2015–16 Swiss Super League

The 2015–16 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Basel were the defending champions.

Swiss Super League

Season	2015–16
Dates	18 July 2015 – 25 May 2016
Champions	Basel
Relegated	Zürich
Champions League	Basel Young Boys
Europa League	Zürich (although relegated) Luzern Grasshopper Vaduz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	566 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mu'nas Dabbur (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Young Boys 7–0 Lugano (9 April 2016)
Biggest away win	St. Gallen 0–7 Basel (17 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Young Boys 5–4 Vaduz (17 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Basel (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Basel (17 games)
Longest winless run	Zürich (11 games)
Longest losing run	Zürich (5 games) Luzern (5 games)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

A total of 10 teams competed in the league, the 9 best teams from the 2014–15 season and the 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champion Lugano.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Basel

Grasshopper

Lugano

Luzern

Sion

St. Gallen

Thun

Vaduz

Young Boys

Zürich

Location of the 2015–16 Swiss Super League teams

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

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Urs Fischer	Matías Delgado	adidas	Novartis
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Kim Källström	Puma	FROMM/Priora
Lugano	Zdeněk Zeman	Antoine Rey	Nike	Città di Lugano
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger	adidas	Otto's
Sion	Didier Tholot	Xavier Kouassi	Erreà	Alloboissons
St. Gallen	Joe Zinnbauer	Albert Bunjaku	Jako	St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun	Jeff Saibene	Dennis Hediger	Nike	Panorama Center
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Franz Burgmeier	adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve von Bergen	Nike	Honda
Zürich	Sami Hyypiä[1]	Gilles Yapi Yapo	Nike	Netstream AG

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	5	5	88	38	+50	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Young Boys	36	20	9	7	78	47	+31	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Luzern	36	15	9	12	59	50	+9	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Grasshopper	36	15	8	13	65	56	+9	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Sion	36	14	8	14	52	49	+3	50
6	Thun	36	10	11	15	45	54	−9	41
7	St. Gallen	36	10	8	18	41	66	−25	38
8	Vaduz	36	7	15	14	44	60	−16	36	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
9	Lugano	36	9	8	19	46	75	−29	35
10	Zürich (R)	36	7	13	16	48	71	−23	34	Qualification for the Europa League group stage and relegation to Challenge League[lower-alpha 2]

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

1. Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
2. Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

Results

First and Second Round Home \ Away BAS GRA LUG LUZ SIO STG THU VAD YB ZÜR Basel 2–3 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 Grasshopper 2–3 6–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 5–0 Lugano 1–3 4–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 Luzern 1–3 3–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 Sion 0–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–3 3–1 St. Gallen 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 Thun 0–2 3–5 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 5–1 Vaduz 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 Young Boys 4–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 Zürich 2–2 2–3 5–3 2–5 1–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 Source: Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round Home \ Away BAS GRA LUG LUZ SIO STG THU VAD YB ZÜR Basel 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 2–2 Grasshopper 0–4 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 4–2 Lugano 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–6 3–0 2–1 2–5 1–3 0–0 Luzern 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 5–1 2–3 1–2 Sion 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 St. Gallen 0–7 2–0 3–3 1–4 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–0 Thun 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–3 4–0 Vaduz 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 Young Boys 2–3 1–1 7–0 5–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 5–4 3–0 Zürich 2–3 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 Source: Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 14 May 2016.^[3]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mu'nas Dabbur	Grasshopper	19
2	Guillaume Hoarau	BSC Young Boys	17
3	Marc Janko	Basel	16
4	Caio Alves	Grasshopper	13
	Marco Schneuwly	Luzern
	Yoric Ravet	Grasshopper
7	Armando Sadiku	Vaduz	12
8	Shani Tarashaj	Grasshopper	11
	Ridge Munsy	Thun
	Danijel Aleksić	St. Gallen

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Breel Embolo	Basel
Young Player of the Season	Shani Tarashaj	GC
Coach of the Season	Pierluigi Tami	GC
Goal of the Season	Mu'nas Dabbur	GC

Team of the Year[4]
Goalkeeper	Tomáš Vaclík (Basel)
Defence	Michael Lang (Basel)			Marek Suchý (Basel)			Roy Gelmi (St. Gallen)			Pa Modou Jagne (Sion)
Midfield	Carlitos (Sion)			Luca Zuffi (Basel)			Kim Källström (Grasshopper)			Caio (Grasshopper)
Attack	Breel Embolo (Basel)						Munas Dabbur (Grasshopper)

References

1. "Neuer FCZ-Trainer gefunden Hyypiä kommt allein!". sfl.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
2. "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
3. "TORSCHÜTZENLISTE 2015/16" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
4. "Das ist der neue Meisterpokal der Super League – Embolo und GC räumen bei SFL Award Night ab". Watson (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-30.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Official website (in French)
• Official website (in Italian)
• Swiss Super League at uefa.com