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2023–24 Swiss Super League

The 2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 21st under its current name. It was the first season under its current name featuring twelve teams (increased from ten in previous season) and a new format.[1][2] Young Boys were the defending champions.

Swiss Super League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsYoung Boys
17th title
RelegatedLausanne Ouchy
Champions LeagueYoung Boys
Lugano
Europa LeagueServette
Conference LeagueZürich
St. Gallen
Matches played228
(198 + 15 + 15)
Top goalscorerChadrac Akolo
Kevin Carlos
Žan Celar
(14 goals each)
Biggest home winLugano 6–1 Yverdon
(13 August 2023)
Young Boys 6–1 Luzern
(11 November 2023)
Grasshopper 5–0 Lausanne
(2 December 2023)
Biggest away winYverdon 0–5 Lugano
(25 November 2023)
Highest scoring7 goals
7 matches
Longest winning runServette (7 wins)
Longest unbeaten runServette (15 games)
Longest winless runLausanne Ouchy (10 games)
Longest losing runWinterthur (6 losses)
Highest attendance31,500
Total attendance2,562,789
Average attendance11,340

Overview

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Format

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Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003–04 season, the league had been running under the same format and the same number of teams. This season was thus the first season of the Super League under a new format.[2] It also returned to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.[1]

The season was divided into two phases:

  • In the first phase all twelve teams played each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays.
  • Following that, the league was split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group.
    • Each team played every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
    • The championship group played for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships.
    • The relegation group played against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place).
  • Points won in the first phase were carried over to the second phase.

Schedule

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The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022.[3][4] The season began on 22 July 2023 and concluded on 25 May 2024. The league paused for the winter break after matchday 18 on 17 December 2023, and resumed on 20 January 2024. The first phase concluded with matchday 33 on 21 April 2024, and the second phase started two weeks later, on 4 May 2024. The final matchday of the relegation group took place on 21 May 2024, while the championship group held its last matches on 25 May 2024. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were played on 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.

The fixtures of the first 22 rounds were drawn and published on 21 June 2023,[5] together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.[6] Match times of rounds 12–22 were published on 8 September 2023.[7] Fixtures and match times for the final eleven round of the regular season were published on 20 December 2023.[8] The matches of the final matchday of the regular season were played concurrently on 21 April 2024.

Following the 32nd matchday, the participants of the Championship and Relegation Groups were decided. As a result, the fixtures for the final phase of the season were announced on 18 April 2024,[9] before the final matchday of the regular season.

Teams

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Changes

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Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the previous season and two teams were directly promoted from the Challenge League.

Challenge League champions Yverdon-Sport FC,[10] and runners-up FC Lausanne-Sport[11] achieved direct promotion. Stade Lausanne Ouchy beat FC Sion in the promotion/relegation play-off to replace them in the top league of Switzerland.[12] Yverdon Sport had most recently played in the top flight in the 2005–06 season, while Lausanne Sport returned to the Super League after only one season in the second tier being relegated in the 2021–22 season and Lausanne Ouchy play in Super League for the first time in history from this season.

Stadia and locations

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FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zürich FC Zürich FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy FC Lausanne-Sport
St. Jakob Park Letzigrund Stade Olympique[a] Stade de la Tuilière
Basel Zürich Lausanne Lausanne
Capacity: 37,994[14] Capacity: 26,103[15][16] Capacity: 15,850[17] Capacity: 12,544[18]
       
FC Lugano
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Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams
 FC Luzern
Stadio Cornaredo Swissporarena
Lugano Luzern
Capacity: 6,390[19] Capacity: 16,490[20]
   
Servette FC FC St. Gallen FC Winterthur BSC Young Boys Yverdon-Sport FC
Stade de Genève Kybunpark Stadion Schützenwiese Stadion Wankdorf Stade Municipal[b]
Geneva St. Gallen Winterthur Bern Yverdon-les-Bains
Capacity: 28,833[23] Capacity: 19,455[24] Capacity: 8,400[25] Capacity: 31,120[26] Capacity: 6,600[27]
         
  1. ^ Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy's home stadium Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch in Lausanne can not accommodate SLO for the Super League. SLO will play at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.[13]
  2. ^ Yverdon-Sport played their home games at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel until the end of September 2023, when changes to make the Stade Municipal Super League ready are completed.[21] They return to their regular home ground on 24 September 2023.[22]
No. of
teams
 Cantons Team(s)
3
  Vaud Lausanne-Sport, Lausanne Ouchy, Yverdon
  Zürich Zürich, Grasshopper, FC Winterthur
1
  Bern Young Boys
  Basel-Stadt Basel
  Lucerne Luzern
  St. Gallen St. Gallen
  Geneva Servette
  Ticino Lugano

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)* Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor Socks sponsor
Basel   Reto Baumgartner   Fabio Celestini   Fabian Frei Macron Novartis EuroAirport. Bank CIC, hoffmann automobile tectake, Feldschlösschen None
Grasshopper   Stacy Johns   Marco Schällibaum   Amir Abrashi Capelli Sport Cabatech (in cup matches) None None Feedy's None
Lausanne Ouchy   Vartan Sirmakes   Ricardo Dionísio   Lavdrim Hajrulahu 14fourteen gerofinance Berney Associés None Cronos Finance, Roduit None
Lausanne Sport   Leen Heemskerk   Ludovic Magnin   Olivier Custodio Le Coq Sportif Banque cantonale vaudoise Ineos Enzonet None None
Lugano   Philippe Regazzoni   Mattia Croci-Torti   Jonathan Sabbatini Erreà AIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches) Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in cup matches) HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches) GTL Impresa Costruzioni None
Luzern   Stefan Wolf   Mario Frick   Max Meyer Craft Otto’s Luzerner Kantonalbank mycasino Maréchaux Elektro Lehner Versand
Servette   Didier Fischer   René Weiler   Jérémy Frick Adidas MSC Cruises None None Berney Associés None
St. Gallen   Matthias Hüppi   Peter Zeidler   Lukas Görtler Puma St.Galler Kantonalbank Mettler2Invest Konzept Fenster & Türen, Schützengarten Malbuner None
Winterthur   Mike Keller   Patrick Rahmen   Granit Lekaj gpard Keller Druckmesstechnik, Init7 Schiess Reinigungen Ruckstuhl/Condecta (in cup matches), Mr. Green Recycling Samen-Mauser, Göldi AG None
Young Boys   Hanspeter Kienberger   Joël Magnin   Fabian Lustenberger Nike Plus500 KPT Krankenkasse Weiss+Appetito AMAG, TimeTool/Komit (in cup matches) None
Yverdon-Sport   Jeffrey Saunders   Alessandro Mangiarratti   William Le Pogam Macron MAGENTA EKO (H) None None None None
Zürich   Ancillo Canepa   Ricardo Moniz   Yanick Brecher Nike NOKERA None None None None

* Institutional sponsor Credit Suisse features on the front of the shirt for all teams participating in the Super League.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Grasshopper   Giorgio Contini Resigned 9 June 2023 Pre-season   Bruno Berner 9 June 2023 [28]
Winterthur   Bruno Berner 9 June 2023   Patrick Rahmen 8 July 2023 [28][29]
Basel   Heiko Vogel (interim) End of interim period 30 June 2023   Timo Schultz 30 June 2023 [30]
Servette   Alain Geiger End of Contract 30 June 2023   René Weiler 30 June 2023 [31]
Basel   Timo Schultz Termination 29 September 2023 9th   Heiko Vogel 29 September 2023 [32]
Yverdon-Sport   Marco Schällibaum 30 October 2023 8th   Alessandro Mangiarratti 31 October 2023 [33][34]
Basel   Heiko Vogel 31 October 2023 12th   Fabio Celestini 31 October 2023 [35]
Lausanne Ouchy   Anthony Braizat 13 November 2023 11th   Ricardo Dionísio 15 November 2023 [36][37]
Zürich   Bo Henriksen Signed by Mainz 05 13 February 2024 3rd   Murat Ural &
  Umberto Romano (caretakers) 		13 February 2024 [38]
Young Boys   Raphaël Wicky Termination 4 March 2024 1st   Joël Magnin (caretaker) 4 March 2024 [39]
Grasshopper   Bruno Berner Termination 9 April 2024 11th   Marco Schällibaum 10 April 2024 [40][41]
Zürich   Murat Ural &
  Umberto Romano (caretakers) 		Dismissal 22 April 2024 6th   Ricardo Moniz 22 April 2024 [42][43]

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Young Boys (C) 38 23 8 7 76 34 +42 77 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Lugano 38 20 5 13 67 51 +16 65 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Servette 38 18 10 10 59 43 +16 64 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 Zürich 38 16 12 10 53 41 +12 60 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 St. Gallen 38 16 9 13 60 51 +9 57
6 Winterthur 38 13 10 15 60 71 −11 49
7 Luzern 38 13 10 15 47 53 −6 49
8 Basel 38 13 10 15 45 52 −7 49
9 Yverdon-Sport 38 13 8 17 50 71 −21 47
10 Lausanne-Sport 38 11 12 15 48 53 −5 45
11 Grasshopper (O) 38 10 8 20 41 49 −8 38 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12 Lausanne Ouchy (R) 38 7 8 23 40 77 −37 29 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) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[44]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

Results

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Regular season

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Matches 34–38

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After 33 matches, the league split into two groups of six teams. The top six were grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away).[2] The exact matches were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Relegation play-off

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The relegation play-off was played in a two-legged game between the eleventh placed team of the Super League (5th of the relegation group) and the second placed team of the Challenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.[3]

The winner of the play-off was whichever team scored most in both games (no away goals rule).[45] In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) were added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams were still tied.

First leg

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Grasshopper1–1Thun
  • Morandi   90+7' (pen.)
 Report
  •   52' Gutbub
Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Sandro Schärer

Second leg

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Thun1–2Grasshopper
 Report
Attendance: 10,014
Referee: Urs Schnyder

Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[46]
1   Chadrac Akolo St. Gallen 14
  Kevin Carlos Yverdon-Sport
  Žan Celar Lugano
4   Antonio Marchesano Zürich 12
  Joël Monteiro Young Boys
  Mamadou Kaly Sène Lausanne-Sport
7   Jonathan Okita Zürich 11
8   Chris Bedia Servette 10
  Cedric Itten Young Boys
10 Five players 9

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
  Chadrac Akolo St. Gallen Winterthur 4–2 (H) 11 November 2023
  Francis Momoh Grasshopper Lausanne Ouchy 5–2 (H) 12 November 2023

Attendances

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The BSC Young Boys drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Swiss Super League.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[47]
1 BSC Young Boys 19 28,878
2 FC Basel 19 21,990
3 FC St. Gallen 19 17,753
4 FC Zürich 19 15,710
5 FC Luzern 19 12,810
6 FC Winterthur 19 8,170
7 Servette FC 19 7,810
8 Grasshopper Club Zürich 19 6,967
9 FC Lausanne-Sport 19 6,085
10 FC Lugano 19 3,390
11 Yverdon-Sport 19 2,800
12 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 19 2,519

References

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