2004–05 Swiss Super League

The 2004–05 Swiss Super League was the 108th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 17 July 2004 and has ended on 29 May 2005. This second season as Swiss Super League.

Swiss Super League

Season	2004–05
Champions	Basel 11th title
Relegated	Servette
Champions League	Basel Thun
UEFA Cup	Grasshopper Zurich (via Swiss Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Young Boys Neuchâtel Xamax
Matches played	170
Goals scored	505 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Giménez (27)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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^[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.

Results

First half of season Home \ Away AAR BAS GCZ NEU SHA SER STG THU YB ZÜR Aarau 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 Basel 6–0 8–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 Grasshopper 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 Schaffhausen 3–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 Servette 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 St. Gallen 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–2 Thun 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 Young Boys 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 6–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 Zürich 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 Source:^[citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away AAR BAS GCZ NX SHA STG THU YB ZÜR Aarau 0–5 2–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–7 1–1 2–3 Basel 4–2 4–1 2–0 4–3 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 Grasshopper 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 Schaffhausen 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 St. Gallen 0–0 3–1 3–3 5–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–5 Thun 5–0 3–0 2–5 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 Young Boys 1–1 2–5 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–3 2–4 1–1 Zürich 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 6–3 0–5 Source:^[citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

1 June 2005

19:30 CEST

Schaffhausen	1–1	Vaduz
dos Santos   8'		Zarn   78'

Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca

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12 June 2005

16:15 CEST

Vaduz	0–1	Schaffhausen
		Senn   73'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 5,066

Referee: Philippe Leuba

Schaffhausen won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

• RSSSF