2015–16 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Lausanne
Promotion League	Servette
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2015–16 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Men's national team edit

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Euro 2016 edit

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)	Albania	0 – 1	Switzerland	Lens, France
15:00 CEST	Cana 23' Kaçe 63' Kukeli 89' Mavraj 90+2'	Summary	Schär 5' 13' Behrami 67'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 33,805 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)	Romania	1 – 1	Switzerland	Paris, France
18:00 CEST	Stancu 18' (pen.) Prepeliță 22' Chipciu 23' Keșerü 37' Grigore 76'	Summary	Xhaka 50' Mehmedi 57' Embolo 90+4'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,576 Referee: Sergei Karasev

19 June 2016 (2016-06-19)	Switzerland	0 – 0	France	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CEST		Summary	Rami 25' Koscielny 83'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 45,616 Referee: Damir Skomina

25 June 2016 Last 16	Switzerland	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Poland	Saint-Étienne, France
15:00 CEST	Shaqiri 82'	Report	Błaszczykowski 39'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 38,842 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Penalties
	Lichsteiner Xhaka Shaqiri Schär Rodríguez		Lewandowski Milik Glik Błaszczykowski Krychowiak

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification edit

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)	Switzerland	3 – 2	Slovenia	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Drmić 82', 90+5' Stocker 84'	report	45' Novaković 49' Cesar	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25'000 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)	England	2 – 0	Switzerland	London, England
20:45 CEST	Kane 67' Rooney 84' (pen.)	report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 75'751 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)	Switzerland	7 – 0	San Marino	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Lang 16' Inler 56' (pen.) Mehmedi 66' Djourou 72' (pen.) Kasami 75' Embolo 80' Derdiyok 89'	report		Stadium: AFG Arena Attendance: 16'200 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

12 October 2015 (2015-10-12)	Estonia	0 – 1	Switzerland	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45 CEST		report	90+4' (o.g.) Klavan	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 8'000 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Friendly matches edit

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)	Slovakia	3 – 2	Switzerland	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 CET	Ďuriš 39', 48' Mak 55'	report	63' Derdiyok 67' Drmić	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 17'582 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	Austria	1 – 2	Switzerland	Vienna, Austria
20:45 CET	Alaba 14'	report	10', 39' Seferovic	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 27'600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)	Republic of Ireland	1 – 0	Switzerland	Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CET	Clark 2'	report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)	Switzerland	0 – 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CET		report	14' Džeko 57' Pjanić	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

28 May 2016 (2016-05-28)	Switzerland	1 – 2	Belgium	Lancy, Switzerland
16:15 CET	Džemaili 32' Seferovic 81'	report	34' Lukaku 83' De Bruyne	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Moldova	Lugano, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Namașco 12' (o.g.) Mehmedi 75'	report	70' Gînsari	Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Women's national team edit

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Win Draw Loss

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying edit

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)	Italy	0 – 3	Switzerland	Cesena, Italy
15:00 (CET)		report	59', 62' Bachmann 87' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Attendance: 2'500 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)	Switzerland	4 – 0	Georgia	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET)	Skhirtladze 9' (o.g.) Crnogorčević 34' Dickenmann 50' Humm 74'	report		Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2'252 Referee: Sofia Karagiori (Cyprus)

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)	Northern Ireland	1 – 8	Switzerland	Lurgan, Northern Ireland
20:00 (CET)	Furness 37'	report	14', 35' Humm 28' Kiwic 33' Moser 36' Ismaili 59' Crnogorčević 74' Deplazes 85' Dickenmann	Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)	Switzerland	5 – 1	Czech Republic	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Bürki 23' Humm 28' Bachmann 33' Crnogorčević 42' Terchoun 84'	report	Svitková 73'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 2'008 Referee: Kateryna Zora (Ukraine)

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)	Switzerland	2 – 1	Italy	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
17:30	Bachmann 7' Terchoun 36'	Report	Parisi 65'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)

4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)	Czech Republic	5 – 0	Switzerland	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
17:00		Report	Humm 4' Moser 35', 90+3' Crnogorčević 40', 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 632 Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

2016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualifying tournament edit

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02)	Switzerland	3 – 4	Netherlands	The Hague, Netherlands
	Humm 4' Kiwic 74' Bachmann 83'	Report	Melis 29' (pen.) Miedema 56' Van den Berg 61' Van de Sanden 63'	Stadium: Kyocera Stadion Attendance: 6,658 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Seger 44'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

9 March 2016 (2016-03-09)	Switzerland	2–1	Norway	Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30	Mauron 32' Kiwic 90+3'	Report	C. Hansen 10'	Stadium: Stadion Woudestein Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Friendly matches edit

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)	Switzerland	4 – 1	Denmark	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET)	Crnogorčević 7', 82' Sørensen 12' (o.g.) Bachmann 34'	report	50' Larsen	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 687

Domestic season edit

Super League edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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.^[1]
(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.

Challenge League edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lausanne-Sport (C, P)	34	19	8	7	61	39	+22	65	Promotion to 2016–17 Swiss Super League
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	34	15	9	10	53	42	+11	54
3	Wil	34	14	11	9	60	49	+11	53
4	Aarau	34	12	14	8	44	39	+5	50
5	Schaffhausen	34	14	5	15	43	45	−2	47
6	Winterthur	34	12	7	15	40	49	−9	43
7	Chiasso	34	7	16	11	39	44	−5	37
8	Wohlen	34	9	9	16	35	52	−17	36
9	Le Mont	34	7	11	16	36	50	−14	32
10	Biel-Bienne^[a] (R)	34	5	22	7	28	30	−2	16	Relegation to 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.^[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.^[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.^[4]^[5]

Promotion League edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Servette FC (C, P)	30	20	6	4	61	26	+35	66	Promotion to Challenge League
2	SC Cham	30	16	8	6	72	48	+24	56
3	SC Kriens	30	17	3	10	47	36	+11	54
4	FC Basel II	30	15	5	10	65	52	+13	50
5	BSC Old Boys Basel	30	15	4	11	60	49	+11	49
6	FC Rapperswil-Jona	30	12	10	8	41	33	+8	46
7	Stade Nyonnais	30	11	6	13	46	45	+1	39
8	FC Breitenrain	30	9	12	9	48	49	−1	39
9	SC Brühl	30	10	8	12	52	52	0	38
10	SC Young Fellows Juventus	30	9	9	12	47	55	−8	36
11	FC Zürich II	30	10	5	15	57	65	−8	35
12	FC Tuggen	30	9	8	13	42	59	−17	35
13	FC Köniz	30	8	10	12	49	52	−3	34
14	FC Sion II	30	8	7	15	27	47	−20	31
15	FC St. Gallen II (R)	30	8	6	16	40	51	−11	30	Relegation to 1. Liga Classic
16	Étoile Carouge (R)	30	6	7	17	33	68	−35	25	Relegation to 1. Liga Classic

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup Final edit

Lugano beat Luzern 2–1 in the first semi-final and Zürich beat Sion 3–0 in the other final. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. The match was played on 29 May 2016 the Letzigrund in Zürich.Fussball-Schweiz ^[7]

29 May 2016

16:15

FC Lugano	0–1	FC Zürich
	SFV summary	40' Sarr

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Alain Bieri^[8]

Swiss Clubs in Europe edit

Basel edit

Champions League edit

Third qualifying round

29 July 2015 First leg	Lech Poznań	1 – 3	Basel	INEA Stadion, Poznań
20:45	Thomalla 36' Thomalla 49' Kędziora 66' Linetty 69' Kádár 82'	FCB summary UEFA summary	34' Lang 77' Janko 90+2' Callà 90+3' T. Xhaka	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

5 August 2015 Second leg	Basel	1 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.)	Lech Poznań	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15	Suchý 44' Lang 55' Callà 80' Bjarnason 90+1'	FCB summary UEFA summary	44' Linetty 56' Kamiński 86' Douglas	Attendance: 18,196 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Basel won 4-1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

19 August 2015 First leg	Basel	2 – 2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 CET	Elneny 19' Delgado 39' (pen.), 1:1' Suchý 60' Embolo 88' (2:1)	FCB summary UEFA summary	31' (0:1) Zahavi 70' Igiebor 77' Alberman 90+6' (2:2) Zahavi	Attendance: 15,620 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

25 August 2015 Second leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1 – 1 (a 3 – 3 agg.)	Basel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
20:45 CET	Zahavi 24' Rikan 62'	FCB summary UEFA summary	11' Zuffi 49' Safari 74' Zuffi 84' T. Xhaka 85' Suchý	Attendance: 13,350 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals rule.

Europa League edit

Group stage

17 September 2015 Round 1	Fiorentina	1 – 2	Basel	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
21:05	Kalinić 4' (1:0) Roncaglia 35' Rodríguez 65'	FCB summary UEFA summary	34' Xhaka 56' Suchý 71' (1:1) Bjarnason 79' (1:2) Elneny 83' Janko	Attendance: 15,212 Referee: Michael Oliver

1 October 2015 Round 2	Basel	2 – 0	Lech Poznań	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Samuel 41' Bjarnason 55' (1:0) Embolo 90' (2:0)	FCB summary UEFA summary	42' 59' Linetty	Attendance: 17,567 Referee: Ognjen Valjić

22 October 2015 Round 3	Basel	1 – 2	Belenenses	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Lang 15' (1:0) Suchý 73'	FCB summary UEFA summary	27' (1:1) Leal 34' Ferreira 45+1' (1:2) Kuca 87' Leal	Attendance: 17,275^[9] Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

5 November 2015 Round 4	Belenenses	0 – 2	Basel	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
21:05	Silva 65' Pinto 66' Caeiro 70'	FCB summary UEFA summary	45+1' (pen. 0:1) Janko 60' Elneny 64' (0:2) Embolo 66' Janko 89' Lang	Attendance: 4,802 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

26 November 2015 Round 5	Basel	2 – 2	Fiorentina	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Safari 26' Bjarnason 29' Suchý 40' (1:2) Janko 45+1' Suchý 65' Elneny 74' (2:2) Zuffi 78'	FCB summary UEFA summary	23' (0:1) Bernardeschi 36' (0:2) Bernardeschi 26' Roncaglia 45+1' Rodríguez 45+3' Badelj 75' Valero	Attendance: 22,550 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

10 December 2015 Round 6	Lech Poznań	0 – 1	Basel	INEA Stadion, Poznań
21:05		FCB summary UEFA summary	50' (0:1) Boëtius	Attendance: 10,457 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

Final group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Basel	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Fiorentina	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Lech Poznań	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	5
4	Belenenses	6	1	2	3	2	8	−6	5

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2016 First Leg	Saint-Étienne	3 – 2	Basel	Saint-Étienne, France
19:00	Sall 9' (1:0) Monnet-Paquet 39' (2:0) Tannane 60' Pajot 72' Bahebeck 77' (3:2)	FCB summary UEFA summary	25' Steffen 44' (2:1) Samuel 56' (pen. 2:2) Janko 60' Xhaka 74' Samuel 88' Janko	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 27,013 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece)

25 February 2016 Second leg	Basel	2 – 1	Saint-Étienne	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05	Zuffi 15' (1:0) Embolo 55' 84' Zuffi 90+2' (2:1)	FCB summary UEFA summary	31' Tannane 63' Pogba 82' 82' Eysseric 90' Sall	Attendance: 20,976 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

4-4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

Round of 16

10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg	Basel	0 – 0	Sevilla	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00	Samuel 8' Steffen 90'	FCB summary UEFA summary	37' Banega 41' Cristóforo 85' Trémoulinas 75' 87' Nzonzi	Attendance: 22,403 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg	Sevilla	3 – 0	Basel	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
21:05	Kolodziejczak 7' Rami 35' (1:0) Gameiro 44' (2:0) Gameiro 45' (3:0)	FCB summary UEFA summary	39' Steffen 90+4' Embolo	Attendance: 35,546^[10] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Sevilla won 3-0 on aggregate.

Young Boys edit

Champions League edit

Third qualifying round

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) First leg	Young Boys	1–3	Monaco	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15	Nuzzolo 74'	Report	Kurzawa 64' Carrillo 72' Pašalić 75'	Attendance: 16,079 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Second leg	Monaco	4–0	Young Boys	Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45	Cavaleiro 54' Kurzawa 64' Martial 70' El Shaarawy 77'	Report		Attendance: 10,457 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Monaco won 7–1 on aggregate.

Europa League edit

Play-off round

20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) First leg	Young Boys	0–1	Qarabağ	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:00		Report	Almeida 67'	Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

27 August 2015 (2015-08-27) Second leg	Qarabağ	3–0	Young Boys	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
18:00	Almeida 4' (pen.) Reynaldo 43' Ismayilov 61'	Report		Attendance: 29,620 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Qarabağ won 4–0 on aggregate.

Zürich edit

Europa League edit

Third qualifying round

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) First leg	Zürich	0–1	Dinamo Minsk	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30		Report	Bećiraj 63' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,587 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) Second leg	Dinamo Minsk	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Zürich	OSK Brestskiy, Brest^{[note 1]}
19:15	Bećiraj 118'	Report	Chermiti 4'	Attendance: 9,437 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Thun edit

Europa League edit

Second qualifying round

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) First leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	Thun	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem^{[note 2]}
19:00	Hoban 26'	Report	Frontino 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 11,796 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Second leg	Thun	2–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30	Ferreira 40', 72'	Report	Ogu 6'	Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Thun won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) First leg	Thun	0–0	Vaduz	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30		Report		Attendance: 3,407 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) Second leg	Vaduz	2–2	Thun	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30	Costanzo 32' Neumayr 45+1'	Report	Rojas 38' Buess 65'	Attendance: 2,788 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

2–2 on aggregate. Thun won on away goals.

Play-off round

20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) First leg	Sparta Prague	3–1	Thun	Generali Arena, Prague
19:00	Costa 43' Dočkal 45+1', 90+4'	Report	Sutter 5'	Attendance: 12,448 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

27 August 2015 (2015-08-27) Second leg	Thun	3–3	Sparta Prague	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30	Ferreira 33', 81' Munsy 50'	Report	Dočkal 10' Hušbauer 21' Costa 71'	Attendance: 6,024 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Sparta Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sion edit

Europa League edit

Group stage

17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) Matchday 1	Sion	2–1	Rubin Kazan	Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
19:00	Konaté 11', 82'	Report	Kanunnikov 65'	Attendance: 7,000^[11] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) Matchday 2	Liverpool	1–1	Sion	Anfield, Liverpool
21:05	Lallana 4'	Report	Assifuah 18'	Attendance: 37,252^[12] Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) Matchday 3	Bordeaux	0–1	Sion	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
21:05		Report	Lacroix 21'	Attendance: 18,318^[13] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) Matchday 4	Sion	1–1	Bordeaux	Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
19:00	Chantôme 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Touré 67'	Attendance: 9,000^[14] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) Matchday 5	Rubin Kazan	2–0	Sion	Kazan Arena, Kazan
17:00	Georgiev 72' Dević 90'	Report		Attendance: 15,116^[15] Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) Matchday 6	Sion	0–0	Liverpool	Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
19:00		Report		Attendance: 10,000^[16] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Final group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sion	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6
4	Bordeaux	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg	Sion	1–2	Braga	Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
21:05	Konaté 53'	Report	Stojiljković 13' Rafa 61'	Attendance: 9,000^[17] Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) Second leg	Braga	2–2	Sion	Estádio Municipal, Braga
18:00	Josué 27' (pen.) Stojiljković 48'	Report	Gekas 16', 29'	Attendance: 6,759^[18] Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Braga won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vaduz edit

Europa League edit

First qualifying round

2 July 2015 (2015-07-02) First leg	La Fiorita	0–5	Vaduz	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
20:30		Report	Schürpf 5' Sutter 26' Pergl 41' Abegglen 78' Ciccone 90+2'	Attendance: 649 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Second leg	Vaduz	5–1	La Fiorita	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45	Kamber 25', 33' Schürpf 41' Muntwiler 71' Lang 84'	Report	Tommasi 74'	Attendance: 727 Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Vaduz won 10–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) First leg	Vaduz	3–1	Nõmme Kalju	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45	Ciccone 20' Neumayr 53', 90+2'	Report	Wakui 86'	Attendance: 912 Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)

23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Second leg	Nõmme Kalju	0–2	Vaduz	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn^{[note 3]}
18:00		Report	Caballero 59' Aliji 74'	Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)

Vaduz won 5–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) First leg	Thun	0–0	Vaduz	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30		Report		Attendance: 3,407 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) Second leg	Vaduz	2–2	Thun	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30	Costanzo 32' Neumayr 45+1'	Report	Rojas 38' Buess 65'	Attendance: 2,788 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

2–2 on aggregate. Thun won on away goals.

Notes edit

^ Dinamo Minsk played their third qualifying round home match at OSK Brestskiy, Brest, instead of their temporary stadium Traktor Stadium, Minsk.
^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva played their home match at Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, instead of their regular stadium Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva.
^ Nõmme Kalju played their home matches at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Hiiu Stadium, Tallinn.

References edit

^ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ "Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ "FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Die aktuelle CL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ "Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ "Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^ Fussball-Schweiz (29 May 2016). "91. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Lugano-FC Zürich 0:1 (0:1)" [91st Swiss Cup Final] (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ "FIFA Referees News: Switzerland : 2016 Swiss Cup Final". 29 May 2016.
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^ "Sion vs. Rubin Kazan". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Liverpool vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ "Bordeaux vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "Sion vs. Bordeaux". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
^ "Rubin Kazan vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
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^ "Braga vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

Sources edit

Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.
Switzerland 2014/15 RSSSF

Preceded by 2014–15	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2016–17

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.94940754815443-1] Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_res_ELGSREL0.94940754815443-2] Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

[table_note_BB0.31771160956366-8] FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.^[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.^[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.^[4]^[5]

[Dinamo_Minsk-14] Dinamo Minsk played their third qualifying round home match at OSK Brestskiy, Brest, instead of their temporary stadium Traktor Stadium, Minsk.

[Hapoel_Be'er_Sheva-15] Hapoel Be'er Sheva played their home match at Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, instead of their regular stadium Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva.

[Nõmme_Kalju-24] Nõmme Kalju played their home matches at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Hiiu Stadium, Tallinn.

[3] "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[4] "Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[5] "FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[6] "Die aktuelle CL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[7] "Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[9] "Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[Schaub-Fussball-Schweiz-10] Fussball-Schweiz (29 May 2016). "91. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Lugano-FC Zürich 0:1 (0:1)" [91st Swiss Cup Final] (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[11] "FIFA Referees News: Switzerland : 2016 Swiss Cup Final". 29 May 2016.

[12] "Basel vs. Belenenses". Soccerway. 28 October 2015.

[13] "Sevilla v Basel". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

[16] "Sion vs. Rubin Kazan". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

[17] "Liverpool vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2015.

[18] "Bordeaux vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[19] "Sion vs. Bordeaux". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

[20] "Rubin Kazan vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[21] "Sion vs. Liverpool". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[22] "Sion vs. Braga". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

[23] "Braga vs. Sion". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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