2021–22 Swiss Super League

125th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season
Swiss Super League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsZürich
13th title
RelegatedLausanne
Champions LeagueZürich
Europa Conference LeagueBasel
Young Boys
Lugano
Matches played180
Goals scored585 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerJordan Pefok
(22 goals)
Biggest home win6–1 (m1 Aug 2021)
(Basel v. Sion)
Biggest away win0–6 (3 Oct 2021)
(Servette v. Young Boys)
Highest scoring6–2 (3 Oct 2021)
(Zürich v. Sion)
Longest winning run9 – Zürich
(7 Nov 2021-13 Feb 2022)
Longest unbeaten run17 – Zürich
(3 Oct 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Longest winless run13 – Lausanne-Sport
(28 Nov 2021-20 Mar 2022)
Longest losing run9 – Lausanne-Sport
(11 Dec 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Highest attendance33,810 (01 May 2022)
(Zürich v. Basel)
Total attendance2,049,802
Average attendance11,388

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

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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 Spain Guille Abascal Switzerland Valentin Stocker Adidas Novartis
Grasshoppers Switzerland Giorgio Contini Albania Amir Abrashi Adidas none
Lausanne-Sport France Alain Casanova Croatia Stjepan Kukuruzović Le Coq Sportif BCV
Lugano Switzerland Mattia Croci-Torti Uruguay Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern Liechtenstein Mario Frick Switzerland Dejan Sorgić Craft Otto's
Servette Switzerland Alain Geiger Switzerland Anthony Sauthier Puma La Praille
M3 Groupe
Sion Italy Paolo Tramezzani Ivory Coast Serey Dié Macron Alloboissons
A. Repond SA
St. Gallen Germany Peter Zeidler Germany Lukas Görtler Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Young Boys Switzerland Matteo Vanetta Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500
Zürich Germany André Breitenreiter Switzerland 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 Brazil Abel Braga Termination 1 September 2021 7 Switzerland Mattia Croci-Torti 2 September 2021 [12]
FC Sion Switzerland Marco Walker Termination 8 October 2021 7 Italy Paolo Tramezzani 9 October 2021 [13]
FC Luzern Switzerland Fabio Celestini Termination 22 November 2021 10 Switzerland Sandro Chieffo (interim) 22 November 2022 [14]
FC Luzern Switzerland Sandro Chieffo End of interim period 20 December 2021 10 Liechtenstein Mario Frick 20 December 2021 [15]
FC Lausanne-Sport Serbia Ilija Borenovic Termination 2 February 2022 9 France Alain Casanova 3 February 2022 [16]
FC Basel Switzerland Patrick Rahmen Termination 21 February 2022 3 Spain Guille Abascal (interim) 21 February 2022 [17]
BSC Young Boys United States David Wagner Termination 7 March 2022 2 Switzerland 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

FC Schaffhausen2–2FC Luzern
 Report
Attendance: 8,143
Referee: Fedayi San

Second leg

FC Luzern2–0FC Schaffhausen
 Report
Attendance: 15,500

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 United States Jordan Pefok BSC Young Boys 22
2 The Gambia Assan Ceesay FC Zürich 20
3 Switzerland Kwadwo Duah FC St. Gallen 15
4 Brazil Arthur Cabral FC Basel[a] 14
5 Switzerland Antonio Marchesano FC Zürich 13
6 France Wilfried Kanga BSC Young Boys 12
Switzerland Zeki Amdouni FC Lausanne-Sport
8 Switzerland Kastriot Imeri Servette FC 11
Switzerland Christian Fassnacht BSC Young Boys
Switzerland Filip Stojilkovic FC Sion

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Torschützenliste 2021/22

Assists

Rank Nat Player Club Assists
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Stevanović Servette FC 20
2 Spain Adrià Guerrero FC Zürich 11
3 The Gambia Assan Ceesay FC Zürich 10
4 Germany Lukas Görtler FC St. Gallen 9
Spain Víctor Ruiz FC St. Gallen
4 Albania Ermir Lenjani Grasshopper Club Zürich 8
Slovenia Sandi Lovrić FC Lugano
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo Meschak Elia BSC Young Boys 7
Cameroon Moumi Ngamaleu BSC Young Boys
Switzerland Anto Grgić FC Sion
Switzerland Filip Ugrinic FC Luzern
Switzerland Numa Lavanchy FC Lugano
Switzerland Fabian Rieder BSC Young Boys
Germany Mohamed Dräger FC Luzern

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Assistliste 2021/22

Cards

Rank Nat Player Club Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Pts
1 Germany Marvin Schulz FC Luzern 10 1 1 18
2 France Vincent Sasso Servette FC 12 0 1 17
3 Brazil Batata FC Sion 7 1 1 15
4 Switzerland Jérémy Guillemenot FC St. Gallen 8 0 1 13
Switzerland Olivier Custodio FC Lugano 13 0 0 13
6 Germany Lukas Görtler FC St. Gallen 12 0 0 12
7 Slovakia Christián Herc Grasshopper Club Zürich| 8 1 0 11
8 France Hicham Mahou FC Lausanne-Sport 7 1 0 10
Kosovo Mirlind Kryeziu FC Zürich 10 0 0 10
Luxembourg 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 Austria Heinz Lindner FC Basel 12
2 Switzerland Yanick Brecher FC Zürich 10
3 Ghana Lawrence Ati-Zigi FC St. Gallen 7
4 Switzerland Jérémy Frick Servette FC 5
Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher FC Sion
6 Germany Marius Müller FC Luzern 4
Switzerland Amir Saipi FC Lugano
Portugal André Moreira Grasshopper Club Zürich
9 Switzerland David von Ballmoos BSC Young Boys 3
10 France Mory Diaw FC Lausanne-Sport 2
Switzerland Noam Baumann FC Lugano
Switzerland 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 Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card 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

References

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