2012–13 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2012–13
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Aarau
1. Liga Promotion	FC Schaffhausen
Swiss Cup	Grasshopper Club Zürich

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

2014 World Cup qualification

7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)	Slovenia	0 – 2	Switzerland	Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:30 CEST		report	20' G. Xhaka 51' Inler 76' Barnetta	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 14'000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

11 September 2012 (2012-09-11)	Switzerland	2 – 0	Albania	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Shaqiri 23' Inler 68' (pen.)	report		Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 15'600 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)	Switzerland	1 – 1	Norway	Bern, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Gavranović 79'	report	81' Hangeland	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 30'712 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

16 October 2012 (2012-10-16)	Iceland	0 – 2	Switzerland	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:30 GMT		report	65' Barnetta 79' Gavranović	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 8'369 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

23 March 2013 (2013-03-23)	Cyprus	0 - 0	Switzerland	Nicosia, Cyprus
18:30	Solomou 7' Theophilou 80'	Summary	Seferovic 34' von Bergen 46' Senderos 89'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

8 June 2013 (2013-06-08)	Switzerland	1 - 0	Cyprus	Lancy, Switzerland
17:30 CEST	Inler 45' Djourou 86' Seferovic 90'	Summary	Charalambous 13' Sotiriou 20' Makrides 33' Charalambous 67'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Friendly matches

29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)	Switzerland	1 – 3	Argentina	Basel, Switzerland
20:30 CEST	Shaqiri 50'	report	20', 88', 92' (pen.) Messi	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,250 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)	Switzerland	5 – 3	Germany	Basel, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Derdiyok 21', 23', 50' Lichtsteiner 67' Mehmedi 77'	report	45' Hummels 64' Schürrle 72' Reus	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 27,381 Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

30 May 2012 (2012-05-30)	Switzerland	0 – 1	Romania	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:15 CEST		report	57' Grozav	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 11,850 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

15 August 2012 (2012-08-15)	Croatia	2 – 4	Switzerland	Split, Croatia
20:15 CEST	Eduardo 20', 65'	report	11' Xhaka 11' Barnetta 52', 81' Gavranović	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

14 November 2012 (2012-11-14)	Tunisia	1 – 2	Switzerland	Sousse, Tunisia
18:15 CET	Dhaouadi 59' Bédoui 74'	report	40' Derdiyok 90+6' Shaqiri	Stadium: Stade Olympique Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Cecil Amatey Fleisher (Ghana)

6 February 2013 (2013-02-06)	Greece	0 - 0	Switzerland	Piraeus, Greece
21:45 EET		Summary		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano

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

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26)	Gabon	1 – 1	Switzerland	Newcastle, England
17:15 GMT	Aubameyang 45'	report	5' (pen.) Mehmedi	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 15,748 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29)	South Korea	2 – 1	Switzerland	Coventry, England
17:15 GMT	Park Chu-Young 57' Kim Bo-Kyung 64'	report	60' Emeghara	Stadium: City of Coventry Stadium Attendance: 30,114 Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

1 August 2012 (2012-08-01)	Mexico	1 – 0	Switzerland	Cardiff, Wales
17:00 GMT	O. Peralta 69'	report		Stadium: Millennium Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Women's national team

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

Win Draw Loss

Euro 2013 qualifying

31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)	Switzerland	5 – 0	Turkey	Aarau, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Mändly 3', 9' Bachmann 30' Crnogorčević 53' Dickenmann 87'	report		Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marina Mamaeva (Russia)

5 April 2012 (2012-04-05)	Switzerland	0 – 6	Germany	Aarau, Switzerland
18:15 CET		report	16', 38', 71', 85' Okoyino da Mbabi 24' Mittag 64' (o.g.) Egli	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Tanja Schett (Austria)

16 June 2012 (2012-06-16)	Switzerland	4 – 3	Spain	Aarau, Switzerland
18:30 CET	Bachmann 18', 80' Crnogorčević 54' Zumbühl 82'	report	25' Paz 37' García 73' (pen.) Boquete	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 760 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

21 June 2012 (2012-06-21)	Romania	4 – 2	Switzerland	Buftea, Romania
18:00 CET	Rus 41', 60', 81' Duşa 61'	report	8' Crnogorčević 64' Abbé	Stadium: Stadionul Buftea Attendance: 100 Referee: Natalia Avdonchenko (Russia)

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15)	Turkey	1 – 3	Switzerland	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 CET	Uraz 27'	report	25' Dickenmann 69', 73' Bachmann	Stadium: Atatürk Olympic Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Ginta Pēce (Latvia)

19 September 2012 (2012-09-19)	Kazakhstan	1 – 0	Switzerland	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
15:00 CET	Yalova 58'	report		Stadium: Shakhtyor Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Marija Damjanović (Croatia)

2012 Cyprus Cup

28 February 2012 (2012-02-28)	France	3 – 0	Switzerland	Nicosia, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Delie 5' Thiney 18' Bompastor 38' (pen.)	report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

1 March 2012 (2012-03-01)	Switzerland	0 – 1	England	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 EET		report	77' Williams	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

4 March 2012 (2012-03-04)	Finland	3 – 1	Switzerland	Paralimni, Cyprus
17:30 EET	Sällström 25', 33', 47'	report	58' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Paralimni Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)	Northern Ireland	0 – 5	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
12:00 EET		report	Crnogorčević 16', 81' Mändly 54' Schwarz 76' Mehmeti 90'	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 100

2013 Cyprus Cup

6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)	Canada	2 – 0	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Schmidt 2' Matheson 79'	report		Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Christina Husballe (Denmark)

8 March 2012 (2012-03-08)	Switzerland	1 – 1	Netherlands	Nicosia, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Bachmann 24'	report	12' Martens	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 50

11 March 2012 (2012-03-11)	Finland	2 – 3	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
17:30 EET	Saari 17' Talonen 25'	report	1' Bachmann 45' Dickenmann 63' Bernauer	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Rhona Dhaly (Ireland)

13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)	New Zealand	2 – 1	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Hassett 85' Wilkinson 87'	report	23' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Barbara Bollenberger (Austria)

Friendly matches

26 May 2012 (2012-05-26)	Switzerland	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Wohlen AG, Switzerland
13:00 CET	Bachmann 46'	report		Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten Attendance: 400 Referee: Nicole Widmer (Switzerland)

22 August 2012 (2012-08-22)	Austria	1 – 2	Switzerland	Altach, Austria
19:00 CET	Puntigam 63'	report	32' Moser 56' Dickenmann	Stadium: Cashpoint Arena Attendance: 853 Referee: Biljana Iskin (Albania)

23 October 2012 (2012-10-23)	Sweden	3 – 0	Switzerland	Växjö, Sweden
19:00 CET	Jakobsson 1' Asllani 46' Göransson 77'	report		Stadium: Myresjöhus Arena Attendance: 4'905 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

16 January 2013 (2013-01-16)	England	1 – 1	Switzerland	Cartagena, Spain
15:30 CET	69'		72'	Stadium: La Manga Club Attendance: closed

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06)	Switzerland	3 – 1	Norway	Nyon, Switzerland
14:30 CET	Mändly 2' Crnogorčević 33', 77' (pen.)	report	45+2' Hegerberg	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray

19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)	Finland	2 - 2	Switzerland	Helsinki, Finland
18:00 CET	Alanen 8', 72'	report	29' (o.g.) Kukkonen 78' Bachmann	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3000

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
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

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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^[a]
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

Source: Swiss Challenge League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

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.

20 May 2013

16:00

Final^[1]

FC Basel	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Grasshoppers Zürich
Schär 28' Dragović 57' Steinhöfer 71' Elneny 91'	SFV summary	29' Gashi 75' Hajrović
Penalties
Schär F. Frei Steinhöfer Díaz Bobadilla	3 – 4	Salatić Hajrović Lang Feltscher Vilotić

Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 27,290

Referee: Stephan Studer^[2]


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



GK	Roman Bürki		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

17 July 2012 (2012-07-17) First Leg	Flora Tallinn	0–2	Basel	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
17:45 CET	Palatu 85' Jürgenson 90+4'	FCB summary UEFA summary	65' (0:1) A. Frei 74' Sauro 79' Vuleta 86' (pen. 0:2) A. Frei 90+3' Stocker	Attendance: 3.123 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

24 July 2012 (2012-07-24) Second Leg	Basel	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Flora Tallinn	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 CET	Zoua 9' (1:0) Zoua 31' (2:0) Díaz 62' (3:0)	FCB summary UEFA summary	57' Luts	Attendance: 20.467 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Third qualifying round

1 August 2012 (2012-08-01) First Leg	Molde FK	0–1	Basel	Aker Stadion, Molde
19:00 CET	Hovland 14' Angan 27'	FCB summary UEFA summary	30' Steinhöfer 42' Cabral 75' Stocker 78' (0:1) Zoua	Attendance: 6.564 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) Second Leg	Basel	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Molde FK	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 CET	D. Degen 75' (1:1) Dragović 90+2' Sauro 90+2' D. Degen 90+3'	FCB summary UEFA summary	32' (1:0) Berget	Attendance: 18,567 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Playoff round

21 August 2012 (2012-08-21) First Leg	Basel	1–2	CFR Cluj	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 CET	Streller 44' (1:0) Stocker 46' D. Degen 52' Dragović 78' Steinhöfer 90+4' F. Frei 90+4'	FCB summary UEFA summary	45' Kapetanos 52' Felgueiras 55' Bastos 66' (1:1) Sougou 71' (1:2) Sougou 90+4' Saré	Attendance: 16,651 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

29 August 2012 (2012-08-29) Second Leg	CFR Cluj	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	Basel	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:45 CET	Kapetanos 20' (1:0) Felgueiras 42' Valente 45' Nicoară 90+2'	FCB summary UEFA summary	36' Díaz 75' Cabral 79' Andrist 90' Steinhöfer	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 15,481 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Europa League

Group stage

20 September 2012 Round 1	Sporting CP	0–0	Basel	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05	Rojo 30' Xandão 50' Fernandes 60'	Uefa summary FCB summary	67' Park 82'Streller	Attendance: 22,325 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

4 October 2012 Round 2	Basel	2–2	Genk	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Dragović 12' P. Degen 25' Streller 71' (pen. 1:2) Streller 84' (2:2)	Uefa summary FCB summary	10' (0:1) De Ceulaer 15' Tshimanga 38' (0:2) Vossen 69' Koulibaly	Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

25 October 2012 Round 3	Videoton	2–1	Basel	Sóstói Stadion, Székesfehérvár
19:00	Schär 2' (o.g. 1:0) Caneira 32' (2:0)	Uefa summary FCB summary	79' Stocker 85' Streller 90+1' (2:1) Schär	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

8 November 2012 Round 4	Basel	1–0	Videoton	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	D. Degen 51' Streller 68' Streller 80' (1:0)	Uefa summary FCB summary	35' Oliveira	Attendance: 12,743 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

22 November 2012 Round 5	Basel	3–0	Sporting CP	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Schär 23' (1:0) Cabral 54' 58' Stocker 66' (2:0) D. Degen 71' (3:0) Ajeti 90+2'	Uefa summary FCB summary	35' Insúa 41' Labyad 55' Fernandes 61' Carrillo	Attendance: 15,666 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

6 December 2012 Round 6	Genk	0–0	Basel	Cristal Arena, Genk
21:05	Limbombe 78'	Uefa summary FCB summary	8' Dragović 87' P. Degen	Attendance: 11,974 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Final group table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

Round of 32

14 February 2013 First leg	Basel	2–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Stocker 23' (1:0) Park 49' P. Degen 52' Serey Die 54' Streller 67' (2:0)	UEFA summary FCB Summary	70' Mazuch 79' Mandzyuk	Attendance: 8,314^[3] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

21 February 2013 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–1	Basel	Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk
19:00	Fedetskiy 14' Cheberyachko 32' Strinić 35' Kalinić 63' Seleznyov 76' (pen. 1:0)	UEFA summary FCB Summary	13' Serey Die 33' Cabral 37' Schär 75' F. Frei 81' (pen. 1:1) Schär	Attendance: 26,501^[4] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Basel won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

7 March 2013 First leg	Basel	2–0	Zenit St. Petersburg	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	P. Degen 30' Serey Die 53' Díaz 72' Díaz 83' (1:0) A. Frei 90+4' (pen. 2:0)	UEFA summary FCB Summary	19' Witsel	Attendance: 15,008^[5] Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

14 March 2013 Second leg	Zenit St. Petersburg	1–0	Basel	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg
18:00	Kerzhakov 15' Witsel 30' (1:0) Denisov 72' Shirokov 78' Witsel 78' Shirokov 86′	UEFA summary FCB Summary	41' 45' Díaz 56' P. Degen 78' F. Frei 85' Park	Attendance: 19,500^[6] Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

4 April 2013 First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Basel	White Hart Lane, London
21:05	Gallas 29' Adebayor 40' (1:2) Sigurðsson 58' (2:2) Parker 54'	UEFA summary FCB Summary	30' (0:1) Stocker 34' (0:2) F. Frei 47' F. Frei	Attendance: 32,136^[7] Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

11 April 2013 Second leg	Basel	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Tottenham Hotspur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Salah 27' (1:1) Dragović 49' (2:1) Serey Die 58' Streller 93' Elneny 103'	UEFA summary FCB Summary	23' (0:1) Dempsey 39' Naughton 46' Dembélé 83' (2:2) Dempsey 93' Dawson 93' Walker	Attendance: 38,500^[8] Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Schär Streller F. Frei Díaz		Huddlestone Sigurðsson Adebayor

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

Semi-finals

25 April 2013 First leg	Basel	1–2	Chelsea	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Dragović 70' D. Degen 80' Schär 87' (pen. 1:1) Schär 89'	UEFA summary FCB Summary	12' (0:1) Moses 68' A. Cole 83' David Luiz 87' Azpilicueta 90+4' (1:2) David Luiz	Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

2 May 2013 Second leg	Chelsea	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Basel	Stamford Bridge, London
21:05	Torres 50' (1:1) Moses 52' (2:1) Azpilicueta 55' David Luiz 59' (3:1)	UEFA summary FCB Summary	45+1' (0:1) Salah 66' Schär 68' Steinhöfer 88' Serey Die	Attendance: 39,403 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

Luzern

Europa League

Play-off round

23 August 2012 First leg	Luzern	2–1	Genk	Zürich, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rangelov 7' Winter 71'	UEFA report	Vossen 12'	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 8,127 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

30 August 2012 Second leg	Genk	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Luzern	Genk, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fernández 56' Masika 88'	UEFA report		Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 12,135^[9] Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Genk won 3–2 on aggregate.

Young Boys

Europa League

Second qualifying round

19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) 1st Leg	Young Boys	1 – 0	Zimbru Chişinău	Bern, Switzerland
19:30 CEST	Frey 53'	UEFA report Match Report (in German)		Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26) 2nd Leg	Zimbru Chişinău	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 1 agg.) (1 – 4 p)	Young Boys	Chișinău, Moldova
20:15 EEST	Barakhoyev 41'	UEFA report Match Report (in German)		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
	Penalties
	Derkach Molla Catan		Spycher Mayuka Nef Costanzo

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

Third qualifying round

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) First Leg	Kalmar FF	1 – 0	Young Boys	Kalmar, Sweden
19:00 CEST	Andersson 18'	UEFA report Report		Stadium: Guldfågeln Arena Attendance: 3,681 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) Second Leg	Young Boys	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Kalmar FF	Bern, Switzerland
19:30 CEST	Mayuka 7' Raimondi 69' Bobadilla 82'	UEFA report Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 10,124 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Young Boys win 3–1 on aggregate

Playoff round

23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) First Leg	Midtjylland	0 – 3	Young Boys	Herning, Denmark
20:15		UEFA report Report	42' Bobadilla 81' Farnerud 90+3' Costanzo	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 4,522 Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) Second Leg	Young Boys	0 – 2 (3 – 2 agg.)	Midtjylland	Bern, Switzerland
19:30		UEFA report Report	75' (pen.) Igboun 89' Bak Nielsen	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 9,327 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Young Boys win 3–2 on aggregate

Group stage

20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) 1	Young Boys	3 – 5	Liverpool	Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Nuzzolo 38' Ojala 53' Zárate 63'	Report Match Report (in German)	4' (o.g.) Ojala 40' Wisdom 67' Coates 76', 88' Shelvey	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) 2	Anzhi Makhachkala	2 – 0	Young Boys	Moscow, Russia
18:00 CET	Eto'o 38' (pen.), 90'	Report Match Report (in German)		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

25 October 2012 (2012-10-25) 3	Young Boys	3 – 1	Udinese	Bern, Switzerland
21:05 CET	Bobadilla 4', 71', 81' (pen.)	Report Match Report (in German)	74' Coda	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 20,143 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) 4	Udinese	2 – 3	Young Boys	Udine, Italy
19:00 CET	Di Natale 47' Fabbrini 83'	Report Match Report (in German)	27' Bobadilla 27' Farnerud 73' Nuzzolo	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) 5	Liverpool	2 – 2	Young Boys	Liverpool, England
21:05 CET	Shelvey 33' Cole 72'	Report Match Report (in German)	52' Bobadilla 88' Zverotić	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,810 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) 6	Young Boys	3 – 1	Anzhi Makhachkala	Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Zárate 38' Costanzo 52' González 90'	Report Match Report (in German)	45' Ahmedov 70' Traoré	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 17,132 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Final group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
2	Anzhi Makhachkala	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
3	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10^[a]
4	Udinese	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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

Source: Soccerway

Servette

Europa League

Second qualifying round

19 July 2012 (2012-07-19) First Leg	Servette	2 – 0	Gandzasar	Geneva
19:45	Karanović 48' Gissi 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 5,830 Referee: Damir Batinić (Federation)

26 July 2012 (2012-07-26) 2nd Leg	Gandzasar	1 – 3 (1 – 5 agg.)	Servette	Yerevan
17:00	Avagyan 90+1'	Report	De Azevedo 47' Pont 64', 68'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

Servette won 5–1 on aggregate

Third qualifying round

2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 1st Leg	Servette	1 – 1	Rosenborg	Geneva
19:45	Schneider 68'	Report	Dočkal 81'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 5,722 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

9 August 2012 (2012-08-09) 2nd Leg	Rosenborg	0 – 0 (1 – 1 agg.)	Servette	Trondheim
19:00		Report		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 6,725 Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

1–1 on aggregate. Rosenborg won on away goals

Eschen/Mauren

Europa League

First qualifying round

5 July 2012 First leg	FH	2–1	Eschen/Mauren	Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
21:15	Ingason 44' Björnsson 81'	Report	Fässler 48'	Attendance: 1,290^[10] Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

12 July 2012 Second leg	Eschen/Mauren	0–1	FH	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
19:30		Report	Guðnason 12'	Attendance: 500^[11] Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

FH won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

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Preceded by 2011–12	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2013–14

[table_note_res_R0.24453969776842-1] 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.

[table_hth_LIV0.014317292261085-11] Tiebreakers: Liverpool, Anzhi Makhachkala, and Young Boys are ranked by their head-to-head record.

[fcb-achiv-2012/13-Cup-FCB-GC-2] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (20 May 2013). "FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 3:4 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[Schaub-Fussball-Schweiz-Cup-2012/13-3] Fussball-Schweiz (20 May 2013). "88. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 4:5 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)" (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[4] Marti, Caspar (14 February 2013). "Der FCB erarbeitet sich eine gute Ausgangslage für das Rückspiel". FC Basel official website (in German). Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Der FCB erarbeitet sich eine hervorragende Ausgangslage". FC Basel official website (in German). 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

[7] Marti, Caspar (14 March 2013). "Zenit beisst sich am FCB die Zähne aus". FC Basel official website (in German). Archived from the original on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.

[8] Ornstein, David (4 April 2013). "Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Basel". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

[fcb_2013-04-11-9] Marti, Caspar (2013). "Tottenham geschlagen: Chance gepackt – Geschichte geschrieben!" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 2013-04-11.

[10] "Genk–Luzern". Soccerway. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

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