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

Season	2010–11
Dates	17 July 2010 – 25 May 2011
Champions	Basel 14th title
Relegated	Bellinzona St. Gallen
Champions League	Basel Zürich
Europa League	Sion Young Boys Thun
Matches played	180
Goals scored	537 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Frei (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Zürich 5–0 Bellinzona
Biggest away win	Luzern 0–5 Zürich
Highest scoring	Luzern 6–2 Bellinzona
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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

Basel

Bellinzona

Grasshopper

FC Zürich

Luzern

Neuchâtel

Sion

St. Gallen

Thun

Young Boys

Location of teams in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona	8,740
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
FC Luzern	Emmenbrücke	Stadion Gersag	8,700
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	12,000
FC Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	AFG Arena	19,694
FC Thun	Thun	Stadion Lachen	10,350
BSC Young Boys	Bern	Wankdorf	31,783
FC Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605

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 Champions League group stage[a]
2	Zürich	36	21	9	6	74	44	+30	72	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	15	12	9	65	50	+15	57	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Sion	36	15	9	12	47	36	+11	54	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b]
5	Thun	36	11	16	9	48	43	+5	49	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Luzern	36	13	9	14	62	57	+5	48
7	Grasshopper	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) Champions; (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 were won the qualification to Europa League play-off round. However, after the two play-off games had been played the following season, the team was disqualified from the Europa League following Celtic's successful protest over the team's use of ineligible players.

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 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 Legend: 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 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 Source: Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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

28 May 2011

16:45 CEST

Bellinzona	1–0	Servette
Pergl 88'	Report (in German)

Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Alain Bieri

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31 May 2011

19:15 CEST

Servette	3–1	Bellinzona
de Azevedo 11' Baumann 45' 56'	Report (in German)	Lustrinelli 69'

Stade de Genève

Attendance: 23,338

Referee: Hänni Nikolaj

Servette won 3–2 on aggregate.

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