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.
| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 July 2012 – 2 June 2013 |
| Champions | Basel 16th title |
| Relegated | Servette |
| Champions League | Basel Grasshopper |
| Europa League | Zürich St. Gallen Thun |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 462 (2.57 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ezequiel Scarione (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | St. Gallen 5–0 Sion (11 May 2013) |
| Biggest away win | Thun 0–4 Zürich (10 March 2013) Luzern 0–4 Basel (1 April 2013) Sion 0–4 Grasshopper (16 May 2013) |
| Highest scoring | Young Boys 6–2 Servette (30 September 2012) |
| Highest attendance | 35,171 Basel 2–0 Lausanne-Sport (16 May 2013) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,379 Servette 3–4 Luzern (1 June 2013) |
| Average attendance | 12,019 |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → | |
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.