# 2012–13 Swiss Super League

The 2012–13 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 116th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 14 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. Basel successfully defended their title.
The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2011–12 season, the 2011–12 Swiss Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, and FC Sion, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.
Since Switzerland climbed from sixteenth to fourteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season, the league regained its second spot for the UEFA Champions League. In other changes, the league abolished the relegation/promotion play-off from this season after a structural change at lower tiers of the Swiss football league pyramid.

## Teams

No team were relegated on competitive grounds at the end of the 2011–12 season after Neuchâtel Xamax were expelled from the league over financial irregularities midway through the campaign. The club went into administration soon afterwards and was eventually liquidated. Its successors Neuchâtel Xamax 1912 were subsequently inserted into the fifth-tier 2. Liga Interregional. Xamax were replaced by 2011–12 Challenge League champions FC St. Gallen, who immediately returned to the highest football league of Switzerland.
A further spot in the league was contested in a relegation/promotion playoff between ninth-placed FC Sion and Challenge League runners-up FC Aarau. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Sion, 3–1 on aggregate. The club from Valais thus remained in the league despite having received a 36-point deduction for fielding ineligible players during the season.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
| Grasshopper | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | 15,850 |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 17,500 |
| Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | AFG Arena | 19,694 |
| Thun | Thun | Arena Thun | 10,000 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,783 |
| Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Basel | Murat Yakin | Marco Streller | adidas | Novartis |
| Grasshopper | Uli Forte | Vero Salatić | Puma | FROMM/Feldmann Bau AG |
| Lausanne-Sport | Laurent Roussey | Gabri | adidas | Banque Cantonale Vaudoise |
| Luzern | Carlos Bernegger | Florian Stahel | adidas | Otto's |
| Servette | Sébastien Fournier | Lionel Pizzinat | 14fourteen | Journal GHI |
| Sion | Michel Decastel | Gennaro Gattuso | Erreà | Baldini Transports |
| St. Gallen | Jeff Saibene | Philippe Montandon | Jako | St. Galler Kantonalbank |
| Thun | Urs Fischer | Roland Bättig | Erima | Panorama Center/Sky Work |
| Young Boys | Bernard Challandes | Marco Wölfli | Jako | Bauhaus |
| Zürich | Urs Meier | Philippe Koch | Nike | TalkEasy |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Basel (C) | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Grasshopper | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Zürich | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Thun | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Sion | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 48 | |
| 7 | Young Boys | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Luzern | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 42 | |
| 9 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 33 | |
| 10 | Servette (R) | 36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 26 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ezequiel Scarione | St. Gallen | 21 |
| 2 | Marco Streller | Basel | 14 |
| 3 | Josip Drmić | Zürich | 13 |
| 3 | Marco Schneuwly | Thun | 13 |
| 5 | Anatole Ngamukol | Grasshopper / Thun | 12 |
| 6 | Amine Chermiti | Zürich | 10 |
| 7 | Mario Gavranović | Zürich | 9 |
| 7 | Raphael Nuzzolo | Young Boys | 9 |
| 9 | Izet Hajrović | Grasshopper | 8 |
| 9 | Léo Itaperuna | Sion | 8 |
| 9 | Chris Malonga | Lausanne-Sport | 8 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | FC Basel | 18 | 29,036 |
| 2 | BSC Young Boys | 18 | 17,242 |
| 3 | FC St. Gallen | 18 | 14,310 |
| 4 | FC Luzern | 18 | 12,410 |
| 5 | FC Zürich | 18 | 10,740 |
| 6 | FC Sion | 18 | 10,150 |
| 7 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 18 | 8,600 |
| 8 | Servette FC | 18 | 6,666 |
| 9 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 18 | 5,733 |
| 10 | FC Thun | 18 | 5,328 |