2004–05 Swiss Super League

The 2004–05 Swiss Super League season was the 108th season of top-tier football in Switzerland.

Swiss Super League
Season2004–05
ChampionsBasel
11th title
RelegatedServette
Champions LeagueBasel
Thun
UEFA CupGrasshopper
Zurich
(via Swiss Cup)
Intertoto CupYoung Boys
Neuchâtel Xamax
Matches played170
Goals scored505 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerChristian Giménez (27)

Overview

The Swiss Super League season 2004–05 was originally contested by ten teams. On 4 February 2005 the parent company of Servette FC was declared bankrupt. As a consequence of the bankruptcy Servette FC had their license revoked. The eighteen results from the team's first half of the season remained in the league table. The club's second half matches were cancelled entirely and so the second half of the season was competed with only nine clubs. These each played another double round-robin schedule. Each of the nine clubs had played 34 matches at the end of the season. Servettes parent company had run up debts of over 10 million Swiss francs and had not paid the players wages since the previous November. FC Servette were subsequently demoted to the Second Tier. The championship was won by FC Basel.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 34 21 7 6 81 45 +36 70 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Thun 34 18 6 10 69 42 +27 60 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Grasshopper 34 12 14 8 51 50 +1 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Young Boys 34 12 13 9 60 52 +8 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Zürich 34 13 9 12 55 57 −2 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 10 8 16 36 48 −12 38 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 St. Gallen 34 8 12 14 51 60 −9 36
8 Aarau 34 7 11 16 42 64 −22 32
9 Schaffhausen 34 7 11 16 36 59 −23 32 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Servette[lower-alpha 2] (R) 18 6 5 7 24 28 −4 20 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League[lower-alpha 3]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. via 2004–05 Swiss Cup
  2. Servette were docked three points for financial irregularities.
  3. Servette was forced to withdraw from the championship at the end of the first round of the season and demoted to the Second Division.

Relegation play-offs
Schaffhausen1–1Vaduz
dos Santos  8' Zarn  78'
Attendance: 4,000
Vaduz0–1Schaffhausen
Senn  73'
Attendance: 5,066
Referee: Philippe Leuba

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Christian Giménez FC Basel 27
2 Mauro Lustrinelli FC Thun 20
3 Stéphane Chapuisat BSC Young Boys 15
4 Francisco Neri BSC Young Boys 13
5 Thomas Häberli BSC Young Boys 12
6 Matías Delgado FC Basel 11
Alhassane Keita FC Zurich 11
Gelson Rodrigues FC Thun 11
9 Mobulu M'Futi Neuchâtel Xamax 10

Sources
  1. Torschützenliste Super League 2004/2005 sfl.ch
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