2017–18 Swiss Super League
121st season of top-tier Swiss football
Football league season
The 2017–18 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 15th under its current name and format. Basel were the defending champions. Young Boys won the title on 28 April 2018 after a 2–1 win against Luzern , with four games to spare. It was their first league title in 32 years, having last won the league in the 1985–1986 season , and their 12th league title overall. They also ended Basel's run of eight consecutive titles.
A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2016–17 season and the 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League champion Zürich . The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018 with a break between 17 December 2017 and 2 February 2018.[4]
This season saw the introduction of changes in the way Swiss clubs may qualify for European competition; per new UEFA rules, the champions of the Swiss Super League now qualifies for the Champions League play-off round (previously directly to the Champions League group stage) and the runners-up now qualifies for the Champions League second qualifying round (previously to the third qualifying round). Qualification to Europa League spots for the third- and fourth-placed team remain unchanged.[5]
Teams
Stadia and locations
Location of the 2017–18 Swiss Super League teams
Club
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Basel
Basel
St. Jakob-Park
37,994[6]
Grasshopper
Zürich
Letzigrund
26,104[7]
Lausanne
Lausanne
Pontaise
8,500[8]
Lugano
Lugano
Stadio Cornaredo
6,390[9]
Luzern
Lucerne
Swissporarena
16,490[10]
Sion
Sion
Stade Tourbillon
14,283[11]
St. Gallen
St. Gallen
kybunpark
19,456[12]
Thun
Thun
Stockhorn Arena
10,014[12]
Young Boys
Bern
Stade de Suisse
31,789[13]
FC Zürich
Zürich
Letzigrund
26,104
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
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.
[36] (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
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 Young Boys 1 1 1 2 2 2 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 Basel 9 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Luzern 3 6 6 4 4 4 4 6 7 8 9 9 10 8 9 10 9 8 9 9 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 Zürich 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 St. Gallen 6 4 2 5 5 6 5 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 Sion 4 3 5 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 6 Thun 8 8 10 8 7 8 9 8 9 7 8 8 7 7 8 9 8 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 7 7 7 6 8 6 7 9 7 Lugano 7 9 7 7 8 5 6 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 7 8 7 9 7 7 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 8 6 8 7 8 6 6 8 Grasshopper Club Zürich 10 10 9 10 9 9 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 6 4 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 8 8 9 Lausanne-Sport 5 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 8 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Source:
Swiss Football League
Note: If a team wins the
Swiss Cup , they will qualify for the
Europa League group stage , unless they have already qualified for the
Champions League through league position. In this case, the Europa League group stage berth will be given to the third-placed team, and both Europa League qualifying round spots will be moved one step down, to 4th and 5th respectively.
Results
First and Second Round
Source:
Swiss Super League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Third and Fourth Round
Source:
Swiss Super League (in German) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
^ The game was in fact abandoned after about 70 minutes of play while the score was 0–2, due to violent behavior from some Lausanne fans. The discipline commission subsequently ruled that Lausanne lost the game by forfeit and awarded a 0–3 final score in favor of Thun.[37] [38]
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
1 Ajeti played 7 games for St. Gallen then signed for Basel.[39] [40]
2 Rapp played 18 games for Thun then signed for Lausanne.[41] [42]
}} Sorgic (Thun)
Top assists
Hat-tricks
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Awards
Annual awards
Attendance
Team
Total
Average
Basel
18
465,426
25,859
Young Boys
18
395,512
21,973
St. Gallen
18
227,043
12,614
Zürich
18
193,073
10,726
Luzern
18
180,925
10,051
Sion
18
178,600
9,922
Grasshopper
18
126,300
7,017
Thun
18
106,335
5,908
Lausanne-Sport
18
71,931
3,996
Lugano
18
67,454
3,747
League total
180
2,012,599
11,181
Source: [3]
References
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^ League, Swiss Football. "Grasshopper Club- Swiss Football League" . www.sfl.ch . Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2018 .
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^ "Urs Fischer n'entraînera plus le FC Bâle dès cet été" (in French). sfl.ch. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017 .
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^ "Pierluigi Tami officialisé au FC Lugano" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017 .
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^ "Yakin nommé à GC, Smiljanic au FC Schaffhouse" (in French). sfl.ch. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017 .
^ "Paolo Tramezzani n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Sion" (in French). sfl.ch. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017 .
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^ "Babbel und Rahmen beim FC Luzern gefeuert!" . Blick (in German). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018 .
^ "Definitiv: Gerardo Seoane ist neuer Cheftrainer des FC Luzern" . Neue Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018 .
^ a b "Neuer Sion-Coach: Jacobacci übernimmt für Gabri" (in German). sfl.ch. 6 February 2018.
^ a b "Ludovic Magnin remplace Uli Forte au FC Zurich" (in French). 24heures.ch. 6 February 2018.
^ "Tami nicht mehr Lugano-Trainer" . St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). 10 April 2018.
^ "Abascal ist neuer Lugano-Trainer" (in German). SRF . 10 April 2018.
^ "GC trennt sich von Trainer Murat Yakin" . Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 10 April 2018.
^ "Abascal nommé au FC Lugano, Walther intérimaire à GC" (in French). sfl.ch. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018 .
^ "Fabio Celestini n'est plus l'entraîneur du FC Lausanne-Sport" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018 .
^ "Borenovic nouvel entraîneur du FC Lausanne-Sport" (in French). sfl.ch. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018 .
^ a b "Thorsten Fink wird neuer GC Cheftrainer" (in German). Grasshopper Club Zürich . 23 April 2018.
^ a b "Contini muss bei St. Gallen gehen" (in German). SRF . 24 April 2018.
^ a b "Rocade dans le staff du FC Lausanne-Sport" (in French). sfl.ch. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018 .
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^ "Défaite par forfait et amende pour le FC Lausanne-Sport" (in French). sfl.ch. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
^ "L'attaquant Ajeti est de retour au FC Bâle" (in French). sfl.ch. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017 .
^ "Albian Ajeti" . sfl.ch . Retrieved 16 October 2017 .
^ "Rapp à Lausanne" (in French). sfl.ch. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018 .
^ "Simone Rapp" . sfl.ch . Retrieved 14 March 2018 .
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^ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner" . Golden11 . 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022 .
^ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner" . Golden11 . 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022 .
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