2007–08 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season2007–08
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueVaduz
1. LigaGroup 1:
Stade Nyonnais
Group 2:
Basel U-21
Group 3:
Baden
1. Liga champions
Stade Nyonnais
Swiss CupBasel
Women's football
Women's Super LeagueFFC Zürich Seebach

The following is a summary of the 2007–08 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League

Main article: 2007–08 Swiss Super League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 22 8 6 73 39 +34 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Young Boys 36 21 7 8 82 49 +33 70 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Zürich 36 15 11 10 58 43 +15 56
4 Grasshopper 36 15 9 12 57 49 +8 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Aarau 36 11 14 11 47 48 −1 47
6 Luzern 36 10 14 12 40 49 −9 44
7 Sion 36 11 10 15 48 51 −3 43
8 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 10 11 15 48 55 −7 41
9 St. Gallen (R) 36 9 7 20 39 69 −30 34 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Thun (R) 36 6 9 21 30 70 −40 27 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Challenge League

Main article: 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vaduz (C, P) 34 21 7 6 75 40 +35 70 Promotion to 2008–09 Swiss Super League
2 Bellinzona (P) 34 21 6 7 74 39 +35 69 Qualification for Promotion play-off and UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3 Wil 34 20 8 6 63 35 +28 68
4 Wohlen 34 16 8 10 65 46 +19 56
5 Winterthur 34 14 9 11 59 56 +3 51
6 Schaffhausen 34 13 10 11 53 40 +13 49
7 Concordia Basel 34 13 10 11 55 54 +1 49
8 Servette 34 12 10 12 55 46 +9 46
9 Lugano 34 12 10 12 61 63 −2 46
10 Yverdon-Sport 34 10 13 11 39 35 +4 43
11 Gossau 34 11 10 13 50 54 −4 43
12 Chaux-de-Fonds 34 12 7 15 53 63 −10 43
13 Lausanne-Sport 34 11 9 14 46 47 −1 42
14 Locarno 34 12 5 17 37 61 −24 41
15 Kriens (R) 34 8 14 12 43 54 −11 38 Relegation to 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga
16 Delémont (R) 34 10 7 17 42 58 −16 37
17 Chiasso (R) 34 8 9 17 43 68 −25 33
18 Cham (R) 34 4 4 26 31 85 −54 16
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Swiss Cup winners, Basel, qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth was given to finalists Bellinzona.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

FC St. Gallen as 9th-placed team of the Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona.

Bellinzona3–2St. Gallen
Pouga 4'
Taljević 61'
Lulić 89'		 Ural 71'
Gelabert 76'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: René Rogalla
St. Gallen0–2Bellinzona
Neri 36'
Lulić 90+2'
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Bellinzona won 5–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2008–09 Super League. St. Gallen are relegated to the 2008–09 Challenge League.

1. Liga

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Stade Nyonnais 32 23 6 3 65 26 +39 75 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Baulmes 32 19 9 4 70 27 +43 66 Did not apply for licence
3 Urania Genève Sport 32 17 7 8 57 45 +12 58 Play-off to Challenge League
4 Étoile Carouge FC 32 16 7 9 69 39 +30 55
5 FC Bulle 32 14 6 12 66 56 +10 48
6 FC Echallens 32 12 9 11 41 35 +6 45
7 ES FC Malley 32 11 11 10 55 46 +9 44
8 FC Fribourg 32 12 8 12 58 53 +5 44
9 Sion U-21 32 11 8 13 49 50 −1 41
10 SC Düdingen 32 12 5 15 43 52 −9 41
11 FC Meyrin 32 10 10 12 39 47 −8 40
12 FC Naters 32 10 10 12 37 47 −10 40
13 FC Martigny-Sports 32 11 6 15 42 59 −17 39
14 FC La Tour/Le Pâquier 32 11 5 16 44 54 −10 38
15 FC Serrières 32 7 13 12 40 57 −17 34 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Bex 32 8 7 17 40 58 −18 31
17 FC Savièse 32 3 3 26 34 98 −64 12
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel U-21 30 20 5 5 70 32 +38 65 Not eligible to Play-offs
2 FC Biel-Bienne 30 17 7 6 49 17 +32 58 Play-off to Challenge League
3 FC Münsingen 30 15 9 6 42 31 +11 54
4 Young Boys U-21 30 14 7 9 74 43 +31 49
5 FC Schötz 30 13 10 7 58 40 +18 49
6 FC Solothurn 30 12 3 15 58 57 +1 39
7 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 9 11 10 43 57 −14 38
8 Luzern U-21 30 9 9 12 47 48 −1 36
9 FC Olten 30 9 9 12 51 62 −11 36
10 FC Grenchen 30 9 8 13 37 46 −9 35
11 BSC Old Boys 30 9 8 13 43 53 −10 35
12 Zug 94 30 9 8 13 51 66 −15 35
13 SV Muttenz 30 8 10 12 42 54 −12 34
14 SC Zofingen 30 8 9 13 49 75 −26 33 Relegation play-out
15 SV Lyss 30 8 8 14 50 57 −7 32 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Laufen 30 7 7 16 35 61 −26 28
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Baden 30 19 6 5 56 31 +25 63 Play-off to Challenge League
2 GC Biaschesi 30 18 7 5 62 31 +31 61
3 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 16 8 6 63 34 +29 56
4 FC Schaffhausen 30 16 8 6 67 45 +22 56
5 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 15 8 7 67 44 +23 53
6 FC Tuggen 30 14 8 8 55 37 +18 50
7 FC Red Star Zürich 30 13 6 11 44 40 +4 45
8 Winterthur U-21 30 11 6 13 55 50 +5 39
9 Zürich U-21 30 11 6 13 59 55 +4 39
10 FC Mendrisio-Stabio 30 9 12 9 41 42 −1 39
11 St. Gallen U-21 30 11 5 14 52 53 −1 38
12 SC YF Juventus 30 8 9 13 43 57 −14 33
13 FC Kreuzlingen 30 7 7 16 31 53 −22 28
14 FC Brugg 30 6 5 19 34 68 −34 23 Relegation play-out
15 FC Küsnacht 30 5 6 19 37 85 −48 21 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Herisau 30 5 5 20 29 70 −41 20
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, or play-off for qualifiers.

Play-off to Challenge League

1st round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Münsingen 0 - 1 Biaschesi
Biaschesi 1 - 1 Münsingen
Etoile Carouge 0 - 2 Baden
Baden 0 - 0 Etoile Carouge
Urania Genève Sport 1 - 1 FC Biel-Bienne
FC Biel-Bienne 2 - 1 Urania Genève Sport
Rapperswil-Jona 4 - 3 Stade Nyonnais
Stade Nyonnais 2 - 1 Rapperswil-Jona

Final round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Biel-Bienne 0 - 0 Baden
Baden 1 - 1 FC Biel-Bienne
Stade Nyonnais 1 - 0 Biaschesi
Biaschesi 2 - 5 Stade Nyonnais

Stade Nyonnais (declared champion) and Biel-Bienne are promoted to 2008–09 Challenge League.[1]

Relegation play-out

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zofingen 2 - 1 FC Brugg

Zofingen win and remain in division for next season. FC Brugg are relegated.[1]


Swiss Cup final

Main article: 2007–08 Swiss Cup
AC Bellinzona1 – 4FC Basel
Belotti  20'
Pouga 58'		 FCB Summary Derdiyok 30'
Majstorović 62'
Streller 64'
Huggel 66'
Attendance: 33,000
GK Lorenzo Bucchi
DF Davide Belotti  20'  46'
DF Alessandro Mangiarratti
DF Paolo Carbone
MF Giuseppe Miccolis  69'
MF Manuel Rivera Garrido  73'
MF Jacopo La Rocca
MF Senad Lulić
MF Ifet Taljević
ST Neri
ST Christian Pouga
Substitutes:
DF Ludovico Moresi  46'
MF Angelo Raso  69'
FW Andrea Conti  73'
Manager:
Vladimir Petković
GK Franco Costanzo
DF Reto Zanni
DF Daniel Majstorović
DF François Marque
DF Kōji Nakata
MF Papa Malick Ba
MF Eren Derdiyok  46'
MF Benjamin Huggel
MF Ivan Ergić
MF Carlitos  55'
ST Eduardo  76'
Substitutes:
MF Marco Streller  46'
MF David Degen  55'
MF Marko Perović  76'
Manager:
Christian Gross

References

  1. ^ a b Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) SFV/ASF (2008). "Statistik und Resultate Saison 2007–08" [Statistics and results 2007–08 season] (in German). Swiss Football Association. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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