2016–17 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2016–17 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland
Season2016–17
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueZürich
Swiss CupBasel
Switzerland

Men's national team

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 10 9 0 1 32 4 +28 27 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2   Switzerland 10 9 0 1 23 7 +16 27 Advance to second round
3  Hungary 10 4 1 5 14 14 0 13
4  Faroe Islands 10 2 3 5 4 16 12 9
5  Latvia 10 2 1 7 7 18 11 7
6  Andorra 10 1 1 8 2 23 21 4
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
6 September 2016 (2016-09-06) Switzerland  2 – 0  Portugal Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Embolo 24'
Mehmedi 31' Yellow card 41'
Behrami Yellow card 68'
Xhaka Yellow card 90+3' Red card
report Yellow card 30' Adrien Silva Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 36'000
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
7 October 2016 (2016-10-07) Hungary  2 – 3   Switzerland Budapest, Hungary
20:45 CEST Szalai 53', 71' report 51' Seferovic
67' Rodríguez
Yellow card 80' Džemaili
89' Stocker
Yellow card 90+2' Behrami
Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 21'668
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
10 October 2016 (2016-10-10) Andorra  1 – 2   Switzerland Andorra la Vella, Andorra
20:45 CEST Lima Yellow card 19'
Rubio Yellow card 45+1'
Vales Yellow card 50'
A. Martínez 90+1'
report 19' (pen.) Yellow card 50' Schär
77' Mehmedi
Yellow card 90+3' Lang
Stadium: Estadi Nacional
Attendance: 2,014
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
13 November 2016 (2016-11-13) Switzerland  2 – 0  Faroe Islands Lucerne, Switzerland
18:00 CET Derdiyok 27'
Rodríguez Yellow card 73'
Lichtsteiner 83'
report Yellow card 14' Olsen
Yellow card 60' Næs
Yellow card 60' Benjaminsen
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
25 March 2017 (2017-03-25) Switzerland  1 – 0  Latvia Lancy, Switzerland
18:00 CET Fernandes Yellow card 48'
Schär Yellow card 52'
Drmić 66'
Report Yellow card 28' Lazdiņš
Yellow card 53' Freimanis
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
9 June 2017 (2017-06-09) Faroe Islands  0 – 2   Switzerland Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
20:45 CET Benjaminsen Yellow card 41'
Rólantsson Yellow card 90+1'
Report 36' Xhaka
59' Shaqiri
Stadium: Tórsvøllur
Attendance: 4'594
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Friendly matches

1 June 2017 (2017-06-01) Switzerland  1 – 0  Belarus Neuchâtel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Shaqiri 9' Report Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Radek Příhoda (Czech Republic)

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 8 8 0 0 34 3 +31 24 Final tournament
2  Italy 8 6 0 2 26 8 +18 18
3  Czech Republic 8 3 1 4 13 18 5 10
4  Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 10 22 12 7
5  Georgia 8 0 0 8 2 34 32 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) Georgia  0 – 3   Switzerland Gori, Georgia
14:00 (CET) Report Crnogorčević 18' (pen.)
Humm 34'
Dickenmann 90+4'
Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)
20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) Switzerland  4 – 0  Northern Ireland Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
19:00 (CET) Bernauer 17', 46'
Kiwic 42'
Rinast 54'
Report Stadium: Tissot Arena
Attendance: 1,308
Referee: Tanja Subotič (Slovenia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  France 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Iceland 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18) Group Stage Austria  1 – 0   Switzerland Deventer, Netherlands
18:00 (CET) Burger 15' Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 4,781
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) Group Stage Iceland  1 – 2   Switzerland Doetinchem, Netherlands
18:00 (CET) Friðriksdóttir 33' Report 43' Dickenmann
52' Bachmann
Stadium: De Vijverberg
Attendance: 5,647
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) Group Stage Switzerland  1 – 1  France Breda, Netherlands
20:45 (CET) Crnogorčević 19' Report 76' Abily Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 3,347
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

2017 Cyprus Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7
 North Korea 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
 Belgium 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 1 13 12 0
Source:
1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) Group Stage Belgium  2 – 2   Switzerland Nicosia, Cyprus
17:30 (EET) Mermans 30'
Cayman 77'
Report 26' Abbé
87' Kuster
Stadium: Makario Stadium
3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) Group Stage Switzerland  1 – 0  North Korea Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 (EET) Kiwic 88' Report Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
6 March 2017 (2017-03-06) Group Stage Italy  0 – 6   Switzerland Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 (EET) Report 5' Humm
21', 50' Reuteler
32' Wälti
83', 85' (pen.) Crnogorčević
Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium
8 March 2017 (2017-03-08) Final Switzerland  1 – 0  South Korea Larnaca, Cyprus
18:30 (EET) Dickenmann 57' Report Stadium: AEK Arena

Friendly matches

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) United States  4 – 0   Switzerland Sandy, UT, United States
03:00 (CET) Williams 46'
Heath 61'
Press 69'
Mewis 76'
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 14,336
Referee: Melissa Borjas Pastrana (Honduras)
23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) United States  5 – 1   Switzerland Minneapolis, MN, United States
19:00 (CET) Lloyd 25', 51'
Press 53'
Dunn 63'
Ohai 82'
Report 7' Mauron Stadium: U.S. Bank Stadium
Attendance: 23,400
Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)
10 April 2017 (2017-04-10) Norway  2 – 1   Switzerland Skien, Norway
17:00 (CET) Hegerberg 8'
Minde 62'
Report 61' Dickenmann Stadium: Skagerak Arena
10 June 2017 (2017-06-10) Switzerland  0 – 4  England Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:15 (CET) Report 30' Nobbs
40' Kirby
50', 62' Taylor
Stadium: Tissot Arena
Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

League standings

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 8 2 92 35 +57 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 72 44 +28 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 8 13 52 61 9 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sion 36 15 6 15 60 55 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 8 14 62 66 4 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Thun 36 11 12 13 58 63 5 45
7 St. Gallen 36 11 8 17 43 57 14 41
8 Grasshopper 36 10 8 18 47 61 14 38
9 Lausanne-Sport 36 9 8 19 51 62 11 35
10 Vaduz (R) 36 7 9 20 45 78 33 30 Europa League qualifying 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:
  1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.
  2. Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League

References

  1. "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
Preceded by
2015–16
Seasons in
Swiss football
Succeeded by
2017–18
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