2023–24 Swiss Super League

The 2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 21st under its current name. It will be the first season under its current name featuring twelve teams (increased from ten in previous season) and a new format.[1][2] Young Boys are the defending champions.

Swiss Super League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played228

Overview

Format

Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003–04 season, the league has been running under the same format and the same number of teams. This season will thus be the first season of the Super League under a new format.[2] It also returns to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.[1]

The season is divided into two phases:

  • In a first phase all twelve teams play each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays.
  • Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group.
    • Each team will play every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
    • The championship group will play for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships.
    • The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place).
  • Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.

Schedule

The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022.[3][4] The season will begin on 22 July 2023 and conclude on 25 May 2024. As before, the league will go on winter break after matchday 18 on 17 December 2023 and resume on 20 January 2024. The first phase will conclude with matchday 33 on 21 April 2024 and the second phase will start two weeks later, on 4 May 2024. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on 21 May 2024, while the championship group will hold its last matches on 25 May 2024. The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.

The fixtures of the first 22 rounds were drawn and published on 21 June 2023,[5] together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.[6] Match times of rounds 12–22 were published on 8 September 2023.[7]

Teams

Changes

Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the previous season and two teams were directly promoted from the Challenge League.

Challenge League champions Yverdon-Sport FC,[8] runners-up FC Lausanne-Sport[9] achieved direct promotion. Stade Lausanne Ouchy beat FC Sion in the promotion/relegation play-off and will replace them in the top league of Switzerland.[10] Yverdon Sport had most recently played in the top flight in the 2005–06 season, while Lausanne Sport returned to the Super League after only one season in the second tier being relegated in the 2021–22 season and Lausanne Ouchy play in Super League for the first time in history from this season.

Stadia and locations
FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zürich FC Zürich FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy FC Lausanne-Sport
St. Jakob Park Letzigrund Stade Olympique[lower-alpha 1] Stade de la Tuilière
Basel Zürich Lausanne Lausanne
Capacity: 37,994[12] Capacity: 26,103[13][14] Capacity: 15,850[15] Capacity: 12,544[16]
FC Lugano
Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams
 FC Luzern
Stadio Cornaredo Swissporarena
Lugano Luzern
Capacity: 6,390[17] Capacity: 16,490[18]
Servette FC FC St. Gallen FC Winterthur BSC Young Boys Yverdon-Sport FC
Stade de Genève Kybunpark Stadion Schützenwiese Stadion Wankdorf Stade Municipal[lower-alpha 2]
Geneva St. Gallen Winterthur Bern Yverdon-les-Bains
Capacity: 28,833[21] Capacity: 19,455[22] Capacity: 8,400[23] Capacity: 31,120[24] Capacity: 6,600[25]
  1. Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy's home stadium Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch in Lausanne can not accommodate SLO for the Super League. SLO will play at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.[11]
  2. Yverdon-Sport played their home games at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel until the end of September 2023, when changes to make the Stade Municipal Super League ready are completed.[19] They return to their regular home ground on 24 September 2023.[20]

Personnel and kits
Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)* Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor Socks sponsor
Basel Switzerland Reto Baumgartner Germany Manuel Baum Switzerland Fabian Frei Macron Novartis None Bank CIC, hoffmann automobile tectake, Feldschlösschen None
Grasshopper England Matt Jackson Switzerland Bruno Berner Albania Amir Abrashi Capelli Sport Cabatech (in cup matches) None None Feedy's None
Lausanne Ouchy Armenia Vartan Sirmakes France Anthony Braizat Kosovo Lavdrim Hajrulahu 14fourteen gerofinance Berney Associés None Cronos Finance, Roduit None
Lausanne Sport Netherlands Leen Heemskerk Switzerland Ludovic Magnin Switzerland Olivier Custodio Le Coq Sportif Banque cantonale vaudoise Ineos Enzonet None None
Lugano Switzerland Philippe Regazzoni Switzerland Mattia Croci-Torti Uruguay Jonathan Sabbatini Erreà AIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches) Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in cup matches) HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches) GTL Impresa Costruzioni None
Luzern Switzerland Stefan Wolf Liechtenstein Mario Frick Germany Max Meyer Craft Otto’s Luzerner Kantonalbank mycasino Maréchaux Elektro Lehner Versand
Servette Switzerland Didier Fischer Switzerland René Weiler Switzerland Jérémy Frick Adidas MSC Cruises None None Berney Associés None
St. Gallen Switzerland Matthias Hüppi Germany Peter Zeidler Germany Lukas Görtler Puma St.Galler Kantonalbank Mettler2Invest Konzept Fenster & Türen, Schützengarten Malbuner None
Winterthur Switzerland Mike Keller Switzerland Patrick Rahmen Kosovo Granit Lekaj gpard Keller Druckmesstechnik, Init7 Schiess Reinigungen Ruckstuhl/Condecta (in cup matches), Mr. Green Recycling Samen-Mauser, Göldi AG None
Young Boys Switzerland Hanspeter Kienberger Switzerland Raphaël Wicky Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500 KPT Krankenkasse Weiss+Appetito AMAG, TimeTool/Komit (in cup matches) None
Yverdon Sport United States Jeffrey Saunders Switzerland Marco Schällibaum France William Le Pogam Macron MAGENTA EKO (H) None None None None
Zürich Switzerland Ancillo Canepa Denmark Bo Henriksen Switzerland Yanick Brecher Nike NOKERA None None None None

* Institutional sponsor Credit Suisse features on the front of the shirt for all teams participating in the Super League.

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of departurePosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentRef.
Grasshopper Switzerland Giorgio Contini Resignation 9 June 2023 Pre-season Switzerland Bruno Berner 9 June 2023 [26]
Winterthur Switzerland Bruno Berner Departure 9 June 2023 Switzerland Patrick Rahmen 8 July 2023 [26][27]
Basel Germany Heiko Vogel (interim) End of interim period 30 June 2023 Germany Timo Schultz 30 June 2023 [28]
Servette Switzerland Alain Geiger Contract expiry 30 June 2023 Switzerland René Weiler 30 June 2023 [29]
Basel Germany Timo Schultz Termination 29 September 2023 9th Germany Heiko Vogel (interim) 29 September 2023 [30]

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Zürich 11 6 5 0 22 9 +13 23 Champions League play-off round
2 Young Boys 10 6 3 1 20 9 +11 21 Champions League second qualifying round
3 St. Gallen 11 5 3 3 16 11 +5 18 Conference League second qualifying round
4 Luzern 11 5 3 3 15 15 0 18
5 Servette 11 4 4 3 14 15 −1 16
6 Lugano 10 5 0 5 19 17 +2 15
7 Yverdon-Sport 11 4 3 4 16 21 −5 15
8 Winterthur 11 4 3 4 23 24 −1 15
9 Grasshopper 11 3 2 6 14 16 −2 11
10 Lausanne-Sport 11 2 3 6 15 20 −5 9
11 Lausanne Ouchy 10 2 3 5 11 19 −8 9 Relegation play-off
12 Basel 10 1 2 7 13 22 −9 5 Swiss Challenge League
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[31]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results

Regular Season

Split

After 33 matches, the league splits into two groups of six teams. The top six are grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away).[2] The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the eleventh placed team of the Super League (5th of the relegation group) and the second placed team of the Challenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.[3]

Winner of the play-off is whichever teams scores most in both games (no away goals rule).[33] In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) are added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams are still tied.

References
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