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Swiss Super League
Swiss Super League
Country Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1898
Number of teams 12
Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Swiss Cup
UEFA cup(s) Champions League
Europa League
Current champions Young Boys (16th title) (2022–23)
Most successful club Grasshopper Club Zürich (27 titles)
TV Teleclub Sport
Website Official website
Football current event 2023–24

The Swiss Super League (known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the top tier of the Swiss football league system. and has been played in current format since the 2003–04 season. As of May 2016 the Swiss Super League is ranked 12th in Europe according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.

Overview[]

The Super League is played over 36 rounds from the end of July to May, with a winter break from mid-December to the first week of February. Each team plays each other four times, twice at home and twice away, in a round-robin.

As teams from both Switzerland and Liechtenstein participate in the Swiss football leagues, only a Swiss club finishing in first place will be crowned champion—should a team from Liechtenstein win, this honor will go to the highest-placed Swiss team. Relative to their league coefficient ranking the highest-placed teams will compete in UEFA competitions—again with exception of teams from Liechtenstein, who qualify through the Liechtenstein Cup. The bottom team will be relegated to the Challenge League and replaced by the respective champion for the next season. The club finishing in 9th place will compete against the second-placed team of the Challenge League in a relegation play-off over two games, home and away, for a spot in the succeeding tournament.

Matches in the Super League employ the use of a video assistant referee.

Names[]

Years German French Italian
1897–1929 Serie A
1930–31 1e Ligue Prima Lega
1931–44 Nationalliga Ligue Nationale Lega Nazionale
1933 Challenge National Challenge National
1944–2003 Nationalliga A Ligue Nationale A Lega Nazionale A
2003–2012 Axpo Super League
2012– Raiffeisen Super League

Current season[]

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Super League

Participating clubs[]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994
BSC Young Boys Bern Stadion Wankdorf 31,120
Grasshopper Zürich Letzigrund 26,103
Lausanne Ouchy Lausanne Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 15,850
Lausanne Sport Lausanne Stade de la Tuilière 12,544
FC Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390
FC Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490
Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 28,833
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Kybunpark 19,455
FC Winterthur Winterthur Stadion Schützenwiese 8,400
Yverdon Sport Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal 6,600
FC Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,103

External links[]

Swiss Super League 2023–24
Basel · Grasshopper · Lausanne Ouchy · Lausanne-Sport · Lugano · Luzern · Servette · St. Gallen · Winterthur · Young Boys · Yverdon-Sport · Zürich
Swiss Super League seasons
Serie A era, 1897–1931
Nationalliga era, 1931–1944
Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003
Super League era, 2003–present

2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 ·

Football in Switzerland
League competitions SFA Cup competitions
Super League (play-off) Switzerland Swiss Cup
Challenge League (U-23 · U-21 · U-20) Swiss League Cup
Swiss Promotion League (U-19 · U-18) Swiss Super Cup (defunct)
Swiss 1. Liga (U-17 · U-16) Uhrencup
2. Liga Interregional Stadiums Cup of the Alps
2. Liga Leagues Uhrencup
3. Liga Players
4. Liga
5. Liga
Top level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

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