2004–05 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2004–05 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland
Season2004–05
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueYverdon-Sport
1. LigaGroup 1:
Lausanne-Sport
Group 2:
Biel-Bienne
Group 3:
Tuggen
Swiss CupZürich
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueSC LUwin.ch Luzern
Swiss CupSC LUwin.ch Luzern
← 2003–04 Switzerland 2005–06 →

Super League

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Final league table

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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[a]
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 (O) 34 7 11 16 36 59 −23 32 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Servette[b] (R, R) 18 6 5 7 24 28 −4 20 Not admitted to Swiss Challenge League and withdrew[c]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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.

Challenge League

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Yverdon-Sport FC (C, P) 34 20 10 4 59 26 +33 70 Promotion to 2005–06 Swiss Super League
2 FC Vaduz 34 21 6 7 58 28 +30 69 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 FC Sion 34 19 11 4 63 33 +30 68
4 FC Chiasso 34 20 5 9 60 37 +23 65
5 FC Lucerne 34 19 2 13 73 53 +20 59
6 AC Bellinzona 34 17 6 11 58 46 +12 57
7 FC Concordia Basel 34 13 12 9 52 40 +12 51
8 AC Lugano 34 14 8 12 49 46 +3 50
9 SC Kriens 34 11 15 8 46 37 +9 48
10 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 34 12 7 15 57 56 +1 43
11 FC Winterthur 34 11 8 15 46 53 −7 41
12 FC Baulmes 34 12 5 17 31 54 −23 41
13 FC Wil 34 10 10 14 45 54 −9 40
14 FC Meyrin 34 9 8 17 39 61 −22 35
15 FC Wohlen 34 8 7 19 38 63 −25 31
16 SC YF Juventus 34 8 5 21 43 71 −28 29
17 FC Baden 34 7 7 20 39 62 −23 28
18 FC Bulle (R) 34 6 6 22 43 79 −36 24 Relegated to 2005–06 Swiss 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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The ninth-placed team in the 2004–05 Swiss Super League, Schaffhausen, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Vaduz, for a spot in the 2005–06 Super League.


Schaffhausen1–1Vaduz
dos Santos   8' Zarn   78'
Attendance: 4,000

Vaduz0–1Schaffhausen
Senn   73'
Attendance: 5,066

Schaffhausen won 2–1 on aggregate and remained in the top level. Vaduz remained in the second tier.

1. Liga

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Lausanne-Sport 30 20 3 7 64 27 +37 63 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Serrières 30 16 10 4 53 31 +22 58
3 Étoile Carouge FC 30 18 3 9 76 49 +27 57
4 FC Echallens 30 15 11 4 60 41 +19 56
5 FC Bex 30 14 8 8 55 43 +12 50
6 CS Chênois 30 14 4 12 53 53 0 46
7 Young Boys U-21 30 12 8 10 48 43 +5 44
8 FC Martigny-Sports 30 11 11 8 46 43 +3 44
9 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 10 6 14 52 59 −7 36
10 Grand-Lancy FC 30 9 9 12 43 51 −8 36
11 FC Fribourg 30 9 6 15 40 49 −9 33
12 FC Naters 30 9 5 16 54 67 −13 32
13 Urania Genève Sport 30 8 8 14 49 62 −13 32
14 Servette U-21 30 9 5 16 50 71 −21 32
15 ES FC Malley 30 8 6 16 54 74 −20 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 30 3 7 20 31 65 −34 16
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 30 21 7 2 77 24 +53 70 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 15 6 9 55 41 +14 51
3 FC Grenchen 30 14 8 8 53 39 +14 50
4 FC Solothurn 30 14 7 9 55 44 +11 49
5 Zug 94 30 13 8 9 60 47 +13 47
6 FC Münsingen 30 14 5 11 43 43 0 47
7 Luzern U-21 30 12 6 12 50 52 −2 42
8 FC Schötz 30 10 11 9 47 46 +1 41
9 SC Zofingen 30 11 7 12 46 45 +1 40
10 Basel U-21 30 10 9 11 60 49 +11 39
11 SC Dornach 30 11 6 13 56 66 −10 39
12 SC Cham 30 10 6 14 40 50 −10 36
13 SR Delémont 30 10 5 15 37 53 −16 35
14 SC Buochs 30 9 6 15 40 55 −15 33
15 FC Alle 30 4 10 16 36 62 −26 22 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Langenthal 30 5 7 18 35 74 −39 22
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 21 3 6 70 37 +33 66 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Locarno 30 15 7 8 54 36 +18 52
3 FC Red Star Zürich 30 14 9 7 64 35 +29 51
4 FC Mendrisio 30 11 15 4 40 31 +9 48
5 FC Kreuzlingen 30 13 8 9 52 48 +4 47
6 Zürich U-21 30 12 9 9 46 40 +6 45
7 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 45
8 St. Gallen U-21 30 12 6 12 43 47 −4 42
9 GC Biaschesi 30 10 10 10 35 41 −6 40
10 FC Herisau 30 9 10 11 38 46 −8 37
11 FC Altstetten 30 9 7 14 29 48 −19 34
12 FC Brugg 30 8 9 13 34 53 −19 33
13 FC Frauenfeld 30 9 5 16 45 53 −8 32
14 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 8 7 15 44 52 −8 31
15 FC Chur 97 30 6 12 12 42 53 −11 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Gossau 30 6 5 19 41 60 −19 23
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

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Qualified for the play-offs were the first two teams from group 1; Lausanne-Sport and Serrières, from group 2; Biel-Bienne and Wangen b.O. and from group 3; Tuggen and Locarno. The two best third best teams were Étoile Carouge from group 1 and Red Star from group 3.

Qualification round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Étoile Carouge 1–0 Tuggen
Tuggen 1–2 Étoile Carouge

Étoile Carouge win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Wangen b.O. 2–2 Lausanne-Sport
Lausanne-Sport 6–1 Wangen b.O.

Lausanne-Sport win 8–3 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 1–1 Serrières
Serrières 0–1 Locarno

Locarno win 2–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Red Star 4–1 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 1–2 Red Star

Red Star win 6–2 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Final round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 2–1 Red Star
Red Star 0–2 Locarno

Locarno win 4–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.[1]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lausanne-Sport 2–1 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 3–3 Lausanne-Sport

Lausanne-Sport win 5–4 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.[1]

Swiss Cup

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The game was played in the St. Jakob-Park Basel on 16 May 2005. The advantage of the home team was granted to the team that won the first drawn semi-final. The first drawn semi-final was FC Aarau drawn at home against FC Luzern, which FCL won 2–1. The other semi-final saw FC Zürich drawn at home against BSC Young Boys and the home team were successful winning 3–1.

Final

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FC Luzern1 – 3FC Zürich
Andreoli   87' Report [2]   19' Schneider
  62' Keita
  74' Tararache
Attendance: 33,433
Referee:   Philippe Leuba
GK   David Zibung
DF   Christian Schwegler
DF   Pascal Castillo
DF   Genc Mehmeti
MF   Ronny Hodel
MF   Marko Sucic   69'
MF   Pirmin Schwegler   24'
MF   Ratinho   58'
MF   David Andreoli   22'
ST   Jean-Michel Tchouga
ST   Paulo Vogt
Substitutes:
DF   Michael Diethelm   24'
MF   Alsény Këïta   58'
DF   André Niederhäuser   69'
Manager:
  René van Eck
GK   Davide Taini
DF   Alain Nef   29'
DF   Iulian Filipescu
DF   Florian Stahel
DF   Marc Schneider
MF   Blerim Džemaili   80'
MF   Mihai Tararache   19'
MF   Daniel Gygax
MF   Xavier Margairaz
MF   Francesco Di Jorio   80'
ST   Alhassane Keita
Substitutes:
MF   Cesar   67'   29'
MF   Daniel Tarone   80'
ST   Adrian Ilie   80'
Manager:
  Lucien Favre

Swiss Clubs in Europe

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Basel

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UEFA Champions League

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Third qualifying round
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11 August 2004 First Leg Basel   1 – 1   Internazionale St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Cantaluppi   23'
Huggel   25' (1:1)
Yakin   58'
Smiljanić   87'
Report [3]   19' (0:1) Adriano
  30' Stanković
Attendance: 29,500 (sold out)
Referee: Graham Poll
25 August 2004 Second Leg Internazionale   4 – 1   Basel San Siro, Milan
21:00 Adriano   1' (1:0)
Stanković  12' (2:0)
Adriano   52' (3:1)
Álvaro Recoba   59' (4:1)
Álvaro Recoba   60'
Edgar Davids   82'
Report [4]   32' Huggel
  49' (2:1) Sterjovski
  73' P. Degen
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Anders Frisk

F.C. Internazionale Milano won 5 – 2 on aggregate and advance. Basel transfer to UEFA Cup.

UEFA Cup

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First round
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16 September 2004 First Leg Terek Grozny   1 – 1   Basel Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
18:00 Andrei Fedkov   38' (1:0) Report [5]   29' Rossi
  57' (1:1) Giménez
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
30 September 2004 Second Leg Basel   2 – 0   Terek Grozny St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Rossi   11' (1:0)
Petrić   35'
Kléber   89' (2:0)
Report [6]   30' Ruslan Azhinzhal Attendance: 15,895
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Basel won 3 – 1 on aggregate and advance to group stage.

Group stage / Group A
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21 October 2004 Matchday 1 Schalke 04   1 – 1   Basel Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:30 Kobiaschwili   8' (1:0)
Altıntop   42'
Hanke   88'
Report [7]   30' Huggel
  66' Smiljanić
  70' Kléber
  79' D. Degen
  82' (1:1) Delgado
Attendance: 52,870
Referee: Johan Verbist
25 November 2004 Matchday 3 Basel   1 – 2   Hearts St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Giménez   65'
Carignano   76' (1:1)
Report [8]   31' (0:1) Wyness
  89' (1:2) Neilson
Attendance: 21,645
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson, (Iceland)
1 December 2004 Matchday 4 Ferencvárosi TC   1 – 2   Basel Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
20:45 Rósa   22' (1:0)
Huszti   27'
Kapic   34'
Zováth   38'
Report [9]   52' Quennoz
  53' P. Degen
  59' (1:1) Rossi
  67' Zwyssig
  68' Rossi
  79' (1:2) Huggel
  82' Chipperfield
  86' D. Degen
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan, (Ukraine)
16 December 2004 Matchday 5 Basel   1 – 0   Feyenoord St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Carignano   53' (1:0) Report [10]   79' Smolarek
  89' Bosschaart
Attendance: 25,660
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila, (Spain)
Group A final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEY SCH BSL FER HOM
1   Feyenoord 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 3–0
2   Schalke 04 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7 1–1 2–0
3   Basel 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 1–0 1–2
4   Ferencváros 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 1–1 1–2
5   Heart of Midlothian 4 1 0 3 2 6 −4 3 0–1 0–1
Source: RSSSF
Round of 32
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17 February 2005 First leg Basel   0 – 0   Lille OSC St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Report [11]   16' Debuchy
  69' Chalmé
  88' Brunel
  90' Cabaye
Attendance: 19,092
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
24 February 2005 Second leg Lille OSC   2 – 0   Basel Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Lille
21:00 Moussilou   37' (1:0)
Ačimovič   78' (pen. 2:0)
Bodmer   87'
Report [12]   78' P. Degen Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Lille OSC won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Young Boys

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UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round
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28 July 2004 First leg Young Boys   2–2   Red Star Belgrade Hardturm, Zürich[note 1]
20:15 Chapuisat   6'
Eugster   65'
Report [13] Žigić   79', 88' Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
4 August 2004 Second leg Red Star Belgrade   3–0   Young Boys Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
20:15 Miladinović   39'
Dudić   49'
Žigić   69'
Report [14] Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)

Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.

  1. ^ Young Boys played their home match at Hardturm stadium in Zürich, instead of their regular home venue Stadion Neufeld in Bern.
  2. Servette

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    UEFA Cup

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    Second qualifying round
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    12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) First leg Újpest   3–1   Servette Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
    20:00 Polonkai   42'
    Rajczi   56'
    Tóth   63'
    Report [15] Alicarte   58' (pen.) Attendance: 3,136
    Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
    26 August 2004 (2004-08-26) Second leg Servette   0–2   Újpest Stade de Genève, Geneva
    20:00 Report [16] Bükszegi   82'
    Feczesin   90'
    Attendance: 5,680
    Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

    Újpest won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Thun

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    UEFA Intertoto Cup

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    Second round
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    3 July 2004 First leg VfL Wolfsburg   2–3   Thun Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
    Schnoor   75'
    Präger   88'
    Baykal   15'
    Ojong   60'
    Raimondi   71'
    Attendance: 5,087
    Referee: Anton Stredák (Slovakia)
    11 July 2004 Second leg Thun   4–1   VfL Wolfsburg Stadion Lachen, Thun
    Lustrinelli   21'
    Renggli   35'
    dos Santos   42'
    Raimondi   45'
    Sarpei   78' Attendance: 2,870
    Referee: Ben Haverkort (Netherlands)

    Thun won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Third round
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    17 July 2004 First leg Thun   2–2   Hamburger SV Stadion Lachen, Thun
    dos Santos   28'
    Raimondi   31' (pen.)
    Romeo   50', 85' Attendance: 4,150
    Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
    24 July 2004 Second leg Hamburger SV   3–1   Thun AOL Arena, Hamburg
    Romeo   2', 72'
    Mpenza   66'
    Moser   81' Attendance: 27,200
    Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

    Hamburger SV won 5–3 on aggregate.

    UEFA Cup

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    Second qualifying round
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    12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) First leg Dukla Banská Bystrica   3–1   Wil Stiavnicky Stadion, Banská Bystrica
    17:00 Semeník   75', 79' (pen.)
    Jakubko   90'
    Report [17] Nushi   71' Attendance: 6,210
    Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
    26 August 2004 (2004-08-26) Second leg Wil   1–1   Dukla Banská Bystrica Hardturm, Zürich
    20:00 Zverotić   67' Report [18] Semeník   61' Attendance: 1,200
    Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

    Dukla Banská Bystrica won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Vaduz

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    UEFA Cup

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    First qualifying round
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    15 July 2004 (2004-07-15) First leg Vaduz   1–0   Longford Town Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
    19:30 Polverino   73' Report [19] Attendance: 1,120
    Referee: Merab Malaguradze (Georgia)
    29 July 2004 (2004-07-29) Second leg Longford Town   2–3   Vaduz Tolka Park, Dublin
    20:00 Fitzgerald   86'
    Ferguson   88'
    Report [20] Zarn   5'
    Burgmeier   49'
    Weller   54'
    Attendance: 2,736
    Referee: Ghenadie Orlic (Moldova)

    Vaduz won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Second qualifying round
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    12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) First leg Beveren   3–1   Vaduz Freethiel Stadion, Beveren
    20:00 Tokpa   22'
    Romaric   26'
      65'
    Report [21] Zarn   56' Attendance: 2,590
    Referee: Raivo Lattik (Estonia)
    26 August 2004 (2004-08-26) Second leg Vaduz   1–2   Beveren Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
    19:00 Zarn   78' Report [22] Djiré   32'
    Romaric   56'
    Attendance: 1,050
    Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    Beveren won 5–2 on aggregate.

    References

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