2021–22 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League 2021–22
Season information
Dates	24 July 2021–22 May 2022
Winners	Zürich 13th title
Relegated	Lausanne
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Zürich
Europa Conference League	Basel Young Boys Lugano
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	585
Top goalscorer	Jordan Siebatcheu (22 goals)
Biggest home win	6–1 (m1 Aug 2021) (Basel v. Sion)
Biggest away win	0–6 (3 Oct 2021) (Servette v. Young Boys)
Highest scoring	6–2 (3 Oct 2021) (Zürich v. Sion)
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The 2021–22 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 125th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 19th under its current name and format.

A total of ten teams are competing in the league: the eight best teams from the 2020–21 season, the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League champions Lausanne-Sport and relegation play-off winners Sion. Young Boys are the four-time defending champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	37,994
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104
Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Stade de la Tuilière	12,544
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	6,390
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	16,490
Servette	Geneva	Stade de Genève	30,084
Sion !Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	14,283
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Kybunpark	19,456
Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	31,789
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Patrick Rahmen	Valentin Stocker	Adidas	Novartis
Grasshoppers	Giorgio Contini	Amir Abrashi	Adidas	none
Lausanne-Sport	Ilija Borenović	Stjepan Kukuruzović	Le Coq Sportif	BCV
Lugano	Abel Braga	Jonathan Sabbatini	Acerbis	AIL Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern	Fabio Celestini		Craft	Otto’s
Servette	Alain Geiger	Anthony Sauthier	Puma	La Praille M3 Groupe
Sion	Marco Walker	Serey Dié	Macron	Alloboissons A. Repond SA
St. Gallen	Peter Zeidler		Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Young Boys	David Wagner	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Plus500
Zürich	André Breitenreiter	Yanick Brecher	Nike	none

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC Lugano	Abel Braga	Termination	1 September 2021	7	Mattia Croci-Torti	2 September 2021
FC Sion	Marco Walker	Termination	8 October 2021	7	Paolo Tramezzani	9 October 2021
FC Luzern	Fabio Celestini	Termination	22 November 2021	10	Sandro Chieffo (interim)	22 November 2022
FC Luzern	Sandro Chieffo	End of interim period	20 December 2021	10	Mario Frick	20 December 2021
FC Lausanne-Sport	Ilija Borenovic	Termination	2 February 2022	9	Alain Casanova	3 February 2022
FC Basel	Patrick Rahmen	Termination	21 February 2022	3	Guille Abascal (interim)	21 February 2022
BSC Young Boys	David Wagner	Termination	7 March 2022	2	Matteo Vanetta (interim)	7 March 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	23	7	6	78	46	+32	76	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	15	17	4	70	41	+29	62	Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	16	12	8	80	50	+30	60
4	Lugano	36	16	6	14	50	54	−4	54	Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	St. Gallen	36	14	8	14	68	63	+5	50
6	Servette	36	12	8	16	50	66	−16	44
7	Sion	36	11	8	17	46	67	−21	41
8	Grasshopper	36	9	13	14	54	58	−4	40
9	Luzern (O)	36	9	13	14	52	64	−12	40	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10	Lausanne-Sport (R)	36	4	10	22	37	76	−39	22	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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Results

First and Second Rounds Home \ Away BAS GRA LAU LUG LUZ SER SIO StG YB ZÜR Basel — 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 6–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 Grasshopper 0–2 — 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–1 3–3 Lausanne-Sport 2–2 3–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–6 1–3 Lugano 1–1 1–1 2–0 — 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–5 0–2 Luzern 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–3 — 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–4 1–3 Servette 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 — 1–2 5–1 0–6 1–2 Sion 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 0–1 St. Gallen 0–2 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 — 3–1 3–3 Young Boys 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–3 2–1 — 4–0 Zürich 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 6–2 3–1 1–0 — Source: Swiss Super League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Rounds Home \ Away BAS GRA LAU LUG LUZ SER SIO StG YB ZÜR Basel — 12 May 3–0 22 May 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–2 2–2 0–2 Grasshopper 2–4 — 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–4 0–1 19 May 2–2 1–3 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 0–2 — 4–1 1–2 4–1 19 May 1–5 2–2 0–2 Lugano 0–2 1–1 3–1 — 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 19 May Luzern 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–2 — 4–0 1–0 3–2 19 May 0–2 Servette 19 May 0–1 1–0 11 May 1–1 — 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 Sion 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 11 May 22 May — 0–3 1–2 1–1 St. Gallen 2–2 2–0 22 May 3–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 — 3–3 1–2 Young Boys 3–1 22 May 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–1 — 1–2 Zürich 4–2 1–1 12 May 3–0 22 May 1–0 5–1 0–3 2–1 — Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2022. Source: Swiss Super League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the 2021–22 Swiss Super League played the runners-up of the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League. The games were held on 26 and 29 May 2022, respectively. The runner-up of the Challenge League hosted the first game.

FC Schaffhausen was confirmed as the runner-up of the Challenge League on 21 May 2022. On 22 May, FC Luzern was confirmed as their opponent.

First leg

26 May 2022 18:00	FC Schaffhausen	2–2	FC Luzern	wefox Arena, Schaffhausen Attendance: 8,143 Referee: Fedayi San
	Bobadilla  14' Del Toro  71'	Report	Schulz  4' (pen.) Jashari  53'

Second leg

29 May 2022 16:30	FC Luzern	2–0	FC Schaffhausen	Swissporarena, Lucerne Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Sandro Schärer
	Schulz  20' (pen.) Ugrinic  70'	Report

FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

• Player in italic is not part of the Super League.

Top scorers

Rank	Nat	Player	Club	Goals
1		Jordan Pefok	BSC Young Boys	22
2		Assan Ceesay	FC Zürich	18
3		Arthur Cabral	FC Basel	14
4		Antonio Marchesano	FC Zürich	12
		Kwadwo Duah	FC St.Gallen
		Zeki Amdouni	FC Luzern
7		Kastriot Imeri	Servette FC	11
8		Mamadou Kaly Sène	Grasshopper Club Zürich	10
9		Wilfried Kanga	BSC Young Boys	9
		Žan Celar	FC Lugano
		Christian Fassnacht	BSC Young Boys
		Filip Stojilkovic	FC Sion

Last updated: 1 May 2022
Source: Torschützenliste 2021/22

Assists

Rank	Nat	Player	Club	Assists
1		Miroslav Stevanović	Servette FC	20
2		Adrià Guerrero	FC Zürich	10
3		Lukas Görtler	FC St. Gallen	9
4		Ermir Lenjani	Grasshopper Club Zürich	8
		Víctor Ruiz	FC St. Gallen
6		Meschak Elia	BSC Young Boys	7
		Moumi Ngamaleu	BSC Young Boys
		Anto Grgić	FC Sion
		Filip Ugrinic	FC Luzern
		Assan Ceesay	FC Zürich

Last updated: 1 May 2022
Source: Assistliste 2021/22

Cards

Rank	Nat	Player	Club				Pts
1		Marvin Schulz	FC Luzern	1	1	9	14
2		Vincent Sasso	Servette FC	1	0	10	13
3		Lukas Görtler	FC St. Gallen	0	0	11	11
4		Jérémy Guillemenot	FC St. Gallen	1	0	7	10
		Olivier Custodio	FC Lugano	0	0	10	10
6		Batata	FC Sion	1	1	6	9
7		Trazié Thomas	Lausanne-Sport	1	0	5	8
		Christopher Martins	BSC Young Boys	0	2	4	8
		Noah Loosli	Grasshopper Club Zürich	0	1	6	8
		Wouter Burger	FC Basel	0	1	6	8
		Toichi Suzuki	Lausanne-Sport	0	0	8	8
		Mirlind Kryeziu	FC Zürich	0	0	8	8
		Kreshnik Hajrizi	FC Lugano	0	0	8	8
		Fabio Daprelà	FC Lugano	0	0	8	8
		Fabian Frei	FC Basel	0	0	8	8
		Assan Ceesay	FC Zürich	0	0	8	8

Last updated: 11 April 2022
Source: Karten 2021/22

Clean Sheets (Goalkeepers)

Rank	Nat	Player	Club
1		Yanick Brecher	FC Zürich	10
2		Heinz Lindner	FC Basel	7
		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	FC St. Gallen
4		Marius Müller	FC Luzern	5
5		Jérémy Frick	Servette FC	4
		Amir Saipi	FC Lugano
		André Moreira	Grasshopper Club Zürich

Last updated: 1 May 2022
Source: Matchcenter

External links

• Official website
• uefa.com
• soccerway.com