# 2012–13 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2012–13 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

## Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendly matches
## Men's Olympic national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.
Win  Draw  Loss

### 2012 Summer Olympics
## Women's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendly matches
## League standings
### Raiffeisen Super League

| 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 |

### Challenge League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Aarau (C) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 78 | Promotion to 2013–14 Swiss Super League |
| 2 | Bellinzona (D, R) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 64 | Relegation to 2013–14 1. Liga Promotion |
| 3 | Winterthur | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 62 | |
| 4 | Wil | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 51 | |
| 5 | Biel-Bienne | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 47 | |
| 6 | Chiasso | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 47 | |
| 7 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Wohlen | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 39 | |
| 9 | Vaduz | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 10 | Locarno | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 68 | −36 | 24 | |
* ↑ Due to financial irregularities, AC Bellinzona was discounted seven points and were ultimately relegated at the end of the season. FC Locarno was thus not relegated in spite of their last-place finish.

### 1. Liga Promotion

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Schaffhausen | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 75 | 29 | +46 | 68 | Promotion to Challenge League |
| 2 | Basel U-21 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 81 | 38 | +43 | 68 | Not eligible to promotion |
| 3 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 75 | 29 | +46 | 66 | |
| 4 | Sion U-21 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 50 | |
| 5 | FC Tuggen | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 47 | |
| 6 | Zürich U-21 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 44 | |
| 7 | SC Kriens | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | SR Delémont | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 38 | |
| 9 | BSC Old Boys | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 37 | |
| 10 | FC Stade Nyonnais | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 33 | |
| 11 | FC Breitenrain Bern | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 33 | |
| 12 | SC Brühl | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | St. Gallen U-21 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 32 | |
| 14 | Étoile Carouge FC | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 32 | |
| 15 | FC Fribourg | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to 1. Liga Classic |
| 16 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 85 | −60 | 11 | Relegation to 1. Liga Classic |

### Swiss Cup

The winners of the Semi-finals stage played in the final and the winners of the first semi-final in the draw were considered as home team for the final. In this FC Basel beat FC Sion 1−0. In the second semi-final Grasshoppers Zürich beat their local rivals FC Zürich 2−1 after extra time. The final was held on Whit Monday 20 May a2013 t the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf.
| GK | Yann Sommer | | |
| DF | Kay Voser | | 60' |
| DF | Fabian Schär | 28' | |
| DF | Aleksandar Dragović | 57' | |
| DF | Park Joo-Ho | | |
| MF | Fabian Frei | | |
| MF | Marcelo Díaz | | |
| MF | Mohamed Elneny | 91' | |
| MF | Serey Die | | 106' |
| MF | Valentin Stocker | | |
| ST | Marco Streller (c) | | 69' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | Markus Steinhöfer | | 60' |
| MF | Raúl Bobadilla | | 69' |
| FW | David Degen | | 106' |
| Manager: ||
| Murat Yakin ||
46' :
| DF | Michael Lang | | |
| DF | Milan Vilotić | | |
| DF | Stéphane Grichting | | |
| DF | Moritz Bauer | | |
| MF | Amir Abrashi | | 95' |
| MF | Vero Salatić | | |
| MF | Izet Hajrović | | |
| MF | Shkëlzen Gashi | 29' | 100' |
| MF | Steven Zuber | | 66' |
| ST | Anatole Ngamukol | | |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | Frank Feltscher | | 66' |
| MF | Nzuzi Toko | | 95' |
| MF | Nassim Ben Khalifa | | 100' |
| Manager: ||||
| Uli Forte ||||

## Swiss Clubs in Europe

* Basel: Champions League second qualifying round
* Luzern: Europa League play-off round
* Young Boys: Europa League second qualifying round
* Servette: Europa League second qualifying round
* USV Eschen/Mauren: Europa League first qualifying round

### Basel
#### Europa League
##### Group stage
##### Final group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Genk | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Basel | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Videoton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | |

##### Round of 32

Basel won 3–1 on aggregate.

##### Round of 16

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

##### Quarter-finals

4–4 on aggregate. Basel won 4–1 on penalties.

##### Semi-finals

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

### Luzern
#### Europa League
##### Play-off round

Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Young Boys
#### Europa League
##### Second qualifying round

1–1 on aggregate. BSC Young Boys won 4–1 on penalties

##### Third qualifying round

Young Boys win 3–1 on aggregate

##### Playoff round

Young Boys win 3–2 on aggregate

##### Final group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Young Boys | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Udinese | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 Tiebreakers: Liverpool, Anzhi Makhachkala, and Young Boys are ranked by their head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Young Boys | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 |

### Servette
#### Europa League
##### Second qualifying round

Servette won 5–1 on aggregate

##### Third qualifying round

1–1 on aggregate. Rosenborg won on away goals

### Eschen/Mauren
#### Europa League
##### First qualifying round

FH won 3–1 on aggregate.