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Swiss football/soccer : Swiss Super League 2009/2010 season preview

Zurich win 12th title

Zurich have clinched up the Swiss Super League title last term, securing the trophy for the 12th time overall and the third in the last four seasons. Young Boys, as runners-up, and third-placed Basel have qualified for the new UEFA Europa League, while Zurich will play in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Sion also qualified for the new UEFA Europa League after winning the Swiss Cup. Here is a short summary of the 2008/09 season:

  • Champions: Zurich (UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round)
  • Runners-up: Young Boys (UEFA Europa League)
  • Third place: Basel (UEFA Europa League)
  • Swiss Cup winners: Sion (UEFA Europa League)
  • Relegated: Vaduz
  • Promoted: St. Gallen

teamstitles2004/052005/062006/072007/082008/09
Grasshoppers2634644
Zurich1251131
Basel1212213
Young Boys1143422
Aarau387955
Xamax269-87
Sion2--378
St. Gallen27659-
Luzern1--869
Bellinzona1----6
The table shows the overall number of titles for each club in Swiss Super League since the 1898/99 season and their league standings in the last five campaigns.

Grasshoppers appoint Ciriaco Sforza as new coach

Grasshopper Zurich have appointed Ciriaco Sforza as their new coach. The 39-year-old succeeds Hanspeter Latour, who was fired after the club finished fourth last season and missed qualification for the Europa League. Sforza has signed a two-year contract. He became the second member of coach Ottmar Hitzfeld's Bayern Munich squad that won the 2001 UEFA Champions League to secure a top-tier coaching job in Switzerland. Thorsten Fink was also named Basel coach after a recommendation to the club from Swiss national team boss Hitzfeld.

This page is introduction to the 2009/2010 Swiss Super League season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Switzerland page.

Thorsten Fink takes coaching job at Basel

Basel have appointed former Bayern Munich midfielder Thorsten Fink as their new coach. The 41-year-old German replaces Christian Gross, who was fired after Basel failed to retain their league title and missed out on a place in the UEFA Champions League. Fink has signed a three-year-deal. Fink was dismissed last April from his post as the trainer of Ingolstadt. He also worked with Giovanni Trappatoni as an assistant trainer in summer 2007 with Red Bull Salzburg.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Zurich794424-7-5 (36)
2Young Boys733922-7-7 (36)
3Basel722822-6-8 (36)
4Grasshoppers50912-14-10 (36)
5Aarau44-1611-11-14 (36)
6Bellinzona43-711-10-15 (36)
7Xamax40-710-10-16 (36)
8Sion37-169-10-17 (36)
9Luzern35-179-8-19 (36)
10Vaduz22-575-7-24 (36)
The Swiss Super League standings for the 2008/2009 season.

Basel favored to win title

Zurich and Basel have dominated the Swiss title over the last six years, Zurich taking the honours last season after Basel's triumph in 2007/08. According to online bookmakers and their odds, Basel are the favourites to win the Swiss crown title this campaign, followed by Zurich and Young Boys

teamoddsteamodds
Basel1.7Zurich3
Young Boys Bern6Grasshoppers Zurich21
Sion51Luzern101
St. Gallen101Neuchatel Xamax101
Bellinzona251Aarau251
The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2009/10 Swiss football league.

Swiss Cup finals in last five seasons

Sion have fought back from a two-goal deficit to beat the Bern team Young Boys 3-2 in last season's Swiss Cup final. The victory continued Sion's remarkable run of never having lost a final in 11 appearances spread over 44 years.

2005   Zurich - Luzern   3:1
2006   Sion - Young Boys   1:1   (5:3 penalties)
2007   Basel - Luzern   1:0
2008   Basel - Bellinzona   4:1
2009   Sion - Young Boys   3:2

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key players (transfer market value)

Aarau

Goalkeeper Ivan Benito (€0.6m); Defense: Jonas Elmer (€0.7m), Giuseppe Rapisarda (€0.6m), Martin Stoll (€0.4m), Giuseppe Aquaro (€0.4m), Sandro Burki (€0.7m), Sergio Jose Bastida (€0.7m), Michele Polverino (€0.5m), Steven Lang (€0.5m), David Marazzi (€0.5m); Forward: Patrick Alphonse Bengondo (€0.5m).

Basel

Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo (€4m); Defense: Cagdas Atan (€1.5m), David Abraham (€1.2m), Behrang Safari (€1m); Midfield: Valentin Stocker (€2m), Carlitos (€2m), Antonio da Silva (€1.7m), Benjamin Huggel (€1.5m), Scott Chipperfield (€1.5m), Marko Perovic (€0.9m); Forward: Marco Streller (€1.5m).

Bellinzona

Goalkeeper Carlo Zotti (€0.4m); Defense: Alessandro Mangiarratti (€0.5m), Jerome Thiesson (€0.5m), Jacopo La Rocca (€0.5m); Midfield: Kwadwo Asamoah (€1m), Shkelzen Gashi (€0.7m), Gaspar (€0.6m), Gurkan Sermeter (€0.5m), Yacine Hima (€0.5m); Forward: Andrea Russotto (€1.3m), Mauro Lustrinelli (€0.8m).

Grasshoppers

Goalkeeper Yann Sommer (€0.7m); Defense: Boris Smiljanic (€1.3m), Guillermo Juan Vallori (€1.2m), Paulo Menezes (€0.8m), Rolf Feltscher (€0.7m); Midfield: Antonio Carlos Dos Santos (€1.2m), Veroljub Salatic (€1.2m), Davide Calla (€0.9m), Ricardo Cabanas (€0.8m); Forward: Rogerio (€0.8m), Vincenzo Rennella (€0.8m).

Luzern

Goalkeeper David Zibung (€0.8m); Defense: Gerardo Seoane (€0.8m), Claudio Lustenberger (€0.7m), Dusan Veskovac (€0.7m); Midfield: Hakan Yakin (€2.5m), Davide Chiumiento (€1m), Michel Renggli (€0.6m), Nelson Ferreira (€0.6m); Forward: Paiva (€0.8m), Cristian Florin Ianu (€0.6m), Jean-Michel Tchouga (€0.6m).

Sion

Goalkeeper Essam El Hadary (€0.8m); Defense: Vilmos Vanczak (€1m), Paito (€0.8m), Obinna Nwaneri (€0.8m), Kali (€0.7m); Midfield: Dominguez (€1.2m), Goran Obradovic (€0.8m), Serey Die (€0.8m), Virgile Reset (€0.8m); Forward: Alvaro Saborio (€1m), Emile Mpenza (€0.8m).

St. Gallen

Goalkeeper Daniel Lopar (€0.6m); Defense: Jiri Koubsky (€0.8m), Fernando (€0.4m), Lukas Schenkel (€0.4m); Midfield: Fabian Frei (€0.8m), Kristian Nushi (€0.7m), Adrian Winter (€0.6m), Philipp Muntwiler (€0.5m), Marco Hammerli (€0.4m); Forward: Mario Frick (€0.8m), Moreno Merenda (€0.5m).

Xamax

Goalkeeper Luca Ferro (€0.5m); Defense: Frederic Laurent Page (€0.6m), Stephane Besle (€0.6m), Selver Hodzic (€0.5m); Midfield: Carlos Varela (€1.2m), Rafael Nuzzolo (€0.7m), Ifet Taljevic (€0.5m), Ibrahima Niasse (€0.5m); Forward: Ideye Brown (€1m), Julio Hernan Rossi (€0.8m), Admir Aganovic (€0.7m).

Young Boys Bern

Goalkeeper Marco Wolfli (€2m); Defense: Saif Ghezal (€1.2m), Scott Lee Sutter (€0.8m); Midfield: Gilles Yapi (€2.5m), Mario Raimondi (€1.5m), Xavier Hochstrasser (€1.2m), Thierry Doubai (€1.1m), Alberto Regazzoni (€1m); Forward: Seydou Doumbia (€2m), Matar Coly (€0.9m), Marco Schneuwly (€0.9m).

Zurich

Goalkeeper Johnny Leoni (€1.2m); Defense: Hannu Tihinen (€2.2m), Heinz Barmettler (€1m), Florian Stahel (€0.9m); Midfield: Yassine Chikhaoui (€4.5m), Almen Abdi (€3.5m), Xavier Margairaz (€2m), Dusan Djuric (€1.7m), Onyekachi Okonkwo (€1m); Forward: Eric Hassli (€2m), Alexandre Alphonse (€1.5m).

 
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