FC Basel clinched the Swiss league title by beating Young Boys 2-0 in a winner-take-all final match of the season Sunday.
Valentin Stocker and Scott Chipperfield scored for Basel to finish three points ahead of its rival from Bern.
Young Boys led the standings for most of the season until losing 5-1 at Lucerne last Thursday.
``This was very special,'' Chipperfield said. ``We had a bad start to the season and we were 13 points behind. Deep down you think it's finished. As the season went on we got stronger.''
Both teams will enter next season's Champions League in the third qualifying round, needing to beat two opponents to reach the group stage.
Basel will play against other title-winners from Europe's smaller leagues.
Young Boys enters the non-champions path and must face teams from Europe's strongest football nations.
It is Basel's 13th championship and completes a league-Swiss Cup double in German coach Thorsten Fink's first season in charge.
Stocker scored in the 39th minute when he flicked the ball over advancing goalkeeper Marco Woelfli.
Australia international Chipperfield sealed victory with a 60th-minute header off Stocker's left-flank cross.
Young Boys looked poised to win its first league title since 1986 thanks to a 30-goal season from Seydou Doumbia. The 22-year-old Ivory Coast forward now leaves to join CSKA Moscow.
