| Competition: | Swiss Super League |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Dates: | 22 July 2017 – 19 May 2018 |
| Winners: | Young Boys 12th title |
| Relegated: | Lausanne-Sport |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Young Boys Basel |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Luzern Zürich St. Gallen |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 541 |
| League Topscorer: | Albian Ajeti (17 goals)[1] |
| Biggest Home Win: | Young Boys 6–1 St. Gallen Sion 7–2 Thun Basel 6–1 Thun |
| Highest Scoring: | Sion 7–2 Thun[2] |
| Longest Wins: | Young Boys (8 games) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Young Boys (16 games) |
| Longest Winless: | Luzern (9 games) |
| Longest Losses: | St. Gallen (7 games) |
| Highest Attendance: | 32,456 Basel 1–1 Young Boys (5 November 2017) |
| Attendance: | 2,012,599[3] |
| Average Attendance: | 11,181 |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 15th under its current name and format. Basel were the defending champions. Young Boys won the title on 28 April 2018 after a 2–1 win against Luzern, with four games to spare. It was their first league title in 32 years, having last won the league in the 1985–1986 season, and their 12th league title overall. They also ended Basel's run of eight consecutive titles.
A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2016–17 season and the 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League champion Zürich. The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018 with a break between 17 December 2017 and 2 February 2018.[4]
This season saw the introduction of changes in the way Swiss clubs may qualify for European competition; per new UEFA rules, the champions of the Swiss Super League now qualifies for the Champions League play-off round (previously directly to the Champions League group stage) and the runners-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.[5]
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 37,994[6] | ||
| Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104[7] | ||
| Lausanne | 8,500[8] | |||
| Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 6,390[9] | |
| Lucerne | Swissporarena | 16,490[10] | ||
| Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 14,283[11] | ||
| St. Gallen | kybunpark | 19,456[12] | ||
| Thun | Stockhorn Arena | 10,014 | ||
| Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,789[13] | ||
| Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Raphaël Wicky |  Marek Suchý | Adidas | Novartis | |
| Grasshopper | Thorsten Fink |  Trent Sainsbury | Puma | Fromm | |
| Lausanne-Sport | Alex Weaver | Alain Rochat | Adidas | Banque cantonale vaudoise | |
| Lugano |  Guillermo Abascal | Jonathan Sabbatini | Acerbis | AIL | |
| Luzern | Gerardo Seoane | Claudio Lustenberger | Adidas | Otto’s | |
| Sion | Kevin Fickentscher | Erreà | AFX Group | ||
| St. Gallen | Boro Kuzmanović (caretaker) | Nzuzi Toko | Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank | |
| Thun | Marc Schneider | Dennis Hediger | Nike | Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG | |
| Young Boys |  Adi Hütter | Steve von Bergen | Nike | Obi | |
| Zürich | Ludovic Magnin |  Victor Pálsson | Nike |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of contract | 3 June 2017[14] | Pre-season | 3 June 2017[15] | ||||
| End of interim | 3 June 2017 | 3 June 2017[16] | |||||
| Mutual consent | 7 June 2017[17] | 12 June 2017[18] | |||||
| 15 June 2017 | 15 June 2017[19] | ||||||
| Sacked | 24 August 2017 | 9th | 28 August 2017[20] | ||||
| 22 October 2017[21] | 7th | 24 October 2017[22] | |||||
| 5 January 2018[23] | 9th | 9 January 2018[24] | |||||
| Gabri | 6 February 2018[25] | 10th | 12 February 2018 | ||||
| Uli Forte | 20 February 2018[26] | 3rd | 20 February 2018 | ||||
| Pierluigi Tami | 9 April 2018[27] | 9th | 10 April 2018[28] | ||||
| Murat Yakin | 10 April 2018[29] | 6th | Mathias Walther (caretaker) | 10 April 2018[30] | |||
| Fabio Celestini | 19 April 2018[31] | 10th | Ilija Borenovic (caretaker) | 20 April 2018[32] | |||
| Mathias Walther (caretaker) | End of interim | 23 April 2018[33] | 7th | 23 April 2018 | |||
| Sacked | 24 April 2018[34] | 4th | Boro Kuzmanović (caretaker) | 24 April 2018 | |||
| Ilija Borenovic (caretaker) | End of interim | 11 May 2018[35] | 10th | 11 May 2018 |
| 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 |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | Luca Zuffi | Basel | 8Hat-tricks
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