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2017–18 Swiss Super League

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The 2017–18 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 15th under its current name and format. Basel were the defending champions. Young Boys won the title on 28 April 2018 after a 2–1 win against Luzern, with four games to spare. It was their first league title in 32 years, having last won the league in the 1985–1986 season, and their 12th league title overall. They also ended Basel's run of eight consecutive titles.

Swiss Super League
Season2017–18
Dates22 July 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsYoung Boys
12th title
RelegatedLausanne-Sport
Champions LeagueYoung Boys
Basel
Europa LeagueLuzern
Zürich
St. Gallen
Matches played180
Goals scored541 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerAlbian Ajeti
(17 goals)[1]
Biggest home winYoung Boys 6–1 St. Gallen
Sion 7–2 Thun
Basel 6–1 Thun
Biggest away winGrasshopper 0–4 Young Boys
Young Boys 0–4 Thun
Lugano 0–4 Basel
Zürich 0–4 Grasshopper
St. Gallen 0–4 Lausanne-Sport
Highest scoringSion 7–2 Thun[2]
Longest winning runYoung Boys (8 games)
Longest unbeaten runYoung Boys (16 games)
Longest winless runLuzern (9 games)
Longest losing runSt. Gallen (7 games)
Highest attendance32,456
Basel 1–1 Young Boys[2]
(5 November 2017)
Total attendance2,012,599[3]
Average attendance11,181[3]

A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2016–17 season and the 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League champion Zürich. The season started on the weekend of 22–23 July 2017 and ended on 19 May 2018 with a break between 17 December 2017 and 2 February 2018.[4]

This season saw the introduction of changes in the way Swiss clubs may qualify for European competition; per new UEFA rules, the champions of the Swiss Super League now qualifies for the Champions League play-off round (previously directly to the Champions League group stage) and the runners-up now qualifies for the Champions League second qualifying round (previously to the third qualifying round). Qualification to Europa League spots for the third- and fourth-placed team remain unchanged.[5]

Teams edit

Stadia and locations edit

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Location of the 2017–18 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994[6]
Grasshopper Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[7]
Lausanne Lausanne Pontaise 8,500[8]
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390[9]
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490[10]
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 14,283[11]
St. Gallen St. Gallen kybunpark 19,456[12]
Thun Thun Stockhorn Arena 10,014[12]
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,789[13]
FC Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel   Raphaël Wicky   Marek Suchý Adidas Novartis
Grasshopper   Thorsten Fink   Trent Sainsbury Puma Fromm
Lausanne-Sport   Alex Weaver   Alain Rochat Adidas Banque cantonale vaudoise
Lugano   Guillermo Abascal   Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Luzern   Gerardo Seoane   Claudio Lustenberger Adidas Otto’s
Sion   Maurizio Jacobacci   Kevin Fickentscher Erreà AFX Group
St. Gallen   Boro Kuzmanović (caretaker)   Nzuzi Toko Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Thun   Marc Schneider   Dennis Hediger Nike Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG
Young Boys   Adi Hütter   Steve von Bergen Nike Obi
Zürich   Ludovic Magnin   Victor Pálsson Nike

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Basel   Urs Fischer End of contract 3 June 2017[14] Pre-season   Raphaël Wicky 3 June 2017[15]
Thun   Mauro Lustrinelli End of interim 3 June 2017   Marc Schneider 3 June 2017[16]
Lugano   Paolo Tramezzani Mutual consent 7 June 2017[17]   Pierluigi Tami 12 June 2017[18]
Sion   Sébastien Fournier 15 June 2017   Paolo Tramezzani 15 June 2017[19]
Grasshopper   Carlos Bernegger Sacked 24 August 2017 9th   Murat Yakin 28 August 2017[20]
Sion   Paolo Tramezzani 22 October 2017[21] 7th   Gabri 24 October 2017[22]
Luzern   Markus Babbel 5 January 2018[23] 9th   Gerardo Seoane 9 January 2018[24]
Sion   Gabri 6 February 2018[25] 10th   Maurizio Jacobacci 12 February 2018[25]
Zürich   Uli Forte 20 February 2018[26] 3rd   Ludovic Magnin 20 February 2018[26]
Lugano   Pierluigi Tami 9 April 2018[27] 9th   Guillermo Abascal 10 April 2018[28]
Grasshopper   Murat Yakin 10 April 2018[29] 6th   Mathias Walther (caretaker) 10 April 2018[30]
Lausanne-Sport   Fabio Celestini 19 April 2018[31] 10th   Ilija Borenovic (caretaker) 20 April 2018[32]
Grasshopper   Mathias Walther (caretaker) End of interim 23 April 2018[33] 7th   Thorsten Fink 23 April 2018[33]
St. Gallen   Giorgio Contini Sacked 24 April 2018[34] 4th   Boro Kuzmanović (caretaker) 24 April 2018[34]
Lausanne-Sport   Ilija Borenovic (caretaker) End of interim 11 May 2018[35] 10th   Alex Weaver 11 May 2018[35]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 26 6 4 84 41 +43 84 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 9 7 72 36 +36 69 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 51 51 0 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Zürich 36 12 13 11 50 44 +6 49 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 3 19 52 72 −20 45 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Sion 36 11 9 16 53 56 −3 42
7 Thun 36 12 6 18 53 68 −15 42
8 Lugano 36 12 6 18 38 55 −17 42
9 Grasshopper 36 10 9 17 43 52 −9 39
10 Lausanne-Sport (R) 36 9 8 19 46 67 −21 35 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.[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Young Boys111222111111111111111111111111111111
Basel954333344332222222222222222222222222
Luzern36644446789910891098997666544444333333
Zürich223111223223334333333344455555555444
St. Gallen642556532444445445456533333333444555
Sion435667756677891071010101010101010910101099999976
Thun88108789897887789878899991099777686797
Lugano79778569101010109107879774455678986878668
Grasshopper Club Zürich101091099875555553554645777766668767889
Lausanne-Sport578910101010896666666656888888781010101010101010
2018–19 UEFA Champions League play-off round
2018–19 Champions League second qualifying round
2018–19 Europa League third qualifying round
2018–19 Europa League second qualifying round
Relegation to 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Football League

Note: If a team wins the Swiss Cup, they will qualify for the Europa League group stage, unless they have already qualified for the Champions League through league position. In this case, the Europa League group stage berth will be given to the third-placed team, and both Europa League qualifying round spots will be moved one step down, to 4th and 5th respectively.

Results edit

Season statistics edit

Top assists edit

Rank Player Club Assists[43]
1   Matteo Tosetti Thun 16
2   Samuele Campo Basel (7) / Lausanne-Sport (8) 15
3   Mohamed Elyounoussi Basel 14
4   Davide Mariani Lugano 10
5   Christian Schneuwly Luzern 9
  Miralem Sulejmani Young Boys
  Francesco Margiotta Lausanne-Sport
  Roger Assalé Young Boys
8   Luca Zuffi Basel 8

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Simone Rapp Thun Lausanne-Sport 3–1 (A) 28 October 2017
  Kenan Kodro Grasshopper Lugano 4–3 (H) 21 April 2018
  Michael Frey Zürich Sion 3–3 (H) 29 April 2018
  Matheus Cunha Sion Thun 4–1 (A) 19 May 2018

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards edit

Annual awards edit

Award[44] Winner Club
Player of the Season   Michael Lang Basel
Young Player of the Season   Dimitri Oberlin Basel
Coach of the Season   Murat Yakin Grasshopper
Goal of the Season   Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys
Team of the Year[45]
Goalkeeper   Tomáš Vaclík (Basel)
Defence   Michel Lang (Basel)   Jordan Lotomba (Young Boys)   Manuel Akanji (Basel)   Kevin Mbabu (Young Boys)
Midfield

  Mohamed Elyounoussi (Basel)

  Sekou Sanogo (Young Boys)

  Renato Steffen (Basel)

  Miralem Sulejmani (Young Boys)

Attack   Simone Rapp (Thun)   Roger Assalé (Young Boys)

Attendance edit

Team Played Total Average
Basel 18 465,426 25,859
Young Boys 18 395,512 21,973
St. Gallen 18 227,043 12,614
Zürich 18 193,073 10,726
Luzern 18 180,925 10,051
Sion 18 178,600 9,922
Grasshopper 18 126,300 7,017
Thun 18 106,335 5,908
Lausanne-Sport 18 71,931 3,996
Lugano 18 67,454 3,747
League total 180 2,012,599 11,181

Source: [3]

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