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.

Swiss Super League

Season	2019–20
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] however, the season was resumed on 19 June.^[3]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Basel

Lugano

Luzern

Servette

Sion

St. Gallen

Thun

Neuchâtel Xamax

Young Boys

Zürich

Location of the 2019–20 Swiss Super League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	37,994[4]
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	6,390[5]
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	16,490[6]
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	11,997[7]
Servette	Geneva	Stade de Genève	30,084
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	14,283[8]
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Kybunpark	19,456[9]
Thun	Thun	Stockhorn Arena	10,014[9]
Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	31,789[10]
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104[11]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Marcel Koller	Valentin Stocker	Adidas	Novartis
Lugano	Maurizio Jacobacci	Jonathan Sabbatini	Acerbis	AIL
Luzern	Fabio Celestini	Christian Schneuwly	Craft	Otto’s [de]
Neuchâtel Xamax	Stéphane Henchoz	Laurent Walthert	Erima	Groupe E [fr], Banque cantonale neuchâteloise
Servette	Alain Geiger	Anthony Sauthier	Puma	Balexert
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	Xavier Kouassi	Macron	Capital Markets Consulting
St. Gallen	Peter Zeidler	Silvan Hefti	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank [de]
Thun	Marc Schneider	Dennis Hediger	Macron	Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG
Young Boys	Gerardo Seoane	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Obi
Zürich	Ludovic Magnin	Yanick Brecher	Nike	AntePay

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Neuchâtel Xamax	Stéphane Henchoz	End of contract	1 July 2019	Pre-season	Joël Magnin	1 July 2019[12]
Sion	Christian Zermatten	End of interim	1 July 2019	Pre-season	Stéphane Henchoz	1 July 2019[13]
Lugano	Fabio Celestini	Sacked	29 October 2019	9th	Maurizio Jacobacci	29 October 2019[14]
Sion	Stéphane Henchoz	Resigned	4 November 2019[15]	5th	Christian Zermatten (caretaker)	4 November 2019
Luzern	Thomas Häberli	Sacked	16 December 2019[16]	8th	Fabio Celestini	2 January 2020
Sion	Christian Zermatten	End of interim	1 January 2020[17]	8th	Ricardo Dionisio (caretaker)	1 January 2020
	Ricardo Dionisio	End of interim	1 June 2020	8th	Paolo Tramezzani	4 June 2020
Neuchâtel Xamax	Joël Magnin	Sacked	5 July 2020[18]	10th	Stéphane Henchoz	5 July 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	Qualificaition for Champions League second qualifying round
2	St. Gallen	36	21	5	10	79	56	+23	68	Qualificaition for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	18	8	10	74	38	+36	62	Qualificaition for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Servette	36	12	13	11	57	48	+9	49	Qualificaition for 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	Qualificaition for relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (R)	36	5	12	19	33	68	−35	27	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

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.^[19]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First and second round Home \ Away BAS LUG LUZ SER SIO StG THU XAM YB ZUR Basel — 2–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 Lugano 0–3 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 Luzern 2–1 1–2 — 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 Servette 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 Sion 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–4 3–1 St. Gallen 0–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 3–0 — 4–0 4–1 2–3 1–3 Thun 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–4 0–1 1–4 — 2–2 1–1 0–1 Xamax 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–3 — 0–1 0–1 Young Boys 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 4–3 4–2 4–1 — 4–0 Zürich 3–2 0–4 3–0 0–5 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–4 — Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and fourth round Home \ Away BAS LUG LUZ SER SIO StG THU XAM YB ZUR Basel — 4–4 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 4–0 Lugano 2–1 — 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 Luzern 2–1 3–3 — 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 Servette 2–2 1–1 2–0 — 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 Sion 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 St. Gallen 0–5 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 — 3–2 6–0 3–3 0–4 Thun 0–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 — 3–0 1–0 3–2 Xamax 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 0–1 1–1 Young Boys 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 6–0 — 3–2 Zürich 0–4 1–0 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–3 3–3 1–1 0–5 — Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of 2019–20 Swiss Super League, Thun, played against the runners-up of 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League, Vaduz.

First leg

Vaduz	2–0	Thun
Cicek 45+3' Sutter 58'	Report

7 August 2020

18:15

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Referee: Alain Bieri

Second leg

Thun	4–3	Vaduz
Stillhart 41' Bertone 47' Munsy 87' Rapp 90+4'	Report	Coulibaly 19, 51' Cicek 69'

10 August 2020

18:15

Stockhorn Arena, Thun

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Vaduz won 5–4 on aggregate and promoted to the Swiss Super League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[20]
1	Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	32
2	Cedric Itten	St. Gallen	19
3	Arthur	Basel	14
	Ermedin Demirović	St. Gallen
5	Kemal Ademi	Basel	13
	Raphaël Nuzzolo	Neuchâtel Xamax
	Jordi Quintillà	St. Gallen
8	Ridge Munsy	Thun	12
9	Pajtim Kasami	Sion	11
	Koro Koné	Servette
	Francesco Margiotta	Luzern

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	Sion	4–3 (A)	24 November 2019
Pajtim Kasami	Sion	Young Boys	3–4 (H)	24 November 2019
Park Jung-bin	Servette	Zürich	5–0 (A)	8 December 2019
Fabian Frei	Basel	Zürich	4–0 (A)	8 February 2020
Koro Koné	Servette	Zürich	4–1 (H)	16 February 2020
Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	Zürich	3–2 (H)	19 June 2020
Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	Zürich	5–0 (A)	18 July 2020
Cedric Itten	St. Gallen	Neuchâtel Xamax	6–0 (H)	31 July 2020

Awards

Annual awards

Award[21]	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys
Young Player of the Season	Noah Okafor	Basel
Coach of the Season	Gerardo Seoane	Young Boys
Goal of the Season	Steve von Bergen	Young Boys

Team of the Year[22]
Goalkeeper	Jonas Omlin (Basel)
Defence	Silvan Widmer (Basel)			Eray Cömert (Basel)			Omar Alderete (Basel)			Ulisses Garcia (Young Boys)
Midfield	Christian Fassnacht (Basel)			Michel Aebischer (Basel)			Jordi Quintillà (St.Gallen)			Nicolas Ngamaleu (Young Boys)
Attack	Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys)						Cedric Itten(St.Gallen)

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External links

• Official website