2020–21 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2020–21
Dates	19 September 2020 – 21 May 2021
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; (18 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[]

Stadia and locations[]

Basel

Lausanne-Sport

Lugano

Luzern

Servette

Sion

St. Gallen

Vaduz

Young Boys

Zürich

Location of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League teams

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	Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	31,789^[8]
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104^[9]

Personnel and kits[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Patrick Rahmen (interim)	Valentin Stocker	Adidas	Novartis
Lausanne-Sport	Giorgio Contini	Stjepan Kukuruzović	Le Coq Sportif	BCV
Lugano	Maurizio Jacobacci	Jonathan Sabbatini	Acerbis	AIL Casinò Lugano
Luzern	Fabio Celestini	Christian Schwegler	Craft	Otto’s
Servette	Alain Geiger	Anthony Sauthier	Puma	La Praille M3 Groupe
Sion	Marco Walker	Serey Dié	Macron	Capital Markets Consulting
St. Gallen	Peter Zeidler	Silvan Hefti	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Vaduz	Mario Frick	Benjamin Büchel	Puma	National Bank of Liechtenstein MBPI
Young Boys	Gerardo Seoane	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Plus500
Zürich	Massimo Rizzo	Yanick Brecher	Nike	AntePay

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	End of contract	7 August 2020	Pre-season	Fabio Grosso	25 August 2020^[10]
Basel	Marcel Koller	End of contract	31 August 2020	Pre-season	Ciriaco Sforza	1 September 2020^[11]
Zürich	Ludovic Magnin	Sacked	5 October 2020^[12]	10th	Massimo Rizzo	5 October 2020
Sion	Fabio Grosso	Sacked	5 March 2021^[13]	10th	Christian Constantin (interim)	5 March 2021
	Christian Constantin (interim)	End of interim	11 March 2021	9th	Ugo Raczynski (interim)	11 March 2021^[14]
	Ugo Raczynski (interim)	End of interim	16 March 2021	9th	Marco Walker	16 March 2021^[15]
Basel	Ciriaco Sforza	Sacked	6 April 2021^[16]	5th	Patrick Rahmen (interim)	6 April 2021

League table[]

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 to Champions League second qualifying round

2

Basel

36

15

8

13

60

53

+7

53

Qualification to 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 to Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[b]

6

Lausanne-Sport

36

12

10

14

52

55

−3

46

7

St. Gallen

36

11

14

45

48

−3

44

8

Zürich

36

11

10

15

53

57

−4

43

9

Sion (O)

36

8

14

48

58

−10

38

Qualification to relegation play-offs

10

Vaduz (R)

36

9

18

36

58

−22

36

Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]

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.^[17]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.
^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

Results[]

First and second round[]

Home \ Away	BAS	LAU	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	StG	VAD	YB	ZÜR
Basel	—	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–4
Lausanne-Sport	1–3	—	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	4–0
Lugano	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1
Luzern	1–2	2–2	1–1	—	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–3	0–0
Servette	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1
Sion	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–2
St. Gallen	1–3	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	1–2	2–3
Vaduz	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	0–1	—	0–0	1–4
Young Boys	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	—	2–1
Zürich	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–4	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and fourth round[]

Home \ Away	BAS	LAU	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	StG	VAD	YB	ZÜR
Basel	—	0–0	2–0	4–1	5–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–0
Lausanne-Sport	3–3	—	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	4–3	2–1	2–4	2–2
Lugano	2–1	1–0	—	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–1
Luzern	3–4	1–0	1–2	—	3–0	1–1	4–2	4–0	2–2	3–1
Servette	2–1	1–4	1–1	4–2	—	3–5	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1
Sion	4–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	—	1–1	0–2	0–3	2–2
St. Gallen	3–1	5–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	—	1–0	2–2	1–1
Vaduz	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–3	3–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–2
Young Boys	2–0	4–2	3–0	5–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	—	4–0
Zürich	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	—

Source: Swiss Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs[]

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[]

27 May 2021

20:30

Thun	1–4	Sion
Salanović 89'	Report	Hoarau 13', 63' (pen.) Tosetti 15' Uldrikis 86'

Stockhorn Arena, Thun

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sandro Schärer

Second leg[]

30 May 2021

16:00

Sion	2–3	Thun
30', 45+2'	Report	Dzonlagic 3' 38' Havenaar 55'

Stade de Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 100

Referee: Fedayi San

Sion won 6–4 on aggregate.

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	18
1	Arthur Cabral	Basel	18
3	Antonio Marchesano	Zürich	11
	Grejohn Kyei	Servette
	Jordan Siebatcheu	Young Boys
	Dejan Sorgic	Luzern
7	Pajtim Kasami	Basel	10
8	Anto Grgić	Sion	9
	Kwadwo Duah	St. Gallen
	Alex Schalk	Servette

Clean sheets[]

As of matches played 21 February 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	David von Ballmoos	Young Boys	9
2	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	8
3	Yanick Brecher	Zürich	7
4	Mory Diaw	Lausanne	6
4	Noam Baumann	Lugano	6
6	Heinz Lindner	Basel	4
	Marius Müller	Luzern
	Jérémy Frick	Servette
9	Kevin Fickentscher	Sion	3
10	Timothy Fayulu	Sion	2
10	Benjamin Büchel	Vaduz	2

References[]

^ "Rahmenterminplan 2020/2021" (PDF). sfl.ch. Swiss Football League. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ Swiss Football League. "FC Basel 1893- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ "Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée". www.rts.ch (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^ Swiss Football League. "FC Lugano- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ Swiss Football League. "FC Luzern- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ Swiss Football League. "FC Sion- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ Swiss Football League. "FC St.Gallen 1879- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ Swiss Football League. "BSC Young Boys- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ Swiss Football League. "FC Zürich- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.
^ "Fabio Grosso ist neuer Sion-Coach". www.srf.ch.
^ "Ciriaco Sforza als Trainer vorgestellt". www.fcb.ch.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "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. "Ugo Raczynski à la barre du FC Sion". lematin.ch (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ Center, Sport. "Marco Walker est le nouveau coach du FC Sion". lematin.ch (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. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links[]

[vaduz-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.85274712361989-18] Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

[1] "Rahmenterminplan 2020/2021" (PDF). sfl.ch. Swiss Football League. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[3] Swiss Football League. "FC Basel 1893- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[4] "Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée". www.rts.ch (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[5] Swiss Football League. "FC Lugano- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[6] Swiss Football League. "FC Luzern- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[7] Swiss Football League. "FC Sion- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[auto-8] Swiss Football League. "FC St.Gallen 1879- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[9] Swiss Football League. "BSC Young Boys- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[10] Swiss Football League. "FC Zürich- Swiss Football League". www.sfl.ch.

[11] "Fabio Grosso ist neuer Sion-Coach". www.srf.ch.

[12] "Ciriaco Sforza als Trainer vorgestellt". www.fcb.ch.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] "FCZ bestätigt Magnin-Entlassung – kommt nun Schneider?". watson.ch. 5 July 2020.

[14] ITASportPress, Redazione. "Sion, ufficiale l'esonero di Fabio Grosso". ITA Sport Press (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.

[15] Center, Sport. "Ugo Raczynski à la barre du FC Sion". lematin.ch (in French). Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[16] Center, Sport. "Marco Walker est le nouveau coach du FC Sion". lematin.ch (in French).

[17] "FCB und Sforza gehen getrennte Wege". srf.ch. 6 April 2021.

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

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