2020–21 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2020–21
Men's football
Super League	Young Boys
Challenge League	Grasshoppers
Swiss Cup	Luzern
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	Servette Chênois
Swiss Cup	Luzern

The following is a summary of the 2020–21 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	13	3	+10	11	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	6–0	1–0	4–0
2	Germany	6	2	3	1	10	13	−3	9		1–1	—	3–3	3–1
3	Switzerland	6	1	3	2	9	8	+1	6^[a]		1–1	1–1	—	3–0^[b]
4	Ukraine (R)	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6^[a]	Relegation to League B	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
^ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Group 4	Ukraine	2–1	Switzerland	Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST	Yarmolenko 14' Zinchenko 68'	Report	41' Seferovic	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) Group 4	Switzerland	1–1	Germany	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Widmer 58'	Report	14' Gündoğan	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) Group 4	Spain	1–0	Switzerland	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST	Oyarzabal 14'	Report		Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) Group 4	Germany	3–3	Switzerland	Cologne, Germany
20:45 CEST	Werner 28' Havertz 55' Gnabry 60'	Report	5', 57' Gavranović 26' Freuler	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Group 4	Switzerland	1–1	Spain	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Freuler 26'	Report	89' Gerard	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) Group 4	Switzerland	3–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Ukraine	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	5	3	0	15	2	+13	18	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0
2	Italy	8	4	4	0	13	2	+11	16	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	5–0
3	Northern Ireland	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1	9		0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	2	4	6	14	−8	8		1–3	0–2	2–1	—	1–0
5	Lithuania	8	1	0	7	4	19	−15	3		0–4	0–2	1–4	3–1	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Group C	Bulgaria	1–3	Switzerland	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 CET	Despodov 47'	Report	7' Embolo 10' Seferovic 12' Zuber	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) Group C	Switzerland	1–0	Lithuania	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Shaqiri 2'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

UEFA Euro 2020

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Wales	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4^[a]
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4^[a]
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12) Group A	Wales	1–1	Switzerland	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 CET	Moore 74'	Report	49' Embolo	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Attendance: 8,782 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) Group A	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET	Locatelli 26', 52' Immobile 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 12,445 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Group A	Switzerland	3–1	Turkey	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 CET	Seferovic 6' Shaqiri 26', 68'	Report	62' Kahveci	Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium Attendance: 17,138 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) Round of 16	France	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Switzerland	Bucharest, Romania
21:00 CET	Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	15', 81' Seferovic 90' Gavranović	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 22,642 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé		Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) Quarter-finals	Switzerland	1–1 (1–3 p)	Spain	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 CET	Shaqiri 68'	Report	8' (o.g.) Zakaria	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 24,764 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Penalties
	Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas		Busquets Olmo Rodri Gerard Oyarzabal

Friendly matches

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07)	Switzerland	1–2	Croatia	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Gavranović 31'	Report	42' Brekalo 66' Pašalić	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11)	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CET	Batshuayi 49', 70'	Report	12' Mehmedi	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	Switzerland	3–2	Finland	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Gavranović 21' Vargas 57' Seferovic 86'	Report	30', 40' (pen.) Pohjanpalo	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)	Switzerland	2–1	United States	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:15 CEST	Rodríguez 10' Zuber 63'	Report	5' Lletget	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 100 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

3 June 2021 (2021-06-03)	Switzerland	7–0	Liechtenstein	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Gavranović 19', 75', 79' Fassnacht 46', 70' Frick 57' (o.g.) Fernandes 85'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 300 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)

Women's national team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	7	0	1	37	5	+32	21	Final tournament	—	4–0	6–1	6–1	6–0
2	Switzerland	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Play-offs	2–1	—	6–0	2–0	4–0
3	Romania	8	4	0	4	13	16	−3	12		0–1	0–2	—	4–1	3–0
4	Croatia	8	2	1	5	7	19	−12	7		1–4	1–1	0–1	—	1–0
5	Lithuania	8	0	0	8	1	32	−31	0		0–9	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) Group H	Croatia	1–1	Switzerland	Zaprešić, Croatia
17:30 CET	Rudelić 3'	Report	74' Bachmann	Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) Group H	Switzerland	2–1	Belgium	Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Gut 5' Lehmann 63'	Report	70' Wullaert	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Group H	Romania	0–2	Switzerland	Mogoșoaia, Romania
16:30 CET		Report	29' Sow 79' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Attendance: 0 Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) Group H	Belgium	4–0	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:00 CET	De Caigny 31', 45+7' Wullaert 73' Cayman 85'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, play-off round

9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) Play-offs	Czech Republic	1–1	Switzerland	Chomutov, Czech Republic
16:00 CET	Svitková 49' (pen.)	Report	90' (pen.) Crnogorčević	Stadium: Letní stadion Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) Play-offs	Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Czech Republic	Thun, Switzerland
20:00 CET	Sow 59'	Report	51' Svitková	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
	Penalties
	Gut Sow Lehmann Wälti Crnogorčević		Bartoňová Krejčiříková Bertholdová Martínková Svitková

2–2 on aggregate. Switzerland won 3–2 on penalties and qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

Friendly matches

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20)	France	2–0	Switzerland	Metz, France
21:10 CET	Renard 12' Morroni 81'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)	France	2–0	Switzerland	Metz, France
21:10 CET	Renard 77', 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0

League season

Men

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	25	9	2	74	29	+45	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	15	8	13	60	53	+7	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Servette	36	14	8	14	45	56	−11	50
4	Lugano	36	12	13	11	40	42	−2	49
5	Luzern	36	12	10	14	62	59	+3	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Lausanne-Sport	36	12	10	14	52	55	−3	46
7	St. Gallen	36	11	11	14	45	48	−3	44
8	Zürich	36	11	10	15	53	57	−4	43
9	Sion (O)	36	8	14	14	48	58	−10	38	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Vaduz (R)	36	9	9	18	36	58	−22	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League^[b]

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grasshoppers (C, P)	36	19	8	9	60	43	+17	65	Promotion to 2021–22 Swiss Super League
2	Thun (Q)	36	19	7	10	57	46	+11	64	Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Lausanne-Ouchy	36	15	13	8	57	39	+18	58
4	Schaffhausen	36	16	10	10	59	46	+13	58
5	Aarau	36	17	7	12	66	59	+7	58
6	Winterthur	36	11	10	15	50	52	−2	43
7	Wil	36	10	9	17	43	52	−9	39
8	Kriens	36	9	11	16	40	48	−8	38
9	Xamax	36	10	6	20	36	58	−22	36
10	Chiasso (R)	36	9	9	18	35	60	−25	36	Relegation to Swiss Promotion League

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2021. Source: 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.^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

24 May 2021

15:00 CEST

St. Gallen	1–3	Luzern
Adamu 42'	Report	27' Ndiaye 31' Wehrmann 70' Schürpf

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 100

Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Women

AXA Women's Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Servette Chênois (C, Q)	27	20	5	2	79	15	+64	65	Qualification to UEFA Women's Champions League
2	Zürich (Q)	27	18	4	5	90	35	+55	58	Qualification to UEFA Women's Champions League
3	YB Frauen	27	13	4	10	63	56	+7	43
4	Basel	27	11	7	9	58	48	+10	40
5	Grasshoppers	27	10	8	9	35	45	−10	38
6	Luzern	27	7	6	14	38	57	−19	27
7	St. Gallen-Staad	27	7	5	15	47	56	−9	26
8	Lugano (R)	27	2	1	24	13	111	−98	7	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[4]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

AXA Women's Cup

5 June 2021

18:00 CEST

Luzern	2–0	Zürich
Fölmli 11', 60'	Report

Letzigrund, Zürich

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Young Boys	3–1	KÍ

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Midtjylland	3–0	Young Boys

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	3–0	Ružomberok

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	0–1	Reims
Osijek	1–2	Basel

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
St. Gallen	0–1	AEK Athens
Basel	3–2	Anorthosis

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Basel	1–3	CSKA Sofia

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROM	YB	CLJ	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	5–0	0–0
2	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	2–1	3–0
3	CFR Cluj	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5^[a]		0–2	1–1	—	0–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5^[a]		3–1	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	6–3	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	2–0

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	5–0	Young Boys	3–0	2–0

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
St. Pölten	3–0	Zürich	2–0	1–0
Servette Chênois	2–9	Atlético Madrid	2–4	0–5

Notes

^ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[1]

References

^ "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ "Spielregeln 20/21" (PDF) (in German). sfv.ch. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

Preceded by 2019–20	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2021–22

[table_hth_SUI0.44923715686856-1] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.

[table_note_SUI_UKR0.44923715686856-2] The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

[table_hth_WAL0.23395944770144-5] Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.64618133224835-6] Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

[table_note_res_RECL2Q0.64618133224835-7] Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_hth_CLJ0.51513702166972-11] Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

[SUIvUKR-4] The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[1]

[3] "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[8] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[9] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[10] "Spielregeln 20/21" (PDF) (in German). sfv.ch. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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