2016–17 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2016–17
Dates	23 July 2016 – 2 June 2017
Champions	Basel; 20th title; 8th consecutive title
Relegated	Vaduz
Champions League	Basel ; Young Boys
Europa League	Lugano; Sion; Luzern; Vaduz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	582 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Seydou Doumbia; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Basel 6–0 Vaduz; (19 November 2016)
Biggest away win	Vaduz 1–5 Basel; (31 July 2016)
Highest scoring	Young Boys 7–2 Lausanne-Sport; (20 August 2016)
Longest winning run	Basel (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Basel (16 games)
Longest winless run	Lausanne-Sport (14 games)
Longest losing run	Lausanne-Sport (7 games)
Highest attendance	31,120; Young Boys 4–1 Thun; (6 August 2016)
Total attendance	1,789,873
Average attendance	9,944
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland and the 14th in the current format. Basel were the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.^[2]

A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2015–16 season and the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champion Lausanne-Sport. The season started on the weekend of 23 and 24 July 2016 and ended on 2 June 2017.

On 28 April 2017, Basel won their 20th league title following their 2–1 away win against Luzern, with six games to spare.^[3] It is also their 8th consecutive title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Lausanne	Lausanne	Pontaise	15,850
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	10,500
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	17,500
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	kybunpark	19,694
Thun	Thun	Stockhorn Arena	10,000
Vaduz	Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	31,783

This will be the first season since 1989–90 that there is only one club from Zürich to play in the first tier, because FC Zürich finished in last position and were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Urs Fischer	Matías Delgado	Adidas	Novartis
Grasshopper	Carlos Bernegger	Munas Dabbur¹	Puma	Ducksch&Anliker/Priora/Kinnarps
Lausanne-Sport	Fabio Celestini	Andrea Maccoppi²	Adidas	BCV
Lugano	Paolo Tramezzani	Antoine Rey	Acerbis	AIL SA
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger	Adidas	Otto's
Sion	Sébastien Fournier	Elsad Zverotić	Erreà	AFX Group
St. Gallen	Giorgio Contini	Martin Angha	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Thun	Mauro Lustrinelli	Dennis Hediger	Nike	Panorama Center/Schneider Software
Vaduz	Roland Vrabec	Franz Burgmeier	Adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve von Bergen	Nike	Honda

¹Dabbur, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg, was called back by his parent club before he could play the last game of the season with Grasshopper.^[4]
²The manager decided to give the captaincy to Maccoppi near the end of the season. Before that, Olivier Custodio was the captain.^[5]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lugano	Zdenek Zeman	End of contract	4 June 2016^[6]	Pre-season	Andrea Manzo (interim)	17 June 2016^[7]
Sion	Didier Tholot	Mutual consent	12 August 2016^[8]	10th	Peter Zeidler	22 August 2016^[9]
Lugano	Andrea Manzo	Sacked	19 December 2016^[10]	8th	Paolo Tramezzani	20 December 2016^[11]
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Mutual consent	7 March 2017^[12]	10th	Roland Vrabec	22 March 2017^[13]
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Sacked	12 March 2017^[14]	8th	Carlos Bernegger	12 March 2017^[14]
Thun	Jeff Saibene	Signed by Arminia Bielefeld	19 March 2017^[15]	7th	Mauro Lustrinelli (interim)	19 March 2017^[15]
Sion	Peter Zeidler	"Rested" pending further decision by the board	25 April 2017^[16]	3rd	Sébastien Fournier	25 April 2017^[16]
Sion	Peter Zeidler	Mutual consent	30 May 2017^[17]	4th	Sébastien Fournier	25 April 2017^[16]
St. Gallen	Josef Zinnbauer	Sacked	4 May 2017^[18]	8th	Giorgio Contini	4 May 2017^[18]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	8	2	92	35	+57	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Young Boys	36	20	9	7	72	44	+28	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	8	13	52	61	−9	53	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Sion	36	15	6	15	60	55	+5	51	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Luzern	36	14	8	14	62	66	−4	50	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Thun	36	11	12	13	58	63	−5	45
7	St. Gallen	36	11	8	17	43	57	−14	41
8	Grasshopper	36	10	8	18	47	61	−14	38
9	Lausanne-Sport	36	9	8	19	51	62	−11	35
10	Vaduz (R)	36	7	9	20	45	78	−33	30	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League^[b]

Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.^[19]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.
^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Basel	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Young Boys	3	4	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lugano	7	5	7	5	7	6	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Sion	10	6	9	10	10	9	7	6	7	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Luzern	4	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	5	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Thun	5	7	10	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
St. Gallen	9	10	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Grasshopper Club Zürich	2	3	6	8	6	4	6	7	6	4	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8
Lausanne-Sport	8	8	4	3	5	5	4	5	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Vaduz	6	9	5	7	4	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage
	2017–18 Champions League third qualifying round
	2017–18 Europa League third qualifying round
	2017–18 Europa League second qualifying round
	Relegation to 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Football League

Note: The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the round after which they were actually played. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Results

First and Second Round

Home \ Away	BAS	GRA	LS	LUG	LUZ	SIO	StG	THU	VAD	YB
Basel	—	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	6–0	3–0
Grasshopper	0–2	—	2–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1
Lausanne-Sport	1–2	1–2	—	4–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	4–4	5–0	1–2
Lugano	2–2	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–0
Luzern	2–3	4–3	1–3	2–1	—	2–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–2
Sion	1–2	4–2	1–3	5–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0
St. Gallen	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–2	0–2
Thun	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–3	1–2	—	1–1	2–3
Vaduz	1–5	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–3	2–5	2–0	2–3	—	0–0
Young Boys	3–1	4–0	7–2	1–2	2–1	4–3	2–2	4–1	5–0	—

Source: Swiss Super League (in French)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home \ Away	BAS	GRA	LS	LUG	LUZ	SIO	StG	THU	VAD	YB
Basel	—	1–0	4–3	4–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	3–3	2–2	1–1
Grasshopper	1–3	—	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–3
Lausanne-Sport	0–4	0–0	—	1–2	4–4	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–0
Lugano	2–2	3–0	2–1	—	0–1	4–2	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–2
Luzern	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–2	—	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–1
Sion	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	—	1–2	2–1	4–2	0–1
St. Gallen	0–3	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–2
Thun	0–2	3–1	2–4	5–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	—	4–3	0–0
Vaduz	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–0
Young Boys	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–2	3–2	—

Source: Swiss Super League (in French)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

^[20]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Seydou Doumbia	Basel	20
2	Guillaume Hoarau	Young Boys	18
3	Ezgjan Alioski	Lugano	16
4	Dejan Sorgić	Thun	15
4	Chadrac Akolo	Sion	15
6	Marco Schneuwly	Luzern	14
6	Caio	Grasshopper	14
8	Marc Janko	Basel	13
9	Albian Ajeti	St. Gallen	10
	Matías Delgado	Basel
	Mohamed Elyounoussi	Basel
	Christian Fassnacht	Thun

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Marco Mathys	Vaduz	Lugano	5–1 (H)	27 November 2016
Mohamed Elyounoussi	Basel	Lugano	4–0 (H)	4 February 2017
Nassim Ben Khalifa	Lausanne-Sport	Luzern	4–4 (H)	5 February 2017
Nassim Ben Khalifa	Lausanne-Sport	Thun	4–2 (A)	8 April 2017
Ezgjan Alioski	Lugano	Sion	4–2 (H)	9 April 2017
Dejan Sorgić	Thun	Basel	3–3 (A)	14 May 2017

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Guillaume Hoarau	Young Boys
Young Player of the Season	Denis Zakaria	Young Boys
Coach of the Season	Fabio Celestini	Lausanne-Sport
Goal of the Season	Carlitos	Sion

Team of the Year^[21]
Goalkeeper	Vaclik (Basel)
Defence	Michael Lang (Basel)	Marek Suchý (Basel)	Reto Ziegler (Sion)	Jan Lecjaks (Young Boys)
Midfield	Ezgjan Alioski (Lugano)	Denis Zakaria (Young Boys)	Matías Emilio Delgado (Basel)	Carlitos (Sion)
Attack	Marco Schneuwly (Luzern)		Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys)

Attendance

^[22]

Team	Total	Average
Basel	476,705	26,484
Young Boys	325,316	18,073
St. Gallen	225,592	12,533
Luzern	196,557	10,920
Sion	165,100	9,172
Thun	97,288	5,405
Grasshopper	90,200	5,011
Lausanne-Sport	80,722	4,485
Vaduz	73,549	4,086
Lugano	72,498	4,027
League total	1,803,518	10,020

References

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^ "SFL PRÄSENTIERT DIE SPIELKALENDER 2016/17". www.sfl.ch (in German). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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^ "Manzo à l'intérim au FC Lugano" (in French). sfl.ch. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Le FC Sion et Tholot: une séparation d'un accord commun" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "Peter Zeidler, un Allemand à la tête du FC Sion" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "Le FC Lugano limoge son entraîneur Andrea Manzo" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ "Tramezzani, nouvel entraîneur du FC Lugano" (in French). Bluewin.ch. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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^ ^a ^b "Pierluigi Tami viré et remplacé par Carlos Bernegger" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Au FC Thoune, Saibene s'en va, Lustrinelli ad interim" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Zeidler "au repos", Fournier de retour" (in French). sfl.ch. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ "Le FC Sion et Zeigler se séparent à l'amiable" (in French). sfl.ch. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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External links

[table_note_res_ELGS0.47558364527094-19] Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_note_res_EL1QREL0.47558364527094-20] Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

[info-1] "Statistiques de la saison 2016/17". Swiss Super League. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[2] "SFL PRÄSENTIERT DIE SPIELKALENDER 2016/17". www.sfl.ch (in German). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

[3] "Une deuxième étoile sur le maillot du FC Bâle". Swiss Super League. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[4] "Dabbur a d'ores et déjà quitté GC" (in French). sfl.ch. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[5] "Celestini a tranché: Maccoppi est le néo-capitaine du LS" (in French). sfl.ch. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[6] "Zdenek Zeman tourne le dos au FC Lugano" (in French). sfl.ch. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[7] "Manzo à l'intérim au FC Lugano" (in French). sfl.ch. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[8] "Le FC Sion et Tholot: une séparation d'un accord commun" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[9] "Peter Zeidler, un Allemand à la tête du FC Sion" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[10] "Le FC Lugano limoge son entraîneur Andrea Manzo" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[11] "Tramezzani, nouvel entraîneur du FC Lugano" (in French). Bluewin.ch. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[12] "La Raiffeisen Super League "perd" son doyen" (in French). sfl.ch. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[13] "Le FC Vaduz a trouvé son entraîneur" (in French). sfl.ch. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[gcz_manager-14] "Pierluigi Tami viré et remplacé par Carlos Bernegger" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[thu_manager-15] "Au FC Thoune, Saibene s'en va, Lustrinelli ad interim" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[sio_manager-16] "Zeidler "au repos", Fournier de retour" (in French). sfl.ch. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[17] "Le FC Sion et Zeigler se séparent à l'amiable" (in French). sfl.ch. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

[fcsg_manager-18] "Zinnbauer muss Contini weichen" (in German). SRF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

[21] "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[22] "Archived copy". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[23] "SAFP Golden 11 2016". Golden11. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

[24] "Archived copy". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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