2007–08 Swiss Super League

The 2007–08 Swiss Super League was the 111th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 18 July 2007 and has ended on 10 May 2008.

Swiss Super League

Season	2007–08
Dates	18 July 2007 – 10 May 2008
Champions	Basel 12th title
Relegated	Thun St. Gallen
Champions League	Basel
UEFA Cup	Young Boys Zürich Bellinzona (via Swiss Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Grasshopper
Matches played	180
Goals scored	522 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hakan Yakin (24 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

League table

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

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

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LUZ	NX	SIO	STG	THU	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		0–3	2–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–1
Basel	1–1		2–0	3–2	0–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	4–0	1–0
Grasshopper	1–1	2–0		1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–1
Luzern	0–0	2–4	3–3		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	0–3	4–1	3–3		1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sion	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		5–1	2–1	1–2	0–5
St. Gallen	1–1	0–3	5–3	1–2	2–1	1–0		0–4	2–7	2–3
Thun	2–5	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		0–0	1–1
Young Boys	4–1	5–1	3–2	6–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–0		1–1
Zürich	0–1	2–2	4–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	5–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LUZ	NX	SIO	STG	THU	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–0
Basel	2–1		2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–0
Grasshopper	2–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–0	3–3	1–1
Luzern	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–3	2–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1		1–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–1
Sion	1–0	4–2	0–2	0–0	2–0		1–2	5–0	1–2	3–3
St. Gallen	0–0	1–4	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–2		3–0	2–0	1–0
Thun	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		0–4	1–1
Young Boys	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	3–0	4–2		3–0
Zürich	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

17 May 2008

17:45 CEST

Bellinzona	3–2	St. Gallen
Pouga 4' Taljević 61' Lulić 89'		Ural 71' Gelabert 76'

Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: René Rogalla

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20 May 2008

19:45 CEST

St. Gallen	0–2	Bellinzona
		Neri 36' Lulić 90+2'

Espenmoos, St. Gallen

Attendance: 11,300

Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Bellinzona won 4–3 on aggregate. St. Gallen are relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hakan Yakin	BSC Young Boys	24
2	Thomas Häberli	BSC Young Boys	18
	Raúl Bobadilla	Grasshopper Club Zürich	18
4	Álvaro Saborío	FC Sion	17
5	Mauro Lustrinelli	FC Luzern	14
6	Marco Streller	FC Basel	12
	Raffael	FC Zürich	12
	Rogério	FC Aarau	12
9	Francisco Aguirre	FC St. Gallen	11
10	Daniel Majstorović	FC Basel	10

Awards

• Super League Player of the Year: Hakan Yakin (BSC Young Boys)
• Goal of the Year: Mauro Lustrinelli (FC Lucerne, scored against FC Basel)
• Coach of the Year: Christian Gross (FC Basel)
• Youngster of the Year: Eren Derdiyok (FC Basel)
• Fair Play Trophy: FC Aarau

External links

• Super league website (in German)
• Soccerway - Super League