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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]
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)[1] |
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[1] (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[1] (6 August 2016) |
Total attendance | 1,789,873[1] |
Average attendance | 9,944[1] |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
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.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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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 |
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] |
Mutual consent | 30 May 2017[17] | 4th | ||||
St. Gallen | Josef Zinnbauer | Sacked | 4 May 2017[18] | 8th | Giorgio Contini | 4 May 2017[18] |
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[lower-alpha 1] |
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[lower-alpha 2] |
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 |
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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 |
First and Second Round |
Third and Fourth Round
|
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 |
Chadrac Akolo | Sion | ||
6 | Marco Schneuwly | Luzern | 14 |
Caio | Grasshopper | ||
8 | Marc Janko | Basel | 13 |
9 | Albian Ajeti | St. Gallen | 10 |
Matías Delgado | Basel | ||
Mohamed Elyounoussi | Basel | ||
Christian Fassnacht | Thun |
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
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) |
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 |
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