2022–23 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League 2022–23
Season information
Dates	30 July 2022–29 May 2023
Winners	Young Boys 16th title
Relegated	Sion
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Young Boys Servette
Europa League	Lugano
Europa Conference	Luzern Basel
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	539
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Nsame (21 goals)
Biggest home win	6–1 YB–SER (22 Apr 2023) STG–BAS (14 May 2023)
Biggest away win	0–6 WIN–LUZ (10 Sep 2022)
Highest scoring	2–7 SIO–STG (12 Nov 2022)
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The 2022–23 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 126th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 20th under its current name and format. With this season, the Swiss Super League became the longest continuously running top-flight national league.

Overview

A total of ten teams are competing in the league: nine teams of the previous season will participate in the league again. FC Lausanne-Sport, who came in last place, were relegated and are replaced by the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League champions Winterthur. Luzern remains in the league as the winner of the Relegation/Promotion playoff. Zürich are the defending champions.

After Swiss teams gained 7,750 points in European championships in the 2021–22 season, the Swiss Football Association jumped five spots in the UEFA association ranking to rank 14, granting them five spots in European championships in the 2023–24 season. This means that first and second ranked teams of the 2022–23 season will participate in the third and second rounds of the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League qualification, respectively, while the third and fourth enter the second round of the 2023-24 UEFA Conference League qualification. Furthermore, the champion of the 2022-23 Swiss Cup enters the third qualification round for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League.

Due to the format change and the increased number of teams starting with the 2023–24 Swiss Super League, this season will function as a transition season. As a result, no teams will be directly relegated to the 2023–24 Swiss Challenge League. Instead the last-placed team will play a relegation playoff against the third team of the 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	37,994
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	6,390
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	16,490
Servette	Geneva	Stade de Genève	28,833
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	14,283
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Kybunpark	19,456
Winterthur	Winterthur	Stadion Schützenwiese	9,450
Young Boys	Bern	Wankdorf Stadion	31,789
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Reto Baumgartner	Alex Frei	Fabian Frei	Macron	Novartis
Grasshopper	Sky Sun	Giorgio Contini	Amir Abrashi	Adidas	Tianjin Seagull
Lugano	Philippe Regazzoni	Mattia Croci-Torti	Jonathan Sabbatini	Erreà	AIL
Luzern	Stefan Wolf	Mario Frick	Ardon Jashari	Craft	Otto’s
Servette	Didier Fischer	Alain Geiger	Jérémy Frick	Adidas	La Praille M3 Groupe
Sion	Christian Constantin	Paolo Tramezzani	Anto Grgić	Macron	OIKEN
St. Gallen	Matthias Hüppi	Peter Zeidler	Lukas Görtler	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Winterthur	Mike Keller	Bruno Berner	Granit Lekaj	gpard	Keller Druckmesstechnik
Young Boys	Hanspeter Kienberger	Raphaël Wicky	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Plus500
Zürich	Ancillo Canepa	Franco Foda	Yanick Brecher	Nike	Nokera AG

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Basel	Guille Abascal	End of interim period	23 May 2022	Pre-season	Alexander Frei	23 May 2022
Winterthur	Alexander Frei	Departure	23 May 2022		Bruno Berner	30 May 2022
Zürich	André Breitenreiter		24 May 2022		Franco Foda	8 June 2022
Young Boys	Matteo Vanetta	End of interim period	2 June 2022		Raphaël Wicky	2 June 2022
Zürich	Franco Foda	Termination	21 September 2022	9th	Genesio Colatrella (interim)	23 September 2022
Zürich	Genesio Colatrella (interim)	End of interim period	10 October 2022	10th	Bo Henriksen	10 October 2022
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	Termination	20 November 2022		Fabio Celestini	21 November 2022
Basel	Alexander Frei		7 February 2023	7th	Heiko Vogel (interim)	7 February 2023
Sion	Fabio Celestini		3 March 2023	9th	David Bettoni	7 March 2023
Sion	David Bettoni	Contract dissolution	15 May 2023	10th	Paolo Tramezzani	16 May 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	21	11	4	82	30	+52	74	Qualification for Champions League play-off round
2	Servette	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	12	9	59	47	+12	57	Qualification for Europa League play-off round
4	Luzern	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	50	Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Basel	36	11	14	11	51	50	+1	47
6	St. Gallen	36	11	12	13	66	52	+14	45
7	Grasshopper	36	12	8	16	56	64	−8	44
8	Zürich	36	10	14	12	41	55	−14	44
9	Winterthur	36	8	8	20	32	66	−34	32
10	Sion (R)	36	7	10	19	41	73	−32	31	Qualification for relegation play-off

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; (R) Relegated

Results

First and second rounds Home \ Away BAS GCZ LUG LUZ SER SIO STG WIN YB ZÜR Basel — 5–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 Grasshopper 1–0 — 2–1 1–3 2–3 4–4 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 Lugano 1–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–0 2–3 2–3 3–1 1–4 2–0 Luzern 0–2 1–1 3–1 — 0–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 Servette 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 Sion 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 — 2–7 1–3 0–3 0–1 St. Gallen 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–1 2–0 Winterthur 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–6 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 1–5 1–1 Young Boys 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 — 4–0 Zürich 2–4 1–4 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 — Source: Swiss Super League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Third and fourth rounds Home \ Away BAS GCZ LUG LUZ SER SIO STG WIN YB ZÜR Basel — 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 Grasshopper 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–2 Lugano 2–2 5–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 Luzern 0–1 1–0 2–2 — 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 Servette 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–3 — 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 Sion 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–4 0–1 0–2 0–1 St. Gallen 6–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 4–0 — 2–3 0–2 2–2 Winterthur 1–4 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–1 0–2 Young Boys 3–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 6–1 4–0 5–1 2–1 — 1–1 Zürich 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 — Source: Swiss Super League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last place team of the Super League and the third placed team of the Challenge League. The first leg will be held on 3 June 2023, with the representative of the Super League hosting. The second leg will be held on 6 June 2023. Winner of the play-off is whichever teams scores most in both games (no away goals rule). 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.

First leg

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sion	0–2	Lausanne-Ouchy	Stade Tourbillon, Sion Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Luca Cibelli
		Report	26' Mulaj  57' Bamba

Second leg

6 June 2023 (2023-06-06) 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lausanne-Ouchy	4–2	Sion	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 10,754 Referee: Urs Schnyder
	Mulaj  6', 89' Ajdini  34' Okou  81'	Report	23' Zuffi  39' (p) Grgic

Lausanne-Ouchy wins 6–2 on aggregate, while Sion were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

Statistics

Top goalscorers As of 29 May 2023 Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys 21 2 Cedric Itten Young Boys 19 3 Žan Celar Lugano 16 4 Emmanuel Latte Lath St. Gallen 14 5 Zeki Amdouni Basel 12 Tosin Aiyegun Zürich Chris Bedia Servette 8 Andi Zeqiri Basel 11 Jérémy Guillemenot St. Gallen Max Meyer Luzern Hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Emmanuel Latte Lath FC St. Gallen FC Sion 7–2 (A) 02022-11-12-12 November 2022 Tosin Aiyegun FC Zürich Servette 4–1 (H) 02022-11-13-13 November 2022 Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys FC Winterthur 5–1 (H) 02023-01-29-29 January 2023 Cedric Itten Young Boys FC Basel 3–0 (H) 02023-03-19-19 March 2023

Top assists As of 30 April 2023 Rank Player Club Assists 1 Ulisses Garcia Young Boys 9 Renato Steffen FC Lugano 3 Cedric Itten Young Boys 8 Hayao Kawabe Grasshoppers 5 Lukas Görtler FC St. Gallen 7 6 Pius Dorn FC Luzern 6 Christian Fassnacht Young Boys Jérémy Guillemenot FC St. Gallen Dereck Kutesa Servette Pascal Schürpf FC Luzern

Awards

Best Player

Player of the Round

The best player of the Super League and Challenge League for each matchday is voted for by the viewers from among a selection of players.

Round 1						Round 2						Round 3						Round 4
	Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref		Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref		Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref		Nat	Player	Team	L
1		Samir Ramizi	Winterthur	(SL)	10		Cedric Itten	Young Boys	(SL)	19		André Moreira	Grasshopper	(SL)	28		Pius Dorn	Luzern	(SL)
2		Hayao Kawabe	Grasshopper	(SL)	11		Mario Balotelli	Sion	(SL)	20		Andy Diouf	Basel	(SL)	29		Nicky Beloko	Luzern	(SL)
3		Renat Dadashov	Grasshopper	(SL)	12		Mohamed Dräger	Luzern	(SL)	21		Zeki Amdouni	Basel	(SL)	30	not awarded
4		Nicky Beloko	Luzern	(SL)	13		Max Meyer	Luzern	(SL)	22		Martin Frýdek	Luzern	(SL)	31		Fabian Rieder	Young Boys	(SL)
5		Lukas Görtler	St. Gallen	(SL)	14		Dejan Sorgić	Luzern	(SL)	23		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	(SL)	32		Anthony Racioppi	Young Boys	(SL)
6		Lukas Watkowiak	St. Gallen	(SL)	15		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	(SL)	24		Nicky Beloko	Luzern	(SL)	33		André Moreira	Grasshopper	(SL)
7		Daouda Guindo	St. Gallen	(SL)	16		Emmanuel Latte Lath	St. Gallen	(SL)	25		Noe Holenstein	Winterthur	(SL)	34		Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	(SL)
8		Ardon Jashari	Luzern	(SL)	17		Pascal Schürpf	Luzern	(SL)	26		Meritan Shabani	Grasshopper	(SL)	35		Sofyan Chader	Luzern	(SL)
9		Marius Müller	Luzern	(SL)	18		Max Meyer	Luzern	(SL)	27		Sofyan Chader	Luzern	(SL)	36		Franklin Sasere	Vaduz	(ChL)

Player of the Month The Player of the Month in the Super League and Challenge League is chosen by the viewers from among five nominees. The following table shows the winner (in dark grey) and the other nominees for each month where a Player of the Month was chosen. July August September Nat Player Team L Nat Player Team L Nat Player Team L Jérémy Frick Servette (SL) Renat Dadashov Grasshopper (SL) Ardon Jashari Luzern (SL) Wilfried Kanga Young Boys (SL) Lukas Görtler St. Gallen (SL) Timothé Cognat Servette (SL) Basil Stillhart St. Gallen (SL) Cedric Itten Young Boys (SL) Valon Fazliu Aarau (ChL) Nathanaël Saintini Sion (SL) Koro Kone Yverdon (ChL) Wouter Burger Basel (SL) Koro Kone Yverdon (ChL) Shkelqim Vladi Aarau (ChL) Filip Stojilković Sion (SL) October November February Max Meyer Luzern (SL) Lawrence Ati-Zigi St. Gallen (SL) Zeki Amdouni Basel (SL) David Douline Servette (SL) Tosin Aiyegun Zürich (SL) Chris Bedia Servette (SL) Timothy Fayulu Winterthur (SL) Renato Steffen Lugano (SL) Tosin Aiyegun Zürich (SL) Fabian Rieder Young Boys (SL) Teddy Okou Lausanne-Ouchy (ChL) Francesco Ruberto Schaffhausen (ChL) Anthony Sauthier Lausanne-Ouchy (ChL) Marvin Keller Wil (ChL) Brighton Labeau Lausanne-Sport (ChL) March May Cedric Itten Young Boys (SL) Martin Frýdek Luzern (SL) Miroslav Stevanovic Servette (SL) Zeki Amdouni Basel (SL) Cedric Itten Young Boys (SL) Emmanuel Latte Lath St. Gallen (SL) Tosin Aiyegun Zürich (SL) Renato Steffen Lugano (SL) Roman Macek Lugano (SL) Ayumu Seko Grasshopper (SL) Valon Fazliu Aarau (ChL) Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys (SL) Gabriel Kyeremateng Thun (ChL) Nikolas Muci Wil (ChL) Liridon Mulaj Lausanne-Ouchy (ChL)

Overall First Half of the Season Nat Player Team L Lawrence Ati-Zigi St. Gallen (SL) Cedric Itten Young Boys (SL) David Douline Servette (SL) Koro Kone Yverdon (ChL) Valon Fazliu Aarau (ChL)

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was selected by votes for each position by the viewers from among a selection. The winners were announced on 29 June 2023.

Pos	Nat	Playerf	Team
GK		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen
CB		Matej Maglica	St. Gallen
CB		Marco Burch	Luzern
RB		Michael Lang	Basel
LB		Martin Frýdek	Luzern
CM		Fabian Rieder	Young Boys
CM		Max Meyer	Luzern
WM		Patrick Pflücke	Servette
WM		Christian Fassnacht	Young Boys
FW		Zeki Amdouni	Basel
FW		Cedric Itten	Young Boys
M		Mario Frick	Luzern

Teams

Attendance Club Avg Total 1 Young Boys 29,097 523,751 2 Basel 21,742 391,354 3 St. Gallen 17,575 316,356 4 Zürich 15,387 276,968 5 Luzern 12,775 229,945 6 Servette 8,431 151,762 7 Sion 8,375 150,750 8 Winterthur 8,228 148,100 9 Grasshopper 6,753 121,560 10 Lugano 3,353 60,355 Totals 13,172 2,370,901 Last updated: 30 May 2023 Source: Zuschauerzahlen 2022/23

Fair Play On 14 June 2023, Servette FC was awarded the Fair Play Trophy for the Credit Suisse Super League. Club Pts 1 Servette 73 2 2 89 2 Young Boys 74 2 3 95 3 Winterthur 94 0 2 104 4 Grasshopper 90 2 2 106 5 Lugano 94 4 1 111 6 Basel 89 2 6 125 7 St. Gallen 90 3 6 129 8 Luzern 91 7 4 132 9 Zürich 106 2 5 137 10 Sion 106 3 5 140 League Total 907 27 36 1168 Average/game 5.04 0.15 0.2 6.49 Last updated: 30 May 2023 Source: Fair Play Trophy Credit Suisse Super League

External links

• Official website
• uefa.com
• soccerway.com