Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League

Country	Switzerland
Other club(s) from	Liechtenstein
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1897
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Challenge League
Domestic cup(s)	Swiss Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Basel (19th title) (2015–16)
Most championships	Grasshopper (27 titles)
TV partners	Teleclub Sport
Website	SFL.ch
2016–17 Swiss Super League

The Swiss Super League (known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in current format since the 2003–04 season.^[1]^[2] As of May 2016 the Swiss Super League is ranked 12th in Europe according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.^[3]

Names

Years	German	French	Italian
1897–1929	Serie A
1930–31		1e Ligue	Prima Lega
1931–44	Nationalliga	Ligue Nationale	Lega Nazionale
1933		Challenge National	Challenge National
1944–2003	Nationalliga A	Ligue Nationale A	Lega Nazionale A
2003–2012	Axpo Super League
2012–	Raiffeisen Super League

2016–17 season

Participating clubs

The teams competing in the 2016–17 season are

Team	Manager	Venue	Capacity
Basel	Urs Fischer	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Letzigrund	25,000
Lausanne-Sport	Fabio Celestini	Olympique de la Pontaise	15,850
Lugano	Zdeněk Zeman	Stadio Cornaredo	10,500
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Swissporarena	17,800
Sion	Peter Zeidler	Tourbillon	16,263
St. Gallen	Joe Zinnbauer	kybunpark	19,694
Thun	Jeff Saibene	Arena Thun	10,300
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Stade de Suisse	32,000

Promotion/Relegation from 2015–16 season

FC Zürich was relegated to the Challenge League by finishing 10th.
FC Lausanne-Sport finished first in the Challenge League.

Winning clubs

Season	Recent champions (Super League only)	Runners-up	Third place	Top scorer(s)
Season	Recent champions (Super League only)	Runners-up	Third place	Player (Club)	Nat.	Goals
2003–04	Basel	Young Boys	Servette	Chapuisat, StéphaneStéphane Chapuisat (Young Boys)	SUI	23
2004–05	Basel (2)	Thun	Grasshopper	Giménez, ChristianChristian Giménez (Basel)	ARG	27
2005–06	Zürich	Basel	Young Boys	Keita, AlhassaneAlhassane Keita (Zürich)	GUI	20
2006–07	Zürich (2)	Basel	Sion	Petrić, MladenMladen Petrić (Basel)	CRO	19
2007–08	Basel (3)	Young Boys	Zürich	Yakin, HakanHakan Yakin (Young Boys)	SUI	24
2008–09	Zürich (3)	Young Boys	Basel	Doumbia, SeydouSeydou Doumbia (Young Boys)	CIV	20
2009–10	Basel (4)	Young Boys	Grasshopper	Doumbia, SeydouSeydou Doumbia (Young Boys)	CIV	30
2010–11	Basel (5)	Zürich	Young Boys	Frei, AlexanderAlexander Frei (Basel)	SUI	27
2011–12	Basel (6)	Luzern	Young Boys	Frei, AlexanderAlexander Frei (Basel)	SUI	23
2012–13	Basel (7)	Grasshopper	St. Gallen	Scarione, EzequielEzequiel Scarione (St. Gallen)	ARG	21
2013–14	Basel (8)	Grasshopper	Young Boys	Gashi, ShkëlzenShkëlzen Gashi (Grasshopper)	ALB	19
2014–15	Basel (9)	Young Boys	Zürich	Gashi, ShkëlzenShkëlzen Gashi (Basel)	ALB	21
2015–16	Basel (10)	Young Boys	Luzern	Dabour, MoanesMoanes Dabour (Grasshopper)	ISR	19

Performance by club

Titles	Club
27	Grasshopper Club Zürich
19	FC Basel
17	Servette FC
12	FC Zürich
11	BSC Young Boys
7	FC Lausanne-Sport
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
3	FC Lugano
3	FC Winterthur
3	Neuchâtel Xamax
3	FC Aarau
2	FC St. Gallen
2	FC Sion
1	Anglo-American Club Zürich
1	FC Biel-Bienne
1	FC Luzern
1	SC Brühl
1	FC Etoile-Sporting
1	AC Bellinzona

Performance by club (professional era only)

Titles	Club
19	Grasshopper Club Zürich
17	FC Basel
10	FC Zürich
10	Servette FC
5	BSC Young Boys
5	FC Lausanne-Sport
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
3	FC Lugano
2	FC Sion
2	Neuchâtel Xamax
1	AC Bellinzona
1	FC Aarau
1	FC Biel-Bienne
1	FC Luzern
1	FC St. Gallen

References

↑ WSC 257 Jul 08. "When Saturday Comes – Border crossing". Wsc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ Heinrich Schifferle. "Swiss Football League". European Professional Football Leagues. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
↑ http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/country/

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swiss Super League.

League table and results
Official website (German)
Official website (French)
Super League Results, Fixtures and Stats
Map of Swiss Super League Stadiums
Switzerland – List of Champions, RSSSF.com

Swiss Super League

2016–17 teams	Basel Grasshopper Lausanne-Sport Lugano Luzern Sion St. Gallen Thun Vaduz Young Boys

Former teams	Aarau Bellinzona Neuchâtel Xamax Schaffhausen Servette Wil Yverdon-Sport Zürich

Associated competitions	Swiss Cup Swiss Challenge League

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944

Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Super League era, 2003–present

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Football in Switzerland

Swiss Football Association

National teams

Men	National team U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Beach soccer Futsal

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Super League (play-off) Challenge League 1. Liga Promotion 1. Liga Classic 2. Liga Interregional 2. Liga 3. Liga 4. Liga 5. Liga

Women	Nationalliga A Nationalliga B

Domestic cups

Men	Swiss Cup Swiss League Cup Swiss Super Cup (defunct) Uhrencup Cup of the Alps

Women	Swiss Women's Cup

Others

Uhrencup

Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

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Non-recognized	Crimea Isle of Man Northern Cyprus Vatican City

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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