2016–17 in Swiss football explained

Country:	Switzerland
Season:	2016–17
Division1:	Super League
Champions1:	Basel
Division2:	Challenge League
Champions2:	Zürich
Division3:	Promotion League
Champions3:	Rapperswil-Jona
Domestic:	Swiss Cup
Dchampions:	Basel
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
Flagicon:	yes

The following is a summary of the 2016–17 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

See main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B.

Friendly matches

Women's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

See main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 6.

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

See main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group C.

2017 Cyprus Cup

See main article: 2017 Cyprus Cup.

Friendly matches

Domestic season

Super League

See main article: 2016–17 Swiss Super League.

Challenge League

See main article: 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League.

1. Liga Promotion

See main article: 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion.

Swiss Cup

See main article: 2016–17 Swiss Cup.

FinalBasel had beaten Winterthur 3–1 in the first semi-final and Sion had beaten Luzern 6–5 in the penalty shoot-out of the second semi-final. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. The match was played on 25 May 2017 at the Stade de Genève.^[1]

Teams:

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GK DF DF Elsad Zverotić (cap) DF DF MF MF MF ST ST ST Substitutes: MF MF MF Manager: Sébastien Fournier

Swiss Clubs in Europe

• Basel: Champions League group stage
• Young Boys: Champions League third qualifying round
• Luzern: Europa League third qualifying round
• Grasshopper Club: Europa League second qualifying round
• Vaduz: Europa League first qualifying round
• Zürich: Europa League group stage

Basel

Champions League group stage

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage.

Matches

Final group table

Young Boys

Champions League qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round2–2 on aggregate; Young Boys won on penalties.

Play-off roundBorussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

Europa League group stage

See main article: article and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Matches

Final group table

Luzern

Europa League qualifying

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Third qualifying roundSassuolo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Club

Europa League qualifying

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Second qualifying roundGrasshopper won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third qualifing roundGrasshopper won 5–4 on aggregate.

Play-off roundFenerbahçe won 5–0 on aggregate.

Vaduz

Europa League qualifying

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

First qualifying roundVaduz won 5–2 on aggregate.

second qualifying roundMidtjylland won 5–2 on aggregate.

Zürich

Europa League group stage

See main article: article and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Matches

Final group table

Notes and References

1. Web site: Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" . 25 May 2017 . FC Basel - FC Sion 3:0 (0:0) . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" . 2023-11-16.