2017–18 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2017–18
Men's football
Super League	Young Boys
Challenge League	Neuchâtel Xamax
Swiss Cup	Zürich
Women's football
Nationalliga A	Zürich
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2017–18 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

2018 FIFA World Cup[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Serbia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) Group phase	Brazil	1–1	Switzerland	showRostov-on-Don, Russia
20:00 CEST	Coutinho 20'	Report	50' Zuber	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 43,109 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22) Group phase	Serbia	1–2	Switzerland	showKaliningrad, Russia
20:00 CEST	Mitrović 5'	Report	52' Xhaka 90' Shaqiri	Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium Attendance: 33,187 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) Group phase	Switzerland	2–2	Costa Rica	showNizhny Novgorod, Russia
20:00 CEST	Džemaili 31' Drmić 88'	Report	56' Waston 90+3' (o.g.) Sommer	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 43,319 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

3 July 2018 (2018-07-03) Round of 16	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	showSaint Petersburg, Russia
16:00 CEST	Forsberg 66'	Report	90+4' Lang	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 64,042 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	10	9	0	1	32	4	+28	27	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2	Switzerland	10	9	0	1	23	7	+16	27	Advance to second round
3	Hungary	10	4	1	5	14	14	0	13
4	Faroe Islands	10	2	3	5	4	16	−12	9
5	Latvia	10	2	1	7	7	18	−11	7
6	Andorra	10	1	1	8	2	23	−21	4

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31) Group phase	Switzerland	3 – 0	Andorra	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Seferovic 43', 63' Lichtsteiner 68'	Report	39' Aláez 50' Clemente 61' Gómes	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)

3 September 2017 (2017-09-03) Group phase	Latvia	0 – 3	Switzerland	showRiga, Latvia
20:45 CEST	Indrāns 37' Dubra 56' Solovjovs 58' Vardanjans 69'	Report	9' Seferovic 55' Džemaili 58' (pen.) Rodríguez	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 7,587 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07) Group phase	Switzerland	5 – 2	Hungary	showBasel, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Xhaka 18' Frei 20' Zuber 43', 49' Lichtsteiner 83'	Report	35' 89' Ugrai 44' Elek 58' Guzmics	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 32,018 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10) Group phase	Portugal	2 – 0	Switzerland	showLisbon, Portugal
20:45 CET	Djourou 43' (o.g.) André Silva 57'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 61,500 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09) Playoffs	Northern Ireland	0–1	Switzerland	showBelfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 CET		Report	59' (pen.) Rodríguez	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 18,269 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

12 November 2017 (2017-11-12) Playoffs	Switzerland	0–0	Northern Ireland	showBasel, Switzerland
18:00 CET		Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 36'210 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Switzerland won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Friendly matches[]

23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)	Greece	0–1	Switzerland	showAthens, Greece
19:00 CET		Report	59' Džemaili	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,487 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)	Switzerland	6–0	Panama	showLucerne, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Džemaili 22' Xhaka 32' (pen.) Embolo 33' Zuber 39' Gavranović 49' Frei 68'	Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

3 June 2018 (2018-06-03)	Spain	1–1	Switzerland	showVillarreal, Spain
21:00 CET	Odriozola 29'	Report	62' Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 23,500 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)	Switzerland	1–1	Japan	showLugano, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Rodríguez 42' Seferovic 82'	Report		Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 7,010 Referee: Amaury Delure (France)

Women's national team[]

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

Win Draw Loss

FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 qualification[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	8	7	0	1	19	7	+12	21	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Switzerland	8	6	1	1	21	5	+16	19	Play-offs
3	Poland	8	3	2	3	16	12	+4	11
4	Albania	8	1	1	6	6	22	−16	4
5	Belarus	8	1	0	7	5	21	−16	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)	Albania	1 – 4	Switzerland	showElbasan, Albania
17:00 CET	Begolli 81'	Report	23' Brunner 39' Bachmann 41' (pen.) Crnogorčević 67' Dickenmann	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Referee: Amy Rayner (England)

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Poland	showBiel/Bienne, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Bernauer 20' Dickenmann 39'	Report	Pajor 34'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)	Switzerland	3–0	Belarus	showSchaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Calligaris 17' Wälti 18' Reuteler 56'	Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 2'017 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)	Switzerland	5–1	Albania	showBiel/Bienne, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Ismaili 8', 87' Bachmann 35' Kiwic 73' Calligaris 80'	Report	Krasniqi 29'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 1'215 Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)	Switzerland	1–0	Scotland	showSchaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Dickenmann 32'	Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 2'504 Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)

12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Belarus	0–5	Switzerland	showMinsk, Belarus
17:00 CET		Report	Crnogorčević 5' (pen.) Dickenmann 18', 55' Karachun 34' (o.g.) Calligaris 76'	Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

2018 Cyprus Women's Cup[]

28 February 2018 (2018-02-28) Group A	Italy	0–3	Switzerland	showLarnaca, Cyprus
17:00 CET		Report	4' Bonansea 33' Bergamaschi 87' Girelli	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) Group A	Switzerland	4–0	Finland	showLarnaca, Cyprus
17:00 CET	Lehmann 17' Widmer 52' Crnogorčević 68' Bernauer 77'	Report		Stadium: GSZ Stadium

5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) Group A	Switzerland	0–0	Wales	showLarnaca, Cyprus
12:00 CET		Report		Stadium: GSZ Stadium

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) 3rd Place	North Korea	2–1	Switzerland	showParalimni, Cyprus
13:00 CET	Yu Jong-hui 22' Kim Yun-mi 90+1'	Report	90+3' Rinast	Stadium: Tasos Markos Stadium

Friendly matches[]

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) MS&AD Cup	Japan	2 – 0	Switzerland	showNagano, Japan
09:30 CET	Nakajima 69' Tanaka 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

League standings[]

Raiffeisen Super League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	26	6	4	84	41	+43	84	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Basel	36	20	9	7	72	36	+36	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Luzern	36	15	9	12	51	51	0	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Zürich	36	12	13	11	50	44	+6	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	St. Gallen	36	14	3	19	52	72	−20	45	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Sion	36	11	9	16	53	56	−3	42
7	Thun	36	12	6	18	53	68	−15	42
8	Lugano	36	12	6	18	38	55	−17	42
9	Grasshopper	36	10	9	17	43	52	−9	39
10	Lausanne-Sport (R)	36	9	8	19	46	67	−21	35	Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League

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.^[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League[]

Swiss Clubs in Europe[]

BSC Young Boys[]

UEFA Champions League qualifying phase[]

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) CL Qualification R3	Dynamo Kyiv	3 – 1	Young Boys	showKiev, Ukraine
18:30 (CET)	Yarmolenko 15' Mbokani 34' Harmash 90+3'	Report	90+1' Fassnacht	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 36,341 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) CL Qualification R3	Young Boys	2 – 0	Dynamo Kyiv	showBern, Switzerland
20:15 (CET)	Hoarau 13' (pen.) Lotomba 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 13,303 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

3–3 on aggregate. Young Boys won on away goals.

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15) CL Qualification PO	Young Boys	0 – 1	CSKA Moscow	showBern, Switzerland
20:45 (CET)		Report	90+1' (o.g.) Nuhu	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 20,003 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

23 August 2017 (2017-08-23) CL Qualification PO	CSKA Moscow	2 – 0	Young Boys	showMoscow, Russia
20:45 (CET)	Shchennikov 45' Dzagoev 64'	Report		Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

CSKA Moscow won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League group stage[]

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) Group B	Young Boys	1–1	Partizan	showBern, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Fassnacht 45'	Report	11' Janković	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 13,004 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

18 September 2017 (2017-09-18) Group B	Skënderbeu Korçë	1–1	Young Boys	showElbasan, Albania
21:05 (CET)	Sowe 65'	Report	72' Assalé	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) Group B	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Young Boys	showKiev, Ukraine
21:05 (CET)	Mbokani 34' Morozyuk 49'	Report	17', 40' Assalé	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 21,789 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) Group B	Young Boys	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	showBern, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)		Report	70' Buyalskyi	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 10,077 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) Group B	Partizan	2–1	Young Boys	showBelgrade, Serbia
21:05 (CET)	Tawamba 12' Ožegović 53'	Report	25' Ngamaleu	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 20,568 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) Group B	Young Boys	2–1	Skënderbeu Korçë	showBern, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Hoarau 55' Assalé 90+5'	Report	51' Gavazaj	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 8,209 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

FC Basel[]

UEFA Champions League group stage[]

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Group A	Manchester United	3–0	Basel	showManchester, England
20:45 (CET)	Fellaini 35' Lukaku 53' Rashford 84'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 73,854 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) Group A	Basel	5–0	Benfica	showBasel, Switzerland
20:45 (CET)	Lang 2' Oberlin 20', 69' Van Wolfswinkel 60' (pen.) Riveros 76'	Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 34,111 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) Group A	CSKA Moscow	0–2	Basel	showMoscow, Russia
20:45 (CET)		Report	29' Xhaka 90' Oberlin	Stadium: VEB Arena Attendance: 27,996 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31) Group A	Basel	1–2	CSKA Moscow	showBasel, Switzerland
20:45 (CET)	Zuffi 32'	Report	63' Dzagoev 79' Wernbloom	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 33'303 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

22 November 2017 (2017-11-22) Group A	Basel	1–0	Manchester United	showBasel, Switzerland
20:45 (CET)	Lang 89'	Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) Group A	Benfica	0–2	Basel	showLisbon, Portugal
20:45 (CET)		Report	5' Elyounoussi 65' Oberlin	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 22,470 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

UEFA Champions League knockout phase[]

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13) Round of 16	Basel	0–4	Manchester City	showBasel, Switzerland
20:45 (CET)		Report	14', 53' Gündoğan 18' B. Silva 23' Agüero	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) Round of 16	Manchester City	1–2	Basel	showManchester, England
20:45 (CET)	Gabriel Jesus 8'	Report	17' Elyounoussi 71' Lang	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 49,411 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

FC Lugano[]

UEFA Europa League group stage[]

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) Group G	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	Lugano	showBe'er Sheva, Israel
21:05 (CET)	Einbinder 2' Tzedek 60' (pen.)	Report	67' (o.g.) Tzedek	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 14'752 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) Group G	Lugano	1–2	Steaua București	showLucerne, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Bottani 14'	Report	58' Budescu 64' Júnior Morais	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 2,680 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) Group G	Lugano	3–2	Viktoria Plzeň	showLucerne, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Bottani 63' Carlinhos 69' Gerndt 89'	Report	76' Krmenčík 90' Bakoš	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 2,530 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) Group G	Viktoria Plzeň	4–1	Lugano	showPlzeň, Czech Republic
21:05 (CET)	Krmenčík 4', 19' Hořava 45' Čermák 56'	Report	56' Mariani	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,483 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) Group G	Lugano	1–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	showLucerne, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Carlinhos 50'	Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) Group G	Steaua București	1–2	Lugano	showBucharest, Romania
21:05 (CET)	Gnohéré 60'	Report	3' Daprelà 32' Vécsei	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 10,542 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

FC Luzern[]

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase[]

13 July 2017 (2017-07-13) EL Qualification R2	Osijek	2 – 0	Luzern	showOsijek, Croatia
20:45 (CET)	Ejupi 66' Grezda 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 7,542 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

20 July 2017 (2017-07-20) EL Qualification R2	Luzern	2 – 1	Osijek	showLucerne, Switzerland
19:45 (CET)	Juric 19', 62'	Report	72' Ejupi	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 8,483 Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

Osijek won 3–2 on aggregate.

FC Sion[]

UEFA Europa League qualifying phase[]

27 July 2017 (2017-07-27) EL Qualification R3	Sūduva Marijampolė	3 – 0	Sion	showMarijampolė, Lithuania
19:00 (CET)	Ricardo 3' (o.g.) Janušauskas 9' Laukžemis 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Sūduva Stadium Attendance: 3,167 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) EL Qualification R3	Sion	1 – 1	Sūduva Marijampolė	showLancy, Switzerland
18:00 (CET)	Konaté 55'	Report	80' Vėževičius	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 410 Referee: Antony Gautier (France)

Sūduva Marijampolė won 4–1 on aggregate.

References[]

^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

Preceded by 2016–17	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2018–19

[table_note_res_ELGS0.010004934859464-1] Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

[2] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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