2014–15 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League

Season	2014–15
Dates	19 July 2014 – 29 May 2015
Champions	Basel 18th title
Relegated	Aarau
Champions League	Basel Young Boys
Europa League	Sion Thun Zürich Vaduz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	517 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shkëlzen Gashi (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Basel 6–0 Aarau (4 April 2015)
Biggest away win	Sion 0–5 Grasshopper Club Zürich (3 April 2015)
Highest scoring	Luzern 6–2 St. Gallen (30 April 2015) Aarau 2–6 Luzern (3 May 2015) Sion 6–2 Young Boys (25 May 2015)
Longest winning run	6 games Basel
Longest unbeaten run	13 games Young Boys
Longest winless run	16 games Aarau
Longest losing run	5 games Sion Zürich St. Gallen
Total attendance	1,956,021
Average attendance	10,867
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 1 June 2015.

The 2014–15 Swiss Super League was the 118th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 19 July 2014 and ended on 29 May 2015. Basel successfully defended their title for a record sixth time in a row.

A total of 10 teams competed in the league, the 9 best teams from the 2013–14 season and the 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League champion FC Vaduz.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aarau

Basel

Grasshopper

Luzern

Sion

St. Gallen

Thun

Vaduz

Young Boys

Zürich

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Location of the 2014–15 Swiss Super League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Aarau	Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	9,249
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	17,500
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	AFG Arena	19,694
Thun	Thun	Arena Thun	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
Aarau	Raimondo Ponte	Sandro Burki	Nike	Zehnder Group AG
Basel	Paulo Sousa	Marco Streller	adidas	Novartis
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Vero Salatić	Puma	FROMM/adt innova
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger	adidas	Otto's
Sion	Didier Tholot	Vilmos Vanczák	Erreà	Les Fils Maye SA
St. Gallen	Jeff Saibene	Philippe Montandon	Jako	St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun	Urs Fischer	Roland Bättig	Nike	Panorama Center/Sky Work
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Franz Burgmeier	adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys	Uli Forte	Marco Wölfli	Jako	Honda
Zürich	Urs Meier	Yassine Chikhaoui	Nike	Netstream AG

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	24	6	6	84	41	+43	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Young Boys	36	19	9	8	64	45	+19	66
3	Zürich	36	15	8	13	55	48	+7	53	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Thun	36	13	13	10	47	45	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Luzern	36	12	11	13	54	46	+8	47
6	St. Gallen	36	13	8	15	57	65	−8	47
7	Sion	36	12	9	15	47	48	−1	45	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
8	Grasshopper	36	11	10	15	50	56	−6	43
9	Vaduz	36	7	10	19	28	59	−31	31	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
10	Aarau (R)	36	6	12	18	31	64	−33	30	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

First and Second Round

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LUZ	SIO	STG	THU	VAD	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		1–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1
Basel	3–0		2–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	4–1
Grasshopper	2–1	3–1		3–2	0–0	3–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–3
Luzern	1–1	0–3	1–1		1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1
Sion	2–2	2–3	3–3	3–1		1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–3
St. Gallen	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0		1–0	3–3	2–2	0–2
Thun	0–0	2–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	3–1		1–0	0–1	2–1
Vaduz	1–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1		0–2	1–4
Young Boys	1–1	0–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–1		2–1
Zürich	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1

Source: Swiss Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	LUZ	SIO	STG	THU	VAD	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–1	0–1	2–6	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0
Basel	6–0		2–0	1–2	1–1	4–3	3–0	1–0	0–0	5–1
Grasshopper	3–1	2–4		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–2
Luzern	4–0	1–4	2–0		3–0	6–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1
Sion	1–0	0–1	0–5	2–2		3–0	3–0	4–0	6–2	1–2
St. Gallen	5–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–1	1–2	3–1	1–4
Thun	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–1		4–0	0–0	2–2
Vaduz	0–2	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1		0–1	2–2
Young Boys	2–2	4–2	4–2	0–1	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–1		3–0
Zürich	0–0	1–2	4–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	0–1

Source: Swiss Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 30 May 2015

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shkëlzen Gashi	Basel	22
2	Guillaume Hoarau	Young Boys	17
	Marco Schneuwly	Luzern
4	Moussa Konaté	Sion	16
5	Mu'nas Dabbur	Grasshopper	13
6	Marco Streller	Basel	12
	Dario Lezcano	Luzern
	Berat Sadik	Thun
9	Caio Alves	Grasshopper	11
10	Breel Embolo	Basel	10
11	Franck Etoundi	Zürich	9
	Goran Karanović	St. Gallen
	Renato Steffen	Young Boys

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Shkelzen Gashi	Basel
Young Player of the Season	Breel Embolo	Basel
Coach of the Season	Urs Fisher	Thun
Goal of the Season	Renato Steffen	Young Boys

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Tomáš Vaclík (Basel)
Defence	Michael Lang (GC)			Marek Suchý (Basel)			Fabian Schär (Basel)			Taulant Xhaka (Basel)
Midfield	Marco Schönbächler (Zürich)			Alexander Frei (Basel)			Yassine Chikhaoui (Zürich)			Renato Steffen (Young Boys)
Attack	Shkëlzen Gashi (Basel)						Marco Streller (Zürich)

External links

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