The following is a summary of the 2004–05 season of competitive football in Switzerland.
Super League
Final league table
Challenge League
Final league table
Promotion/relegation play-offs The ninth-placed team in the 2004–05 Swiss Super League, Schaffhausen, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Vaduz, for a spot in the 2005–06 Super League.
Schaffhausen won 2–1 on aggregate and remained in the top level. Vaduz remained in the second tier.
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Promotion play-off Qualified for the play-offs were the first two teams from group 1; Lausanne-Sport and Serrières, from group 2; Biel-Bienne and Wangen b.O. and from group 3; Tuggen and Locarno. The two best third best teams were Étoile Carouge from group 1 and Red Star from group 3.
Qualification round
Étoile Carouge win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.
Lausanne-Sport win 8–3 on aggregate and advance to Finals.
Locarno win 2–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.
Red Star win 6–2 on aggregate and advance to Finals.
Final round
Locarno win 4–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.
Lausanne-Sport win 5–4 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.
Swiss Cup
The game was played in the St. Jakob-Park Basel on 16 May 2005. The advantage of the home team was granted to the team that won the first drawn semi-final. The first drawn semi-final was FC Aarau drawn at home against FC Luzern, which FCL won 2–1. The other semi-final saw FC Zürich drawn at home against BSC Young Boys and the home team were successful winning 3–1.
Final
GK David Zibung DF Christian SchweglerDF Pascal CastilloDF Genc MehmetiMF Ronny HodelMF Marko Sucic MF Pirmin Schwegler MF Ratinho MF David Andreoli ST Jean-Michel TchougaST Paulo VogtSubstitutes:DF Michael Diethelm MF Alsény Këïta DF André Niederhäuser Manager: René van Eck GK Davide TainiDF Alain Nef DF Iulian FilipescuDF Florian Stahel DF Marc SchneiderMF Blerim Džemaili MF Mihai Tararache MF Daniel Gygax MF Xavier MargairazMF Francesco Di Jorio ST Alhassane Keita Substitutes:MF Cesar MF Daniel Tarone ST Adrian Ilie Manager: Lucien Favre
Swiss Clubs in Europe Basel as 2003–04 champions: Champions League third qualifying round Young Boys as runners-up: Champions League second qualifying round Servette as third placed team: UEFA Cup second qualifying round Thun: Intertoto Cup second round FC Wil as 2003–04 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup second qualifying round FC Vaduz as 2003–04 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup first qualifying round
Basel UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
F.C. Internazionale Milano won 5 – 2 on aggregate and advance. Basel transfer to UEFA Cup.
UEFA Cup
First round
Basel won 3 – 1 on aggregate and advance to group stage.
Group stage / Group A
Group A final table
Round of 32
Lille OSC won 2 – 0 on aggregate.
Young Boys UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
Red Star Belgrade won 5–2 on aggregate.
Servette UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
Újpest won 5–1 on aggregate.
Thun UEFA Intertoto Cup
Second round
Thun won 7–3 on aggregate.
Third round
Hamburger SV won 5–3 on aggregate.
Wil UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
Dukla Banská Bystrica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Vaduz UEFA Cup
First qualifying round
Vaduz won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
Beveren won 5–2 on aggregate.
References
Sources Switzerland Cup 2004–05 at RSSSF 1. Liga season 2004–05 at the official website Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz