2020–21 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2020–21 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland
Season2020–21
Men's football
Super LeagueYoung Boys
Challenge LeagueGrasshoppers
Swiss CupLuzern
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueServette Chênois
Swiss CupLuzern
Switzerland

National teams

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Spain Germany Switzerland Ukraine
1  Spain 6 3 2 1 13 3 +10 11 Qualification for Nations League Finals 6–0 1–0 4–0
2  Germany 6 2 3 1 10 13 3 9 1–1 3–3 3–1
3   Switzerland 6 1 3 2 9 8 +1 6[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 2]
4  Ukraine (R) 6 2 0 4 5 13 8 6[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to League B 1–0 1–2 2–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
  2. The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.
3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Group 4 Ukraine  2–1   Switzerland Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST
  • Yarmolenko 14'
  • Zinchenko 68'
Report Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) Group 4 Switzerland  1–1  Germany Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST
Report Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) Group 4 Spain  1–0   Switzerland Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST Report Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) Group 4 Germany  3–3   Switzerland Cologne, Germany
20:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Group 4 Switzerland  1–1  Spain Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) Group 4 Switzerland  3–0
Awarded[note 1]
 Ukraine Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 CET Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 8 5 3 0 15 2 +13 18 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0
2  Italy 8 4 4 0 13 2 +11 16 Advance to play-offs 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0
3  Northern Ireland 8 2 3 3 6 7 1 9 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
4  Bulgaria 8 2 2 4 6 14 8 8 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 1 0 7 4 19 15 3 0–4 0–2 1–4 3–1
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Group C Bulgaria  1–3   Switzerland Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 CET Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) Group C Switzerland  1–0  Lithuania St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

UEFA Euro 2020

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Wales 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[lower-alpha 1]
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
12 June 2021 (2021-06-12) Group A Wales  1–1   Switzerland Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,782
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) Group A Italy  3–0   Switzerland Rome, Italy
21:00 CET
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 12,445
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Group A Switzerland  3–1  Turkey Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,138
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) Round of 16 France  3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
  Switzerland Bucharest, Romania
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 22,642
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Penalties

Friendly matches

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07) Switzerland  1–2  Croatia St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Belgium  2–1   Switzerland Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) Switzerland  3–2  Finland St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) Switzerland  2–1  United States St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:15 CEST
Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 100
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) Switzerland  7–0  Liechtenstein St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 8 7 0 1 37 5 +32 21 Final tournament 4–0 6–1 6–1 6–0
2   Switzerland 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 19 Play-offs 2–1 6–0 2–0 4–0
3  Romania 8 4 0 4 13 16 3 12 0–1 0–2 4–1 3–0
4  Croatia 8 2 1 5 7 19 12 7 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 0 0 8 1 32 31 0 0–9 0–3 0–4 1–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) Group H Croatia  1–1   Switzerland Zaprešić, Croatia
17:30 CET Report Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) Group H Switzerland  2–1  Belgium Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET
Report Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Group H Romania  0–2   Switzerland Mogoșoaia, Romania
16:30 CET Report Stadium: Football Centre FRF
Attendance: 0
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) Group H Belgium  4–0   Switzerland Leuven, Belgium
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, play-off round
9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) Play-offs Czech Republic  1–1   Switzerland Chomutov, Czech Republic
16:00 CET
Report Stadium: Letní stadion
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

2–2 on aggregate. Switzerland won 3–2 on penalties and qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

Friendly matches

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) France  2–0   Switzerland Metz, France
21:10 CET
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 0
23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) France  2–0   Switzerland Metz, France
21:10 CET
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 0

League season

Raiffeisen Super League

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.[2]
(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.

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grasshoppers (C, P) 36 19 8 9 60 43 +17 65 Promotion to 2021–22 Swiss Super League
2 Thun (Q) 36 19 7 10 57 46 +11 64 Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3 Lausanne-Ouchy 36 15 13 8 57 39 +18 58
4 Schaffhausen 36 16 10 10 59 46 +13 58
5 Aarau 36 17 7 12 66 59 +7 58
6 Winterthur 36 11 10 15 50 52 2 43
7 Wil 36 10 9 17 43 52 9 39
8 Kriens 36 9 11 16 40 48 8 38
9 Xamax 36 10 6 20 36 58 22 36
10 Chiasso (R) 36 9 9 18 35 60 25 36 Relegation to Swiss Promotion League
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2021. Source: Swiss Challenge League
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; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

St. Gallen1–3Luzern
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lionel Tschudi

AXA Women's Super League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Servette Chênois (C, Q) 27 20 5 2 79 15 +64 65 Qualification to UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Zürich (Q) 27 18 4 5 90 35 +55 58
3 YB Frauen 27 13 4 10 63 56 +7 43
4 Basel 27 11 7 9 58 48 +10 40
5 Grasshoppers 27 10 8 9 35 45 10 38
6 Luzern 27 7 6 14 38 57 19 27
7 St. Gallen-Staad 27 7 5 15 47 56 9 26
8 Lugano (R) 27 2 1 24 13 111 98 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Women's 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.[4]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

AXA Women's Cup

Luzern2–0Zürich
Report

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Young Boys Switzerland 3–1 Faroe Islands
Play-off round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Midtjylland Denmark 3–0 Switzerland Young Boys

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Servette Switzerland 3–0 Slovakia Ružomberok
Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Servette Switzerland 0–1 France Reims
Osijek Croatia 1–2 Switzerland Basel
Third qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
St. Gallen Switzerland 0–1 Greece AEK Athens
Basel Switzerland 3–2 Cyprus Anorthosis
Play-off round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Basel Switzerland 1–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1 Italy Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 5–0 0–0
2 Switzerland Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 2–1 3–0
3 Romania CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–1 0–0
4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 4 5[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys Switzerland 6–3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4–3 2–0
Round of 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 5–0 Switzerland Young Boys 3–0 2–0

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
St. Pölten Austria 3–0 Switzerland Zürich 2–0 1–0
Servette Chênois Switzerland 2–9 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–4 0–5

Notes

  1. The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[1]

References

  1. "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "Spielregeln 20/21" (PDF) (in German). sfv.ch. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
Preceded by
2019–20
Seasons in
Swiss football
Succeeded by
2021–22
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