2019–20 Swiss Super League
The 2019–20 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 123rd season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 17th under its current name and format.
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 19 July 2019 – 3 August 2020 |
Champions | Young Boys 14th title |
Relegated | Neuchâtel Xamax Thun |
Champions League | Young Boys |
Europa League | St. Gallen Basel Servette |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 541 (3.01 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jean-Pierre Nsame (32 goals) |
Biggest home win | Young Boys 6–0 Xamax St. Gallen 6–0 Xamax |
Biggest away win | Zürich 0–5 Servette Zürich 0–5 Young Boys St. Gallen 0–5 Basel |
Highest scoring | Basel 4–4 Lugano |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2018–19 season and the 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League champions Servette. Young Boys were the defending champions. They successfully retained the title.
On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1] On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted at least until the end of April.[2]
Teams
Stadia and locations
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 37,994[3] |
Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 6,390[4] |
Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 16,490[5] |
Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 11,997[6] |
Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 14,283[7] |
St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Kybunpark | 19,456[8] |
Thun | Thun | Stockhorn Arena | 10,014[8] |
Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,789[9] |
Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104[10] |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Basel | Adidas | Novartis | ||
Lugano | Acerbis | AIL | ||
Luzern | Craft | Otto’s | ||
Neuchâtel Xamax | Erima | Groupe E, Banque cantonale neuchâteloise | ||
Servette | Puma | Balexert | ||
Sion | Macron | Capital Markets Consulting | ||
St. Gallen | Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank | ||
Thun | Macron | Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG | ||
Young Boys | Nike | Obi | ||
Zürich | Nike | AntePay |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Neuchâtel Xamax | End of contract | 1 July 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[11] | ||
Sion | End of interim | 1 July 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[12] | ||
Lugano | Sacked | 29 October 2019 | 29 October 2019[13] | |||
Sion | Resigned | 4 November 2019[14] | 5th | 4 November 2019 | ||
Sion | End of interim | 1 January 2020[15] | 8th | 1 January 2020 | ||
Sion | End of interim | 1 June 2020 | 8th | 4 June 2020 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Young Boys (C) | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | +23 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 47 | |
6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 46 | |
7 | Zürich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 43 | |
8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 39 | |
9 | Thun (R) | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 38 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
10 | Neuchâtel Xamax (R) | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 27 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[16]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Results
First and second round
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Third and fourth round
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Relegation play-offs
The ninth-placed team of 2019–20 Swiss Super League, Thun, will face the runners-up of 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League, Vaduz.
First leg
Vaduz | 2–0 | Thun |
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Report |
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[17] |
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1 | Young Boys | 32 | |
2 | St. Gallen | 19 | |
3 | Basel | 14 | |
St. Gallen | |||
5 | Basel | 13 | |
Neuchâtel Xamax | |||
St. Gallen | |||
8 | Thun | 12 | |
9 | Sion | 11 | |
Servette | |||
Luzern |
Top assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[18] |
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1 | St. Gallen | 13 | |
2 | Servette | 11 | |
Thun | |||
4 | Young Boys | 10 | |
5 | Luzern | 9 | |
St. Gallen | |||
Basel | |||
8 | Basel | 8 | |
Thun | |||
St. Gallen | |||
Basel | |||
Young Boys | |||
Luzern |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Young Boys | Sion | 4–3 (A) | 24 November 2019 | |
Sion | Young Boys | 3–4 (H) | 24 November 2019 | |
Servette | Zürich | 5–0 (A) | 8 December 2019 | |
Basel | Zürich | 4–0 (A) | 8 February 2020 | |
Servette | Zürich | 4–1 (H) | 16 February 2020 | |
Young Boys | Zürich | 3–2 (H) | 19 June 2020 | |
Young Boys | Zürich | 5–0 (A) | 18 July 2020 | |
St. Gallen | Neuchâtel Xamax | 6–0 (H) | 31 July 2020 |
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