The 2015–16 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Basel were the defending champions.
Season | 2015–16 |
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Dates | 18 July 2015 – 25 May 2016 |
Champions | Basel |
Relegated | Zürich |
Champions League | Basel Young Boys |
Europa League | Zürich (although relegated) Luzern Grasshopper Vaduz |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 566 (3.14 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mu'nas Dabbur (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Young Boys 7–0 Lugano (9 April 2016) |
Biggest away win | St. Gallen 0–7 Basel (17 April 2016) |
Highest scoring | Young Boys 5–4 Vaduz (17 April 2016) |
Longest winning run | Basel (8 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Basel (17 games) |
Longest winless run | Zürich (11 games) |
Longest losing run | Zürich (5 games) Luzern (5 games) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
A total of 10 teams competed in the league, the 9 best teams from the 2014–15 season and the 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champion Lugano.
Teams edit
Stadia and locations edit
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
Grasshopper | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 10,500 |
Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 17,500 |
Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
St. Gallen | St. Gallen | AFG Arena | 19,694 |
Thun | Thun | Stockhorn Arena | 10,000 |
Vaduz | Vaduz | Rheinpark Stadion | 7,584 |
Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,783 |
Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
Personnel and kits edit
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Basel | Urs Fischer | Matías Delgado | adidas | Novartis |
Grasshopper | Pierluigi Tami | Kim Källström | Puma | FROMM/Priora |
Lugano | Zdeněk Zeman | Antoine Rey | Nike | Città di Lugano |
Luzern | Markus Babbel | Claudio Lustenberger | adidas | Otto's |
Sion | Didier Tholot | Xavier Kouassi | Erreà | Alloboissons |
St. Gallen | Joe Zinnbauer | Albert Bunjaku | Jako | St. Galler Kantonalbank |
Thun | Jeff Saibene | Dennis Hediger | Nike | Panorama Center |
Vaduz | Giorgio Contini | Franz Burgmeier | adidas | Liechtensteinische Landesbank |
Young Boys | Adi Hütter | Steve von Bergen | Nike | Honda |
Zürich | Sami Hyypiä[1] | Gilles Yapi Yapo | Nike | Netstream AG |
League table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Basel (C) | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 88 | 38 | +50 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Young Boys | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Luzern | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
4 | Grasshopper | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
5 | Sion | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 50 | |
6 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 41 | |
7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 38 | |
8 | Vaduz | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
9 | Lugano | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 75 | −29 | 35 | |
10 | Zürich (R) | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 48 | 71 | −23 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage 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.[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
- ^ Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.
Results edit
Season statistics edit
Top goalscorers edit
Awards editAnnual awards edit
References edit
External links edit
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