2007–08 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2007–08
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Vaduz
1. Liga	Group 1:; Stade Nyonnais; Group 2:; Basel U-21; Group 3:; Baden; 1. Liga champions; Stade Nyonnais
Swiss Cup	Basel
Women's football
Women's Super League	FFC Zürich Seebach

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

Statistics of the Swiss Super League for the 2007–08 football season.
Statistics of the Swiss Challenge League for the 2007–08 football season.
Statistics of the Swiss 1. Liga for the 2007–08 football season.
Statistics of the 2. Liga Interregional for the 2007–08 football season.
Statistics of the Swiss Cup for the 2007–08 football season.

Super League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
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[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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
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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs[edit]

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

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

1. Liga[edit]

Group 1[edit]

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	Play-off to Challenge League
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[edit]

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	Play-off to Challenge League
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	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3[edit]

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	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

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[edit]

1st round[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

6 April 2008^[2]

15:45

AC Bellinzona	1 – 4	FC Basel
Belotti 20' Pouga 58'	FCB Summary	Derdiyok 30' Majstorović 62' Streller 64' Huggel 66'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 33,000

Referee:

Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)


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[edit]

^ ^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.
^ (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[edit]

Switzerland 2007–08 at RSSSF
Season 2007–08 at the official website
Worldfootball.net
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 2006–07	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2008–09

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-1] 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.

[SFV-2008-Statistics_and_results_2007–08_season-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.

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