2023–24 Swiss Super League

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Swiss Super League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played228
Top goalscorerŽan Celar
(12 goals)
Biggest home winLugano 6–1 Yverdon
(13 August 2023)

Young Boys 6–1 Luzern
(11 November 2023)

Grasshopper 5–0 Lausanne
(2 December 2023)
Biggest away winYverdon 0–5 Lugano
(25 November 2023)
Highest scoring7 goals
7 matches
All statistics correct as of 25 November 2023.

The 2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 21st under its current name. It will be the first season under its current name featuring twelve teams (increased from ten in previous season) and a new format.[1][2] Young Boys are the defending champions.

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003–04 season, the league has been running under the same format and the same number of teams. This season will thus be the first season of the Super League under a new format.[2] It also returns to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.[1]

The season is divided into two phases:

  • In a first phase all twelve teams play each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays.
  • Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group.
    • Each team will play every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
    • The championship group will play for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships.
    • The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place).
  • Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.

Schedule[edit]

The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022.[3][4] The season began on 22 July 2023 and will conclude on 25 May 2024. The league paused for the winter break after matchday 18 on 17 December 2023 and resumed on 20 January 2024. The first phase will conclude with matchday 33 on 21 April 2024 and the second phase will start two weeks later, on 4 May 2024. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on 21 May 2024, while the championship group will hold its last matches on 25 May 2024. The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.

The fixtures of the first 22 rounds were drawn and published on 21 June 2023,[5] together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.[6] Match times of rounds 12–22 were published on 8 September 2023.[7] Fixtures and match times for the final eleven round of the regular season were published on 20 December 2023.[8] The matches of the final matchday of the regular season will be played concurrently on 21 April 2024, subject to changes.

Following the 32nd matchday, the participants of the Championship and Relegation Groups were decided. As a result, the fixtures for the final phase of the season were announced on 18 April 2024,[9] before the final matchday of the regular season.

Teams[edit]

Changes[edit]

Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the previous season and two teams were directly promoted from the Challenge League.

Challenge League champions Yverdon-Sport FC,[10] and runners-up FC Lausanne-Sport[11] achieved direct promotion. Stade Lausanne Ouchy beat FC Sion in the promotion/relegation play-off to replace them in the top league of Switzerland.[12] Yverdon Sport had most recently played in the top flight in the 2005–06 season, while Lausanne Sport returned to the Super League after only one season in the second tier being relegated in the 2021–22 season and Lausanne Ouchy play in Super League for the first time in history from this season.

Stadia and locations[edit]

FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zürich FC Zürich FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy FC Lausanne-Sport
St. Jakob Park Letzigrund Stade Olympique[a] Stade de la Tuilière
Basel Zürich Lausanne Lausanne
Capacity: 37,994[14] Capacity: 26,103[15][16] Capacity: 15,850[17] Capacity: 12,544[18]
FC Lugano
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Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams
 FC Luzern
Stadio Cornaredo Swissporarena
Lugano Luzern
Capacity: 6,390[19] Capacity: 16,490[20]
Servette FC FC St. Gallen FC Winterthur BSC Young Boys Yverdon-Sport FC
Stade de Genève Kybunpark Stadion Schützenwiese Stadion Wankdorf Stade Municipal[b]
Geneva St. Gallen Winterthur Bern Yverdon-les-Bains
Capacity: 28,833[23] Capacity: 19,455[24] Capacity: 8,400[25] Capacity: 31,120[26] Capacity: 6,600[27]
  1. ^ Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy's home stadium Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch in Lausanne can not accommodate SLO for the Super League. SLO will play at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.[13]
  2. ^ Yverdon-Sport played their home games at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel until the end of September 2023, when changes to make the Stade Municipal Super League ready are completed.[21] They return to their regular home ground on 24 September 2023.[22]
No. of
teams
 Cantons Team(s)
3
 Vaud Lausanne-Sport, Lausanne Ouchy, Yverdon
 Zürich Zürich, Grasshopper, FC Winterthur
1
 Bern Young Boys
 Basel-Stadt Basel
 Lucerne Luzern
 St. Gallen St. Gallen
 Geneva Servette
 Ticino Lugano

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)* Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor Socks sponsor
Basel Switzerland Reto Baumgartner Switzerland Fabio Celestini Switzerland Fabian Frei Macron Novartis EuroAirport. Bank CIC, hoffmann automobile tectake, Feldschlösschen None
Grasshopper United States Stacy Johns Switzerland Marco Schällibaum Albania Amir Abrashi Capelli Sport Cabatech (in cup matches) None None Feedy's None
Lausanne Ouchy Armenia Vartan Sirmakes Portugal Ricardo Dionísio Kosovo Lavdrim Hajrulahu 14fourteen gerofinance Berney Associés None Cronos Finance, Roduit None
Lausanne Sport Netherlands Leen Heemskerk Switzerland Ludovic Magnin Switzerland Olivier Custodio Le Coq Sportif Banque cantonale vaudoise Ineos Enzonet None None
Lugano Switzerland Philippe Regazzoni Switzerland Mattia Croci-Torti Uruguay Jonathan Sabbatini Erreà AIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches) Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in cup matches) HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches) GTL Impresa Costruzioni None
Luzern Switzerland Stefan Wolf Liechtenstein Mario Frick Germany Max Meyer Craft Otto’s Luzerner Kantonalbank mycasino Maréchaux Elektro Lehner Versand
Servette Switzerland Didier Fischer Switzerland René Weiler Switzerland Jérémy Frick Adidas MSC Cruises None None Berney Associés None
St. Gallen Switzerland Matthias Hüppi Germany Peter Zeidler Germany Lukas Görtler Puma St.Galler Kantonalbank Mettler2Invest Konzept Fenster & Türen, Schützengarten Malbuner None
Winterthur Switzerland Mike Keller Switzerland Patrick Rahmen Kosovo Granit Lekaj gpard Keller Druckmesstechnik, Init7 Schiess Reinigungen Ruckstuhl/Condecta (in cup matches), Mr. Green Recycling Samen-Mauser, Göldi AG None
Young Boys Switzerland Hanspeter Kienberger Switzerland Joël Magnin Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500 KPT Krankenkasse Weiss+Appetito AMAG, TimeTool/Komit (in cup matches) None
Yverdon-Sport United States Jeffrey Saunders Switzerland Alessandro Mangiarratti France William Le Pogam Macron MAGENTA EKO (H) None None None None
Zürich Switzerland Ancillo Canepa Netherlands Ricardo Moniz Switzerland Yanick Brecher Nike NOKERA None None None None

* Institutional sponsor Credit Suisse features on the front of the shirt for all teams participating in the Super League.

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Grasshopper Switzerland Giorgio Contini Resigned 9 June 2023 Pre-season Switzerland Bruno Berner 9 June 2023 [28]
Winterthur Switzerland Bruno Berner 9 June 2023 Switzerland Patrick Rahmen 8 July 2023 [28][29]
Basel Germany Heiko Vogel (interim) End of interim period 30 June 2023 Germany Timo Schultz 30 June 2023 [30]
Servette Switzerland Alain Geiger End of Contract 30 June 2023 Switzerland René Weiler 30 June 2023 [31]
Basel Germany Timo Schultz Termination 29 September 2023 9th Germany Heiko Vogel 29 September 2023 [32]
Yverdon-Sport Switzerland Marco Schällibaum 30 October 2023 8th Switzerland Alessandro Mangiarratti 31 October 2023 [33][34]
Basel Germany Heiko Vogel 31 October 2023 12th Switzerland Fabio Celestini 31 October 2023 [35]
Lausanne Ouchy France Anthony Braizat 13 November 2023 11th Portugal Ricardo Dionísio 15 November 2023 [36][37]
Young Boys Switzerland Raphaël Wicky Termination 4 March 2024 1st Switzerland Joël Magnin (caretaker) 4 March 2024 [38]
Grasshopper Switzerland Bruno Berner Termination 9 April 2024 11th Switzerland Marco Schällibaum 10 April 2024 [39][40]
Zürich Switzerland Murat Ural &
Switzerland Umberto Romano (caretakers) 		Dismissal 22 April 2024 6th Netherlands Ricardo Moniz (caretaker) 22 April 2024 [41]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 BSC Young Boys (Y) 33 19 8 6 67 32 +35 65 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 FC Lugano 33 18 5 10 61 44 +17 59 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Servette FC 33 16 9 8 53 38 +15 57 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 FC St. Gallen 33 14 8 11 53 44 +9 50
5 FC Winterthur 33 13 10 10 55 56 −1 49
6 FC Zürich 33 12 12 9 44 35 +9 48
7 FC Luzern 33 12 8 13 41 46 −5 44
8 FC Lausanne-Sport 33 10 10 13 43 48 −5 40
9 FC Basel 33 11 7 15 41 51 −10 40
10 Yverdon-Sport FC 33 11 7 15 43 64 −21 40
11 GC Zürich 33 8 6 19 35 45 −10 30 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12 FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 33 5 8 20 33 66 −33 23 Relegation to 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[42]
(Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Split[edit]

After 33 matches, the league splits into two groups of six teams. The top six are grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away).[2] The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Relegation play-off[edit]

The relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the eleventh placed team of the Super League (5th of the relegation group) and the second placed team of the Challenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.[3]

The winner of the play-off is whichever teams scores most in both games (no away goals rule).[43] In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) are added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams are still tied.

Statistics[edit]

Hat-tricks[edit]

# Player Club Against Result Date
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo Chadrac Akolo St. Gallen Winterthur 4–2 (H) 11 November 2023
14 Nigeria Francis Momoh Grasshopper Lausanne Ouchy 5–2 (H) 12 November 2023

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "12 Klubs und neuer Modus in der Super League". Swiss Football League. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Keine Playoffs: SFL spricht sich für "schottisches Modell" aus" [No Play-Offs: SFL speaks out for the "Scottish model"] (in German). SRF. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "SFL veröffentlicht Datenplan der Saison 2023/24" (in German). Swiss Football League. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Rahmenterminplan 2023/2024" [Calendar 2023/2024] (PDF). Swiss Football League. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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  10. ^ "Yverdon Sport FC feiert seinen vierten Aufstieg ins Oberhaus". Swiss Football League. 23 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Lausanne nach einem Jahr wieder in der Super League zurück". Swiss Football League. 27 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Historisch: Der FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy steigt in die höchste Schweizer Liga auf!". Swiss Football League. 6 June 2023.
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  28. ^ a b "BRUNO BERNER BECOMES THE NEW HEAD COACH". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 9 June 2023.
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  31. ^ "René Weiler sera le prochain entraîneur du Servette FC" [René Weiler to be Servette FC's next coach] (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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  34. ^ "ALESSANDRO MANGIARRATTI NOMMÉ SUR LE BANC D'YS !" (in Swiss French). Yverdon-Sport FC. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  35. ^ "FCB trennt sich von Heiko Vogel – Fabio Celestini übernimmt" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  36. ^ "Anthony Braizat n'est plus l'entraîneur de la première équipe !" (in Swiss French). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  37. ^ "Ricardo Dionisio est le nouvel entraîneur du SLO !" (in Swiss French). FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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  43. ^ "Die wichtigsten Infos zu den Barrage-Spielen CSSL vs. DCL". Swiss Football League. 29 May 2023.

External links[edit]

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