2019–20 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2019–20
Men's football
Super League	Young Boys
Challenge League	Lausanne-Sport
Swiss Cup	Young Boys
Women's football
Nationalliga A	abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
Swiss Cup	abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

The following is a summary of the 2019–20 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams[]

Men's national team[]

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	5	2	1	19	6	+13	17	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–3	2–0	1–0	4–0
2	Denmark	8	4	4	0	23	6	+17	16	Qualify for final tournament	1–0	—	1–1	5–1	6–0
3	Republic of Ireland	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
4	Georgia	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	3–0
5	Gibraltar	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28	0		1–6	0–6	0–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) Group D	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Switzerland	showDublin, Ireland
20:45 CEST	McGoldrick 85'	Report	74' Schär	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 44,111 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) Group D	Switzerland	4–0	Gibraltar	showSion, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Zakaria 37' Mehmedi 43' Rodríguez 45+4' Gavranović 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 8,318 Referee: (Czech Republic)

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) Group D	Denmark	1–0	Switzerland	showCopenhagen, Denmark
18:00 CEST	Poulsen 84'	Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 35,964 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) Group D	Switzerland	1–0	Republic of Ireland	showLancy, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Seferovic 16' Fernandes 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 24,766 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) Group D	Switzerland	1–0	Georgia	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Itten 77'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 16,400 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) Group D	Gibraltar	1–6	Switzerland	showGibraltar, Gibraltar
20:45 CET	Styche 74'	Report	10', 84' Itten 50' Vargas 57' Fassnacht 75' Benito 86' Xhaka	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Women's national team[]

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	7	0	1	37	5	+32	21	Final tournament	—	4–0	6–1	6–1	6–0
2	Switzerland	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Play-offs	2–1	—	6–0	2–0	4–0
3	Romania	8	4	0	4	13	16	−3	12		0–1	0–2	—	4–1	3–0
4	Croatia	8	2	1	5	7	19	−12	7		1–4	1–1	0–1	—	1–0
5	Lithuania	8	0	0	8	1	32	−31	0		0–9	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group H	Switzerland	4–0	Lithuania	showSchaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Liužinaitė 19' (o.g.) Humm 47' Bachmann 68' Crnogorčević 79'	Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) Group H	Lithuania	0–3	Switzerland	showŠiauliai, Lithuania
17:30 CET		Report	35' (pen.) Crnogorčević 66' Kiwic 70' (o.g.) Neverdauskaitė	Stadium: Savivaldybė Stadium Attendance: 237 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group H	Switzerland	2–0	Croatia	showThun, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Crnogorčević 9' Reuteler 31'	Report		Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group H	Switzerland	6–0	Romania	showSchaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Bachmann 26', 45', 74' Crnogorčević 65' (pen.) Humm 81' Fölmli 88'	Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 3,741 Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Friendly matches[]

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14)	Malta	2–2	Switzerland	showTa' Qali, Malta
18:30 CET	Farrugia 51' Carabott 60'	Report	50', 53' Pando	Stadium: National Stadium

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)	Switzerland	1–1	Austria	showMarbella, Spain
19:00 CET	Mégroz 87'	Report	8' (o.g.) Aigbogun	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)	Austria	1–2	Switzerland	showMarbella, Spain
18:00 CET	Puntigam 42'	Report	8', 90+2' (pen.) Crnogorčević	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

League season[]

Raiffeisen Super League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	St. Gallen	36	21	5	10	79	56	+23	68	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	18	8	10	74	38	+36	62	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Servette	36	12	13	11	57	48	+9	49	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lugano	36	11	14	11	46	46	0	47
6	Luzern	36	13	7	16	42	50	−8	46
7	Zürich	36	12	7	17	45	72	−27	43
8	Sion	36	10	9	17	40	55	−15	39
9	Thun (R)	36	10	8	18	45	67	−22	38	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (R)	36	5	12	19	33	68	−35	27	Relegation to 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

Brack.ch Challenge League[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lausanne (C, P)	36	22	7	7	84	36	+48	73	Promotion to 2020–21 Swiss Super League
2	Vaduz^[a] (O, P)	36	18	10	8	78	53	+25	64	Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Grasshopper	36	17	10	9	69	52	+17	61
4	Winterthur	36	15	10	11	56	58	−2	55
5	Kriens	36	16	6	14	58	59	−1	54
6	Wil	36	14	7	15	60	61	−1	49
7	Lausanne-Ouchy	36	11	9	16	47	64	−17	42
8	Aarau	36	10	11	15	65	80	−15	41
9	Schaffhausen	36	6	14	16	34	62	−28	32
10	Chiasso	36	5	8	23	44	70	−26	23

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Vaduz were selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League by the Liechtenstein Football Association.

Swiss Cup[]

30 August 2020

17:30 CEST

Basel	1–2	Young Boys
Alderete 42'	Report	Nsame 50' Spielmann 89'

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 0

Referee: Sandro Schärer

Swiss clubs in Europe[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[]

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	4–4 (a)	Basel	3–2	1–2

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	2–5	LASK	1–2	1–3

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	3–3 (a)	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	1–1

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[]

Second qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Luzern	2–0	KÍ Klaksvík	1–0	1–0

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thun	3–5	Spartak Moscow	2–3	1–2
Luzern	0–6	Espanyol	0–3	0–3

Group stage[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MAL	KOB	DKV	LUG
1	Malmö FF	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	4–3	2–1
2	Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–1	1–0
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	4	1	7	7	0	7		1–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Lugano	6	0	3	3	2	5	−3	3		0–0	0–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BSL	GET	KRA	TRA
1	Basel	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	5–0	2–0
2	Getafe	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	3–0	1–0
3	Krasnodar	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9		1–0	1–2	—	3–1
4	Trabzonspor	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1		2–2	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POR	RAN	YB	FEY
1	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–1	3–2
2	Rangers	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Young Boys	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8		1–2	2–1	—	2–0
4	Feyenoord	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5		2–0	2–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
APOEL	0–4	Basel	0–3	0–1

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	Basel	0–3	0–1

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Basel

UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lugano	1–11	Manchester City	1–7	0–4
FC Minsk	4–1	Zurich	1–0	3–1

References[]

^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

Preceded by 2018–19	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2020–21

[table_note_VAD0.92578557130219-2] Vaduz were selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League by the Liechtenstein Football Association.

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

[3] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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