2021–22 Swiss Super League Explained

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:9Zürich
(7 Nov 2021-13 Feb 2022)
Longest Unbeaten:17Zürich
(3 Oct 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Longest Winless:13Lausanne-Sport
(28 Nov 2021-20 Mar 2022)
Longest Losses:9Lausanne-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.

Teams

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityRef
BaselBaselSt. Jakob-Park37,994[1]
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund26,104[2]
Lausanne-SportLausanneStade de la Tuilière12,544[3] [4]
LuganoLuganoStadio Cornaredo6,390[5]
LuzernLucerneSwissporarena16,490[6]
ServetteGenevaStade de Genève28,833[7]
SionStade Tourbillon14,283[8]
St. GallenSt. GallenKybunpark19,456[9]
Young BoysBernStadion Wankdorf31,789[10]
ZürichZürichLetzigrund26,104[11]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Basel Guille Abascal Valentin StockerAdidasNovartis
Grasshoppers Giorgio Contini Amir AbrashiAdidasnone
Lausanne-Sport Alain Casanova Stjepan KukuruzovićLe Coq SportifBCV
Lugano Mattia Croci-Torti Jonathan SabbatiniAcerbisAIL
Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern Mario Frick Dejan SorgićCraftOtto's
Servette Alain Geiger Anthony SauthierPumaLa Praille
M3 Groupe
Sion Paolo Tramezzani Serey DiéMacronAlloboissons
A. Repond SA
St. Gallen Peter Zeidler Lukas GörtlerJakoSt.Galler Kantonalbank
Young Boys Matteo Vanetta Fabian LustenbergerNikePlus500
Zürich André Breitenreiter Yanick BrecherNikenone

Managerial changes

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]

League table

Results

Third and Fourth Rounds

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.[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.

Second leg

FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Players

Top scorers

width=15width=15PlayerClubGoals
1Jordan PefokBSC Young Boys22
2Assan CeesayFC Zürich20
3Kwadwo DuahFC St. Gallen15
4Arthur CabralFC Basel14
5Antonio MarchesanoFC Zürich13
6Wilfried KangaBSC Young Boys12
Zeki AmdouniFC Lausanne-Sport
8Kastriot ImeriServette FC11
Christian FassnachtBSC Young Boys
Filip StojilkovicFC Sion

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FC Basel 1893. Swiss Football League. 19 July 2021. 30 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181230070104/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/clubs/fc-basel-1893/. dead.
  2. Web site: Grasshopper Club Zürich. Swiss Football League.
  3. Web site: Super League: la Tuilière a été inaugurée. RTS Sport . 29 November 2020. fr.
  4. Web site: Servette FC. Swiss Football League.
  5. Web site: FC Lugano. Swiss Football League. 19 July 2021. 30 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181230065955/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/clubs/fc-lugano/. dead.
  6. Web site: FC Luzern. Swiss Football League. 19 July 2021. 14 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214102139/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/clubs/fc-luzern/. dead.
  7. Web site: Servette FC. Swiss Football League.
  8. Web site: FC Sion. Swiss Football League. 19 July 2021. 14 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181214065945/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/clubs/fc-sion/. dead.
  9. Web site: FC St.Gallen 1879. Swiss Football League. 19 July 2021. 10 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181210033639/https://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/clubs/fc-stgallen-1879/. dead.
  10. Web site: BSC Young Boys. Swiss Football League. 19 July 2021. 24 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181224065649/http://www.sfl.ch/fr/superleague/clubs/bsc-young-boys/. dead.
  11. Web site: FC Zürich. Swiss Football League.
  12. Web site: FC Lugano. CAMBIO ALLA GUIDA DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA DELL'FC LUGANO. 1 September 2021. 19 October 2021. it.
  13. Web site: Sion. Marco Walker n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Sion. 7 October 2021. 20 October 2021. fr.
  14. Web site: FC Luzern: Trainer Fabio Celestini entlassen – Chieffo übernimmt interimistisch. 2021-11-22. Luzerner Zeitung. de.
  15. Web site: HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN MARIO!. fcl.ch. 2021-12-20. 2022-02-11. de.
  16. Web site: ALAIN CASANOVA EST LE NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DU FC LAUSANNE-SPORT!. ALAIN CASANOVA IS THE NEW TRAINER OF FC LAUSANNE-SPORT. FC Lausanne-Sport. 3 October 2019. 10 February 2022. FR.
  17. Web site: Der FCB trennt sich von Patrick Rahmen . FCB parts ways with Patrick Rahmen. FC Basel. de. 21 February 2022. 12 February 2022.
  18. Web site: David Wagner freigestellt, Matteo Vanetta übernimmt. David Wagner released, Matteo Vanetta takes over. Young Boys. de. 7 March 2022. 8 March 2022.
  19. Web site: SFL bestimmt die Anspielzeiten bis zum Saisonende. 2022-03-03. Swiss Football League.
  20. Web site: Termine für 35. DCL-Runde und Barrage sind bekannt. 2022-04-25. Swiss Football League.
  21. News_SFL. 1510608317646835713. SFL bestimmt die Anspielzeiten bis zum Saisonende. 3 April 2022. Swiss Football League.