2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League

The 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League (referred to as the Axa Women's Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 53nd season of top-tier competitive women's football in Switzerland.

Swiss Women's Super League
Season2022–23
Dates20 August 2022–10 June 2023[1]
ChampionsZürich
Matches played117
Goals scored450 (3.85 per match)
All statistics correct as of 5 June 2023.

Format edit

In the regular season, the eight teams of the 2021–22 Playoffs joined by the two winners of relegation/promotion playoff, Yverdon and Rapperswil-Jona. At the end of the first phase, the eight top teams advance to the playoffs. The bottom two teams are joined by the top two teams of the Nationalliga B in the relegation playoff.[2] The regular season starts on 20 August 2022[3] and ends on 22 April 2023.[1]

Playoff schedule and bracket were drawn following conclusion of the regular season.[4]

The winner of the playoffs is crowned Swiss Champion. The champion qualifies to the UEFA Champions League.

The top two teams of the Relegation Playoff are qualified for the 2023–24 Swiss Women's Super League, the bottom two are relegated to 2023-24 Nationalliga B. FC Yverdon Féminin and FC Rapperswil-Jona are joined by Frauenteam Thun Berner-Oberland and FC Sion from the Nationalliga B.[3] The four teams will play each play home and away games against each other. Top two teams will play the 2023–24 Swiss Women's Super League, bottom two are relegated to the Nationalliga B.

Teams edit

Team Location Stadium
Aarau Aarau Sportanlage Schachen
FC Basel Basel Sportanlagen St. Jakob
Grasshoppers Club Zürich Niederhasli GC/Campus
FC Luzern Lucerne Sportanlagen Allmend
Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona Stadion Grünfeld
Servette FC Chênois Féminin Grand-Lancy Stade de Marignac
FC St. Gallen Frauen St. Gallen Stadion Espenmoos
FC Yverdon Yverdon Stade Municipal
BSC YB Frauen Bern Wyler
FC Zürich Frauen Zürich Heerenschürli

Regular Season edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation SFC ZUR GCZ STG YBF BAS LUZ AAR YVE RAP
1 Servette Chênois 18 16 2 0 56 15 +41 50 Advance to Playoffs 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–2 3–1 6–1 6–0 4–0
2 Zürich (C, O) 18 14 2 2 68 20 +48 44 2–4 3–1 6–1 7–2 8–0 4–1 3–0 6–0 7–0
3 Grasshopper 18 12 2 4 60 29 +31 38 2–2 2–0 3–4 8–2 4–5 3–1 5–1 3–1 5–0
4 St. Gallen 18 9 2 7 37 35 +2 29 2–3 3–5 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 6–0 3–1
5 YB Frauen 18 8 3 7 40 34 +6 27 1–2 1–2 2–3 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 5–0 3–1
6 Basel 18 5 7 6 31 35 −4 22 1–2 2–2 3–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0
7 Luzern 18 6 1 11 28 33 −5 19 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–3 2–3 1–0 6–0 5–0 3–0
8 Aarau 18 4 4 10 20 44 −24 16 0–4 2–5 0–2 0–1 0–5 0–0 3–1 1–1 5–1
9 Yverdon (R) 18 1 3 14 4 59 −55 6 Relegation Playoff 0–2 0–3 0–5 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–0
10 Rapperswil-Jona (O) 18 1 2 15 18 58 −40 5 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–7 1–4 2–3 1–2 8–0
Source: Meisterschaft
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Aarau011
 
 
 
Servette4812
 
Servette 224
 
 
 
St. Gallen 123
 
Young Boys202
 
 
 
St. Gallen347
 
Servette 0
 
 
 
Zürich 3
 
Basel000
 
 
 
Grasshopper314
 
Grasshopper 213
 
 
 
Zürich 358
 
Luzern000
 
 
Zürich718
 

Results edit

Quarter-finals edit

FC Aarau0–4Servette FC Chênois Féminin
Report
  •   4', 31' Bourma
  •   53' Sow
  •   77' Saoud
Sportanlage Schachen Aarau
Attendance: 135
Servette FC Chênois Féminin8–1FC Aarau
Report
  •   36' (o.g.) Hurni
Attendance: 183
Servette win 12–1 on aggregate.

BSC YB Frauen2–3FC St. Gallen Frauen
  • Beney   12'
  • Ueltschi   74'
Report
  •   60' Bernet
  •   75' Iseni
  •   82' Ess
Kunstrasenfeld Wyler
Attendance: 1,070
FC St. Gallen Frauen4–0BSC YB Frauen
  • Aeberhard   1', 15'
  • Iseni   34' (p)
  • Bernet   62'
Report
Attendance: 563
St. Gallen win 7–2 on aggregate.

FC Basel 18930–3Grasshopper Club Zürich
Report
  •   13', 29' (p) Cazalla
  •   53' Linyan
Sportanlagen St. Jakob
Grasshopper Club Zürich1–0FC Basel 1893
Report
GC/Campus
Grasshoppers win 4–0 on aggregate.

FC Luzern0–7FC Zürich Frauen
Report
Sportanlagen Allmend
Attendance: 200
FC Zürich Frauen1–0FC Luzern
Report
Heerenschürli
Attendance: 520
Zürich win 8–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

FC St. Gallen Frauen1–2Servette FC Chênois Féminin
  • Glanzmann   45+1'
Report
Attendance: 724
Servette FC Chênois Féminin2–2FC St. Gallen Frauen
Report
Attendance: 1052
Servette win 4–3 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Club Zürich2–3FC Zürich Frauen
Report
GC/Campus
FC Zürich Frauen5–1Grasshopper Club Zürich
Report
  •   86' (p) Cazalla
Heerenschürli
Attendance: 1400
Zürich win 8–3 on aggregate.

Final edit

Servette FC Chênois Féminin0–3FC Zürich Frauen
Report
Attendance: 1,937

Placement Games edit

Eliminated teams of the playoff quarter finals play placement games to determine placement between ranks 5-8.[2]

FC Aarau1–2BSC YB Frauen
  • Petkova   29'
Report
  •   45+2' Carp
  •   78' Sahlmann
Sportanlage Schachen, Aarau
Attendance: 85
BSC YB Frauen3–2 (a.e.t.)FC Aarau
  • Frey   72', 94'
  • Krawczyk   97'
Report
  •   42' Petkova
  •   82' Enz
Kunstrasenfeld Wyler
Young Boys win 5–3 on aggregate.

FC Luzern0–2FC Basel 1893
Report
  • Strode   59', 63' (p)
Sportanlagen Allmend
Attendance: 150
FC Basel 18930–1FC Luzern
Report
  •   20' Klotz
Sportanlagen St. Jakob
Attendance: 300
Basel win 2–1 on aggregate.

Final Standings edit

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
  Zürich 23 19 2 2 59 87 23 +64
  Servette 23 19 3 1 60 72 22 +50
  Grasshopper 22 14 2 6 44 67 37 +30
4 St. Gallen 22 11 3 8 36 47 41 +6
5 Young Boys 22 10 3 9 33 47 44 +3
6 Basel 22 6 7 9 25 33 40 −7
7 Luzern 22 7 1 14 22 29 43 −14
8 Aarau 22 4 4 14 16 24 61 −37
9 Yverdon 18 1 3 14 6 4 59 −55
10 Rapperswil-Jona 18 1 2 15 5 18 58 −40

Relegation Playoff edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RAP TBO YVE SIO
1 FC Rapperswil-Jona 5 4 1 0 7 1 +6 13 2023–24 Swiss Women's Super League 2–1 3–0
2 Frauenteam Thun Berner-Oberland (P) 5 3 1 1 5 3 +2 10 0–1 1–1 1–0
3 FC Yverdon Féminin (R) 5 1 2 2 8 7 +1 5 2023–24 Nationalliga B 0–0 1–2 5–2
4 FC Sion 5 0 0 5 2 11 −9 0 0–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2023. Source: Meisterschaft
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[5]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References edit

  1. ^ a b "AWLS Spielplan 2022/2023" (PDF). awsl.ch. Swiss Women's Super League. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "AWSL – Modus 2021-2022" (PDF). awsl.ch. Swiss Women's Super League. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "AWSL: Der Spielplan der Saison 2022/23". AWSL. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ "AWSL: Wissenswertes vor dem Start der Playoffs und Auf-/Abstiegsrunde". AWSL. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Ausführungsbestimmungen Frauenfussball Aktive 2021/22" (PDF) (in French). awsl.ch. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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