2020–21 Servette FC season
The 2020–21 Servette FC season was the club's 131st season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Servette participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 20 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.
2020–21 season | |||
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Owner | 1890 Foundation | ||
Chairman | Didier Fischer | ||
Manager | Alain Geiger | ||
Stadium | Stade de Genève | ||
Swiss Super League | 3rd | ||
Swiss Cup | Semi-finals | ||
UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | ||
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Season overview
On Monday 31 August 2020 the Swiss Football League (SFL) published the schedule for the Raiffeisen Super League 2020–21. Servette start the new season on Sunday 20 September with an away game against Lausanne-Sport. In a first step, the SFL published the schedule for the first 18 rounds, but only fixed times for the first nine rounds. The final schedule with the further 18 games in the second half of the season will follow by the end of the year.[1]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 24 January 2020[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss
21 August 2020 Friendly | Servette | 8–0 | Thonon Évian | |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
22 August 2020 Friendly | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–2 | Servette | Bouveret |
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade du Bouveret |
13 January 2021 Friendly | Servette | 0–1 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | Lausanne |
14:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de Vidy Synthétique |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Swiss Super League | 20 September 2020 | 21 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 38.89 |
Swiss Cup | 7 April 2021 | 5 May 2021 | Round 3 | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 66.67 |
Europa League | 27 August 2020 | 17 September 2020 | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
Total | 41 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 41.46 |
Source: Soccerway
Swiss Super League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Young Boys (C) | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 84 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
3 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 50 | |
4 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 49 | |
5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 27 | −10 |
Last updated: 21 May 2021.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
20 September 2020 1 | Lausanne-Sport | 2 – 1 | Servette | Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne |
16:00 |
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Report | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Léonce Lionel Tschudi |
27 September 2020 2 | Servette | 1 – 0 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 | Cespedes 13' Stevanović 51' Schalk 77' (pen.) |
SFL summary | 7' Bunjaku 30' van der Werff 59' van Wolfswinkel 61' Nikolić |
Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
4 October 2020 3 | St. Gallen | 1 – 0 | Servette | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
16:00 | Report |
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Attendance: 9,244 Referee: Urs Schnyder |
17 October 2020 4 | Servette | 0 – 0 | Young Boys | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
19:00 | Report | Attendance: 5,240 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
22 November 2020 8 | Servette | 1 – 1 | Lugano | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
25 November 2020 5 | Sion | 2 – 0 | Servette | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
18:15 | Report |
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Attendance: 0 Referee: Léonce Lionel Tschudi | |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
28 November 2020 9 | Servette | 1 – 3 | Luzern | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
20:30 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
2 December 2020 6 | Servette | 2 – 1 | Zürich | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
18:15 | Report |
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Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer | |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
5 December 2020 10 | Basel | 1 – 0 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 |
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Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic | |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
9 December 2020 7 | Vaduz | 0 – 2 | Servette | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
18:15 | Report |
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Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo | |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
13 December 2020 11 | Young Boys | 1–2 | Servette | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
16:00 | Maceiras 54' Mambimbi 85' |
SFL summary | 22' Schalk 65' Schalk |
Attendance: 5 Referee: Stefan Horisberger |
17 December 2020 12 | Servette | 1 – 1 | Sion | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
20:30 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
20 December 2020 13 | Zürich | 0 – 1 | Servette | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
23 December 2020 14 | Servette | 1–1 | Vaduz | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
18:15 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
31 January 2021 17 | Servette | 1–1 | Lausanne-Sport | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 | Report |
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Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San | |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
4 February 2021 18 | Luzern | 3–0 | Servette | Swissporarena, Luzern |
18:15 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Horisberger | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
7 February 2021 19 | Servette | 4–2 | Luzern | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Bieri | ||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
10 February 2021 15 | Servette | 2–2 | St. Gallen | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
18:15 CET | Attendance: 0 | |||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
13 February 2021 20 | Lausanne-Sport | 3–1 | Servette | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne |
18:15 | ||||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
21 February 2021 21 | Young Boys | 2–0 | Servette | Stadion Wankdorf, Bern |
16:00 | ||||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
27 February 2021 22 | Servette | 3–1 | Zürich | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
18:15 | Rouiller 19' Miroslav Stevanović 26' Valls 45+1' Miroslav Stevanović 62' Valls 67' (pen.) |
SFL summary | 12' Fabian Rohner 54' Brecher 56' Khelifi 66' H. Kryeziu |
Attendance: 5 Referee: Luca Piccolo |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
3 March 2021 23 | St. Gallen | 0–1 | Servette | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
18:15 | ||||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
6 March 2021 24 | Servette | 2–1 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
20:30 | Severin 39' Kyei 62' Ondoua 71' |
SFL report | 49' Cardoso 90+3' Cabral |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
14 March 2021 25 | Sion | 1–2 | Servette | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
16:00 | ||||
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland |
21 March 2021 26 | Servette | 1–2 | Vaduz | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 | Ondoua 63' Sauthier 75' Kyei 76' Sasso 90' |
SFL report | 25' Gasser 28' Dorn 50' Di Giusto 63' Simani 64' Lüchinger 89' Sutter |
Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Horisberger |
4 April 2021 27 | Servette | 1–1 | Lugano | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 |
11 April 2021 28 | Zürich | 1–2 | Servette | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:00 | Džemaili 38' Domgjoni 40' Schönbächler 85' |
SFL summary | 20' Céspedes 46' Schalk 50' Schalk 69' Imeri} 83' Fofana 90+5' Severin |
18 April 2021 29 | Basel | 5–0 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:00 | Frei 3' (pen.) Kasami 6' van Wolfswinkel 9' Zhegrova 46' Pululu 86' Pululu 87' |
SFL summary | 26' Diallo 35' Sauthier |
Attendance: 0 Referee: |
22 April 2021 30 | Servette | 3–5 | Sion | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
2 May 2021 32 | Servette | 2–1 | Young Boys | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
16:00 | Cognat 33' Schalk 36' Fofana 76' Koné 82' |
SFL summary | 90' Ngamaleu 90+1' Garcia |
Attendance: 100 Referee: Alain Bieri |
9 May 2021 33 | Luzern | 3–0 | Servette | Swissporarena, Luzern |
12 May 2021 34 | Servette | 1–4 | Lausanne-Sport | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
15 May 2021 35 | Vaduz | 1–3 | Servette | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
16:00 |
21 May 2021 36 | Servette | 1–2 | St. Gallen | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
20:00 |
Swiss Cup
7 April 2021 Third Round | Vevey Sports | 2–4 | Servette | Vevey |
18:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Stade de Copet Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic |
14 April 2021 Quarter Final | Kriens | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Servette | Kriens |
17:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Stadion Kleinfeld Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni |
5 May 2021 Semi Final | Servette | 0–1 | St. Gallen | Geneva |
17:00 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet |
UEFA Europa League
27 August 2020 First qualifying round | Servette | 3–0 | Ružomberok | Geneva |
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine) |
17 September 2020 Second qualifying round | Servette | 0–1 | Reims | Geneva |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell |
Statistics
References
- Swiss Football League (SFL) (1920). "Spiel Kalender 2020/2021" (PDF). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- League, Swiss Football. "Servette FC- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
- "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.