2018–19 Swiss Super League

The 2018–19 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 16th under its current name and format.

Swiss Super League
Season2018–19
Dates21 July 2018 – 25 May 2019
ChampionsYoung Boys
13th title
RelegatedGrasshopper
Champions LeagueYoung Boys
Basel
Europa LeagueLugano
Thun
Luzern
Matches played90
Goals scored310 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerGuillaume Hoarau (24)[1]
Biggest home winYoung Boys 7–1 Basel
Biggest away winXamax 1–5 Thun
Highest scoringYoung Boys 7–1 Basel[2]
Longest winning runYoung Boys (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runYoung Boys (9 games)
Longest winless runXamax (6 games)
Longest losing runSion
Xamax (5 games each)
Highest attendance31,120
Young Boys 7–1 Basel[2]
(23 September 2018)
Total attendance593,387[3]
Average attendance11,868[3]

A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2017–18 season and the 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League champion Xamax. The season started on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019 with a break between 17 December 2018 and 2 February 2019.[4]

In May 2018, the Swiss Football League voted in favor of reintroducing the relegation play-offs, starting from the 2018–19 season. At the end of the season, the 9th-placed team of the Swiss Super League will face the 2nd-placed team of the Swiss Challenge League in a two-legged play-off to determine which of the two will compete in the Super League the following season.[5]

Teams

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2018–19 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994[6]
Grasshopper Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[7]
Xamax Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 11,997[8]
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390[9]
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490[10]
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 14,283[11]
St. Gallen St. Gallen kybunpark 19,456[12]
Thun Thun Stockhorn Arena 10,014[12]
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,789[13]
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[14]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Switzerland Marcel Koller Czech Republic Marek Suchý Adidas Novartis
Grasshopper Switzerland Uli Forte Iceland Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Puma Fromm
Lugano Switzerland Fabio Celestini Uruguay Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Luzern Switzerland René Weiler Switzerland Claudio Lustenberger Adidas Otto’s
Sion Switzerland Murat Yakin Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher Macron Capital Markets Consulting
St. Gallen Germany Peter Zeidler Switzerland Silvan Hefti Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Thun Switzerland Marc Schneider Switzerland Dennis Hediger Nike Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG
Xamax Switzerland Michel Decastel Switzerland Laurent Walthert Erima Groupe E, Banque cantonale neuchâteloise
Young Boys Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Switzerland Steve von Bergen Nike Obi
Zürich Switzerland Ludovic Magnin Iceland Victor Pálsson Nike

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of departurePosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
St. GallenCroatia Boro KuzmanovićEnd of interim15 May 2018Pre-seasonGermany Peter Zeidler15 May 2018[15]
Young BoysAustria Adi HütterSigned by Eintracht Frankfurt16 May 2018[16]Switzerland Gerardo Seoane1 June 2018[17]
LuzernSwitzerland Gerardo SeoaneSigned by Young Boys1 June 2018[17]Switzerland René Weiler21 June 2018[18]
BaselSwitzerland Raphaël WickySacked26 July 20186thSwitzerland Alex Frei (interim)26 July 2018[19]
Switzerland Alex FreiEnd of interim2 August 20188thSwitzerland Marcel Koller2 August 2018[20]
SionSwitzerland Maurizio JacobacciSacked14 September 2018[21]8thSwitzerland Murat Yakin17 September 2018[22]
LuganoSpain Guillermo Abascal1 October 2018[23]6thSwitzerland Fabio Celestini2 October 2018[24]
LuzernSwitzerland René Weiler17 February 2019[25]7thSwitzerland Thomas Häberli21 February 2019[26]
GrasshopperGermany Thorsten Fink4 March 2019[27]10thCroatia Tomislav Stipić6 March 2019[28]
Croatia Tomislav Stipić8 April 2019[29]10thSwitzerland Uli Forte8 April 2019

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 29 4 3 99 36 +63 91 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 11 5 71 46 +25 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 10 16 10 50 49 +1 46 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Thun 36 12 10 14 57 58 −1 46 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 4 18 56 61 −5 46 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 St. Gallen 36 13 7 16 49 58 −9 46
7 Zürich 36 11 11 14 43 52 −9 44
8 Sion 36 12 7 17 50 55 −5 43
9 Xamax (O) 36 9 10 17 44 65 −21 37 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Grasshopper (R) 36 5 10 21 32 71 −39 25 Relegation to the 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.[30]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Relegation play-offs

Ninth placed Xamax faced Aarau, the runner-up of 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League.

First leg
Xamax0–4Aarau
Report
  • Maierhofer 22'
  • Taşar 34', 69'
  • Mišić 45+2'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stephan Klossner

Second leg
Aarau0–4 (a.e.t.)Xamax
Report
Penalties
Zverotić soccer ball with red X
Jäckle soccer ball with check mark
Bürgy soccer ball with check mark
Mišić soccer ball with check mark
Karanović soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Veloso
soccer ball with check mark Tréand
soccer ball with check mark Corbaz
soccer ball with check mark Ademi
soccer ball with check mark Dié
Attendance: 7,526
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate and will stay in the Swiss Super League.

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Young Boys 378,948 31,120 20,238 25,263 +15.0%†
2 Basel 371,656 29,491 20,717 24,777 −4.2%†
3 St. Gallen 201,326 18,790 9,824 12,583 −0.2%†
4 Zürich 171,145 16,372 7,769 10,697 −0.3%†
5 Luzern 148,462 13,626 7,298 9,279 −7.7%†
6 Sion 134,600 12,800 7,000 8,973 −9.6%†
7 Grasshopper 96,000 16,400 3,500 6,000 −14.5%†
8 Thun 87,678 9,021 4,129 5,845 −1.1%†
9 Xamax 92,410 12,000 3,004 5,776 +66.2%1
10 Lugano 49,950 4,364 2,049 3,330 −11.1%†
League total 1,732,175 31,120 2,049 11,175 −0.1%†

Updated to games played on 28 April 2019
Source: www.sfl.ch
Notes:
1: Played last season in Challenge League.

Season Statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played on 14 April 2019.[31]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys 18
2 Switzerland Dejan Sorgic Thun 15
Cameroon Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys 15
3 Switzerland Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 13
4 Switzerland Albian Ajeti Basel 12
6 Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel 10
Nigeria Blessing Eleke Luzern
Switzerland Vincent Sierro FC St. Gallen
Switzerland Marvin Spielmann Thun
10 Brazil Carlinhos Lugano 9
Switzerland Christian Fassnacht Young Boys
Kosovo Benjamin Kololli FC Zurich

Top assists
As of matches played on 14 April 2019.[32]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 13
2 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani Young Boys 11
3 Austria Thorsten Schick Young Boys 9
Ivory Coast Roger Assalé Young Boys
Switzerland Pascal Schürpf FC Luzern
6 Sweden Alexander Gerndt Lugano 8
Switzerland Albian Ajeti FC Basel
Switzerland Christian Schneuwly FC Luzern
9 Ghana Majeed Ashimeru FC St. Gallen 7
Albania Ermir Lenjani Sion
Switzerland Matteo Tosetti Thun
Switzerland Marvin Spielmann Thun
Switzerland Silvan Widmer FC Basel

Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date
France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys FC St. Gallen 3–1 (A) 31 March 2019

Awards

Annual awards
Award[33] Winner Club
Player of the Season Switzerland Kevin Mbabu Young Boys
Young Player of the Season Switzerland Djibril Sow Young Boys
Coach of the Season Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Young Boys\ Lucerne
Goal of the Season France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys
Team of the Year[34]
Goalkeeper Switzerland Jonas Omlin (Basel)
Defence Switzerland Kevin Mbabu (Basel) Switzerland Kevin Rüegg (Zurich) Switzerland Steve von Bergen (Young Boys) Switzerland Loris Benito (Young Boys)
Midfield Switzerland Benjamin Kololli (Lausanne/Zurich) Ivory Coast Sekou Sanogo (Young Boys)

Switzerland Djibril Sow (Young Boys)

 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani (Young Boys)
Attack France Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys)

Switzerland Dejan Sorgic (Thun)

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