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2016–17 Swiss Super League

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Swiss Super League
Season2016–17
Dates23 July 2016 – 2 June 2017
ChampionsBasel
20th title
8th consecutive title
RelegatedVaduz
Champions LeagueBasel
Young Boys
Europa LeagueLugano
Sion
Luzern
Vaduz
Matches played180
Goals scored582 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorerSeydou Doumbia
(20 goals)[1]
Biggest home winBasel 6–0 Vaduz
(19 November 2016)
Biggest away winVaduz 1–5 Basel
(31 July 2016)
Highest scoringYoung Boys 7–2 Lausanne-Sport[1]
(20 August 2016)
Longest winning runBasel (9 games)
Longest unbeaten runBasel (16 games)
Longest winless runLausanne-Sport (14 games)
Longest losing runLausanne-Sport (7 games)
Highest attendance31,120
Young Boys 4–1 Thun[1]
(6 August 2016)
Total attendance1,789,873[1]
Average attendance9,944[1]

The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland and the 14th in the current format. Basel were the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[2]

A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2015–16 season and the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champion Lausanne-Sport. The season started on the weekend of 23 and 24 July 2016 and ended on 2 June 2017.

On 28 April 2017, Basel won their 20th league title following their 2–1 away win against Luzern, with six games to spare.[3] It is also their 8th consecutive title.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 38,512
Grasshopper Zürich Letzigrund 23,605
Lausanne Lausanne Pontaise 15,850
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 10,500
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 17,500
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 16,500
St. Gallen St. Gallen kybunpark 19,694
Thun Thun Stockhorn Arena 10,000
Vaduz Liechtenstein Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,783
  • This will be the first season since 1989–90 that there is only one club from Zürich to play in the first tier, because FC Zürich finished in last position and were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Personnel

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Switzerland Urs Fischer Argentina Matías Delgado Adidas Novartis
Grasshopper Argentina Carlos Bernegger Israel Munas Dabbur1 Puma Ducksch&Anliker/Priora/Kinnarps
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland Fabio Celestini Italy Andrea Maccoppi2 Adidas BCV
Lugano Italy Paolo Tramezzani Switzerland Antoine Rey Acerbis AIL SA
Luzern Germany Markus Babbel Switzerland Claudio Lustenberger Adidas Otto's
Sion Switzerland Sébastien Fournier Montenegro Elsad Zverotić Erreà AFX Group
St. Gallen Switzerland Giorgio Contini Switzerland Martin Angha Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Thun Switzerland Mauro Lustrinelli Switzerland Dennis Hediger Nike Panorama Center/Schneider Software
Liechtenstein Vaduz Germany Roland Vrabec Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier Adidas Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys Austria Adi Hütter Switzerland Steve von Bergen Nike Honda
  • 1Dabbur, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg, was called back by his parent club before he could play the last game of the season with Grasshopper.[4]
  • 2The manager decided to give the captaincy to Maccoppi near the end of the season. Before that, Olivier Custodio was the captain.[5]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Lugano Czech Republic Zdenek Zeman End of contract 4 June 2016[6] Pre-season Italy Andrea Manzo (interim) 17 June 2016[7]
Sion France Didier Tholot Mutual consent 12 August 2016[8] 10th Germany Peter Zeidler 22 August 2016[9]
Lugano Italy Andrea Manzo Sacked 19 December 2016[10] 8th Italy Paolo Tramezzani 20 December 2016[11]
Vaduz Switzerland Giorgio Contini Mutual consent 7 March 2017[12] 10th Germany Roland Vrabec 22 March 2017[13]
Grasshopper Switzerland Pierluigi Tami Sacked 12 March 2017[14] 8th Argentina Carlos Bernegger 12 March 2017[14]
Thun Luxembourg Jeff Saibene Signed by Arminia Bielefeld 19 March 2017[15] 7th Switzerland Mauro Lustrinelli (interim) 19 March 2017[15]
Sion Germany Peter Zeidler "Rested" pending further decision by the board 25 April 2017[16] 3rd Switzerland Sébastien Fournier 25 April 2017[16]
Mutual consent 30 May 2017[17] 4th
St. Gallen Germany Josef Zinnbauer Sacked 4 May 2017[18] 8th Switzerland Giorgio Contini 4 May 2017[18]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 8 2 92 35 +57 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 72 44 +28 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 8 13 52 61 −9 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Sion 36 15 6 15 60 55 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 8 14 62 66 −4 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Thun 36 11 12 13 58 63 −5 45
7 St. Gallen 36 11 8 17 43 57 −14 41
8 Grasshopper 36 10 8 18 47 61 −14 38
9 Lausanne-Sport 36 9 8 19 51 62 −11 35
10 Vaduz (R) 36 7 9 20 45 78 −33 30 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League[b]
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[19]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.
  2. ^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Basel111111111111111111111111111111111111
Young Boys342433222343332222222222222222222222
Lugano757576544666678888977666665555444333
Sion106910109767532223343443333333333333444
Luzern423222335775444434334444444444555555
Thun5710681010101010108889999898777778997776666
St. Gallen91089989888910997666655555556678888777
Grasshopper Club Zürich236864676457766555566888999766667888
Lausanne-Sport8843554532245557777899910887889999999
Vaduz69574789998910101010101010101010109101010101010101010101010
2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage
2017–18 Champions League third qualifying round
2017–18 Europa League third qualifying round
2017–18 Europa League second qualifying round
Relegation to 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Football League

Note: The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the round after which they were actually played. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Results

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Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia Basel 20
2 France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys 18
3 North Macedonia Ezgjan Alioski Lugano 16
4 Serbia Dejan Sorgić Thun 15
Democratic Republic of the Congo Chadrac Akolo Sion
6 Switzerland Marco Schneuwly Luzern 14
Brazil Caio Grasshopper
8 Austria Marc Janko Basel 13
9 Switzerland Albian Ajeti St. Gallen 10
Argentina Matías Delgado Basel
Norway Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel
Switzerland Christian Fassnacht Thun

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
Switzerland Marco Mathys Vaduz Lugano 5–1 (H) 27 November 2016
Norway Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel Lugano 4–0 (H) 4 February 2017
Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa Lausanne-Sport Luzern 4–4 (H) 5 February 2017
Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa Lausanne-Sport Thun 4–2 (A) 8 April 2017
North Macedonia Ezgjan Alioski Lugano Sion 4–2 (H) 9 April 2017
Serbia Dejan Sorgić Thun Basel 3–3 (A) 14 May 2017

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards

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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys
Young Player of the Season Switzerland Denis Zakaria Young Boys
Coach of the Season Switzerland Fabio Celestini Lausanne-Sport
Goal of the Season Portugal Carlitos Sion
Team of the Year[21]
Goalkeeper Czech Republic Vaclik (Basel)
Defence Switzerland Michael Lang (Basel) Switzerland Marek Suchý (Basel) Switzerland Reto Ziegler (Sion) Czech Republic Jan Lecjaks (Young Boys)
Midfield

North Macedonia Ezgjan Alioski (Lugano)

Switzerland Denis Zakaria (Young Boys)

Argentina Matías Emilio Delgado (Basel)

Portugal Carlitos (Sion)

Attack Switzerland Marco Schneuwly (Luzern) France Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys)

Attendance

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Team Total Average
Basel 476,705 26,484
Young Boys 325,316 18,073
St. Gallen 225,592 12,533
Luzern 196,557 10,920
Sion 165,100 9,172
Thun 97,288 5,405
Grasshopper 90,200 5,011
Lausanne-Sport 80,722 4,485
Vaduz 73,549 4,086
Lugano 72,498 4,027
League total 1,803,518 10,020

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Statistiques de la saison 2016/17". Swiss Super League. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ "SFL PRÄSENTIERT DIE SPIELKALENDER 2016/17". www.sfl.ch (in German). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Une deuxième étoile sur le maillot du FC Bâle". Swiss Super League. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Dabbur a d'ores et déjà quitté GC" (in French). sfl.ch. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Celestini a tranché: Maccoppi est le néo-capitaine du LS" (in French). sfl.ch. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Zdenek Zeman tourne le dos au FC Lugano" (in French). sfl.ch. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Manzo à l'intérim au FC Lugano" (in French). sfl.ch. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Le FC Sion et Tholot: une séparation d'un accord commun" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Peter Zeidler, un Allemand à la tête du FC Sion" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Le FC Lugano limoge son entraîneur Andrea Manzo" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Tramezzani, nouvel entraîneur du FC Lugano" (in French). Bluewin.ch. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  12. ^ "La Raiffeisen Super League "perd" son doyen" (in French). sfl.ch. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Le FC Vaduz a trouvé son entraîneur" (in French). sfl.ch. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  14. ^ a b "Pierluigi Tami viré et remplacé par Carlos Bernegger" (in French). sfl.ch. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Au FC Thoune, Saibene s'en va, Lustrinelli ad interim" (in French). sfl.ch. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Zeidler "au repos", Fournier de retour" (in French). sfl.ch. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  17. ^ "Le FC Sion et Zeigler se séparent à l'amiable" (in French). sfl.ch. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Zinnbauer muss Contini weichen" (in German). SRF. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Archived copy". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "SAFP Golden 11 2016". Golden11. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  22. ^ "Archived copy". www.sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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