2020–21 Swiss Super League
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 19 September 2020 – 21 May 2021[1] |
Champions | Young Boys 15th title |
Champions League | Young Boys |
Europa Conference League | Basel Servette Luzern Vaduz |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 515 (2.86 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jean-Pierre Nsame (19 goals) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Young Boys |
Longest unbeaten run | 21 matches Young Boys |
Longest winless run | 8 matches St. Gallen Vaduz |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Vaduz |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
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.
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
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 | ![]() |
Rheinpark Stadion | 7,584 |
Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,789[8] |
Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104[9] |
Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Basel | ![]() |
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Adidas | Novartis |
Lausanne-Sport | ![]() |
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Le Coq Sportif | BCV |
Lugano | ![]() |
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Acerbis | AIL Casinò Lugano |
Luzern | ![]() |
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Craft | Otto’s |
Servette | ![]() |
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Puma | La Praille M3 Groupe |
Sion | ![]() |
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Macron | Capital Markets Consulting |
St. Gallen | ![]() |
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Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank |
Vaduz | ![]() |
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Puma | National Bank of Liechtenstein MBPI |
Young Boys | ![]() |
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Nike | Plus500 |
Zürich | ![]() |
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Nike | AntePay |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sion | ![]() |
End of contract | 7 August 2020 | Pre-season | ![]() |
25 August 2020[10] |
Basel | ![]() |
End of contract | 31 August 2020 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 September 2020[11] |
Zürich | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 October 2020[12] | 10th | ![]() |
5 October 2020 |
Sion | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 March 2021[13] | 10th | ![]() |
5 March 2021 |
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End of interim | 11 March 2021 | 9th | ![]() |
11 March 2021[14] | |
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End of interim | 16 March 2021 | 9th | ![]() |
16 March 2021[15] | |
Basel | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 April 2021[16] | 5th | ![]() |
6 April 2021 |
League table
[edit]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 the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for the 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 the Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a] |
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 the relegation play-offs |
10 | Vaduz (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League[b] |
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:
- ^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
- ^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.
Results
[edit]Relegation play-offs
[edit]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
[edit]Second leg
[edit]Sion won 6–4 on aggregate.
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Young Boys | 19 |
2 | ![]() |
Basel | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Zürich | 11 |
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Servette | ||
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Young Boys | ||
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Luzern | ||
7 | ![]() |
Basel | 10 |
8 | ![]() |
Sion | 9 |
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St. Gallen | ||
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Servette |
Awards
[edit]Annual awards
[edit]Player of the Season
Player of the Season awarded to Arthur Cabral
(Basel)
Young Player of the Season
Young Player of the Season awarded to
Kastriot Imeri
(Servette)
Coach of the Season
Coach of the Season awarded to Gerardo Seoane
(Young Boys)
Goal of the Season
Goal of the Season awarded to
Alexander Gerndt (Lugano)
Team of the Year
[edit][18] Team of the Year was:
- Goalkeeper:
David von Ballmoos (Young Boys)
- Defence':
Silvan Widmer (Basel),
Fabian Lustenberger (Young Boys),
Eray Cömert (Basel),
Silvan Hefti
(Young Boys)
- Midfield:
Benjamin Kololli
(Zürich),
Michel Aebischer
(Young Boys),
Jordi Quintillà (St.Gallen),
Christian Fassnacht
(Young Boys),
- Attack:
Arthur Cabral (Basel),
Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys)
Clean sheets
[edit]- As of matches played 21 February 2021
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Young Boys | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
St. Gallen | 8 |
3 | ![]() |
Zürich | 7 |
4 | ![]() |
Lausanne | 6 |
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Lugano | ||
6 | ![]() |
Basel | 4 |
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Luzern | ||
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Servette | ||
9 | ![]() |
Sion | 3 |
10 | ![]() |
Sion | 2 |
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Vaduz |
References
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- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC Basel 1893- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
- ^ "Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée". www.rts.ch (in French). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC Luzern- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
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- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC St.Gallen 1879- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
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- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC Zürich- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
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- ^ "Ciriaco Sforza als Trainer vorgestellt". www.fcb.ch.
- ^ "FCZ bestätigt Magnin-Entlassung – kommt nun Schneider?". watson.ch. 5 July 2020.
- ^ ITASportPress, Redazione. "Sion, ufficiale l'esonero di Fabio Grosso". ITA Sport Press (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Center, Sport (12 March 2021). "Ugo Raczynski à la barre du FC Sion". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Center, Sport (16 March 2021). "Marco Walker est le nouveau coach du FC Sion". Le Matin (in French).
- ^ "FCB und Sforza gehen getrennte Wege". srf.ch. 6 April 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SAFP Golden 11 Winners 2020". Golden11. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.