2005–06 in Swiss football

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Football in Switzerland
Season2005–06
Men's football
Super LeagueZürich
Challenge LeagueLuzern
1. LigaGroup 1:
Servette
Group 2:
Biel-Bienne
Group 3:
Tuggen
Swiss CupSion
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueSC LUwin.ch Luzern
Swiss CupFFC Zürich Seebach
← 2004–05 Switzerland 2006–07 →

The following is a summary of the 2005–06 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League[edit]

Final league table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich (C) 36 23 9 4 86 36 +50 78 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36 23 9 4 87 42 +45 78 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Young Boys 36 17 11 8 60 46 +14 62
4 Grasshopper 36 14 13 9 44 33 +11 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Thun 36 14 7 15 50 53 −3 49
6 St. Gallen 36 11 7 18 51 56 −5 40
7 Aarau 36 8 11 17 29 63 −34 35
8 Schaffhausen 36 7 12 17 32 55 −23 33
9 Neuchâtel Xamax (R) 36 9 6 21 41 70 −29 33 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Yverdon-Sport (R) 36 9 5 22 38 64 −26 32 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[edit]

Final league table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Luzern (C, P) 34 24 7 3 69 33 +36 79 Promotion to 2006–07 Swiss Super League
2 FC Sion (P) 34 22 6 6 61 24 +37 72 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 FC Lausanne-Sport 34 20 8 6 64 42 +22 68
4 FC Chiasso 34 17 8 9 51 31 +20 59
5 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 34 15 13 6 60 44 +16 58
6 FC Wohlen 34 15 7 12 50 40 +10 52
7 FC Wil 34 14 9 11 61 55 +6 51
8 FC Vaduz 34 13 7 14 57 54 +3 46
9 AC Bellinzona 34 12 10 12 43 45 −2 46
10 AC Lugano 34 10 11 13 41 52 −11 41
11 FC Baulmes 34 9 13 12 36 45 −9 40
12 FC Concordia Basel 34 10 9 15 44 57 −13 39
13 SC Kriens 34 9 12 13 42 56 −14 39
14 FC Winterthur 34 10 7 17 62 53 +9 37
15 SC YF Juventus 34 8 14 12 39 53 −14 35[a]
16 FC Locarno 34 7 7 20 35 60 −25 28
17 FC Baden (R) 34 6 9 19 30 59 −29 27 Relegated to 2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga
18 FC Meyrin (R) 34 1 11 22 26 68 −42 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted?

Promotion/relegation play-offs[edit]

The ninth-placed team in the 2005–06 Swiss Super League, Neuchâtel Xamax, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Sion, for a spot in the 2006–07 Super League.

Sion0–0Neuchâtel Xamax
Attendance: 12,300

Neuchâtel Xamax0–3Sion
Vogt 38', 59'
Gaspoz 68'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: René Rogalla

Sion won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted. Neuchâtel Xamax lose and are relegated.

1. Liga[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Servette FC 30 21 5 4 82 32 +50 68 Play-off to Challenge League
2 Étoile Carouge FC 30 16 8 6 66 27 +39 56
3 Urania Genève Sport 30 16 7 7 55 39 +16 55
4 ES FC Malley 30 16 6 8 61 34 +27 54
5 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 14 6 10 57 51 +6 48
6 FC Echallens 30 11 11 8 47 43 +4 44
7 CS Chênois 30 11 8 11 50 54 −4 41
8 FC Bulle 30 11 7 12 46 50 −4 40
9 FC Fribourg 30 9 12 9 50 48 +2 39
10 FC Serrières 30 9 11 10 33 33 0 38
11 FC Martigny-Sports 30 10 7 13 40 50 −10 37
12 FC Bex 30 10 7 13 39 56 −17 37
13 SC Düdingen 30 8 7 15 41 65 −24 31
14 FC Naters 30 7 7 16 42 60 −18 28
15 Signal FC Bernex-Confignon 30 3 12 15 37 62 −25 21 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 Grand-Lancy FC 30 4 7 19 30 72 −42 19
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off if for qualifiers.

Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 30 20 8 2 65 20 +45 68 Play-off to Challenge League
2 SR Delémont 30 14 10 6 56 40 +16 52
3 Basel U-21 30 14 7 9 78 48 +30 49
4 FC Kickers Luzern 30 13 10 7 49 41 +8 49
5 FC Solothurn 30 12 10 8 51 40 +11 46
6 SC Zofingen 30 10 10 10 52 55 −3 40
7 FC Grenchen 30 9 11 10 51 46 +5 38
8 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 10 8 12 51 55 −4 38
9 FC Laufen 30 9 9 12 37 45 −8 36
10 Young Boys U-21 30 8 11 11 44 45 −1 35
11 FC Münsingen 30 7 14 9 37 42 −5 35
12 SC Dornach 30 10 5 15 42 63 −21 35
13 SV Muttenz 30 9 8 13 43 67 −24 35
14 Luzern U-21 30 8 10 12 45 53 −8 34
15 FC Schötz 30 7 10 13 46 64 −18 31 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 SC Buochs 30 5 9 16 39 62 −23 24
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off if for qualifiers.

Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 21 4 5 76 35 +41 67 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Red Star Zürich 30 16 8 6 57 41 +16 56
3 FC Herisau 30 15 8 7 55 32 +23 53
4 FC Kreuzlingen 30 15 5 10 49 44 +5 50
5 Zürich U-21 30 13 10 7 52 32 +20 49
6 Zug 94 30 14 7 9 67 57 +10 49
7 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 13 6 11 60 41 +19 45
8 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 12 7 11 42 41 +1 43
9 GC Biaschesi 30 12 5 13 44 49 −5 41
10 SC Cham 30 10 10 10 50 49 +1 40
11 FC Brugg 30 11 6 13 37 39 −2 39
12 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 10 6 14 46 55 −9 36
13 St. Gallen U-21 30 9 7 14 44 52 −8 34
14 FC Mendrisio 30 8 10 12 35 49 −14 34
15 FC Altstetten 30 6 6 18 36 74 −38 24 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Frauenfeld 30 1 3 26 29 89 −60 6
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off if for qualifiers.

Promotion play-offs[edit]

Qualification round[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Herisau 1–3 Servette
Servette 3–0 Herisau

Servette win 6–1 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Delémont 3–0 Tuggen
Tuggen 0–4 Delémont

Delémont win 7–0 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Red Star 1–0 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 4–1 Red Star

Étoile Carouge win 4–2 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
UGS 2–0 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 3–1 UGS

3–3 on aggregate UGS win on away goals

Final round[edit]

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

Delémont win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
UGS 0–3 Servette
Servette 2–1 UGS

Servette win 5–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.

Swiss Cup[edit]

BSC Young Boys beat FC Zürich 4–1 in the first drawn semi-final and FC Sion beat FC Winterthur 1–0 in the second semi-final. The winner of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team. The final was played on 17 April 2006 and took place at Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in the Swiss capital Bern.

Final[edit]



Swiss Clubs in Europe[edit]

Basel[edit]

Champions League[edit]

Third qualifying round[edit]
10 August 2005 First Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 Germany Werder Bremen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 D. Degen 28' (1:0)
Rossi 52' (2:0)
Quennoz Yellow card 84'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 23' Jelle Van Damme
Yellow card 62' Davala
74' (2:1) Klose
Attendance: 28,101
Referee: Belgium Paul Allaerts, (KBVB)
24 August 2005 Second Leg Werder Bremen Germany 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Klose Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 79'
Klasnić 65' (1:0)
Borowski 68' (pen. 2:0)
Klasnić 73' (3:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 2' D. Degen
Yellow card 40' Eduardo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen (DBU)

Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate. Basel transfer to 2005–06 UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup[edit]

First round[edit]
15 September 2005 First Leg Basel Switzerland 5 – 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Delgado 10' (1:0)
Ergić 70' (2:0)
Delgado 78' (3:0)
Eduardo 85' (4:0)
Delgado 88' (5:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 53' Rezic
Yellow card 23' Kozul
Attendance: 14,458
Referee: Hungary Zsolt Szabo (MLSZ)
29 September 2005 Second Leg Široki Brijeg Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadion Pecara, Široki Brijeg
19:30 UEFA summary
FCB summary
Petrić 8' (0:1) Referee: Finland Tony Asumaa (SPL)

Basel won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group E[edit]
20 October 2005 Matchday 1 Basel Switzerland 0 – 2 France Strasbourg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Müller Red card 30'
Degen Yellow card 55'
Chipperfield Yellow card 76'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
15' (0:1) Diané
25' (0:2) Boka
Yellow card 68' Johansen
Attendance: 16,623
Referee: England Mark Halsey (FA)
3 November 2005 Matchday 2 Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadion FK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
17:00 Purović 25' (1:0)
MladenovićYellow card 54'
BastaYellow card 59'
Dudić Yellow card 65'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
30' (pen. 1:1) Delgado
Yellow card 57' Delgado
Yellow card 77' Zanni
88' (1:2) Rossi
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)
Referee: Denmark Knud Erik Fisker (DBU)
1 December 2005 Matchday 4 Basel Switzerland 4 – 3 Norway Tromsø St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Petrić 17' (1:1)
Delgado 61' (2:3)
Chipperfield 67' (3:3)
Degen 75' (4:3)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
2' (0:1) Strand
19' (1:2) Årst
29' (1:3) Strand
Yellow card 82' Kibebe
Attendance: 14,887
Referee: Poland Krzysztof Slupik (PZPN)
14 December 2005 Matchday 5 Roma Italy 3 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stadio Olimpico, Rome
20:45 Taddei 12' (1:0)
Totti 45' (2:0)
Nonda 49' (3:0)
Chivu Yellow card 61'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
78' (3:1) Petrić
Yellow card 82' Eduardo
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Germany Helmut Fleischer (DFB)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STR ROM BSL RSB TRO
1 France Strasbourg 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8 Advance to knockout stage 2–2 2–0
2 Italy Roma 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 1–1 3–1
3 Switzerland Basel 4 2 0 2 7 9 −2 6 0–2 4–3
4 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4 3–1 1–2
5 Norway Tromsø 4 1 0 3 7 9 −2 3 1–2 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Round of 32[edit]
15 February 2006 First Leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 France Monaco St. Jakob-Park, Basel
18:00 Degen 78' (1:0) UEFA summary
FCB summary
Attendance: 14,143
Referee: Netherlands Pieter Vink (KNVB)
Note: No yellow cards
23 February 2006 Second Leg Monaco France 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45 Bernardi Yellow card 9'
Vieri 21' (pen. 1:0)
Chevantón Yellow card 76'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 38' Smiljanić
56' (1:1) Majstorović
Yellow card 56' Majstorović
Yellow card 71' Zanni
Attendance: 11,955
Referee: Cyprus Costas Kapitanis (CFA)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16[edit]
9 March 2006 First Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 France Strasbourg St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Delgado 8' (1:0)
Ba Yellow card 22'
Kuzmanović 89' (2:0)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 14' P. Farnerud
Yellow card 57' Lacour
Yellow card 69' Deroff
Yellow card 73' Abdessadki
Yellow card 90+2' Bellaïd
Attendance: 14,243
Referee: Italy Stefano Farina (FIGC)
15 March 2006 Second Leg Strasbourg France 2 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
18:00 Carlier 11' (1:1)
Kanté 78' (2:2)
UEFA summary
FCB summary
3' (0:1) Eduardo
26' (1:2) Eduardo
Referee: Portugal Olegário Benquerença (FPF)
Note: No yellow cards

Basel won 4-2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[edit]
30 March 2006 First Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 England Middlesbrough St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 D. Degen Yellow card 29'
Majstorović Yellow card 40'
Delgado 43'
D. Degen 45+1'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
Yellow card 53' Downing
Yellow card 77' Riggott
Attendance: 23,639
Referee: Italy Roberto Rosetti (FIGC)
6 April 2006 Second Leg Middlesbrough England 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
21:00 Riggott Yellow card 24'
Viduka 33' (1:1)
Parnaby Yellow card 44'
Viduka 57' (2:1)
Hasselbaink 79' (3:1)
Maccarone 90' (4:1)
Maccarone Yellow card 90+1'
UEFA summary
FCB summary
23' (0:1) Eduardo
Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 74' Majstorović
Yellow card 58' D. Degen
Yellow card 90+3' Zuberbühler
Attendance: 24,521
Referee: Russia Yuri Baskakov (RFS)

Middlesbrough won 4-3 on aggregate.

Thun[edit]

Champions League[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]
3 August 2005 Second leg Thun Switzerland 1–0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Bernardini 90+'
Third qualifying round[edit]
10 August 2005 First leg Malmö FF Sweden 0–1 Switzerland Thun Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Pimenta 34'
23 August 2005 Second leg Thun Switzerland 3–0 Sweden Malmö FF Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern
Bernardini 26'
Lustrinelli 40', 66'
Group stage / Group B[edit]
14 September 2005 Matchday 1 Arsenal England 2–1 Switzerland Thun Highbury, London
20:45 Gilberto 51'
Bergkamp 90+2'
Report Ferreira 53' Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
27 September 2005 Matchday 2 Thun Switzerland 1–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Hodžić 89' Report Attendance: 30,800
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
18 October 2005 Matchday 3 Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Switzerland Thun Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45 Anastasiou 36', 55' Report Attendance: 44,775
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
2 November 2005 Matchday 4 Thun Switzerland 2–4 Netherlands Ajax Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Lustrinelli 56'
Adriano 74'
Report Sneijder 27'
Anastasiou 63'
de Jong 90+1'
Boukhari 90+3'
Attendance: 30,120
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
22 November 2005 Matchday 5 Thun Switzerland 0–1 England Arsenal Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45 Report Pires 88' (pen.) Attendance: 31,330
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
7 December 2005 Matchday 6 Sparta Prague Czech Republic 0–0 Switzerland Thun Sparta Stadium, Prague
20:45 Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS AJA THU SPR
1 England Arsenal 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 2–1 3–0
2 Netherlands Ajax 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 1–2 2–0 2–1
3 Switzerland Thun 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 2–4 1–0
4 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–2 1–1 0–0
Source: RSSSF

UEFA Cup[edit]

Round of 32[edit]
15 February 2006 First leg Thun Switzerland 1–0 Germany Hamburg Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern
18:30 Adriano 30' Report Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
23 February 2006 Second leg Hamburg Germany 2–0 Switzerland Thun Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
18:30 Van Buyten 2', 33' Report Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Grasshoppers[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers win on away goals

First round[edit]
15 September 2005 First leg Grasshoppers Switzerland 1–1 Finland MyPa Hardturm, Zürich
19:30 Salatić 1' Report Marco Manso 19' Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
29 September 2005 Second leg MyPa Finland 0–3 Switzerland Grasshoppers Pohjola Stadion, Vantaa
18:30 Report Touré 75'
Salatić 80'
Rogério 86'
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan (Ukraine)

Grasshoppers won 4-1 on aggregate.

Group stage / Group D[edit]
20 October 2005 Matchday 1 Grasshoppers Switzerland 0–1 England Middlesbrough Hardturm, Zürich
21:00 Report Hasselbaink 10' Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
3 November 2005 Matchday 2 Litex Lovech Bulgaria 2–1 Switzerland Grasshoppers Lovech Stadium, Lovech
16:00 Novaković 13'
Sandrinho 81'
Report António 90' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
15 December 2005 Matchday 5 AZ Netherlands 1–0 Switzerland Grasshoppers Alkmaarderhout, Alkmaar
20:45 Koevermans 70' Report Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo (France)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MID AZ LIT DNI GRA
1 England Middlesbrough 4 3 1 0 6 0 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 3–0
2 Netherlands AZ 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 10 0–0 1–0
3 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6 0–2 2–1
4 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3 1–2 0–2
5 Switzerland Grasshoppers 4 0 0 4 3 7 −4 0 0–1 2–3
Source: [citation needed]

Zürich[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]
11 August 2005 First leg Legia Warsaw Poland 0–1 Switzerland Zürich Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
18:00 Report Raffael 90+1' Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)
25 August 2005 Second leg Zürich Switzerland 4–1 Poland Legia Warsaw Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00 Keita 25', 64'
Džemaili 29'
Cesar 78' (p)
Report Szałachowski 18' Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Zürich win 5–1 on aggregate

Third qualifying round[edit]
15 September 2005 First leg Brøndby Denmark 2–0 Switzerland Zürich Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby
20:15 Skoubo 46'
Johansen 72'
Report Attendance: 13,614
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
29 September 2005 Second leg Zürich Switzerland 2–1 Denmark Brøndby Letzigrund, Zürich
20:15 Raffael 15', 80' Report Elmander 42' Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys[edit]

Intertoto Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]
2 July 2005 First leg Lokeren Belgium 1–4 Switzerland Young Boys Het Kuipje, Westerlo
Deschacht 70' Steinsson 4'
Neri 25'
Varela 49'
Häberli 67'
Attendance: 545
Referee: Brage Sandmoen (Norway)
10 July 2005 Second leg Young Boys Switzerland 2–1
(6–2 agg.)
Belgium Lokeren Stadion Neufeld, Bern
Steinsson 79'
Sermeter 81' (pen.)
Grétarsson 62' (pen.) Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Ian Stokes (Republic of Ireland)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round[edit]
16 July 2005 First leg Young Boys Switzerland 2–3 France Marseille Stade de Suisse, Bern
Raimondi 61'
Yakin 74'
Oruma 15'
Niang 35'
Taiwo 82'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
23 July 2005 Second leg Marseille France 2–1
(5–3 agg.)
Switzerland Young Boys Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Luyindula 70' (pen.)
Nasri 83'
Raimondi 43' Attendance: 18,708
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Marseille won 5–3 on aggregate.

Xamax[edit]

Intertoto Cup[edit]

First qualifying round[edit]
18 June 2005 First leg Lernagorts-Ararat Armenia 1–3 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Navoyan 27' Griffiths 2', 32'
Muñoz 90'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Ioannis Tsaheilidis (Greece)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 9–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round[edit]
2 July 2005 First leg Saint-Étienne France 1–1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Sablé 71' Lombardo 57' Attendance: 32,021
Referee: Richard Havrilla (Slovakia)
10 July 2005 Second leg Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 1–2
(2–3 agg.)
France Saint-Étienne Stade de Genève, Geneva
Maraninchi 80' Mazure 60'
Feindouno 70'
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Romania)

Saint-Étienne won 3–2 on aggregate.

Vaduz[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

First qualifying round[edit]
14 July 2005 First leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 2–0 Moldova Dacia Chişinău Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Gohouri 53'
Gaspar 71'
Report Attendance: 850
Referee: Lassin Isaksen (Faroe Islands)
28 July 2005 Second leg Dacia Chişinău Moldova 1–0
(1–2 agg.)
Liechtenstein Vaduz Stadionul Republican, Chişinău
17:30 Japalau 63' Report Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Emil Laursen (Denmark)

Vaduz won 2–1 on aggregate

Second qualifying round[edit]
11 August 2005 First leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Report Buruk 12' Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
25 August 2005 Second leg Beşiktaş Turkey 5–1
(6–1 agg.)
Liechtenstein Vaduz BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
20:00 Aílton 35'
Hassan 61'
Dursun 83' (p)
Dursun 89'
Pancu 90+2'
Report Gaspar 28' Attendance: 15,120
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Beşiktaş win 6–1 on aggregate

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • Switzerland Cup 2005–06 at RSSSF
  • 1. Liga season 2005–06 at the official website
  • Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
  • Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.
Preceded by
2004–05
Seasons in
Swiss football
Succeeded by
2006–07