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 |
---|---|---|---|
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
[edit ]Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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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
[edit ]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sion | Italy Paolo Tramezzani | End of contract | 7 August 2020 | Pre-season | Italy Fabio Grosso | 25 August 2020[10] |
Basel | Switzerland Marcel Koller | End of contract | 31 August 2020 | Pre-season | Switzerland Ciriaco Sforza | 1 September 2020[11] |
Zürich | Switzerland Ludovic Magnin | Sacked | 5 October 2020[12] | 10th | Switzerland Massimo Rizzo | 5 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
[edit ]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 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 ]
First and second round[edit ]
Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Third and fourth round[edit ]
Source: Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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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 | 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
[edit ]Annual awards
[edit ]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 Sweden Alexander Gerndt (Lugano)
Team of the Year
[edit ][18] Team of the Year was:
- Goalkeeper:Switzerland David von Ballmoos (Young Boys)
- Defence':Switzerland Silvan Widmer (Basel), Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger (Young Boys), Switzerland Eray Cömert (Basel),Switzerland Silvan Hefti
(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
[edit ]- 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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- ^ "Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée". www.rts.ch (in French). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC Lugano- Swiss Football League". Swiss Football League .
- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC Luzern- Swiss Football League". Swiss Football League .
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- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC St.Gallen 1879- Swiss Football League". Swiss Football League .
- ^ Swiss Football League. "BSC Young Boys- Swiss Football League". Swiss Football League .
- ^ Swiss Football League. "FC Zürich- Swiss Football League". Swiss Football League .
- ^ "Fabio Grosso ist neuer Sion-Coach". www.srf.ch. 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Ciriaco Sforza als Trainer vorgestellt". www.fcb.ch.
- ^ "FCZ bestätigt Magnin-Entlassung – kommt nun Schneider?". Watson . 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). Swiss Football League. 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.