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2025–26 Swiss Super League

Super League
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 – 17 May 2026

The 2025–26 Super League (referred to as the Brack Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 129th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland, and the 23rd under its current name. It is the third season featuring a new format and increased number of participants, since the beginning of the Super League era in 2003. The defending champions are Basel.[1]

Overview

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Format and schedule

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The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 26 November 2024:[2][3]

  • The season will begin on 25 July 2025 and conclude on 17 May 2026.
  • The league will go on winter break after matchday 19 on 21 December 2025 and resume on 17 January 2026. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on 16 May, while the championship group will hold its last matches 17 May 2026.
  • The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 20 and 23 May 2026, respectively.

The season is divided into two phases:

  • In a first phase all twelve teams play each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays and concludes on 12 April 2026.
  • Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group. The second phase begins on 25 April 2026.
    • Each team will play every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
    • The championship group will play for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships. Final matchday is on 17 May 2026.
    • The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place). Final matchday will be on 16 May 2026.
  • Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.

Team changes

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FC Thun return to the top tier after a five-year absence.[4] Yverdon-Sport FC were relegated to Challenge League after two years in the top tier.[5]

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zurich FC Zürich FC Lausanne-Sport FC Lugano
St. Jakob-Park Letzigrund Stade de la Tuilière Stadio Cornaredo
Basel Zurich Lausanne Lugano
Capacity: 37,994[6] Capacity: 26,103[7][8] Capacity: 12,544[9] Capacity: 6,390[10]
FC Luzern
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Location of the 2025–26 Swiss Super League teams
 Servette FC
Swissporarena Stade de Genève
Luzern Geneva
Capacity: 16,490[11] Capacity: 28,833[12]
FC Sion FC St. Gallen FC Thun FC Winterthur BSC Young Boys
Stade de Tourbillon Kybunpark Stockhorn Arena Stadion Schützenwiese Stadion Wankdorf
Sion St. Gallen Thun Winterthur Bern
Capacity: 14,283[13] Capacity: 19,455[14] Capacity: 10,000[15] Capacity: 8,400[16] Capacity: 31,120[17]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Zürich Netherlands Ricardo Moniz Termination Pre-season Netherlands Mitchell van der Gaag 31 May 2025 [18]
Basel Switzerland Fabio Celestini Resignation Switzerland Ludovic Magnin 16 June 2025 [19][20]
Lausanne Switzerland Ludovic Magnin Departure Germany Peter Zeidler 21 June 2025 [20][21]
Grasshopper Germany Tomas Oral Departure Austria Gerald Scheiblehner 24 June 2025 [22][23]
Servette Switzerland Thomas Häberli Termination 4 August 2025 11 France Jocelyn Gourvennec 11 August 2025 [24][25]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Thun 4 4 0 0 10 3 +7 12 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 St. Gallen 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 9 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
3 Sion 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
4 Luzern 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
5 Basel 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 6
6 Young Boys 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 5
7 Zürich 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
8 Lausanne-Sport 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
9 Lugano 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
10 Grasshopper 4 0 2 2 6 8 −2 2
11 Winterthur 4 0 2 2 5 11 −6 2 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12 Servette 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1 Relegation to 2026–27 Swiss Challenge League
Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2025. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[26]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The 2025–26 Swiss Cup winner qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the cup winner finishes in the top three, the remaining European berths will pass down to the next highest qualifying teams.

Results

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First and second rounds

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Home \ Away BAS GCZ LS LUG LUZ SER SIO STG THU WIN YB ZÜR
Basel 2–1 4–1
Grasshopper 2–3 2–2
Lausanne-Sport 3–2 1–2
Lugano 3–1 1–2
Luzern 1–2 1–1
Servette 1–1 1–4
Sion 4–0
St. Gallen 2–1 0–1 5–0
Thun 2–1
Winterthur 1–1
Young Boys 3–1 0–0
Zürich 2–3 0–4
Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2025. Source: Swiss Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Basel make former Liverpool star Xherdan Shaqiri incredible promise after stunning title win". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Die SFL gibt den Datenplan für die Saison 2024/25 bekannt" (in German). Swiss Football League. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. ^ "SWISS FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Rahmenterminplan / Calendrier - Stand / État 5.12.2023" (PDF). Swiss Football League. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Thun promoted after victory over Aarau". blue News. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  5. ^ ""The team had the quality to stay in the Super League"". blue News. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  6. ^ "FC Basel 1893". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Grasshopper Club Zürich". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ^ "FC Zürich". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ^ "FC Lausanne-Sport". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  10. ^ "FC Lugano". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. ^ "FC Luzern". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Servette FC". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  13. ^ "FC Sion". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  14. ^ "FC St. Gallen". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  15. ^ "FC Thun". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  16. ^ "FC Winterthur". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  17. ^ "BSC Young Boys". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Mitchell van der Gaag wird neuer Cheftrainer des FC Zürich" (in Swiss High German). FC Zürich. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Cheftrainer Fabio Celestini verlässt den FCB". FC Basel. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  20. ^ a b "Ludovic Magnin wird neuer FCB-Cheftrainer". FC Basel. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Bienvenue Peter !" [Welcome Peter!] (in Swiss French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  22. ^ "GC Zürich verabschiedet Tomas Oral" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Gerald Scheiblehner ist neuer Trainer beim Grasshopper Club Zürich" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Communiqué officiel" (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  25. ^ "Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur du Servette FC" (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  26. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2025.