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Swiss football/soccer : Swiss Super League 2007/2008 season preview

New season with great excitement

Zurich clinched the Swiss Super League title with a 2-0 home win over Grasshoppers on the final day of the 2006/07 season. The victory took them to 75 points, one ahead of Basel who also won 2-0 at home in their decisive game against Young Boys. It was the second year in a row that Basel have lost the crown to Zurich in the final round of the campaign, despite their €19.5m budget, by far the biggest in the Super League. Here is a short summary of the 2006/07 season:

  • Champions: Zurich (UEFA Champions League 3nd qualifying round)
  • Runners-up and Swiss cup winners: Basel (UEFA Cup)
  • Third place: Sion (UEFA Cup)
  • Fourth place: Young Boys (UEFA Cup)
  • Fifth place: St. Gallen (Intertoto Cup)
  • Relegated: Schaffhausen
  • Promoted: Xamax

With new stadiums, greater television coverage and Switzerland's co-hosting of EURO 2008, the new season in the Swiss Super League promises tension and records. The tight race for the domestic title between Zurich and Basel over the past two campaigns has certainly added to the excitement. Basel and Zurich are widely expected to be the main contenders again this season, though both will have to cope with some major changes in personnel.

teamstitles2002/032003/042004/052005/062006/07
Grasshopper2617346
Basel1121122
Zurich1154511
Young Boys1142434
Aarau3-8879
St. Gallen2-5765
Xamax23969-
Sion2----3
Luzern1----8
Thun-76257
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. Starting four years ago, the Super League, reduced from twelve teams to ten, replaces the former National Liga A.

Numerous departures

Zurich have been hardest hit, losing coach Lucien Favre to German side Hertha Berlin. The 49-year-old was replaced by U-21 national team trainer Bernard Challandes. Influential Swiss internationals Blerim Dzemaili, Gokhan Inler and Xavier Margairaz all also left the Swiss champions over the summer to play in Spain, Italy and England and their departures will make Challandes' job difficult.

This page is introduction to the 2007/2008 Swiss Super League season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Switzerland page.

Rivals Basel have meanwhile lost Croatian striker Mladen Petric, last season's top scorer, to German side Borussia Dortmund. Promising teenager Ivan Rakitic, who played for Switzerland's U-21 side before opting to represent Croatia, left the club as well in favour of another German team, Schalke. At the same time some important players returned to Basel, including midfielder Benjamin Huggel from Eintracht Frankfurt and striker Marco Streller from Stuttgart.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-lose
1Zurich753523-6-7 (36)
2Basel743722-8-6 (36)
3Sion601517-9-10 (36)
4Young B.591017-8-11 (36)
5St Gallen55314-13-9 (36)
6Grass.501313-11-12 (36)
7Thun37-2810-7-19 (36)
8Luzern33-278-9-19 (36)
9Aarau26-276-8-22 (36)
10Schaffh.25-314-13-19 (36)
The Swiss Super League standings for the 2006/2007 season.

So who are the favourites?

According to online bookmakers and their odds, Basel are the favourites to win the league title this season, followed by champions Zurich, Young Boys and Grasshoppers.

teamoddsteamodds
Basel1.55Zurich3.95
Young Boys11Grasshoppers11
Sion26St. Gallen44
Luzern51Xamax69
Thun151Aarau251
The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2007/08 Swiss football league.

The Swiss Cup finals in the last five seasons

2003   Basel - Xamax   6:0
2004   Wil - Grasshopper   3:2
2005   Zurich - Luzern   3:1
2006   Sion - Young Boys   1:1   (5-3 pen.)
2007   Basel - Luzern   1:0

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key players

Aarau

Goalkeeper Massimo Colomba (€0.6m); Defense: Jean-Pierre Tcheutchoua (€0.5m), David Opango (€0.4m), Admir Bilibani (€0.4m), Sven Christ (€0.4m); Midfield: Paulo Menezes (€0.6m), Carlos Alberto (€0.4m), Carlos Da Silva (€0.4m); Forward: Rogerio (€0.8m), Rainer Bieli (€0.6m), Johan Berisha (€0.4m).

Basel

Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo (€0.8m); Defense: Daniel Majstorovic (€3.3m), Koji Nakata (€2.1m), Boris Smiljanic (€1.8m); Midfield: Scott Chipperfield (€2.4m), Ivan Ergic (€1.8m), Papa Malick (€1.4m), Mile Sterjovski (€0.8m); Forward: Mladen Petric (€2.6m), Cesar Andres Carignano (€1.4m), Eduardo (€1.3m).

Grasshoppers Zurich

Goalkeeper Fabio Coltorti (€2m); Defense: Roland Schwegler (€0.5m), Kim Jaggy (€0.5m), Luca Denicola (€0.5m); Midfield: Antonio Carlos Dos Santos (€1.4m), Michel Renggli (€0.9m), Gerardo Seoane (€0.8m), Veroljub Salatic (€0.8m); Forward: Eduardo (€2m), Mbala Mbuta Biscotte (€0.9m), Andre Muff (€0.5m).

Luzern

Goalkeeper David Zibung (€0.2m); Defense: Mario Cantaluppi (€2.5m), Michael Diethelm (€0.2m), Nordine Sam (€0.2m), Claudio Lustenberger (€0.2m); Midfield: David Andreoli (€0.2m), Genc Mehmeti (€0.2m); Forward: Edmond N'Tiamoah (€0.2m), Sokol Maliqi (€0.2m), Jean-Michel Tchouga (€0.2m), DeNa (€0.2m).

Schaffhausen

Goalkeeper Marcel Herzog (€0.6m); Defense: Fernando (€0.3m), Daniel Sereinig (€0.3m), Oliver Maric (€0.2m); Midfield: Thomas Weller (€0.5m), Paulo Diogo (€0.5m), Daniel Tarone (€0.5m), Daniel Senn (€0.5m), Jens Truckenbrod (€0.4m); Forward: Neri (€0.7m), Enzo Todisco (€0.3m).

Sion

Goalkeeper Fabrice Borer (€0.2m); Defense: Tariq Chihab (€0.6m), Kali (€0.4m), Javier Delgado Fernandez (€0.2m); Midfield: Mohamed Diallo (€1m), Carlitos (€0.9m), Goran Obradovic (€0.3m), De Souza Luiz Carlos (€0.2m); Forward: Sanel Kuljic (€1.8m), Alvaro Saborio (€0.5m), Leonard Thurre (€0.4m).

St. Gallen

Goalkeeper Stefano Razzetti (€0.4m); Defense: Jiri Koubsky (€1.1m), Pascal Cerrone (€0.7m), Juan Pablo Garat (€0.6m); Midfield: Davide Calla (€1.4m), David Marazzi (€0.9m), Philippe Montandon (€0.6m), Marcos Gelabert (€0.6m), Jurgen Gjasula (€0.6m); Forward: Francisco Aguirre (€1.3m), Alex Tachie-Mensah (€1m).

Thun

Goalkeeper Patrick Bettoni (€0.3m); Defense: Selver Hodzic (€1m), Armand Deumi (€0.8m), Vedran Jese (€0.5m); Midfield: Silvan Aegerter (€1m), Adriano (€1m), Nelson Ferreira (€0.9m), Andres Gerber (€0.8m); Forward: Milaim Rama (€0.7m), Leandro (€0.6m), Gelson (€0.5m).

Young Boys Bern

Goalkeeper Marco Wolfli (€0.8m); Defense: Tiago (€1m), Steve Gohouri (€0.9m), Miguel Portillo (€0.8m); Midfield: Hakan Yakin (€2m), Mario Raimondi (€1.5m), Delfim (€1m), Gurkan Sermeter (€1m), Carlos Varela (€1m), Yao Aziawonou (€0.8m); Forward: Daniel Joao Paulo (€1.4m).

Zurich

Goalkeeper Johnny Leoni (€0.6m); Defense: Hannu Tihinen (€3m), Steve Von Bergen (€1m), Marc Schneider (€0.5m), Florian Stahel (€0.5m); Midfield: Xavier Margairaz (€1.7m), Blerim Dzemaili (€1.6m), Cesar (€1.1m); Forward: Rafael (€2.2m), Alhassane Keita (€1.5m), Alexandre Alphonse (€0.5m).

 
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