2021–22 Swiss Super League

The 2021–22 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 125th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 19th under its current name and format.

Swiss Super League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021–21 May 2022[1]
Longest losing runLausanne Sports (3)
2022–23 →

A total of ten teams are competing in the league: the eight best teams from the 2020–21 season, the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League champions Grasshopper Club Zürich and relegation play-off winners Sion. Young Boys are the four-time defending champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994[2]
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[3]
Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Stade de la Tuilière[4] 12,544
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390[5]
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490[6]
Servette Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 14,283[7]
St. Gallen St. Gallen Kybunpark 19,456[8]
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,789[9]
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[10]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Patrick Rahmen Valentin Stocker Adidas Novartis
Grasshoppers Giorgio Contini Amir Abrashi Adidas none
Lausanne-Sport Ilija Borenović Stjepan Kukuruzović Le Coq Sportif BCV
Lugano Mattia Croci-Torti Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern Fabio Celestini Dejan Sorgić Craft Otto’s
Servette Alain Geiger Anthony Sauthier Puma La Praille
M3 Groupe
Sion Paolo Tramezzani Serey Dié Macron Alloboissons
A. Repond SA
St. Gallen Peter Zeidler Lukas Görtler Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Young Boys David Wagner Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500
Zürich André Breitenreiter Yanick Brecher Nike none

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of departurePosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich 16 10 4 2 37 24 +13 34 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Basel 15 8 6 1 33 14 +19 30 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 16 9 2 5 24 18 +6 29
4 Young Boys 15 7 4 4 33 18 +15 25
5 Grasshopper 16 5 6 5 29 23 +6 21
6 Servette 16 6 3 7 28 31 −3 21
7 Sion 16 5 3 8 19 31 −12 18
8 St. Gallen 16 4 3 9 20 35 −15 15
9 Lausanne-Sport 16 2 6 8 17 32 −15 12 Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Luzern 16 1 7 8 19 33 −14 10 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[11]

Results

First and second round
Home \ Away BAS GRA LAU LUG LUZ SER SIO StG YB ZÜR
Basel — 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 6–1 0–1 1–1 3–1
Grasshopper 0–2 — 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–1 3–3
Lausanne-Sport 2–2 3–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–6
Lugano 1–1 1–1 2–0 — 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–2
Luzern 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 — 0–1 2–0 3–4 1–3
Servette 3–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 — 1–2 5–1 0–6 1–2
Sion 0–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 0–1
St. Gallen 0–2 0–4 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 3–1 3–3
Young Boys 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 — 4–0
Zürich 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 6–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the 2021–22 Swiss Super League will play against the runners-up of the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League.

Top scorers
As of matches played 1 December 2021 [12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Arthur Cabral FC Basel 14
2 Assan Ceesay FC Zürich 10
3 Christian Fassnacht BSC Young Boys 7

References
  1. "Spielplan 2021/2022" (PDF). sfl.ch. Swiss Football League. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. Swiss Football League. "FC Basel 1893- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  3. Swiss Football League. "Grasshopper Club Zürich- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  4. "Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée". www.rts.ch (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. Swiss Football League. "FC Lugano- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  6. Swiss Football League. "FC Luzern- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  7. Swiss Football League. "FC Sion- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  8. Swiss Football League. "FC St.Gallen 1879- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  9. Swiss Football League. "BSC Young Boys- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  10. Swiss Football League. "FC Zürich- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
  11. "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  12. "TORSCHÜTZENLISTE 2021/22". The Swiss Football Association (in Swedish). The Swiss Football Association. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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