2015–16 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Lausanne
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2015–16 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Euro 2016

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)	Albania	0 – 1	Switzerland	Lens, France
15:00 CEST	Cana 23' Kaçe 63' Kukeli 89' Mavraj 90+2'	Summary	Schär 5' 13' Behrami 67'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 33,805 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)	Romania	1 – 1	Switzerland	Paris, France
18:00 CEST	Stancu 18' (pen.) Prepeliță 22' Chipciu 23' Keșerü 37' Grigore 76'	Summary	Xhaka 50' Mehmedi 57' Embolo 90+4'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,576 Referee: Sergei Karasev

19 June 2016 (2016-06-19)	Switzerland	0 – 0	France	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CEST		Summary	Rami 25' Koscielny 83'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 45,616 Referee: Damir Skomina

25 June 2016 Last 16	Switzerland	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Poland	Saint-Étienne, France
15:00 CEST	Shaqiri 82'	Report	Błaszczykowski 39'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 38,842 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Penalties
	Lichsteiner Xhaka Shaqiri Schär Rodríguez		Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski Krychowiak

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)	Switzerland	3 – 2	Slovenia	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Drmić 82', 90+5' Stocker 84'	report	45' Novaković 49' Cesar	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25'000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)	England	2 – 0	Switzerland	London, England
20:45 CEST	Kane 67' Rooney 84' (pen.)	report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 75'751 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)	Switzerland	7 – 0	San Marino	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Lang 16' Inler 56' (pen.) Mehmedi 66' Djourou 72' (pen.) Kasami 75' Embolo 80' Derdiyok 89'	report		Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 16'200 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)	Estonia	0 – 1	Switzerland	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45 CEST		report	90+4' (o.g.) Klavan	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 8'000 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Friendly matches

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)	Slovakia	3 – 2	Switzerland	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 CET	Ďuriš 39', 48' Mak 55'	report	63' Derdiyok 67' Drmić	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17'582 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	Austria	1 – 2	Switzerland	Vienna, Austria
20:45 CET	Alaba 14'	report	10', 39' Seferovic	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 27'600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)	Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Switzerland	Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CET	Clark 2'	report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)	Switzerland	0 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CET		report	14' Džeko 57' Pjanić	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)	Switzerland	1 – 2	Belgium	Lancy, Switzerland
16:15 CET	Džemaili 32' Seferovic 81'	report	34' Lukaku 83' De Bruyne	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Moldova	Lugano, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Namașco 12' (o.g.) Mehmedi 75'	report	70' Gînsari	Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Women's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)	Italy	0 – 3	Switzerland	Cesena, Italy
15:00 (CET)		report	59', 62' Bachmann 87' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 2'500 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)	Switzerland	4 – 0	Georgia	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET)	Skhirtladze 9' (o.g.) Crnogorčević 34' Dickenmann 50' Humm 74'	report		Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2'252 Referee: Sofia Karagiori (Cyprus)

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)	Northern Ireland	1 – 8	Switzerland	Lurgan, Northern Ireland
20:00 (CET)	Furness 37'	report	14', 35' Humm 28' Kiwic 33' Moser 36' Ismaili 59' Crnogorčević 74' Deplazes 85' Dickenmann	Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)	Switzerland	5 – 1	Czech Republic	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Bürki 23' Humm 28' Bachmann 33' Crnogorčević 42' Terchoun 84'	report	Svitková 73'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 2'008 Referee: Kateryna Zora (Ukraine)

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Italy	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
17:30	Bachmann 7' Terchoun 36'	Report	Parisi 65'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)	Czech Republic	5 – 0	Switzerland	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
17:00		Report	Humm 4' Moser 35', 90+3' Crnogorčević 40', 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 632 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

2016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)	Switzerland	3 – 4	Netherlands	The Hague, Netherlands
	Humm 4' Kiwic 74' Bachmann 83'	Report	Melis 29' (pen.) Miedema 56' Van den Berg 61' Van de Sanden 63'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 6,658 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Seger 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)	Switzerland	2–1	Norway	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30	Mauron 32' Kiwic 90+3'	Report	C. Hansen 10'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Friendly matches

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)	Switzerland	4 – 1	Denmark	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET)	Crnogorčević 7', 82' Sørensen 12' (o.g.) Bachmann 34'	report	50' Larsen	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 687

League standings

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	5	5	88	38	+50	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Young Boys	36	20	9	7	78	47	+31	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Luzern	36	15	9	12	59	50	+9	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Grasshopper	36	15	8	13	65	56	+9	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Sion	36	14	8	14	52	49	+3	50
6	Thun	36	10	11	15	45	54	−9	41
7	St. Gallen	36	10	8	18	41	66	−25	38
8	Vaduz	36	7	15	14	44	60	−16	36	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Lugano	36	9	8	19	46	75	−29	35
10	Zürich (R)	36	7	13	16	48	71	−23	34	Europa League and relegation to the Challenge League[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lausanne-Sport (C, P)	34	19	8	7	61	39	+22	65	Promotion to 2016–17 Swiss Super League
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	34	15	9	10	53	42	+11	54
3	Wil	34	14	11	9	60	49	+11	53
4	Aarau	34	12	14	8	44	39	+5	50
5	Schaffhausen	34	14	5	15	43	45	−2	47
6	Winterthur	34	12	7	15	40	49	−9	43
7	Chiasso	34	7	16	11	39	44	−5	37
8	Wohlen	34	9	9	16	35	52	−17	36
9	Le Mont	34	7	11	16	36	50	−14	32
10	Biel-Bienne[lower-alpha 1] (R)	34	5	22	7	28	30	−2	16	Relegation to 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.[4][5]

References

"Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
"Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
"FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
"Die aktuelle BCL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
"Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
"Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

Preceded by 2014–15	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2016–17

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[table_note_res_EL1Q0.89528537210789-1] Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_res_REL0.89528537210789-2] Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

[table_note_BB0.3348368202964-8] FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.[4][5]

[3] "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[4] "Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[5] "FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[6] "Die aktuelle BCL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[7] "Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[9] "Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2015.