2017–18 Swiss Super League
Season | 2017–18 |
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Dates | 22 July 2017 – 19 May 2018 |
Champions | Young Boys 12th title |
Relegated | Lausanne-Sport |
Champions League | Young Boys Basel |
Europa League | Luzern Zürich St. Gallen |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 541 (3.01 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Albian Ajeti (17 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Young Boys 6–1 St. Gallen Sion 7–2 Thun Basel 6–1 Thun |
Biggest away win | Grasshopper 0–4 Young Boys Young Boys 0–4 Thun Lugano 0–4 Basel Zürich 0–4 Grasshopper St. Gallen 0–4 Lausanne-Sport |
Highest scoring | Sion 7–2 Thun[2] |
Longest winning run | Young Boys (8 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Young Boys (16 games) |
Longest winless run | Luzern (9 games) |
Longest losing run | St. Gallen (7 games) |
Highest attendance | 32,456 Basel 1–1 Young Boys[2] (5 November 2017) |
Total attendance | 2,012,599[3] |
Average attendance | 11,181[3] |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
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
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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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
[edit]Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Basel | ![]() |
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Adidas | Novartis |
Grasshopper | ![]() |
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Puma | Fromm |
Lausanne-Sport | ![]() |
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Adidas | Banque cantonale vaudoise |
Lugano | ![]() |
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Acerbis | AIL |
Luzern | ![]() |
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Adidas | Otto’s |
Sion | ![]() |
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Erreà | AFX Group |
St. Gallen | ![]() |
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Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank |
Thun | ![]() |
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Nike | Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG |
Young Boys | ![]() |
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Nike | Obi |
Zürich | ![]() |
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Nike |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Basel | ![]() |
End of contract | 3 June 2017[14] | Pre-season | ![]() |
3 June 2017[15] |
Thun | ![]() |
End of interim | 3 June 2017 | ![]() |
3 June 2017[16] | |
Lugano | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 7 June 2017[17] | ![]() |
12 June 2017[18] | |
Sion | ![]() |
15 June 2017 | ![]() |
15 June 2017[19] | ||
Grasshopper | ![]() |
Sacked | 24 August 2017 | 9th | ![]() |
28 August 2017[20] |
Sion | ![]() |
22 October 2017[21] | 7th | ![]() |
24 October 2017[22] | |
Luzern | ![]() |
5 January 2018[23] | 9th | ![]() |
9 January 2018[24] | |
Sion | ![]() |
6 February 2018[25] | 10th | ![]() |
12 February 2018[25] | |
Zürich | ![]() |
20 February 2018[26] | 3rd | ![]() |
20 February 2018[26] | |
Lugano | ![]() |
9 April 2018[27] | 9th | ![]() |
10 April 2018[28] | |
Grasshopper | ![]() |
10 April 2018[29] | 6th | ![]() |
10 April 2018[30] | |
Lausanne-Sport | ![]() |
19 April 2018[31] | 10th | ![]() |
20 April 2018[32] | |
Grasshopper | ![]() |
End of interim | 23 April 2018[33] | 7th | ![]() |
23 April 2018[33] |
St. Gallen | ![]() |
Sacked | 24 April 2018[34] | 4th | ![]() |
24 April 2018[34] |
Lausanne-Sport | ![]() |
End of interim | 11 May 2018[35] | 10th | ![]() |
11 May 2018[35] |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Young Boys (C) | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
2 | Basel | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Luzern | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Zürich | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
5 | St. Gallen | 36 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
6 | Sion | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 42 | |
7 | Thun | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 42 | |
8 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 42 | |
9 | Grasshopper | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 39 | |
10 | Lausanne-Sport (R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 35 | 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.[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.
Positions by round
[edit]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
[edit]Season statistics
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Top goalscorers[edit]
1Ajeti played 7 games for St. Gallen then signed for Basel.[39][40] |
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Top assists
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Assists[43] |
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1 | ![]() |
Thun | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Basel (7) / Lausanne-Sport (8) | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Basel | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
Lugano | 10 |
5 | ![]() |
Luzern | 9 |
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Young Boys | ||
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Lausanne-Sport | ||
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Young Boys | ||
8 | ![]() |
Basel | 8
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Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Thun | Lausanne-Sport | 3–1 (A) | 28 October 2017 |
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Grasshopper | Lugano | 4–3 (H) | 21 April 2018 |
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Zürich | Sion | 3–3 (H) | 29 April 2018 |
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Sion | Thun | 4–1 (A) | 19 May 2018 |
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Awards
[edit]Annual awards
[edit]Award[44] | Winner | Club |
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Player of the Season | ![]() |
Basel |
Young Player of the Season | ![]() |
Basel |
Coach of the Season | ![]() |
Grasshopper |
Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Young Boys |
Team of the Year[45] | ||||||||||||
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Defence | ![]() |
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Attack | ![]() |
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Attendance
[edit]Team | Played | Total | Average |
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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]
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External links
[edit]- Official website (in German)
- Official website (in French)
- Swiss Super League at uefa.com