FC Basel giving an important short notice press conference in 15mins... apparently with regards to the structure of the club whatever it means.
said to be bad news and really urgent info as they announce it the day before the Zurich match. maybe Heusler is leaving or Oeri or Fink
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-basel-president BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—One of the few women running a top-tier European football club says she is stepping down this year for health reasons. FC Basel President Gisela Oeri, popularly known as “Gigi,” is a philanthropist who invested millions of Swiss francs (dollars) in the club since joining the board of directors in 1999. Oeri’s leadership will end in December after Basel competes again in the Champions League group stage. She will be succeeded by vice president Bernhard Heusler.
Basel losing in extra time to Zurich for the first time since five years Vanczak is scoring again and saving a draw vs Lucerne which played under protest tomorrow, either Thun or Servette could take the lead
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=reu-europeswisssion Switzerland has been warned that it must enforce FIFA statutes after first division Sion were allowed to field their new signings at the weekend despite being subject to a transfer ban. Now CC might put in jeopardy the entire Swiss League and the NT. Great.
August 13 FT Basel 1 - 2 Zurich FT Sion 1 - 1 Lucerne August 14 FT Grasshoppers 0 - 3 Young Boys Bern FT Neuchatel Xamax 0 - 0 Servette FT Thun 5 - 2 Lausanne Sports 1. Thun 5 +7 11 2. YB 5 +4 9 3. Luzern 5 +4 9 4. Sion 5 +3 8 5. Servette 5 +2 8 6. Zürich 5 +4 6 7. Basel 5 +1 6 8. GC 5 -10 4 9. Lausanne-Sport 5 -7 3 10. NE Xamax 5 -8 2
August 20 17:45 Lucerne ? - ? Basel 17:45 Servette ? - ? Grasshoppers 17:45 Zurich ? - ? Neuchatel Xamax August 21 16:00 Young Boys Bern ? - ? Thun 17:15 Lausanne Sports ? - ? Sion The Bern derby should be good. LS and Sion should be a fun one as well. But Servette and GCZ, that just fees right to say.
August 20 FT Lucerne 3 - 1 Basel FT Servette 3 - 4 Grasshoppers FT Zurich 0 - 2 Neuchatel Xamax August 21 FT Young Boys Bern 0 - 2 Thun FT Lausanne Sports 0 - 2 Sion Some surprising results over the weekend. Luzern the only home team to win. 1. Thun 6 +9 14 2. Luzern 6 +6 12 3. Sion 6 +5 11 4. YB 6 +2 9 5. Servette 6 +1 8 6. GC 6 -9 7 7. Zürich 6 +2 6 8. Basel 6 -1 6 9. NE Xamax 6 -6 5 10. Lausanne-Sport 6 -9 3
Xamax now only one point behind Zürich and Basel before receiving Lausanne and GC. Caparros has only practised defensive movements so far with three clean sheets in a row now. After the next match and the NT break, he is going to reduce the training intensity. They have been training twice a day so far. And he yet wants two players. Once the team is in place, Xamax could have good cards to be a serious opponent for YB, Basel and Zürich especially as the others have been struggling as well. bad defeat for Servette, but they had suffered physically vs Xamax the match before. Hopefully Roderick joins Servette. We need more stability in defense.
August 27 17:45 Grasshoppers ? - ? Lucerne 17:45 Neuchatel Xamax ? - ? Lausanne Sports August 28 16:00 Basel ? - ? Thun 16:00 Sion ? - ? Servette 16:00 Young Boys Bern ? - ? Zurich
August 27 FT Grasshoppers 0 - 1 Lucerne FT Neuchatel Xamax 2 - 2 Lausanne Sports August 28 FT Basel 2 - 1 Thun FT Sion 0 - 4 Servette FT Young Boys Bern 2 - 3 Zurich Servette with a huge win over Sion. FCZ defeated YB in a most bizarre fashion. YB up 2-1 with about 10 min to go at home, they then let in an own goal and then a final goal. 1. Luzern 7 +7 15 2. Thun 7 +8 14 3. Servette 7 +5 11 4. Sion 7 +1 11 5. Zürich 7 +3 9 6. YB 7 +1 9 7. Basel 7 0 9 8. GC 7 -10 7 9. NE Xamax 7 -6 6 10. Lausanne-Sport 7 -9 4
Not a surprise. I wonder with him possible leaving, what happens to the big money players that he brought in? Does Xamax go into 2nd interregional league?
probable...he said he would give the club for 0 CHF to the city of Neuchâtel. in this chase the city would chose a task force to save the club. now, there are several open payments for the stadium (belongs to the city), for the youth section (well, that's themselves) and maybe the August salaries of the players have not been paid yet. maybe, financially, it wouldn't be impossible for the people in the region to save Xamax. But already over the last few years it took 30 people who all spent a certain amount. the people in Neuch all are open to go to a good football match from time to time, but there are not so many fanatic people in the region. if the spectacle is good tough, the whole region can identify itself with the club. now, the expenditure with some of the new players salaries and staff is certainly much higher. so I could imagine Xamax surviving if Chagaev stays till the winter break and then gives the club for free to the city. Because then, Xamax could sell the players with the highest salaries during the transfer period and get good substitutes for much less money. Or if Chagaev pays the August salaries and leaves at the beginning of September, they maybe might survive. the city of Neuchatel could be tolerant with regards to the stadium rent. I think they have a chance of not going down between 5 and 50 percent depending on when Chagaev is leaving and how many open bills he'll be leaving behind. He also had open bills in Grozny. Now, imagine him leaving in the middle of October with lots of open bills left to pay...
the hooligan theme has never been more in focus of politics and television than the last two weeks in Switzerland, because they all start being fed up with the soft approach of SFL. Especially the cantonal governments push for more power and a stricter approach
Stade Rennais announced Celtic as opponent in the Europa league, UEFA assured Celtic they can prepare the Europa league and the Madrid trip, everybody expected UEFA to exclude Sion the day before yesterday, but nothing happened on Tuesday It's simply because they can't go against the decision of the court in Martigny. And the final decision of the court in Martigny is subject to a 20day waiting period and after the latest developments I would not expect the judge to change his mind anyway So, UEFA and FIFA apparently are thinking about excluding Sion for the 2012/13 season. Stade Rennais has put Sion in their list of fixtures on their website now...
Xamax has a new coaching staff: Victor Muñoz (54) will be the new trainer. Thomas Christiansen (38) will assist him. Manuel Lapuente (41) will be in charge of conditioning.
September 10 17:45 Lucerne ? - ? Zurich 19:45 Servette ? - ? Basel September 11 16:00 Lausanne Sports ? - ? Young Boys Bern 16:00 Neuchatel Xamax ? - ? Grasshoppers 16:00 Thun ? - ? Sion Interesting matches all around. Servette could pull within one point of the top.
September 10 FT Lucerne 3 - 1 Zurich FT Servette 0 - 4 Basel September 11 FT Lausanne Sports 0 - 3 Young Boys Bern FT Neuchatel Xamax 2 - 0 Grasshoppers FT Thun 0 - 3 Sion Sad day for Servette, they were crushed. Xamax wins at home, Sion wins at Thun, YB at LS and Luzern stays ahead. 1. Luzern 8 +9 18 2. Thun 8 +5 14 3. Sion 8 +4 14 4. Basel 8 +4 12 5. YB 8 +4 12 6. Servette 8 +1 11 7. Zürich 8 +1 9 8. NE Xamax 8 -4 9 9. GC 8 -12 7 10. Lausanne-Sport 8 -12 4
Xamax has about 3.2 mio unpaid bills for which different parties have gone to court. If Chagaev doesn't pay, Xamax is going to bankruptcy. well, nothing unexpected and Chagaev apparently does not have the money to pay
Surprise, surprise ... Promise everything and all Xamax gets is its name in the international press, albeit in a negative manner, and a quick relagation to the 2nd Interregional league. I wonder how long it will take them to climb back up. Mid-week matches: September 21 19:45 Basel ? - ? Lausanne Sports 19:45 Young Boys Bern ? - ? Neuchatel Xamax 19:45 Zurich ? - ? Thun September 22 19:45 Servette ? - ? Lucerne 19:45 Sion ? - ? Grasshoppers
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-switzerland-parkinglotfight The league says it is “clearly established” that Lausanne Sports forward Matt Moussilou punched Servette defender Vincent Ruefli in the face. Witnesses reported that Moussilou was boarding his team bus when he saw Ruefli and demanded an explanation for slurs about his race and family. If true, Ruefli should also face a ban. I am not sure how one can prove it.
Rueflis wife is black and most of his friends are black... he is more african himself than Swiss, so you can be sure it's not true tough, he likes to provocate Thierno Bah (Lausanne, formerly Servette) who separated Moussilou from Ruefli was the witness in the case. He also said that Moussilou has accusated the 'wrong' person