2011–12 Swiss Super League
The 2011–12 Swiss Super League season was the 115th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 July 2011 – 23 May 2012 |
| Champions | Basel 15th title |
| Relegated | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| Champions League | Basel |
| Europa League | Luzern Young Boys Servette |
| Matches played | 162 |
| Goals scored | 405 (2.5 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alexander Frei (24 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Zürich 6–0 Grasshopper Basel 6–0 Lausanne |
| Biggest away win | Servette 0–4 Basel Sion 0–4 Servette |
| Highest scoring | Basel 6–3 Grasshopper |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
Basel successfully defended their title. No team was directly relegated after Neuchâtel Xamax were expelled midway through the season over severe financial irregularities.
The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2010–11 season, the 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League champions Lausanne-Sport, and Servette, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.
Since Switzerland dropped from thirteenth to sixteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league lost its second spot for the UEFA Champions League. The league champions will now enter the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 tournament, while the runners-up and third-placed sides will enter the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.