The 2009–10 Swiss Super League was the 113th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 11 July 2009 and ended in May 2010. FC Zürich were the defending champions. The title was won by FC Basel.
Promotion and relegation Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz were relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in 2008–09 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by Challenge League 2008–09 champions FC St. Gallen.
9th-placed FC Luzern and Challenge League runners-up FC Lugano competed in a two-legged relegation play-off after the end of the 2008–09 season. Lucerne won 5–1 aggregate and thus remained in Super League .
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAarauStadion Brügglifeld9,249BaselSt. Jakob-Park42,500BellinzonaStadio Comunale Bellinzona8,740ZürichLetzigrund23,605LuzernStadion Allmend13,000NeuchâtelStade de la Maladière12,000SionStade Tourbillon16,500St. GallenAFG Arena19,694BernWankdorf31,783ZürichLetzigrund23,605
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 AC Bellinzona as 9th-placed team of the Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano.
Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers Updated on 16 May 2010; Source: Swiss Football League RankPlayerClubGoals1 Seydou DoumbiaBSC Young Boys302 Marco StrellerFC Basel21 Cristian Florin IanuFC Luzern21 Émile MpenzaFC Sion215 Alexander FreiFC Basel156 Moreno CostanzoFC St. Gallen14 Gonzalo ZarateGrasshopper Club Zürich148 Scott ChipperfieldFC Basel139 Ideye Aide BrownNeuchâtel Xamax12 Valentin StockerFC Basel12
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Basel 23,656 2 Young Boys 22,653 3 St. Gallen 14,083 4 Sion 10,761 5 Zürich 10,700 6 Luzern 7,551 7 GCZ 6,778 8 Aarau 5,842 9 Xamax 5,270 10 Bellinzona 3,298 Source:
References
External links Super League website soccerway.com