Competition: | Swiss Super League |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Dates: | 24 July 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
Winners: | Zürich 13th title |
Relegated: | Lausanne |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Zürich |
Continentalcup2: | Europa Conference League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Basel Young Boys Lugano |
Matches: | 180 |
Total Goals: | 585 |
League Topscorer: | Jordan Pefok |
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 Wins: | 9 – Zürich (7 Nov 2021-13 Feb 2022) |
Longest Unbeaten: | 17 – Zürich (3 Oct 2021-5 Mar 2022) |
Longest Winless: | 13 – Lausanne-Sport (28 Nov 2021-20 Mar 2022) |
Longest Losses: | 9 – Lausanne-Sport (11 Dec 2021-5 Mar 2022) |
Highest Attendance: | 33,810 (01 May 2022) (Zürich v. Basel) |
Attendance: | 2,049,802 |
Average Attendance: | 11,388 |
Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
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.
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.
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 | 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] |
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 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Termination | 1 September 2021 | 7 | 2 September 2021 | [12] | ||||
Termination | 8 October 2021 | 7 | 9 October 2021 | [13] | ||||
Termination | 22 November 2021 | 10 | Sandro Chieffo (interim) | 22 November 2022 | [14] | |||
End of interim period | 20 December 2021 | 10 | 20 December 2021 | [15] | ||||
Termination | 2 February 2022 | 9 | 3 February 2022 | [16] | ||||
Termination | 21 February 2022 | 3 | Guille Abascal (interim) | 21 February 2022 | [17] | |||
Termination | 7 March 2022 | 2 | Matteo Vanetta (interim) | 7 March 2022 | [18] |
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.[19] [20] The runner-up of the Challenge League hosted the first game.[21]
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.
FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.