2021–22 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2021–22
Champions	Zürich; 13th title
Relegated	Lausanne
Champions League	Zürich
Europa Conference League	Basel; Young Boys; Lugano
Matches played	180
Goals scored	585 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jordan Pefok; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	6–1 (m1 Aug 2021); (Basel v. Sion)
Biggest away win	0–6 (3 Oct 2021); (Servette v. Young Boys)
Highest scoring	6–2 (3 Oct 2021); (Zürich v. Sion)
Longest winning run	9 – Zürich; (7 Nov 2021-13 Feb 2022)
Longest unbeaten run	17 – Zürich; (3 Oct 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Longest winless run	13 – Lausanne-Sport; (28 Nov 2021-20 Mar 2022)
Longest losing run	9 – Lausanne-Sport; (11 Dec 2021-5 Mar 2022)
Highest attendance	33,810 (01 May 2022); (Zürich v. Basel)
Total attendance	2,049,802
Average attendance	11,388
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 125th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 19th under its current name and format.

A total of ten teams competed in the league: the eight best teams from the 2020–21 season, the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League champions Grasshopper Club Zürich and relegation play-off winners Sion. Young Boys were the four-time defending champions.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	37,994	^[1]
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104	^[2]
Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Stade de la Tuilière	12,544	^[3]^[4]
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	6,390	^[5]
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	16,490	^[6]
Servette	Geneva	Stade de Genève	28,833	^[7]
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	14,283	^[8]
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Kybunpark	19,456	^[9]
Young Boys	Bern	Stadion Wankdorf	31,789	^[10]
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,104	^[11]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Guille Abascal	Valentin Stocker	Adidas	Novartis
Grasshoppers	Giorgio Contini	Amir Abrashi	Adidas	none
Lausanne-Sport	Alain Casanova	Stjepan Kukuruzović	Le Coq Sportif	BCV
Lugano	Mattia Croci-Torti	Jonathan Sabbatini	Acerbis	AIL Swiss4Win.ch
Luzern	Mario Frick	Dejan Sorgić	Craft	Otto's
Servette	Alain Geiger	Anthony Sauthier	Puma	La Praille M3 Groupe
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	Serey Dié	Macron	Alloboissons A. Repond SA
St. Gallen	Peter Zeidler	Lukas Görtler	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Young Boys	Matteo Vanetta	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Plus500
Zürich	André Breitenreiter	Yanick Brecher	Nike	none

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
FC Lugano	Abel Braga	Termination	1 September 2021	7	Mattia Croci-Torti	2 September 2021	^[12]
FC Sion	Marco Walker	Termination	8 October 2021	7	Paolo Tramezzani	9 October 2021	^[13]
FC Luzern	Fabio Celestini	Termination	22 November 2021	10	Sandro Chieffo (interim)	22 November 2022	^[14]
FC Luzern	Sandro Chieffo	End of interim period	20 December 2021	10	Mario Frick	20 December 2021	^[15]
FC Lausanne-Sport	Ilija Borenovic	Termination	2 February 2022	9	Alain Casanova	3 February 2022	^[16]
FC Basel	Patrick Rahmen	Termination	21 February 2022	3	Guille Abascal (interim)	21 February 2022	^[17]
BSC Young Boys	David Wagner	Termination	7 March 2022	2	Matteo Vanetta (interim)	7 March 2022	^[18]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	23	7	6	78	46	+32	76	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	15	17	4	70	41	+29	62	Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	16	12	8	80	50	+30	60
4	Lugano	36	16	6	14	50	54	−4	54	Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	St. Gallen	36	14	8	14	68	63	+5	50
6	Servette	36	12	8	16	50	66	−16	44
7	Sion	36	11	8	17	46	67	−21	41
8	Grasshopper	36	9	13	14	54	58	−4	40
9	Luzern (O)	36	9	13	14	52	64	−12	40	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10	Lausanne-Sport (R)	36	4	10	22	37	76	−39	22	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) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[19]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

Results

First and Second Rounds

Home \ Away	BAS	GRA	LAU	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	StG	YB	ZÜR
Basel	—	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	6–1	0–1	1–1	3–1
Grasshopper	0–2	—	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	3–3
Lausanne-Sport	2–2	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	1–6	1–3
Lugano	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–5	0–2
Luzern	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	0–1	2–0	3–4	1–3
Servette	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	—	1–2	5–1	0–6	1–2
Sion	0–1	1–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	—	3–1	1–0	0–1
St. Gallen	0–2	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	—	3–1	3–3
Young Boys	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	—	4–0
Zürich	3–3	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	6–2	3–1	1–0	—

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)

Third and Fourth Rounds

Home \ Away	BAS	GRA	LAU	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	StG	YB	ZÜR
Basel	—	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–3	2–2	2–2	0–2
Grasshopper	2–4	—	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–4	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–3
Lausanne-Sport	0–0	0–2	—	4–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–5	2–2	0–2
Lugano	0–2	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–1
Luzern	0–3	1–0	3–0	2–2	—	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	0–2
Servette	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0
Sion	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	1–3	3–3	—	0–3	1–2	1–1
St. Gallen	2–2	2–0	4–0	3–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	—	3–3	1–2
Young Boys	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–1	—	1–2
Zürich	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	5–1	0–3	2–1	—

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the Super League played the runners-up of the Challenge League. The games were held on 26 and 29 May 2022, respectively.^[20]^[21] The runner-up of the Challenge League hosted the first game.^[22]

FC Schaffhausen was confirmed as the runner-up of the Challenge League on 21 May 2022. On 22 May, FC Luzern was confirmed as their opponent.

First leg

FC Schaffhausen v FC Luzern

26 May 2022
18:00

FC Schaffhausen	2–2	FC Luzern
Bobadilla 14' Del Toro 71'	https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/202122/fcs-luz-184830/	Schulz 4' (pen.) Jashari 53'

wefox Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 8,143
Referee: Fedayi San

Second leg

FC Luzern v FC Schaffhausen

29 May 2022
16:30

FC Luzern	2–0	FC Schaffhausen
Schulz 20' (pen.) Ugrinic 70'	https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/202122/luz-fcs-184831/

Swissporarena, Lucerne
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Sandro Schärer

FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.

Statistics

Players

Player in italic is no longer part of the Super League.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jordan Pefok	BSC Young Boys	22
2	Assan Ceesay	FC Zürich	20
3	Kwadwo Duah	FC St. Gallen	15
4	Arthur Cabral	FC Basel^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14
5	Antonio Marchesano	FC Zürich	13
6	Wilfried Kanga	BSC Young Boys	12
6	Zeki Amdouni	FC Lausanne-Sport	12
8	Kastriot Imeri	Servette FC	11
	Christian Fassnacht	BSC Young Boys
	Filip Stojilkovic	FC Sion

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Torschützenliste 2021/22

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Miroslav Stevanović	Servette FC	20
2	Adrià Guerrero	FC Zürich	11
3	Assan Ceesay	FC Zürich	10
4	Lukas Görtler	FC St. Gallen	9
4	Víctor Ruiz	FC St. Gallen	9
4	Ermir Lenjani	Grasshopper Club Zürich	8
4	Sandi Lovrić	FC Lugano	8
8	Meschak Elia	BSC Young Boys	7
	Moumi Ngamaleu	BSC Young Boys
	Anto Grgić	FC Sion
	Filip Ugrinic	FC Luzern
	Numa Lavanchy	FC Lugano
	Fabian Rieder	BSC Young Boys
	Mohamed Dräger	FC Luzern

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Assistliste 2021/22

Cards

Rank	Player	Club				Pts
1	Marvin Schulz	FC Luzern	10	1	1	18
2	Vincent Sasso	Servette FC	12	0	1	17
3	Batata	FC Sion	7	1	1	15
4	Jérémy Guillemenot	FC St. Gallen	8	0	1	13
4	Olivier Custodio	FC Lugano	13	0	0	13
6	Lukas Görtler	FC St. Gallen	12	0	0	12
7	Christián Herc	Grasshopper Club Zürich\|	8	1	0	11
8	Hicham Mahou	FC Lausanne-Sport	7	1	0	10
	Mirlind Kryeziu	FC Zürich	10	0	0	10
	Christopher Martins	BSC Young Boys^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	2	0	10

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Karten 2021/22

Clean Sheets (Goalkeepers)

Rank	Player	Club	#
1	Heinz Lindner	FC Basel	12
2	Yanick Brecher	FC Zürich	10
3	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	FC St. Gallen	7
4	Jérémy Frick	Servette FC	5
4	Kevin Fickentscher	FC Sion	5
6	Marius Müller	FC Luzern	4
	Amir Saipi	FC Lugano
	André Moreira	Grasshopper Club Zürich
9	David von Ballmoos	BSC Young Boys	3
10	Mory Diaw	FC Lausanne-Sport	2
	Noam Baumann	FC Lugano
	Guillaume Faivre	BSC Young Boys

Last updated: 22 May 2022
Source: Matchcenter

Notes

↑ Joined Fiorentina on 29 January 2022.
↑ Loaned to Spartak Moscow on 31 January 2022.

Teams

Attendance

Rank	Club	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total
1	Young Boys	24,821	31,120	19,973	446,771
2	Basel	21,920	33,810	15,112	394,561
3	St. Gallen	15,514	18,861	9,800	279,257
4	Zürich	13,396	22,413	5,433	241,124
5	Luzern	10,575	13,491	7,685	190,355
6	Sion	6,983	11,000	3,500	125,700
7	Servette	6,902	11,348	3,225	124,229
8	Grasshopper	5,767	16,112	2,550	103,800
9	Lausanne	5,066	12,150	2,745	91,184
10	Lugano	2,935	5,093	2,098	52,821
League total		11,388	33,810	2,098	2,049,802

Last updated: 1 June 2022
Source: Zuschauer

Fair Play

On 1 June 2022, FC Lugano was awarded the Fair Play Trophy for the Credit Suisse Super League.^[23]

Rank	Club				Pts
1	Lugano	85	1	1	93
2	Zürich	92	1	0	95
3	Young Boys	81	5	0	96
4	Servette	76	3	3	100
5	Luzern	82	3	2	101
6	Basel	84	3	2	103
7	Grasshopper	92	3	1	106
8	Sion	90	1	3	108
9	St. Gallen	80	5	3	110
10	Lausanne	106	5	1	126
League Total		868	30	16	1038
Average/game		4.82	0.167	0.0889	5.77

Last updated: 1 June 2022
Source: Fair Play Trophy Credit Suisse Super League

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External links

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[25] Loaned to Spartak Moscow on 31 January 2022.

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2021–22 Swiss Super League

Contents

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

First and Second Rounds

Third and Fourth Rounds

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Players

Top scorers

Assists

Cards

Clean Sheets (Goalkeepers)

Teams

Attendance

Fair Play

References

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