000.... |
Stadio Comunale Bellinzona Stadio Comunale Bellinzona Stadio Comunale Bellinzona is a multi-use stadium in Bellinzona, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of AC Bellinzona. As of 2009, the stadium has an official capacity of 6,000 people , but could hold up to 20,740. The stadium has 2,000 seats.-... |
8,740 | |
| Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
Letzigrund Letzigrund In January 2005, UEFA approved plans to rebuild the stadium for use as a EURO 2008 venue. It hosted 3 matches in the 2008 European Football Championship.... |
23,605 | |
| Emmenbrücke Emmen, Switzerland Emmen is a city in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.-Geography:Emmen has an area of . Of this area, 46.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 18.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 33.3% is settled and the remainder is non-productive . , 18.19% of the... |
Stadion Gersag Stadion Gersag Stadion Gersag is a stadium in Emmenbrücke, Luzern, Switzerland. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Emmenbrücke. The stadium has 3,195 covered seats and 4,785 standing places... |
8,700 | |
| Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 12,000 | |
| Sion Sion, Switzerland Sion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion... |
Stade Tourbillon Stade Tourbillon Stade Tourbillon is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Sion. The stadium holds 16,000 people and was built in 1968 and renovated in 1989. At the time of the renovation, its capacity was 19,600.... |
16,500 | |
| St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic... |
AFG Arena AFG Arena The AFG Arena is a multi-use stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland, completed in 2008. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC St. Gallen of the Swiss Challenge League. It replaces the Espenmoos stadium.... |
19,694 | |
| Thun Thun Thun is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland with about 42,136 inhabitants , as of 1 January 2006.... |
Stadion Lachen Stadion Lachen Stadion Lachen is a multi-use stadium in Thun, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Thun. The stadium holds 10,350 and was built in 1954. The stadium has places for both seating and standing.... |
10,350 | |
| Bern | Wankdorf Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf The Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland.It is the home ground of the Swiss football team BSC Young Boys, and is currently the second biggest all-seater football stadium in Switzerland.... |
31,783 | |
| Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
Letzigrund Letzigrund In January 2005, UEFA approved plans to rebuild the stadium for use as a EURO 2008 venue. It hosted 3 matches in the 2008 European Football Championship.... |
23,605 |
League table
Relegation play-offs
BellinzonaAC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948.-History:Since Bellinzona is an Italian speaking region, many Italian Serie A clubs loan youth players to the club to get first team experience. AS Roma are a parent club to...
as 9th-placed Super League team played a two-legged play-off against 2010–11 Challenge League
2010–11 Swiss Challenge League
The 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League was the eighth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 25 May 2011. The champions of this season, FC Lausanne-Sport, earned promotion to the 2011–12 Super League...
runners-up Servette
Servette FC
Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...
.
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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
Second half of season
Top goalscorers
Source:Swiss Football League| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexander Frei |
Basel FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the... |
27 |
| 2 |  Henri BienvenuHenri Bienvenu Henri Bienvenu Ntsama is a Cameroonian football striker who currently plays for Fenerbahçe.-Club Athlétique Bizertin:... |
Young Boys BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black.... |
16 |
| 3 | Mauro Lustrinelli Mauro Lustrinelli Mauro "Lustri" Lustrinelli is a professional Swiss footballer who plays for FC Thun. He is also a former player of the Swiss national team. He has a Bachelor in Business Administration and made a dissertation about the Italian Serie A.... |
Bellinzona AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948.-History:Since Bellinzona is an Italian speaking region, many Italian Serie A clubs loan youth players to the club to get first team experience. AS Roma are a parent club to... |
14 |
| 4 | Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin is a Swiss footballer. He currently plays for Swiss Super League club FC Luzern. He was member of the Swiss national team for eleven years.-Personal life:... |
Luzern | 12 |
| 5 |  Alexandre AlphonseAlexandre Alphonse Alexandre Alphonse is a footballer from France who currently plays as forward for FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League. He was part of the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning team.... |
Zürich | 10 |
 Giovanni SioGiovanni Sio Giovanni-Guy Yann Sio is a French footballer currently playing for FC Sion.-Career:Sio began his career with FC Nantes and joined in summer 2007 to Real Sociedad B, who was promoted in summer 2008 to the Segunda División team... |
Sion FC Sion FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their twelve appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2011.The first team also... |
10 | |
| Admir Mehmedi Admir Mehmedi Admir Mehmedi is a footballer from Switzerland of Albanian ethnicity who plays as forward for FC Zurich in the Swiss Super League.-International Career:... |
Zürich | 10 | |
| Marco Streller Marco Streller Marco Streller is a Swiss international footballer who plays as a striker for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.-Club career:... |
Basel FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the... |
10 | |
| Innocent Emeghara Innocent Emeghara Innocent Emeghara is a Nigerian-born Swiss footballer who plays for French club Lorient in Ligue 1. He has represented Switzerland once as a last-minute substitute in a European Championship qualifying match against England in June 2011.-External links:*... |
Grasshopper | 10 | |
| 10 |  Nelson FerreiraNelson Ferreira Nelson Ferreira is a Swiss and Portuguese footballer. He plays for FC Luzern.He played for FC Thun from July 2001 until summer 2001. He joined FC Luzern in summer 2008... |
Luzern | 9 |
 Ezequiel ScarioneEzequiel Scarione Ezequiel Scarione is an Argentine football midfielder, who currently plays for FC St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League.- Career :... |
Thun FC Thun FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing... |
9 | |
 Emmanuel MayukaEmmanuel Mayuka Emmanuel Mayuka is a Zambian football striker. He currently plays for BSC Young Boys.-Career:Mayuka is a former player for hometown Kabwe Warriors. In early 2008, Mayuka was the youngest player at the Ghana 2008 African Cup of Nations and he made his competition debut against Sudan.-Maccabi Tel... |
Young Boys BSC Young Boys Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black.... |
9 | |
 Amine ChermitiAmine Chermiti Mohamed Amine Chermiti is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker for FC Zürich.-Club career:Chermiti has been mentioned as one of the African players of the year due to his performance in the African Champions League, where he scored eight goals in the tournament... |
Zürich | 9 |