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[a] |
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[]
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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 | 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 to relegation play-offs | ||
10 | Vaduz (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 36 |
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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:
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[] |
Third and fourth round[]
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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[]
Second leg[]
Sion | 2–3 | Thun |
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Report |
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Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fedayi San
Sion won 6–4 on aggregate.
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Jean-Pierre Nsame | Young Boys | 18 |
Arthur Cabral | Basel | ||
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 |
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1 | David von Ballmoos | Young Boys | 9 |
2 | Lawrence Ati-Zigi | St. Gallen | 8 |
3 | Yanick Brecher | Zürich | 7 |
4 | Mory Diaw | Lausanne | 6 |
Noam Baumann | Lugano | ||
6 | Heinz Lindner | Basel | 4 |
Marius Müller | Luzern | ||
Jérémy Frick | Servette | ||
9 | Kevin Fickentscher | Sion | 3 |
10 | Timothy Fayulu | Sion | 2 |
Benjamin Büchel | Vaduz |
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[]
Categories:
- Swiss Super League seasons
- 2020–21 in Swiss football
- 2020–21 in European association football leagues