The following is a summary of the 2005–06 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 2005–06 Swiss Super League, Neuchâtel Xamax, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Sion, for a spot in the 2006–07 Super League.
Sion won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted. Neuchâtel Xamax lose and are relegated.
1. Liga
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Promotion play-offs Qualification round
Servette win 6–1 on aggregate
Delémont win 7–0 on aggregate
Étoile Carouge win 4–2 on aggregate
3–3 on aggregate UGS win on away goals
Final round
Delémont win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.
Servette win 5–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.
Swiss Cup
BSC Young Boys beat FC Zürich 4–1 in the first drawn semi-final and FC Sion beat FC Winterthur 1–0 in the second semi-final. The winner of the first drawn semi-final is considered as home team. The final was played on 17 April 2006 and took place at Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in the Swiss capital Bern.
Final
Swiss Clubs in Europe Basel as 2004–05 champions: Champions League third qualifying round Thun as runner-up: Champions League second qualifying round Grasshoppers as third placed team: UEFA Cup second qualifying round Zürich as 2004–05 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup second qualifying round Young Boys as fourth placed team: Intertoto Cup second round Xamax as sixth placed team: Intertoto Cup first round Vaduz as 2004–05 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup first qualifying round
Basel Champions League
Third qualifying round
Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate. Basel transfer to 2005–06 UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
First round
Basel won 6-0 on aggregate.
Group stage / Group E
Round of 32
Basel won 2–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
Basel won 4-2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Middlesbrough won 4-3 on aggregate.
Thun Champions League
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Group stage / Group B
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UEFA Cup
Round of 32
Grasshoppers UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers win on away goals
First round
Grasshoppers won 4-1 on aggregate.
Group stage / Group D
Zürich UEFA Cup
Second qualifying round
Zürich win 5–1 on aggregate
Third qualifying round
Brøndby won 3–2 on aggregate.
Young Boys Intertoto Cup
Second qualifying round
Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Marseille won 5–3 on aggregate.
Xamax Intertoto Cup
First qualifying round
Neuchâtel Xamax won 9–1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
Saint-Étienne won 3–2 on aggregate.
Vaduz UEFA Cup
First qualifying round
Vaduz won 2–1 on aggregate
Second qualifying round
Beşiktaş win 6–1 on aggregate
References
Sources Switzerland Cup 2005–06 at RSSSF 1. Liga season 2005–06 at the official website Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz