2021–22 Swiss Super League

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.

Swiss Super League

Season	2021–22
Dates	24 July 2021 – 22 May 2022
Champions	Zürich 13th title
Relegated	Lausanne
Champions League	Zürich
Europa Conference League	Basel Young Boys Lugano
Matches played	180
Goals scored	585 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jordan Pefok (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)
Longest winning run	9 – Zürich (7 Nov 2021-13 Feb 2022)
Longest unbeaten run	17 – Zürich (3 Oct 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Longest winless run	13 – Lausanne-Sport (28 Nov 2021-20 Mar 2022)
Longest losing run	9 – Lausanne-Sport (11 Dec 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Highest attendance	33,810 (01 May 2022) (Zürich v. Basel)
Total attendance	2,049,802
Average attendance	11,388
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

A total of ten teams competed in the league: the eight best teams from the 2020–21 season, the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League champions Grasshopper Club Zürich and relegation play-off winners Sion. Young Boys were the four-time defending champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations

 

 

Basel

 

Grasshoppers

 

Lausanne-Sport

 

Lugano

 

Luzern

 

Servette

 

Sion

 

St. Gallen

 

Young Boys

 

Zürich

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Location of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	37,994	^[1]
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104	^[2]
Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Stade de la Tuilière	12,544	^[3]^[4]
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	6,390	^[5]
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	16,490	^[6]
Servette	Geneva	Stade de Genève	28,833	^[7]
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	14,283	^[8]
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Kybunpark	19,456	^[9]
Young Boys	Bern	Stadion Wankdorf	31,789	^[10]
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104	^[11]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Guille Abascal	Valentin Stocker	Adidas	Novartis
Grasshoppers	Giorgio Contini	Amir Abrashi	Adidas	none
Lausanne-Sport	Alain Casanova	Stjepan Kukuruzović	Le Coq Sportif	BCV
Lugano	Mattia Croci-Torti	Jonathan Sabbatini	Acerbis	AIL Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern	Mario Frick	Dejan Sorgić	Craft	Otto's
Servette	Alain Geiger	Anthony Sauthier	Puma	La Praille M3 Groupe
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	Serey Dié	Macron	Alloboissons A. Repond SA
St. Gallen	Peter Zeidler	Lukas Görtler	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Young Boys	Matteo Vanetta	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	Ref.
FC Lugano	Abel Braga	Termination	1 September 2021	7	Mattia Croci-Torti	2 September 2021	^[12]
FC Sion	Marco Walker	Termination	8 October 2021	7	Paolo Tramezzani	9 October 2021	^[13]
FC Luzern	Fabio Celestini	Termination	22 November 2021	10	Sandro Chieffo (interim)	22 November 2022	^[14]
FC Luzern	Sandro Chieffo	End of interim period	20 December 2021	10	Mario Frick	20 December 2021	^[15]
FC Lausanne-Sport	Ilija Borenovic	Termination	2 February 2022	9	Alain Casanova	3 February 2022	^[16]
FC Basel	Patrick Rahmen	Termination	21 February 2022	3	Guille Abascal (interim)	21 February 2022	^[17]
BSC Young Boys	David Wagner	Termination	7 March 2022	2	Matteo Vanetta (interim)	7 March 2022	^[18]

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^[a]
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.^[19]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

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 — 1–1 3–0 2–1 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 3–2 2–2 1–3 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 0–2 — 4–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 1–5 2–2 0–2 Lugano 0–2 1–1 3–1 — 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–1 Luzern 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–2 — 4–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–2 Servette 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 Sion 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–3 3–3 — 0–3 1–2 1–1 St. Gallen 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–0 3–2 5–1 1–1 — 3–3 1–2 Young Boys 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 4–1 — 1–2 Zürich 4–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–3 1–0 5–1 0–3 2–1 — 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 Super League played the runners-up of the Challenge League. The games were held on 26 and 29 May 2022, respectively.^[20][21] The runner-up of the Challenge League hosted the first game.^[22]

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
Bobadilla   14' Del Toro   71'	Report	Schulz   4' (pen.) Jashari   53'

wefox Arena, Schaffhausen

Attendance: 8,143

Referee: Fedayi San

Second leg

29 May 2022

16:30

FC Luzern	2–0	FC Schaffhausen
Schulz   20' (pen.) Ugrinic   70'	Report

Swissporarena, Lucerne

Attendance: 15,500

Referee: Sandro Schärer

FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Players

• Player in italic is no longer part of the Super League.

Top scorers Rank Nat Player Club Goals 1   Jordan Pefok BSC Young Boys 22 2   Assan Ceesay FC Zürich 20 3   Kwadwo Duah FC St. Gallen 15 4   Arthur Cabral FC Basel^[a] 14 5   Antonio Marchesano FC Zürich 13 6   Wilfried Kanga BSC Young Boys 12   Zeki Amdouni FC Lausanne-Sport 8   Kastriot Imeri Servette FC 11   Christian Fassnacht BSC Young Boys   Filip Stojilkovic FC Sion Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Torschützenliste 2021/22

Assists Rank Nat Player Club Assists 1   Miroslav Stevanović Servette FC 20 2   Adrià Guerrero FC Zürich 11 3   Assan Ceesay FC Zürich 10 4   Lukas Görtler FC St. Gallen 9   Víctor Ruiz FC St. Gallen 4   Ermir Lenjani Grasshopper Club Zürich 8   Sandi Lovrić FC Lugano 8   Meschak Elia BSC Young Boys 7   Moumi Ngamaleu BSC Young Boys   Anto Grgić FC Sion   Filip Ugrinic FC Luzern   Numa Lavanchy FC Lugano   Fabian Rieder BSC Young Boys   Mohamed Dräger FC Luzern Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Assistliste 2021/22

Cards Rank Nat Player Club       Pts 1   Marvin Schulz FC Luzern 10 1 1 18 2   Vincent Sasso Servette FC 12 0 1 17 3   Batata FC Sion 7 1 1 15 4   Jérémy Guillemenot FC St. Gallen 8 0 1 13   Olivier Custodio FC Lugano 13 0 0 13 6   Lukas Görtler FC St. Gallen 12 0 0 12 7   Christián Herc Grasshopper Club Zürich| 8 1 0 11 8   Hicham Mahou FC Lausanne-Sport 7 1 0 10   Mirlind Kryeziu FC Zürich 10 0 0 10   Christopher Martins BSC Young Boys^[b] 4 2 0 10 Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Karten 2021/22

Clean Sheets (Goalkeepers) Rank Nat Player Club # 1   Heinz Lindner FC Basel 12 2   Yanick Brecher FC Zürich 10 3   Lawrence Ati-Zigi FC St. Gallen 7 4   Jérémy Frick Servette FC 5   Kevin Fickentscher FC Sion 6   Marius Müller FC Luzern 4   Amir Saipi FC Lugano   André Moreira Grasshopper Club Zürich 9   David von Ballmoos BSC Young Boys 3 10   Mory Diaw FC Lausanne-Sport 2   Noam Baumann FC Lugano   Guillaume Faivre BSC Young Boys Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Matchcenter

Notes

1. Joined Fiorentina on 29 January 2022.
2. Loaned to Spartak Moscow on 31 January 2022.

Teams

Attendance Rank Club Average Highest Lowest Total 1 Young Boys 24,821 31,120 19,973 446,771 2 Basel 21,920 33,810 15,112 394,561 3 St. Gallen 15,514 18,861 9,800 279,257 4 Zürich 13,396 22,413 5,433 241,124 5 Luzern 10,575 13,491 7,685 190,355 6 Sion 6,983 11,000 3,500 125,700 7 Servette 6,902 11,348 3,225 124,229 8 Grasshopper 5,767 16,112 2,550 103,800 9 Lausanne 5,066 12,150 2,745 91,184 10 Lugano 2,935 5,093 2,098 52,821 League total 11,388 33,810 2,098 2,049,802 Last updated: 1 June 2022 Source: Zuschauer

Fair Play On 1 June 2022, FC Lugano was awarded the Fair Play Trophy for the Credit Suisse Super League.^[23] Rank Club       Pts 1 Lugano 85 1 1 93 2 Zürich 92 1 0 95 3 Young Boys 81 5 0 96 4 Servette 76 3 3 100 5 Luzern 82 3 2 101 6 Basel 84 3 2 103 7 Grasshopper 92 3 1 106 8 Sion 90 1 3 108 9 St. Gallen 80 5 3 110 10 Lausanne 106 5 1 126 League Total 868 30 16 1038 Average/game 4.82 0.167 0.0889 5.77 Last updated: 1 June 2022 Source: Fair Play Trophy Credit Suisse Super League

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External links

• Official website
• uefa.com
• soccerway.com