2021–22 Swiss Super League

The 2021–22 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was 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 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsZürich
13th title
RelegatedLausanne
Champions LeagueZürich
Europa Conference LeagueBasel
Young Boys
Lugano
Matches played180
Goals scored585 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerJordan Pefok
(22 goals)
Biggest home win6–1 (m1 Aug 2021)
(Basel v. Sion)
Biggest away win0–6 (3 Oct 2021)
(Servette v. Young Boys)
Highest scoring6–2 (3 Oct 2021)
(Zürich v. Sion)
Longest winning run9Zürich
(7 Nov 2021-13 Feb 2022)
Longest unbeaten run17Zürich
(3 Oct 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Longest winless run13Lausanne-Sport
(28 Nov 2021-20 Mar 2022)
Longest losing run9Lausanne-Sport
(11 Dec 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Highest attendance33,810 (01 May 2022)
(Zürich v. Basel)
Total attendance2,049,802
Average attendance11,388

A total of ten teams competed 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 were the four-time defending champions.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity Ref
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994 [1]
Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104 [2]
Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Stade de la Tuilière 12,544 [3][4]
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390 [5]
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490 [6]
Servette Geneva Stade de Genève 28,833 [7]
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 14,283 [8]
St. Gallen St. Gallen Kybunpark 19,456 [9]
Young Boys Bern Stadion Wankdorf 31,789 [10]
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104 [11]

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel   Guille Abascal   Valentin Stocker Adidas Novartis
Grasshoppers   Giorgio Contini   Amir Abrashi Adidas none
Lausanne-Sport   Alain Casanova   Stjepan Kukuruzović Le Coq Sportif BCV
Lugano   Mattia Croci-Torti   Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern   Mario Frick   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   Matteo Vanetta   Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500
Zürich   André Breitenreiter   Yanick Brecher Nike none

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
FC Lugano   Abel Braga Termination 1 September 2021 7   Mattia Croci-Torti 2 September 2021 [12]
FC Sion   Marco Walker Termination 8 October 2021 7   Paolo Tramezzani 9 October 2021 [13]
FC Luzern   Fabio Celestini Termination 22 November 2021 10   Sandro Chieffo (interim) 22 November 2022 [14]
FC Luzern   Sandro Chieffo End of interim period 20 December 2021 10   Mario Frick 20 December 2021 [15]
FC Lausanne-Sport   Ilija Borenovic Termination 2 February 2022 9   Alain Casanova 3 February 2022 [16]
FC Basel   Patrick Rahmen Termination 21 February 2022 3   Guille Abascal (interim) 21 February 2022 [17]
BSC Young Boys   David Wagner Termination 7 March 2022 2   Matteo Vanetta (interim) 7 March 2022 [18]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich (C) 36 23 7 6 78 46 +32 76 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 +29 62 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 +30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 −4 54 Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 +5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 −16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 −21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 −4 40
9 Luzern (O) 36 9 13 14 52 64 −12 40 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10 Lausanne-Sport (R) 36 4 10 22 37 76 −39 22 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
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.[19]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

Results

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Relegation play-offs

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The ninth-placed team of the Super League played the runners-up of the Challenge League. The games were held on 26 and 29 May 2022, respectively.[20][21] The runner-up of the Challenge League hosted the first game.[22]

FC Schaffhausen was confirmed as the runner-up of the Challenge League on 21 May 2022. On 22 May, FC Luzern was confirmed as their opponent.

First leg

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FC Schaffhausen2–2FC Luzern
Report
Attendance: 8,143
Referee: Fedayi San

Second leg

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FC Luzern2–0FC Schaffhausen
Report
Attendance: 15,500

FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

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Players

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  • Player in italic is no longer part of the Super League.
Notes
  1. ^ Joined Fiorentina on 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ Loaned to Spartak Moscow on 31 January 2022.

Teams

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References

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  1. ^ "FC Basel 1893". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Grasshopper Club Zürich". Swiss Football League.
  3. ^ "Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée". RTS Sport (in French). 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Servette FC". Swiss Football League.
  5. ^ "FC Lugano". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Luzern". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Servette FC". Swiss Football League.
  8. ^ "FC Sion". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  9. ^ "FC St.Gallen 1879". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  10. ^ "BSC Young Boys". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  11. ^ "FC Zürich". Swiss Football League.
  12. ^ "CAMBIO ALLA GUIDA DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA DELL'FC LUGANO" (in Italian). FC Lugano. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Marco Walker n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Sion" (in French). Sion. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  14. ^ "FC Luzern: Trainer Fabio Celestini entlassen – Chieffo übernimmt interimistisch". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  15. ^ "HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN MARIO!". fcl.ch (in German). 20 December 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  16. ^ "ALAIN CASANOVA EST LE NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DU FC LAUSANNE-SPORT!" [ALAIN CASANOVA IS THE NEW TRAINER OF FC LAUSANNE-SPORT] (in French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Der FCB trennt sich von Patrick Rahmen" [FCB parts ways with Patrick Rahmen]. FC Basel (in German). 21 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  18. ^ "David Wagner freigestellt, Matteo Vanetta übernimmt" [David Wagner released, Matteo Vanetta takes over]. Young Boys (in German). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  20. ^ "SFL bestimmt die Anspielzeiten bis zum Saisonende". Swiss Football League. 3 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Termine für 35. DCL-Runde und Barrage sind bekannt". Swiss Football League. 25 April 2022.
  22. ^ Swiss Football League [@News_SFL] (3 April 2022). "SFL bestimmt die Anspielzeiten bis zum Saisonende" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "Fair Play Trophys gehen nach Lugano und Thun" [Fair Play trophies awarded to Lugano and Thun]. 1 June 2022.
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