The next six teams were Grasshoppers (previous third) and FC Zürich (fifth) both of whom played in the UEFA Cup, Young Boys (fourth) and Neuchâtel Xamax (sixth) both of whom played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and St. Gallen (seventh) and Aarau (eighth.
The highest attendance at a match was 32,712 on the final day of the season in the game Basel against Zürich on 13 May 2006.
On the final day of the season, Basel were in first position in the league table, three points clear, and they had a home fixture in the sold out St. Jakob-Park against their sole remaining rivals for the championship title Zürich.
A last-minute goal from Iulian Filipescu gave Zürich their first national championship since the 1980–81 season.
The last minute loss of the Championship resulted in subsequent riots, the so-called Basel hooligan incident.