2020–21 Swiss Super League

The 2020–21 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 124th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 18th under its current name and format.

Swiss Super League
Season2020–21
Dates19 September 2020 – 21 May 2021[1]
ChampionsYoung Boys
15th title
Champions LeagueYoung Boys
Europa Conference LeagueBasel
Servette
Luzern
Vaduz
Matches played180
Goals scored515 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerJean-Pierre Nsame
(19 goals)
Longest winning run6 matches
Young Boys
Longest unbeaten run21 matches
Young Boys
Longest winless run8 matches
St. Gallen
Vaduz
Longest losing run5 matches
Vaduz

A total of ten teams competed in the league: the eight best teams from the 2019–20 season, the 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League champions Lausanne-Sport and relegation play-off winners Vaduz. Young Boys were the three-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994[2]
Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Stade de la Tuilière[3] (as of 29 November)
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
12,544
12,500
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390[4]
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490[5]
Servette Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 14,283[6]
St. Gallen St. Gallen Kybunpark 19,456[7]
Vaduz Liechtenstein Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,789[8]
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[9]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Switzerland Patrick Rahmen (interim) Switzerland Valentin Stocker Adidas Novartis
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland Giorgio Contini Croatia Stjepan Kukuruzović Le Coq Sportif BCV
Lugano Switzerland Maurizio Jacobacci Uruguay Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Casinò Lugano
Luzern Switzerland Fabio Celestini Switzerland Christian Schwegler Craft Otto’s
Servette Switzerland Alain Geiger Switzerland Anthony Sauthier Puma La Praille
M3 Groupe
Sion Switzerland Marco Walker Ivory Coast Serey Dié Macron Capital Markets Consulting
St. Gallen Germany Peter Zeidler Switzerland Silvan Hefti Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Vaduz Liechtenstein Mario Frick Liechtenstein Benjamin Büchel Puma National Bank of Liechtenstein
MBPI
Young Boys Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500
Zürich Switzerland Massimo Rizzo Switzerland Yanick Brecher Nike AntePay

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of departurePosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
SionItaly Paolo TramezzaniEnd of contract7 August 2020Pre-seasonItaly Fabio Grosso25 August 2020[10]
BaselSwitzerland Marcel KollerEnd of contract31 August 2020Pre-seasonSwitzerland Ciriaco Sforza1 September 2020[11]
ZürichSwitzerland Ludovic MagninSacked5 October 2020[12]10thSwitzerland Massimo Rizzo5 October 2020
Sion Italy Fabio Grosso Sacked 5 March 2021[13] 10th Switzerland Christian Constantin (interim) 5 March 2021
Switzerland Christian Constantin (interim) End of interim 11 March 2021 9th France Ugo Raczynski (interim) 11 March 2021[14]
France Ugo Raczynski (interim) End of interim 16 March 2021 9th Switzerland Marco Walker 16 March 2021[15]
Basel Switzerland Ciriaco Sforza Sacked 6 April 2021[16] 5th Switzerland Patrick Rahmen (interim) 6 April 2021

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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]
6 Lausanne-Sport 36 12 10 14 52 55 3 46
7 St. Gallen 36 11 11 14 45 48 3 44
8 Zürich 36 11 10 15 53 57 4 43
9 Sion (O) 36 8 14 14 48 58 10 38 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Vaduz (R) 36 9 9 18 36 58 22 36 Europa Conference League qualifying and relegation to Challenge League[lower-alpha 2]
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.[17]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
  2. Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

Results

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League, Sion, played against the runners-up of the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League, Thun.

First leg

Thun1–4Sion
  • Salanović 89'
Report
Attendance: 100

Second leg

Sion2–3Thun
  • Tupta 30', 45+2'
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fedayi San

Sion won 6–4 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cameroon Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys 19
2 Brazil Arthur Cabral Basel 18
3 Switzerland Antonio Marchesano Zürich 11
France Grejohn Kyei Servette
United States Jordan Pefok Young Boys
Switzerland Dejan Sorgić Luzern
7 Switzerland Pajtim Kasami Basel 10
8 Switzerland Anto Grgić Sion 9
Switzerland Kwadwo Duah St. Gallen
Netherlands Alex Schalk Servette

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Season

Player of the Season awarded to Brazil Arthur Cabral (Basel)

Young Player of the Season

Young Player of the Season awarded to Switzerland Kastriot Imeri (Servette)

Coach of the Season

Coach of the Season awarded to Switzerland Gerardo Seoane (Young Boys)

Goal of the Season

Goal of the Season awarded to SwedenAlexander Gerndt (Lugano)

Team of the Year

[18] Team of the Year was:

(Young Boys)

  • Midfield:

Switzerland Benjamin Kololli (Zürich), Switzerland Michel Aebischer (Young Boys), Spain Jordi Quintillà (St.Gallen), Switzerland Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys),

  • Attack:

Brazil Arthur Cabral (Basel), Cameroon Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys)

Clean sheets

As of matches played 21 February 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Switzerland David von Ballmoos Young Boys 9
2 Ghana Lawrence Ati-Zigi St. Gallen 8
3 Switzerland Yanick Brecher Zürich 7
4 France Mory Diaw Lausanne 6
Switzerland Noam Baumann Lugano
6 Austria Heinz Lindner Basel 4
Germany Marius Müller Luzern
Switzerland Jérémy Frick Servette
9 Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher Sion 3
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo Timothy Fayulu Sion 2
Liechtenstein Benjamin Büchel Vaduz

References

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  14. Center, Sport (12 March 2021). "Ugo Raczynski à la barre du FC Sion". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  15. Center, Sport (16 March 2021). "Marco Walker est le nouveau coach du FC Sion". Le Matin (in French).
  16. "FCB und Sforza gehen getrennte Wege". srf.ch. 6 April 2021.
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