Swiss Super League 2016–17

Swiss Super League 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Basel
Relegated	Vaduz
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Basel Young Boys
Europa League	Sion Luzern Lugano
Season statistics
Matches played	150
Goals scored	489
Average	(3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guillaume Hoarau (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Basel 6–0 Vaduz (19 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Vaduz 1–5 Basel (31 July 2016)
Highest scoring	Young Boys 7–2 Lausanne-Sport (20 August 2016)
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The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, is the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Basel are the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.

A total of 10 teams compete in the league, the 9 best teams from the 2015–16 season and the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champion Lausanne-Sport. The season starts on the week-end 23/24 July.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Lausanne	Lausanne]	Pontaise	15,850
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	10,500
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	17,500
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	AFG Arena	19,694
Thun	Thun	Stockhorn Arena	10,000
Vaduz	Liechtenstein Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	31,783

• This will be the first season since 1989/90 that there is only one club from Zürich to play in the first tier, because FC Zürich finished in last position and were relegated at the end of the 2015/2016 season.

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Basel	Urs Fischer	Matías Delgado
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Kim Källström
Lausanne-Sport	Fabio Celestini	Olivier Custodio
Lugano	Andrea Manzo	Antoine Rey
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger
Sion	Peter Zeidler	Elsad Zverotić
St. Gallen	Josef Zinnbauer	Martin Angha
Thun	Jeff Saibene	Dennis Hediger
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Franz Burgmeier
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve von Bergen

League table

2016–17 Swiss Super League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Basel	30	24	5	1	77	24	+53	77	Champions League group stage
2	Young Boys	30	16	8	6	63	41	+22	56	UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Sion	30	14	3	13	52	47	+5	45	Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Luzern	30	12	7	11	54	52	+2	43	Europa League second qualifying round
5	Lugano	30	12	7	11	43	52	−9	43	UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
6	Grasshoppers	30	9	6	15	38	47	−9	33
7	Thun	30	8	9	13	46	57	−11	33
8	St. Gallen	30	8	7	15	32	48	−16	31
9	Lausanne-Sport	30	8	6	16	46	56	−10	30
10	Vaduz	30	6	8	16	38	65	−27	26	Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League

Updated to games played on 30 April 2017
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

First and Second Round Home \ Away BAS GRA LS LUG LUZ SIO STG THU VAD YB Basel 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 3–0 Grasshoppers 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 1–2 4–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 4–4 5–0 1–2 Lugano 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 Luzern 2–3 4–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 Sion 1–2 4–2 1–3 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 St. Gallen 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 Thun 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 Vaduz 1–5 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–3 2–5 2–0 2–3 0–0 Young Boys 3–1 4–0 7–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 2–2 4–1 5–0 Updated to games played on 25 September 2016 Source: Swiss Super League 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round Home \ Away BAS GRA LS LUG LUZ SIO STG THU VAD YB Basel 1–0 4–3 4–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 Grasshoppers 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 Lausanne-Sport 0–4 0–0 4–4 0–1 1–3 0–0 Lugano 3–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 0–2 Luzern 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 Sion 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 St. Gallen 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 Thun 0–2 2–4 5–2 2–1 2–2 4–3 Vaduz 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 Young Boys 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 3–2 Updated to games played on 30 April 2017 Source: Swiss Super League 1The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of matches played on 30 April 2017 Rank Player Club Goals 1 Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys 18 2 Ezgjan Alioski Lugano 15 3 Seydou Doumbia Basel 14 Chadrac Akolo Sion 5 Marco Schneuwly Luzern 13 6 Dejan Sorgić Thun 12 Caio Grasshopper 8 Marc Janko Basel 11 9 Matías Delgado Basel 10 10 Albian Ajeti St. Gallen 9 Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel Christian Fassnacht Thun

Top assists As of matches played on 30 April 2017. Rank Player Club Assists 1 Yoric Ravet Young Boys 15 2 Renato Steffen Basel 12 Matteo Tosetti Thun 4 Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel 11 Ezgjan Alioski Lugano 6 Luca Zuffi Basel 10 7 Christian Schneuwly Luzern 9 Markus Neumayr Luzern 9 Carlitos Sion 8 Thorsten Schick Young Boys

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Marco Mathys	Vaduz	Lugano	5–1	02016-11-27-27 November 2016
Mohamed Elyounoussi	Basel	Lugano	4–0	02017-02-04-4 February 2017
Nassim Ben Khalifa	Lausanne-Sport	Luzern	4–4	02017-02-05-5 February 2017
Nassim Ben Khalifa	Lausanne-Sport	Thun	4–2	02017-04-08-8 April 2017
Ezgjan Alioski	Lugano	Sion	4–2	02017-04-09-9 April 2017

Discipline

As of 30 April 2017

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11
  • Vladimir Golemic (Lugano)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Maurice Brunner (Vaduz)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 75
  • Young Boys
• Most red cards: 4
  • Lausanne-Sport
  • Sion
  • Vaduz

External links

• Official website (German)
• Official website (French)
• Official website (Italian)
• Swiss Super League at uefa.com

Football in Switzerland

League competitions SFA Cup competitions Super League (play-off) Switzerland Swiss Cup Challenge League (U-23 · U-21 · U-20) Swiss League Cup Swiss Promotion League (U-19 · U-18) Swiss Super Cup (defunct) Swiss 1. Liga (U-17 · U-16) Uhrencup 2. Liga Interregional Stadiums Cup of the Alps 2. Liga Leagues Uhrencup 3. Liga Players 4. Liga 5. Liga

2016–17 in Swiss football
Domestic leagues
Super League · Challenge League · Promotion League · 1. Liga Classic · 2. Liga Interregional · 2. Liga
Domestic cups
Swiss Cup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group E) · 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification (Group 5)
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