2015–16 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Lausanne
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2015–16 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Men's national team[]

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Euro 2016[]

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)	Albania	0 – 1	Switzerland	Lens, France
15:00 CEST	Cana 23' Kaçe 63' Kukeli 89' Mavraj 90+2'	Summary	Schär 5' 13' Behrami 67'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 33,805 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)	Romania	1 – 1	Switzerland	Paris, France
18:00 CEST	Stancu 18' (pen.) Prepeliță 22' Chipciu 23' Keșerü 37' Grigore 76'	Summary	Xhaka 50' Mehmedi 57' Embolo 90+4'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,576 Referee: Sergei Karasev

19 June 2016 (2016-06-19)	Switzerland	0 – 0	France	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CEST		Summary	Rami 25' Koscielny 83'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 45,616 Referee: Damir Skomina

25 June 2016 Last 16	Switzerland	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Poland	Saint-Étienne, France
15:00 CEST	Shaqiri 82'	Report	Błaszczykowski 39'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 38,842 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Penalties
	Lichsteiner Xhaka Shaqiri Schär Rodríguez		Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski Krychowiak

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[]

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)	Switzerland	3 – 2	Slovenia	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Drmić 82', 90+5' Stocker 84'	report	45' Novaković 49' Cesar	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25'000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)	England	2 – 0	Switzerland	London, England
20:45 CEST	Kane 67' Rooney 84' (pen.)	report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 75'751 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)	Switzerland	7 – 0	San Marino	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Lang 16' Inler 56' (pen.) Mehmedi 66' Djourou 72' (pen.) Kasami 75' Embolo 80' Derdiyok 89'	report		Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 16'200 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)	Estonia	0 – 1	Switzerland	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45 CEST		report	90+4' (o.g.) Klavan	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 8'000 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Friendly matches[]

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)	Slovakia	3 – 2	Switzerland	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 CET	Ďuriš 39', 48' Mak 55'	report	63' Derdiyok 67' Drmić	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17'582 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	Austria	1 – 2	Switzerland	Vienna, Austria
20:45 CET	Alaba 14'	report	10', 39' Seferovic	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 27'600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)	Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Switzerland	Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CET	Clark 2'	report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)	Switzerland	0 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CET		report	14' Džeko 57' Pjanić	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)	Switzerland	1 – 2	Belgium	Lancy, Switzerland
16:15 CET	Džemaili 32' Seferovic 81'	report	34' Lukaku 83' De Bruyne	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Moldova	Lugano, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Namașco 12' (o.g.) Mehmedi 75'	report	70' Gînsari	Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Women's national team[]

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying[]

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)	Italy	0 – 3	Switzerland	Cesena, Italy
15:00 (CET)		report	59', 62' Bachmann 87' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 2'500 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)	Switzerland	4 – 0	Georgia	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET)	Skhirtladze 9' (o.g.) Crnogorčević 34' Dickenmann 50' Humm 74'	report		Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2'252 Referee: (Cyprus)

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)	Northern Ireland	1 – 8	Switzerland	Lurgan, Northern Ireland
20:00 (CET)	Furness 37'	report	14', 35' Humm 28' Kiwic 33' Moser 36' Ismaili 59' Crnogorčević 74' Deplazes 85' Dickenmann	Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)	Switzerland	5 – 1	Czech Republic	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Bürki 23' Humm 28' Bachmann 33' Crnogorčević 42' Terchoun 84'	report	Svitková 73'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 2'008 Referee: Kateryna Zora (Ukraine)

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Italy	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
17:30	Bachmann 7' Terchoun 36'	Report	Parisi 65'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)	Czech Republic	5 – 0	Switzerland	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
17:00		Report	Humm 4' Moser 35', 90+3' Crnogorčević 40', 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 632 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament[]

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)	Switzerland	3 – 4	Netherlands	The Hague, Netherlands
	Humm 4' Kiwic 74' Bachmann 83'	Report	Melis 29' (pen.) Miedema 56' Van den Berg 61' Van de Sanden 63'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 6,658 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Seger 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)	Switzerland	2–1	Norway	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30	Mauron 32' Kiwic 90+3'	Report	C. Hansen 10'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Friendly matches[]

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)	Switzerland	4 – 1	Denmark	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET)	Crnogorčević 7', 82' Sørensen 12' (o.g.) Bachmann 34'	report	50' Larsen	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 687

League standings[]

Raiffeisen Super League[]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification or relegation

1

Basel (C)

36

26

5

88

38

+50

83

Qualification for the Champions League group stage

2

Young Boys

36

20

9

7

78

47

+31

69

Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round

3

Luzern

36

15

9

12

59

50

+9

54

Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round

4

Grasshopper

36

15

8

13

65

56

+9

53

Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

5

Sion

36

14

8

14

52

49

+3

50

6

Thun

36

10

11

15

45

54

−9

41

7

St. Gallen

36

10

8

18

41

66

−25

38

8

Vaduz

36

7

15

14

44

60

−16

36

Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[b]

9

Lugano

36

9

8

19

46

75

−29

35

10

Zürich (R)

36

7

13

16

48

71

−23

34

Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]

Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.
^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lausanne-Sport (C, P)	34	19	8	7	61	39	+22	65	Promotion to 2016–17 Swiss Super League
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	34	15	9	10	53	42	+11	54
3	Wil	34	14	11	9	60	49	+11	53
4	Aarau	34	12	14	8	44	39	+5	50
5	Schaffhausen	34	14	5	15	43	45	−2	47
6	Winterthur	34	12	7	15	40	49	−9	43
7	Chiasso	34	7	16	11	39	44	−5	37
8	Wohlen	34	9	9	16	35	52	−17	36
9	Le Mont	34	7	11	16	36	50	−14	32
10	Biel-Bienne^[a]	34	5	22	7	28	30	−2	16	Relegation to 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw^[6]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.^[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.^[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ "Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ "FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Die aktuelle BCL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ "Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ "Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

Preceded by 2014–15	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2016–17

[1] Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.40933306720542-2] Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_BB0.27287467861216-8] FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.^[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.^[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.^[4]^[5]

[3] "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[4] "Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[5] "FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[6] "Die aktuelle BCL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[7] "Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[9] "Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

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