Swiss Super League 2017–18

Swiss Super League 2017–18
Season information
Winners	Young Boys 12th title
Relegated	Lausanne-Sport
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Young Boys Basel
Europa League	Luzern Zürich St. Gallen
Season statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	541
Average	(3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Albian Ajeti (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Young Boys 6–1 St. Gallen Sion 7–2 Thun Basel 6–1 Thun
Biggest away win	Grasshopper 0–4 Young Boys Young Boys 0–4 Thun Lugano 0–4 Basel Zürich 0–4 Grasshopper St. Gallen 0–4 Lausanne-Sport
Highest scoring	Sion 7–2 Thun
Previous season	Next season
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The 2017–18 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 121th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 15th under its current name and format. Basel are the defending champions.

A total of 10 teams compete in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2016–17 season and the 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League champion Zürich. The season is scheduled to start on the weekend of 22-23 July 2017 and end on 19 May 2018.

This season seen the introduction of changes in the way Swiss clubs may qualify for European competition; per new UEFA rules, the winner of the Swiss Super League now qualifies for the Champions League play-off round (previously directly to the Champions League group stage) and the runner-up now qualifies for the Champions league second qualifying round (previously to the third qualifying round). Qualification to Europa League spots for the third- and fourth-placed team remain unchanged.

Teams

Stadia and locations

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

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Basel	Raphaël Wicky	Matías Delgado
Grasshopper	Carlos Bernegger	TBD
Lausanne-Sport	Fabio Celestini	Andrea Maccoppi
Lugano	Pierluigi Tami	Antoine Rey
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	Elsad Zverotić
St. Gallen	Giorgio Contini	Martin Angha
Thun	Marc Schneider	Dennis Hediger
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve von Bergen
Zürich	Uli Forte	Gilles Yapi

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Basel	Urs Fischer	End of contract	3 June 2017	Pre-season	Raphaël Wicky	3 June 2017
Thun	Mauro Lustrinelli	End of interim	3 June 2017		Marc Schneider	3 June 2017
Lugano	Paolo Tramezzani	Mutual consent	7 June 2017		Pierluigi Tami	12 June 2017
Sion	Sébastien Fournier		15 June 2017		Paolo Tramezzani	15 June 2017
Grasshopper	Carlos Bernegger	Sacked	24 August 2017	9th	Murat Yakin	28 August 2017
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani		22 October 2017	7th	Gabri	24 October 2017
Luzern	Markus Babbel		5 January 2018	9th	Gerardo Seoane	9 January 2018
Sion	Gabri		6 February 2018	10th	Maurizio Jacobacci	12 February 2018
Zürich	Uli Forte		20 February 2018	3rd	Ludovic Magnin	20 February 2018
Lugano	Pierluigi Tami		9 April 2018	9th	Guillermo Abascal	10 April 2018
Grasshopper	Murat Yakin		10 April 2018	6th	Mathias Walther (caretaker)	10 April 2018
Lausanne-Sport	Fabio Celestini		19 April 2018	10th	Ilija Borenovic (caretaker)	20 April 2018
Grasshopper	Mathias Walther (caretaker)	End of interim	23 April 2018	7th	Thorsten Fink	23 April 2018
St. Gallen	Giorgio Contini	Sacked	24 April 2018	4th	Boro Kuzmanovic (caretaker)	24 April 2018
Lausanne-Sport	Ilija Borenovic (caretaker)	End of interim	11 May 2018	10th	Alex Weaver	11 May 2018

League table

2017–18 Swiss Super League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Young Boys  (C)	36	26	6	4	84	41	+43	84	Champions League play-off round
2	Basel	36	20	9	7	72	36	+36	69	UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Luzern	36	15	9	12	51	51	0	54	Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Zürich	36	12	13	11	50	44	+6	49	Europa League group stage
5	St. Gallen	36	14	3	19	52	72	−20	45	Europa League Second qualifying round
6	Sion	36	11	9	16	53	56	−3	42
7	Thun	36	12	6	18	53	68	−15	42
8	Lugano	36	12	6	18	38	55	−17	42
9	Grasshoppers	36	10	9	17	43	52	−9	39
10	Lausanne-Sport  (R)	36	9	8	19	46	67	−21	35	Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League

Source: BBC
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

Season Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Albian Ajeti1 Basel (14) / St. Gallen (3) 17 2 Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys 15 3 Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys 13 Marvin Spielmann Thun 5 Michael Frey Zürich 12 Roger Assalé Young Boys 7 Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel 11 Pascal Schürpf Luzern Simone Rapp2 Lausanne-Sport (2) / Thun (9) Miralem Sulejmani Young Boys Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel Christian Fassnacht Young Boys 1Ajeti played 7 games for St. Gallen then signed for Basel. 2Rapp played 18 games for Thun then signed for Lausanne.

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Matteo Tosetti Thun 16 2 Samuele Campo Basel (7) / Lausanne-Sport (8) 15 3 Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel 14 4 Davide Mariani Lugano 10 5 Christian Schneuwly Luzern 9 Miralem Sulejmani Young Boys Francesco Margiotta Lausanne-Sport Roger Assalé Young Boys 8 Luca Zuffi Basel 8 Alexander Gerndt Lugano

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Simone Rapp	Thun	Lausanne-Sport	3–1 (A)	02017-10-28-28 October 2017
Kenan Kodro	Grasshopper	Lugano	4–3 (H)	02018-04-21-21 April 2018
Michael Frey	Zürich	Sion	3–3 (H)	02018-04-29-29 April 2018
Matheus Cunha	Sion	Thun	4–1 (A)	02018-05-19-19 May 2018

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 12
  • Sékou Sanogo (Young Boys)
• Most red cards: 3
  • Marek Suchý (Basel)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 88
  • Lugano
• Most red cards: 6
  • Lugano

External links

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