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
Season2007–08
Dates18 July 2007 – 10 May 2008
ChampionsBasel
12th title
RelegatedThun
St. Gallen
Champions LeagueBasel
UEFA CupYoung Boys
Zürich
Bellinzona
(via Swiss Cup)
Intertoto CupGrasshopper
Matches played180
Goals scored522 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerHakan Yakin (24 goals)

League table

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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

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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.

Relegation play-offs

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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.

Bellinzona3–2St. Gallen
Pouga   4'
Taljević   61'
Lulić   89'
Ural   71'
Gelabert   76'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: René Rogalla

St. Gallen0–2Bellinzona
Neri   36'
Lulić   90+2'
Attendance: 11,300

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

Top goalscorers

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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

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