Super League 2016/17 (Switzerland)

Raiffeisen Super League 2016/17
master	FC Basel
Champions League	FC Basel
Champions League qualification	BSC Young Boys
Europe League	FC Lugano
Europa League qualification	FC Sion FC Luzern FC Vaduz
Cup winners	FC Basel
Relegated	FC Vaduz
Teams	10
Games	180
Gates	582  (ø 3.23 per game)
spectator	1 789 873  (ø 9944 per game)
Top scorer	Seydou Doumbia (FC Basel) (20)
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Challenge League 2016/17 ↓

The Raiffeisen Super League 2016/17 was the 120th season of the top Swiss division in men's football. Ten teams took part. It began on July 23, 2016 with a home game between FC Lugano and FC Luzern (1: 2) and ended on June 2, 2017. From December 12, 2016 to February 3, 2017, it was interrupted by the winter break. On matchday 30, FC Basel became Swiss champions for the 20th time with a 2-1 away win at FC Luzern .

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FC Basel BSC Young Boys Grasshopper Club Zurich FC Sion FC Luzern Lausanne sport FC Thun FC St. Gallen FC Vaduz FC Lugano

Qualifying teams' venues

In the Super League, the ten clubs competed against each opponent twice at home and twice away. In total, each team played 36 games. The first-placed FC Basel carries the title of Swiss champions 2017 and receives a starting place in the group stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League . The last placed FC Vaduz will be relegated to the Challenge League.

The second-placed team, BSC Young Boys , will have the chance to reach the group stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League over two qualifying rounds. Since FC Basel has already qualified for the Champions League as a cup winners, FC Lugano will receive a fixed starting place in third place for the group stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League . Fourth-placed FC Sion and fifth-placed FC Luzern will also receive a starting place in the qualifying rounds for the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League.

statistics

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Basel (M)	36	26th	8th	2	092:350	+57	86
2.	BSC Young Boys	36	20th	9	7th	072:440	+28	69
3.	FC Lugano	36	15th	8th	13	052:610	−9	53
4th	FC Sion	36	15th	6th	15th	060:550	+5	51
5.	FC Luzern	36	14th	8th	14th	062:660	−4	50
6th	FC Thun	36	11	12	13	058:630	−5	45
7th	FC St. Gallen	36	11	8th	17th	043:570	−14	41
8th.	Grasshopper Club Zurich	36	10	8th	18th	047:610	−14	38
9.	FC Lausanne-Sport (N)	36	9	8th	19th	051:620	−11	35
10.	FC Vaduz	36	7th	9	20th	045:780	−33	30th

Swiss champions and participation in the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League (group stage)

Participation in qualifying for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League (third qualifying round)

Participation in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League (group stage)

Participation in qualifying for the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League (qualification)

Relegation to the Challenge League 2017/18

(M)	reigning Swiss champion
(N)	Promoted from the Challenge League 2015/16

Table history

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	34	35	36
	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	2	4th	2	4th	3	3	2	2	2	3	4th	4th	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	10	6th	9	10	10	9	7th	6th	7th	5	3	2	2	2	3	3	4th	3	4th	4th	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4th	4th	4th
	4th	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	5	7th	7th	5	4th	4th	4th	4th	3	4th	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	5	5	5	5	5
	2	3	6th	8th	6th	4th	6th	7th	6th	4th	5	7th	7th	6th	6th	5	5	5	5	6th	6th	8th	8th	8th	9	9	9	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	7th	8th	8th	8th
	8th	10	7th	9	9	8th	9	8th	8th	8th	9	10	9	9	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6th	6th	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th	7th
	8th	8th	4th	3	5	5	4th	5	3	2	2	4th	5	5	5	7th	7th	7th	7th	8th	9	9	9	10	8th	8th	7th	8th	8th	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
	7th	5	7th	5	7th	6th	5	4th	4th	6th	6th	6th	6th	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	7th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	5	5	5	4th	4th	4th	3	3	3
	5	7th	10	6th	8th	10	10	10	10	10	10	8th	8th	8th	9	9	9	9	8th	9	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	8th	9	9	7th	7th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th
	5	9	5	7th	4th	7th	8th	9	9	9	8th	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

League leader

Bottom of the table

Color legend
FC Basel FC Sion FC St. Gallen FC Thun FC Vaduz FC Lausanne Sport

Teams

The following ten clubs formed the Super League in the 2016/17 season:

	team	Trainer	captain	Outfitter	Main sponsor	Placement season 2015/16
	FC Basel	Urs Fischer	Matias Delgado	Adidas	Novartis	1st, master
	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Pierluigi Tami (1-24) Carlos Bernegger (25-36)	Kim Källström (1–18) Numa Lavanchy (19–21) Munas Dabbur (21–36)	puma	religious	4th
	FC Lausanne Sports	Fabio Celestini	Olivier Custodio (1–27) Andrea Maccoppi (28–36)	Adidas	Banque Cantonale Vaudoise	1. Challenge League , promoted team
	FC Lugano	Andrea Manzo (1–18) Paolo Tramezzani (19–36)	Jonathan Sabbatini	Acerbis	AIL	9.
	FC Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger	Adidas	Otto's	3.
	FC Sion	Didier Tholot (1–4) Amar Boumilat (5) Peter Zeidler (6–29) Sébastien Fournier (30–36)	Veroljub Salatić (1–5) Moussa Konaté (6) Reto Ziegler (7–36)	Erreà	Alloboissons	5.
	FC St. Gallen	Josef Zinnbauer (1–30) Giorgio Contini (31–36)	Nzuzi Toko	JAKO	St. Galler Kantonalbank	7th
	FC Thun	Jeff Saibene (1–25) Mauro Lustrinelli (26–36)	Dennis Hediger	Nike	Panorama Center	6th
	FC Vaduz	Giorgio Contini (1–23) Daniel Hasler (24–25) Roland Vrabec (26–36)	Franz Burgmeier	Adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank	8th.
	BSC Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve from Bergen	Nike	Honda	2.

Stages

For this season, the stadium of FC St. Gallen, the AFG Arena, was renamed Kybunpark after the former stadium sponsor left.

city	Residents	society	Stadion	capacity	spectator	cut	± to 2015/16
Basel	175 1310	FC Basel	St. Jakob Park	038 5120	476 9470	026 4970	- 07.34%
Bern	141 9200	BSC Young Boys	Stade de Suisse	031 1200	313 7660	017 4310	+ 02.92%
Lausanne	135 6290	FC Lausanne Sports	Olympique de la Pontaise stadium	015 7860	080 7220	004,4850	+ 24.93%
Lugano	063 5830	FC Lugano	Cornaredo Stadium	015,0000	072 8890	0040490	- 04.52%
Lucerne	081 2840	FC Luzern	Swissporarena	017,0000	197 1870	010 9550	- 02.99%
Manners	033 8790	FC Sion	Tourbillon Stadium	014 2830	165 1000	009 1720	+ 10.95%
St. Gallen	075 5380	FC St. Gallen	kybunpark	019 5680	225 5920	012 5330	- 03.15%
Tuna	043 5000	FC Thun	Stockhorn Arena	010,0000	097 2880	005 4050	−10.91%
Vaduz	005 4290	FC Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadium	007 8380	070 1820	003 8990	- 02.67%
Zurich	396 0270	Grasshopper Club Zurich	Letzigrund	026 1040	090 2000	005 0110	−22.44%
Source: Spectators 2016/17 sfl.ch

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the middle column and the visiting team in the top row.

First round (rounds 1–18)										2016/17	Second half of the season (rounds 19-36)
										society
	3: 1	2: 1	4: 1	3-0	3-0	1-0	1: 1	6-0	3-0	FC Basel		1-0	4: 3	4-0	3: 1	2: 2	4: 1	3: 3	2: 2	1: 1
0: 2		2-0	0-0	3: 2	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	4: 1	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1: 3		1: 1	0: 1	4: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 3
1: 2	1: 2		4: 1	2: 3	0: 2	1-0	4: 4	5-0	1: 2	FC Lausanne Sports	0: 4	0-0		1: 2	4: 4	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 3	0-0
2: 2	2-0	1: 1		1: 2	3: 1	2: 3	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	FC Lugano	2: 2	3-0	2: 1		0: 1	4: 2	3: 2	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2
2: 3	4: 3	1: 3	2: 1		2: 2	3-0	3-0	3-0	2: 2	FC Luzern	1: 2	1: 1	0: 3	0: 2		0-0	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	4: 1
1: 2	4: 2	1: 3	5: 1	3: 1		2: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	FC Sion	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 3		1: 2	2: 1	4: 2	0: 1
1: 3	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	3-0	2: 1		0-0	0: 2	0: 2	FC St. Gallen	0: 3	4: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1		1: 2	2-0	0: 2
0: 3	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 2	2: 3	1: 2		1: 1	2: 3	FC Thun	0: 2	3: 1	2: 4	5: 2	3: 1	2: 1	2: 2		4: 3	0-0
1: 5	0-0	1: 1	5: 1	1: 3	2: 5	2-0	2: 3		0-0	FC Vaduz	1: 1	2: 4	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 3		1-0
3: 1	4-0	7: 2	1: 2	2: 1	4: 3	2: 2	4: 1	5-0		BSC Young Boys	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 2	4: 1	3: 1	2: 2	3: 2	3: 2

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Seydou Doumbia	FC Basel	20th
02.	Guillaume Hoarau	BSC Young Boys	18th
03.	Ezgjan Alioski	FC Lugano	16
04th	Chadrac Akolo	FC Sion	15th
	Dejan Sorgic	FC Thun
06th	Marco Schneuwly	FC Luzern	14th
	Caio	Grasshopper Club Zurich
08th.	Marc Janko	FC Basel	13
09.	Albian Ajeti	FC St. Gallen	10
	Matias Delgado	FC Basel
	Mohamed Elyounoussi	FC Basel
	Christian Fassnacht	FC Thun
Final score

Assist list

If the number of assists is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	Surname	team	Assists
01.	Yoric Ravet	BSC Young Boys	17th
02.	Matteo Tosetti	FC Thun	15th
03.	Ezgjan Alioski	FC Lugano	14th
04th	Mohamed Elyounoussi	FC Basel	13
	Christian Schneuwly	FC Luzern
06th	Renato Steffen	FC Basel	12
	Luca Zuffi	FC Basel
08th.	Markus Neumayr	FC Luzern	10
09.	Marco Aratore	FC St. Gallen	9
	Carlitos	FC Sion
	Matias Delgado	FC Basel
Final score

The championship team of FC Basel

1.

FC Basel

Goal : Tomáš Vaclík (34 / -); Đorđe Nikolić (1 / -); Germano Vailati (1 / -) Defense : Adama Traoré (23 / -); Omar Gaber (12 / -); Michael Lang (31/6); Marek Suchý (33/4); Éder Álvarez Balanta (19/1); Blás Riveros (8 / -); Daniel Høegh (10 / -); Raoul Petretta (5 / -); Manuel Akanji (15/4) Midfield : Luca Zuffi (31/5); Matías Delgado (29/10); Renato Steffen (30/5); Alexander Fransson (25/1); Geoffroy Serey Die (16/1); Mohamed Elyounoussi (32/10); Dereck Kutesa (3 / -); Dominik Schmid (1 / -); Kevin Bua (3 / -); Taulant Xhaka (30 / -); Davide Callà (27/3); Birkir Bjarnason (13/4); Charles Pimple (1 / -); Jean-Paul Boëtius (2 / -) Attack : Andraž Šporar (18/1); Marc Janko (24/13); Neftali Manzambi (2 / -); Seydou Doumbia (25/20) Trainer : Urs Fischer

useful information

General

• Out of a total of 51 whistled penalties, 45 were converted.
• Theofanis Gekas from FC Sion was 36 years old and was the season's oldest player.
• Ambrosio Da Costa from FC Sion was the youngest player of the season to play at the age of 17.

Peak values ​​of the season

• The biggest win of the season with six goals difference was the 6-0 of FC Basel against FC Vaduz on matchday 15.
• The highest-scoring game of the season was BSC Young Boys 7-2 with nine goals against FC Lausanne-Sport on matchday five.
• The highest-scoring draw with eight goals was the 4-4 of FC Lausanne-Sport against FC Thun on matchday 2 and against FC Luzern on matchday 19.
• The matchday with the highest number of goals with 27 goals was the 2nd matchday on July 30th and 31st, 2016.
• The game between BSC Young Boys and FC Thun (4: 1) on the 3rd matchday had the most spectators with 31,120.
• Tomáš Vaclík from FC Basel played a total of twelve games without conceding a goal.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FC Basel are Swiss champions for the 20th time. NZZ.ch, April 28, 2017, accessed on July 27, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Top scorers list Super League 2016/17 sfl.ch
3. ↑ Assist list Super League 2016/17 sfl.ch
4. ^ Raiffeisen Super League - FC Basel - squad. sfl.ch, accessed on July 26, 2017 .