2004–05 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season2004–05
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueYverdon-Sport
1. LigaGroup 1:
Lausanne-Sport
Group 2:
Biel-Bienne
Group 3:
Tuggen
Swiss CupZürich
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueSC LUwin.ch Luzern
Swiss CupSC LUwin.ch Luzern
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The following is a summary of the 2004–05 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League

Main article: 2004–05 Swiss Super League

Final 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.

Challenge League

Main article: 2004–05 Swiss Challenge League

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Yverdon-Sport FC (C, P) 34 20 10 4 59 26 +33 70 Promotion to 2005–06 Swiss Super League
2 FC Vaduz 34 21 6 7 58 28 +30 69 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 FC Sion 34 19 11 4 63 33 +30 68
4 FC Chiasso 34 20 5 9 60 37 +23 65
5 FC Lucerne 34 19 2 13 73 53 +20 59
6 AC Bellinzona 34 17 6 11 58 46 +12 57
7 FC Concordia Basel 34 13 12 9 52 40 +12 51
8 AC Lugano 34 14 8 12 49 46 +3 50
9 SC Kriens 34 11 15 8 46 37 +9 48
10 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 34 12 7 15 57 56 +1 43
11 FC Winterthur 34 11 8 15 46 53 −7 41
12 FC Baulmes 34 12 5 17 31 54 −23 41
13 FC Wil 34 10 10 14 45 54 −9 40
14 FC Meyrin 34 9 8 17 39 61 −22 35
15 FC Wohlen 34 8 7 19 38 63 −25 31
16 SC YF Juventus 34 8 5 21 43 71 −28 29
17 FC Baden 34 7 7 20 39 62 −23 28
18 FC Bulle (R) 34 6 6 22 43 79 −36 24 Relegated to 2005–06 Swiss 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team in the 2004–05 Swiss Super League, Schaffhausen, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Vaduz, for a spot in the 2005–06 Super League.

Schaffhausen1–1Vaduz
dos Santos 8' Zarn 78'
Attendance: 4,000
Vaduz0–1Schaffhausen
Senn 73'
Attendance: 5,066

Schaffhausen won 2–1 on aggregate and remained in the top level. Vaduz remained in the second tier.

1. Liga

Main article: 2004–05 Swiss 1. Liga

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Lausanne-Sport 30 20 3 7 64 27 +37 63 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Serrières 30 16 10 4 53 31 +22 58
3 Étoile Carouge FC 30 18 3 9 76 49 +27 57
4 FC Echallens 30 15 11 4 60 41 +19 56
5 FC Bex 30 14 8 8 55 43 +12 50
6 CS Chênois 30 14 4 12 53 53 0 46
7 Young Boys U-21 30 12 8 10 48 43 +5 44
8 FC Martigny-Sports 30 11 11 8 46 43 +3 44
9 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 10 6 14 52 59 −7 36
10 Grand-Lancy FC 30 9 9 12 43 51 −8 36
11 FC Fribourg 30 9 6 15 40 49 −9 33
12 FC Naters 30 9 5 16 54 67 −13 32
13 Urania Genève Sport 30 8 8 14 49 62 −13 32
14 Servette U-21 30 9 5 16 50 71 −21 32
15 ES FC Malley 30 8 6 16 54 74 −20 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 30 3 7 20 31 65 −34 16
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 30 21 7 2 77 24 +53 70 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 15 6 9 55 41 +14 51
3 FC Grenchen 30 14 8 8 53 39 +14 50
4 FC Solothurn 30 14 7 9 55 44 +11 49
5 Zug 94 30 13 8 9 60 47 +13 47
6 FC Münsingen 30 14 5 11 43 43 0 47
7 Luzern U-21 30 12 6 12 50 52 −2 42
8 FC Schötz 30 10 11 9 47 46 +1 41
9 SC Zofingen 30 11 7 12 46 45 +1 40
10 Basel U-21 30 10 9 11 60 49 +11 39
11 SC Dornach 30 11 6 13 56 66 −10 39
12 SC Cham 30 10 6 14 40 50 −10 36
13 SR Delémont 30 10 5 15 37 53 −16 35
14 SC Buochs 30 9 6 15 40 55 −15 33
15 FC Alle 30 4 10 16 36 62 −26 22 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Langenthal 30 5 7 18 35 74 −39 22
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 21 3 6 70 37 +33 66 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Locarno 30 15 7 8 54 36 +18 52
3 FC Red Star Zürich 30 14 9 7 64 35 +29 51
4 FC Mendrisio 30 11 15 4 40 31 +9 48
5 FC Kreuzlingen 30 13 8 9 52 48 +4 47
6 Zürich U-21 30 12 9 9 46 40 +6 45
7 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 45
8 St. Gallen U-21 30 12 6 12 43 47 −4 42
9 GC Biaschesi 30 10 10 10 35 41 −6 40
10 FC Herisau 30 9 10 11 38 46 −8 37
11 FC Altstetten 30 9 7 14 29 48 −19 34
12 FC Brugg 30 8 9 13 34 53 −19 33
13 FC Frauenfeld 30 9 5 16 45 53 −8 32
14 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 8 7 15 44 52 −8 31
15 FC Chur 97 30 6 12 12 42 53 −11 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Gossau 30 6 5 19 41 60 −19 23
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualified for the play-offs were the first two teams from group 1; Lausanne-Sport and Serrières, from group 2; Biel-Bienne and Wangen b.O. and from group 3; Tuggen and Locarno. The two best third best teams were Étoile Carouge from group 1 and Red Star from group 3.

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Étoile Carouge 1–0 Tuggen
Tuggen 1–2 Étoile Carouge

Étoile Carouge win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Wangen b.O. 2–2 Lausanne-Sport
Lausanne-Sport 6–1 Wangen b.O.

Lausanne-Sport win 8–3 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 1–1 Serrières
Serrières 0–1 Locarno

Locarno win 2–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Red Star 4–1 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 1–2 Red Star

Red Star win 6–2 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Final round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 2–1 Red Star
Red Star 0–2 Locarno

Locarno win 4–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.[1]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lausanne-Sport 2–1 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 3–3 Lausanne-Sport

Lausanne-Sport win 5–4 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.[1]

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Swiss Cup

The game was played in the St. Jakob-Park Basel on 16 May 2005. The advantage of the home team was granted to the team that won the first drawn semi-final. The first drawn semi-final was FC Aarau drawn at home against FC Luzern, which FCL won 2–1. The other semi-final saw FC Zürich drawn at home against BSC Young Boys and the home team were successful winning 3–1.

Final

FC Luzern1 – 3FC Zürich
Andreoli 87' Report [2] 19' Schneider
62' Keita
74' Tararache
Attendance: 33,433
Referee: Switzerland Philippe Leuba
GK Switzerland David Zibung
DF Switzerland Christian Schwegler
DF Switzerland Pascal Castillo
DF Switzerland Genc Mehmeti
MF Switzerland Ronny Hodel
MF Croatia Marko Sucic downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF Switzerland Pirmin Schwegler downward-facing red arrow 24'
MF Brazil Ratinho downward-facing red arrow 58'
MF Italy David Andreoli Yellow card 22'
ST Cameroon Jean-Michel Tchouga
ST Brazil Paulo Vogt
Substitutes:
DF Oman Michael Diethelm upward-facing green arrow 24'
MF Liberia Alsény Këïta upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF Switzerland André Niederhäuser upward-facing green arrow 69'
Manager:
Netherlands René van Eck
GK Switzerland Davide Taini
DF Switzerland Alain Nef downward-facing red arrow 29'
DF Romania Iulian Filipescu
DF Switzerland Florian Stahel
DF Switzerland Marc Schneider
MF Switzerland Blerim Džemaili downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF Romania Mihai Tararache Yellow card 19'
MF Switzerland Daniel Gygax
MF Switzerland Xavier Margairaz
MF Switzerland Francesco Di Jorio downward-facing red arrow 80'
ST Guinea Alhassane Keita
Substitutes:
MF Brazil Cesar Yellow card 67' upward-facing green arrow 29'
MF Switzerland Daniel Tarone upward-facing green arrow 80'
ST Romania Adrian Ilie upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Switzerland Lucien Favre

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
11 August 2004 First Leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 1 Italy Internazionale St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Cantaluppi Yellow card 23'
Huggel 25' (1:1)
Yakin Yellow card 58'
Smiljanić Yellow card 87'		 Report [3] 19' (0:1) Adriano
Yellow card 30' Stanković		 Attendance: 29,500 (sold out)
Referee: Graham Poll
25 August 2004 Second Leg Internazionale Italy 4 – 1 Switzerland Basel San Siro, Milan
21:00 Adriano 1' (1:0)
Stanković 12' (2:0)
Adriano 52' (3:1)
Álvaro Recoba 59' (4:1)
Álvaro Recoba Yellow card 60'
Edgar Davids Yellow card 82'		 Report [4] Yellow card 32' Huggel
49' (2:1) Sterjovski
Yellow card 73' P. Degen		 Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Anders Frisk

F.C. Internazionale Milano won 5 – 2 on aggregate and advance. Basel transfer to UEFA Cup.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup
First round
16 September 2004 First Leg Terek Grozny Russia 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
18:00 Andrei Fedkov 38' (1:0) Report [5] Yellow card 29' Rossi
57' (1:1) Giménez		 Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tommy Skjerven
30 September 2004 Second Leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Russia Terek Grozny St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Rossi 11' (1:0)
Petrić Yellow card 35'
Kléber 89' (2:0)		 Report [6] Yellow card 30' Ruslan Azhinzhal Attendance: 15,895
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

Basel won 3 – 1 on aggregate and advance to group stage.

Group stage / Group A
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage § Group A
21 October 2004 Matchday 1 Schalke 04 Germany 1 – 1 Switzerland Basel Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:30 Kobiaschwili 8' (1:0)
Altıntop Yellow card 42'
Hanke Yellow card 88'		 Report [7] Yellow card 30' Huggel
Yellow card 66' Smiljanić
Yellow card 70' Kléber
Yellow card 79' D. Degen
82' (1:1) Delgado		 Attendance: 52,870
Referee: Johan Verbist
25 November 2004 Matchday 3 Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Scotland Hearts St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Giménez Yellow card 65'
Carignano 76' (1:1)		 Report [8] 31' (0:1) Wyness
89' (1:2) Neilson		 Attendance: 21,645
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson, (Iceland)
1 December 2004 Matchday 4 Ferencvárosi TC Hungary 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
20:45 Rósa 22' (1:0)
Huszti Yellow card 27'
Kapic Yellow card 34'
Zováth Yellow card 38'		 Report [9] Yellow card 52' Quennoz
Yellow card 53' P. Degen
59' (1:1) Rossi
Yellow card 67' Zwyssig
Yellow card 68' Rossi
79' (1:2) Huggel
Yellow card 82' Chipperfield
Yellow card 86' D. Degen		 Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Vitaliy Godulyan, (Ukraine)
16 December 2004 Matchday 5 Basel Switzerland 1 – 0 Netherlands Feyenoord St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 Carignano 53' (1:0) Report [10] Yellow card 79' Smolarek
Yellow card 89' Bosschaart		 Attendance: 25,660
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila, (Spain)
Group A final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEY SCH BSL FER HOM
1 Netherlands Feyenoord 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 — — 3–0
2 Germany Schalke 04 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7 — — 1–1 2–0 —
3 Switzerland Basel 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 1–0 — — — 1–2
4 Hungary Ferencváros 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4 1–1 — 1–2 — —
5 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 4 1 0 3 2 6 −4 3 — 0–1 — 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF
Round of 32
17 February 2005 First leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 France Lille OSC St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Report [11] Yellow card 16' Debuchy
Yellow card 69' Chalmé
Yellow card 88' Brunel
Yellow card 90' Cabaye		 Attendance: 19,092
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
24 February 2005 Second leg Lille OSC France 2 – 0 Switzerland Basel Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Lille
21:00 Moussilou 37' (1:0)
Ačimovič 78' (pen. 2:0)
Bodmer Yellow card 87'		 Report [12] Yellow card 78' P. Degen Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Lille OSC won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Young Boys

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
28 July 2004 First leg Young Boys Switzerland 2–2 Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade Hardturm, Zürich[note 1]
20:15 Chapuisat 6'
Eugster 65'		 Report [13] Žigić 79', 88' Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
4 August 2004 Second leg Red Star Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro 3–0 Switzerland Young Boys Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
20:15 Miladinović 39'
Dudić 49'
Žigić 69'		 Report [14] Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)

Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.

  1. ^ Young Boys played their home match at Hardturm stadium in Zürich, instead of their regular home venue Stadion Neufeld in Bern.

    2. Servette

    UEFA Cup

    Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup
    Second qualifying round
    12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) First leg Újpest Hungary 3–1 Switzerland Servette Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
    20:00 Polonkai 42'
    Rajczi 56'
    Tóth 63'    		 Report [15] Alicarte 58' (pen.) Attendance: 3,136
    Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
    26 August 2004 (2004-08-26) Second leg Servette Switzerland 0–2 Hungary Újpest Stade de Genève, Geneva
    20:00 Report [16] Bükszegi 82'
    Feczesin 90'    		 Attendance: 5,680
    Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

    Újpest won 5–1 on aggregate.

    Thun

    UEFA Intertoto Cup

    Main article: 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
    Second round
    3 July 2004 First leg VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–3 Switzerland Thun Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
    Schnoor 75'
    Präger 88'    		 Baykal 15'
    Ojong 60'
    Raimondi 71'    		 Attendance: 5,087
    Referee: Anton Stredák (Slovakia)
    11 July 2004 Second leg Thun Switzerland 4–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Stadion Lachen, Thun
    Lustrinelli 21'
    Renggli 35'
    dos Santos 42'
    Raimondi 45'    		 Sarpei 78' Attendance: 2,870
    Referee: Ben Haverkort (Netherlands)

    Thun won 7–3 on aggregate.

    Third round
    17 July 2004 First leg Thun Switzerland 2–2 Germany Hamburger SV Stadion Lachen, Thun
    dos Santos 28'
    Raimondi 31' (pen.)    		 Romeo 50', 85' Attendance: 4,150
    Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
    24 July 2004 Second leg Hamburger SV Germany 3–1 Switzerland Thun AOL Arena, Hamburg
    Romeo 2', 72'
    Mpenza 66'    		 Moser 81' Attendance: 27,200
    Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

    Hamburger SV won 5–3 on aggregate.

    Wil

    UEFA Cup

    Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup
    Second qualifying round
    12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) First leg Dukla Banská Bystrica Slovakia 3–1 Switzerland Wil Stiavnicky Stadion, Banská Bystrica
    17:00 Semeník 75', 79' (pen.)
    Jakubko 90'    		 Report [17] Nushi 71' Attendance: 6,210
    Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
    26 August 2004 (2004-08-26) Second leg Wil Switzerland 1–1 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica Hardturm, Zürich
    20:00 Zverotić 67' Report [18] Semeník 61' Attendance: 1,200
    Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

    Dukla Banská Bystrica won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Vaduz

    UEFA Cup

    Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup
    First qualifying round
    15 July 2004 (2004-07-15) First leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 1–0 Republic of Ireland Longford Town Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
    19:30 Polverino 73' Report [19] Attendance: 1,120
    Referee: Merab Malaguradze (Georgia)
    29 July 2004 (2004-07-29) Second leg Longford Town Republic of Ireland 2–3 Liechtenstein Vaduz Tolka Park, Dublin
    20:00 Fitzgerald 86'
    Ferguson 88'    		 Report [20] Zarn 5'
    Burgmeier 49'
    Weller 54'    		 Attendance: 2,736
    Referee: Ghenadie Orlic (Moldova)

    Vaduz won 4–2 on aggregate.

    Second qualifying round
    12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) First leg Beveren Belgium 3–1 Liechtenstein Vaduz Freethiel Stadion, Beveren
    20:00 Tokpa 22'
    Romaric 26'
    Né 65'    		 Report [21] Zarn 56' Attendance: 2,590
    Referee: Raivo Lattik (Estonia)
    26 August 2004 (2004-08-26) Second leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 1–2 Belgium Beveren Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
    19:00 Zarn 78' Report [22] Djiré 32'
    Romaric 56'    		 Attendance: 1,050
    Referee: Novo Panić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    Beveren won 5–2 on aggregate.

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