The 2008–09 Swiss Super League was the 112th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 18 July 2008 with a match between Young Boys Bern and reigning champions FC Basel, which the latter won by 2–1. The last matches were played in May 2009.
Teams FC Thun were relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in 2007–08 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by Challenge League 2007–08 champions FC Vaduz, who are the first team from Liechtenstein participating in Switzerland's top football league.
9th placed FC St. Gallen and Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona competed in a two-legged relegation play-off after the end of last season. Bellinzona won 5–2 on aggregate and thus earned promotion, while St. Gallen were relegated.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityFC BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park42,500BSC Young BoysBernWankdorf31,783FC ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund23,605FC SionSionStade Tourbillon16,500FC LuzernLucerneStadion Allmend13,000Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000FC AarauAarauStadion Brügglifeld9,249AC BellinzonaBellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740FC VaduzVaduzRheinpark Stadion6,127
League table
Results Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season
Second half of season
Relegation play-offs FC Lucern as 9th-placed team of the Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano.
Luzern won 5–1 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers Updated on 24 May 2009; Source: football.ch RankPlayerClubGoals1 Seydou DoumbiaBSC Young Boys202 Almen AbdiFC Zürich193 Eric HassliFC Zürich174 Alexandre AlphonseFC Zürich13 Joetex Asamoah FrimpongFC Lucerne136 Scott ChipperfieldFC Basel127 Mauro LustrinelliAC Bellinzona11 João PaivaFC Lucerne11 Olivier MonterrubioFC Sion1110 Benjamin HuggelFC Basel10 Ideye Aide BrownNeuchâtel Xamax10 Mario RaimondiBSC Young Boys10
Awards Super League Player of the Year: Seydou Doumbia (BSC Young Boys) Goal of the Year: Fabian Frei (FC Basel, scored against FC Aarau) Coach of the Year: Bernard Challandes (FC Zürich) Youngster of the Year: Valentin Stocker (FC Basel) Fair Play Trophy: FC Aarau
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Basel 21,044 2 Young Boys 17,985 3 Zürich 9,830 4 Sion 9,383 5 Luzern 8,074 6 GCZ 6,497 7 Aarau 5,583 8 Xamax 5,086 9 Bellinzona 4,012 10 Vaduz 2,177Source:
References
External links Super league website soccerway.com