2020–21 Swiss Super League
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.
| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 September 2020 – 21 May 2021[1] |
| Champions | Young Boys 15th title |
| Champions League | Young Boys |
| Europa Conference League | Basel Servette Luzern Vaduz[lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 → | |
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
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[lower-alpha 2] | ||
| 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:
- 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
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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- "Ciriaco Sforza als Trainer vorgestellt". www.fcb.ch.
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