Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League

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Country	Switzerland
Other club(s) from	Liechtenstein
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1897
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Challenge League
Domestic cup(s)	Swiss Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Basel (18th title) (2014–15)
Most championships	Grasshopper Club Zürich (27 titles)
TV partners	Teleclub Sport
Website	SFL.ch
2015–16 Swiss Super League

The Swiss Super League (known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the top tier of the Swiss football league system. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 12th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.

Names

Years	German	French	Italian
1897–1929	Serie A
1930–31		1e Ligue	Prima Lega
1931–44	Nationalliga	Ligue Nationale	Lega Nazionale
1933		Challenge National	Challenge National
1944–2003	Nationalliga A	Ligue Nationale A	Lega Nazionale A
2003–2012	Axpo Super League
2012–	Raiffeisen Super League

2015–16 season

Participating clubs

The teams competing in the 2015–16 season are

Team	Manager	Venue	Capacity
FC Basel	Urs Fischer	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Pierluigi Tami	Letzigrund	25,000
FC Lugano	Zdeněk Zeman	Stadio Cornaredo	10,500
FC Luzern	Markus Babbel	Swissporarena	17,800
FC Sion	Didier Tholot	Tourbillon	16,263
FC St. Gallen	Joe Zinnbauer	AFG Arena	19,694
FC Thun	Jeff Saibene	Arena Thun	10,300
FC Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
BSC Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Stade de Suisse	32,000
FC Zürich	Sami Hyypiä	Letzigrund	25,000

Promotion/Relegation from 2014–15 season

• FC Aarau was relegated to the Challenge League by finishing 10th.
• FC Lugano finished first in the Challenge League.

Winning clubs

See also: List of Swiss football champions

Season	Recent champions (Super League only)	Runners-up	Third place	Top scorer(s)
				Player (Club)	Nat.	Goals
2003–04	Basel (1)	Young Boys	Servette	Stéphane Chapuisat (Young Boys)	SUI	23
2004–05	Basel (2)	Thun	Grasshopper	Christian Giménez (Basel)	ARG	27
2005–06	Zürich (1)	Basel	Young Boys	Alhassane Keita (Zürich)	GUI	20
2006–07	Zürich (2)	Basel	Sion	Mladen Petrić (Basel)	CRO	19
2007–08	Basel (3)	Young Boys	Zürich	Hakan Yakin (Young Boys)	SUI	24
2008–09	Zürich (3)	Young Boys	Basel	Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys)	CIV	20
2009–10	Basel (4)	Young Boys	Grasshopper	Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys)	CIV	30
2010–11	Basel (5)	Zürich	Young Boys	Alexander Frei (Basel)	SUI	27
2011–12	Basel (6)	Luzern	Young Boys	Alexander Frei (Basel)	SUI	23
2012–13	Basel (7)	Grasshopper	St. Gallen	Ezequiel Scarione (St. Gallen)	ARG	21
2013–14	Basel (8)	Grasshopper	Young Boys	Shkëlzen Gashi (Grasshopper)	ALB	19
2014–15	Basel (9)	Young Boys	Zürich	Shkëlzen Gashi (Basel)	ALB	21

Performance by club

Titles	Club
27	Grasshopper Club Zürich
18	FC Basel
17	Servette FC
12	FC Zürich
11	BSC Young Boys
7	FC Lausanne-Sport
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
3	FC Lugano
3	FC Winterthur
3	Neuchâtel Xamax
3	FC Aarau
2	FC St. Gallen
2	FC Sion
1	Anglo-American Club Zürich
1	FC Biel-Bienne
1	FC Luzern
1	SC Brühl
1	FC Etoile-Sporting
1	AC Bellinzona

Performance by club (professional era only)

Titles	Club
19	Grasshopper Club Zürich
17	FC Basel
10	FC Zürich
10	Servette FC
5	BSC Young Boys
5	FC Lausanne-Sport
3	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
3	FC Lugano
2	FC Sion
2	Neuchâtel Xamax
1	AC Bellinzona
1	FC Aarau
1	FC Biel-Bienne
1	FC Luzern
1	FC St. Gallen

See also

• Sports league attendances

External links

• League table and results
• Official website (German)
• Official website (French)
• Super League Results, Fixtures and Stats
• Map of Swiss Super League Stadiums
• Switzerland – List of Champions, RSSSF.com