Grasshoppers, SableDancers & Chargers take lead

The three sides bag six points out of six in the first weekend of the Swiss National League, to top a table involving 14 teams

Defending champions Grasshoppers Club Zurich, plus Bern Based Sable Dancers and Chargers, from Basel, earned a prominent position in the table of the Swiss Beach Soccer League, after the first week of the competition. The matches last weekend took place in Jona, putting 12 teams into competition.

Dejan Stankovic stunning performance had much to do with Grasshoppers Club bagging the six points at stake. Four goals by the left-footed bomber had the Zurich, upset consistent Scorpions, one of the best teams in last season. In the games on Saturday, Grasshoppers faced a really tough time to bend hosts BSC Jona, something they managed with only a one-goal difference.

Sable Dancers lead some quite more comfortable wins over BSC Thun (12-4) and BSC Bienne Hatchets (7-4), as Chargers leaned on an inspired Dario Sailer to precisely beat BSC Thun on Sunday, adding three points to the three they had grasped on Saturday after hammering city opponents BSC Basiléia (1-10).

These were the complete results of the weekend in the Swiss Suzuki National League:

Saturday, May 4th
12.15 BSC Sable Dancers 12-4 BSC Thun
13.30 BSC La Côte 4-10 BSC Solothurn
14.45 BSC Illyrian Dietikon 2-6 BSC Bienne Hatchets
16.00 Neuchâtel Xamax 1912 2-17 BSC Scorpions Basel
17.15 BSC Basiléia 1-10 BSC Chargers Baselland
18.30 BSC Jona 6-7 Grasshopper Club Zürich

Sunday, May 5th
10.00 BSC Thun 4-7 BSC Chargers Baselland
11.15 BSC Sable Dancers 7-4 BSC Bienne Hatchets
12.30 BSC Havana Shots Aargau 11-1 Neuchâtel Xamax 1912
13.45 BSC Basiléia 2-9 BSC Jona
15.00 BSC La Côte 2-4 BSC Illyrian Dietikon
16.15 BSC Solothurn 3-9 Beachkings Emmen
17.30 BSC Scorpions Basel 2-5 Grasshopper Club Zürich