2012–13 Swiss Super League

The 2012–13 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes,^[3] was the 116th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 14 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013.^[4] Basel successfully defended their title.

Swiss Super League

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 played	180
Goals scored	462 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ezequiel Scarione (21 goals)
Biggest home win	St. Gallen 5–0 Sion (11 May 2013)
Biggest away win	Thun 0–4 Zürich (10 March 2013) Luzern 0–4 Basel (1 April 2013) Sion 0–4 Grasshopper (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]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2011–12 season, the 2011–12 Swiss Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, and FC 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 the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season,^[5] the league regained its second spot for the UEFA Champions League. In other changes, the league abolished the relegation/promotion play-off from this season after a structural change at lower tiers of the Swiss football league pyramid.^{[citation needed]}

Teams

No team were relegated on competitive grounds at the end of the 2011–12 season after Neuchâtel Xamax were expelled from the league over financial irregularities midway through the campaign. The club went into administration soon afterwards and was eventually liquidated.^{[citation needed]} Its successors Neuchâtel Xamax 1912 were subsequently inserted into the fifth-tier 2. Liga Interregional.^{[citation needed]} Xamax were replaced by 2011–12 Challenge League champions FC 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-placed FC Sion and Challenge League runners-up FC Aarau. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Sion, 3–1 on aggregate. The club from Valais thus remained in the league despite having received a 36-point deduction for fielding ineligible players during the season.^[6]

Stadia and locations

Basel

Grasshopper

Lausanne-Sport

Luzern

Servette

Sion

St. Gallen

Thun

Young Boys

Zürich

Location of the 2012–13 Swiss Super League teams

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

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Murat Yakin	Marco Streller	adidas	Novartis
Grasshopper	Uli Forte	Vero Salatić	Puma	FROMM/Feldmann Bau AG
Lausanne-Sport	Laurent Roussey	Gabri	adidas	Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Luzern	Carlos Bernegger	Florian Stahel	adidas	Otto's
Servette	Sébastien Fournier	Lionel Pizzinat	14fourteen	Journal GHI
Sion	Michel Decastel	Gennaro Gattuso	Erreà	Baldini Transports
St. Gallen	Jeff Saibene	Philippe Montandon	Jako	St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun	Urs Fischer	Roland Bättig	Erima	Panorama Center/Sky Work
Young Boys	Bernard Challandes	Marco Wölfli	Jako	Bauhaus
Zürich	Urs Meier	Philippe Koch	Nike	TalkEasy

League table

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 the Champions 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 the Europa League play-off round
4	Zürich	36	16	7	13	62	48	+14	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Thun	36	13	9	14	44	46	−2	48	Qualification for the Europa 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 to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First and Second Round Home \ Away BAS GCZ LS LUZ SER SIO STG THU YB ZÜR Basel 4–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 Grasshopper 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 0–2 1–0 5–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 Luzern 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 Servette 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 Sion 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 St. Gallen 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 Thun 3–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–4 Young Boys 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 6–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 Zürich 1–2 0–1 4–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 Source: Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round Home \ Away BAS GCZ LS LUZ SER SIO STG THU YB ZÜR Basel 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 Grasshopper 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 1–3 2–4 0–0 1–1 Luzern 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 Servette 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–4 4–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 Sion 0–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–2 St. Gallen 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 4–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 Thun 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 2–2 0–4 Young Boys 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–4 Zürich 3–1 2–4 2–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 4–0 Source: Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Ezequiel Scarione	St. Gallen	21
2	Marco Streller	Basel	14
3	Josip Drmić	Zürich	13
	Marco Schneuwly	Thun	13
5	Anatole Ngamukol	Grasshopper / Thun	12
6	Amine Chermiti	Zürich	10
7	Mario Gavranović	Zürich	9
	Raphael Nuzzolo	Young Boys	9
9	Izet Hajrović	Grasshopper	8
	Léo Itaperuna	Sion	8
	Chris Malonga	Lausanne-Sport	8

Attendances

#	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