2022–23 Swiss Super League

The 2022–23 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 126th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 20th under its current name and format. With this season, the Swiss Super League became the longest continuously running top-flight national league.^[2]

Season2022–23

Dates16 July 2022 – 29 May 2023

ChampionsYoung Boys
16th title

RelegatedSion

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Swiss Super League
Season	2022–23
Dates	16 July 2022 – 29 May 2023
Champions	Young Boys 16th title
Relegated	Sion
Champions League	Young Boys Servette
Europa League	Lugano
Europa Conference League	Luzern Basel
Matches	180
Goals	539 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jean-Pierre Nsame (21 goals)
Biggest home win	6–1 YB–SER (22 Apr 2023) STG–BAS (14 May 2023)
Biggest away win	0–6 WIN–LUZ (10 Sep 2022)
Highest scoring	2–7 SIO–STG (12 Nov 2022)
Longest winning run	4 matches Luzern
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Young Boys
Longest winless run	13 matches Zürich
Longest losing run	3 matches
Highest attendance	31,500 Young Boys
Total attendance	2,370,901^[1]
Average attendance	13,172^[1]
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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Overview

A total of ten teams are competing in the league: nine teams of the previous season will participate in the league again. FC Lausanne-Sport, who came in last place, were relegated and are replaced by the 2021–22 Swiss Challenge League champions Winterthur. Luzern remains in the league as the winner of the Relegation/Promotion playoff. Zürich are the defending champions.

After Swiss teams gained 7.75 points in European championships in the 2021–22 season, the Swiss Football Association jumped five spots in the UEFA association ranking to rank 14, granting them five spots in European championships in the 2023–24 season. This means that first and second ranked teams of the 2022–23 season will participate in the third and second rounds of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League qualification, respectively, while the third and fourth enter the second round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualification. Furthermore, the champion of the 2022-23 Swiss Cup enters the third qualification round for the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.^[3]

Due to the format change and the increased number of teams starting with the 2023–24 Swiss Super League, this season will function as a transition season. As a result, no teams will be directly relegated to the 2023–24 Swiss Challenge League. Instead the last-placed team will play a relegation playoff against the third team of the 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League.^[4]

Schedule

The playing schedule of the season, as well as dates and times for the first nine matchdays were announced on 17 June 2022.^[2] The first matchday would be held on the weekend of 16 and 17 July 2022. However, the first round match Luzern – Grasshoppers is postponed until 10 August 2022, due to lack of venues. The match Luzern – Basel, originally scheduled for 31 July 2022 (Matchday 3), is also postponed to 9 November 2022.^[5] Furthermore, scheduled dates for champion Zürich for matchdays 4, 5, and 8 may be swapped subject to their Champions League qualifier schedule.

The exact schedule for matchdays 10 through 18 were announced on 2 September 2022.^[5] Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in November and December 2022, the league will go on a two-month break, after matchday 16 on 13 November 2022. The winter break will thus occur two rounds earlier than usual, with matchdays 17 and 18 to be held in January 2023. On 22 November 2022, fixtures of matchdays 19 through 27 were scheduled.^[6] Matchdays 28 through 36 were scheduled on 15 March 2023.^[7]

The last matchday will be on 29 May 2023.^[7] Following the end of the season, the two legs of the Relegation Play-off will be played on 3 and 6 June 2023, respectively.^[8]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2022–23 Swiss Super League teams

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Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	37,994	^[9]
Grasshopper	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,103	^[10]
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	6,390	^[11]
Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	16,490	^[12]
Servette	Geneva	Stade de Genève	28,833	^[13]
Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	14,283	^[14]
St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Kybunpark	19,455	^[15]
Winterthur	Winterthur	Stadion Schützenwiese	8,400	^[16]
Young Boys	Bern	Stadion Wankdorf	31,120	^[17]
Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	26,103	^[18]

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Personnel and kits

More information Team, President ...

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Reto Baumgartner	Heiko Vogel (interim)	Fabian Frei	Macron	Novartis
Grasshopper	András Gurovits	Giorgio Contini	Amir Abrashi	Adidas	Tianjin Seagull
Lugano	Philippe Regazzoni	Mattia Croci-Torti	Jonathan Sabbatini	Erreà	AIL
Luzern	Stefan Wolf	Mario Frick	Ardon Jashari	Craft	Otto’s
Servette	Didier Fischer	Alain Geiger	Jérémy Frick	Adidas	La Praille M3 Groupe
Sion	Christian Constantin	Paolo Tramezzani	Anto Grgić	Macron	OIKEN
St. Gallen	Matthias Hüppi	Peter Zeidler	Lukas Görtler	Jako	St.Galler Kantonalbank
Winterthur	Mike Keller	Bruno Berner	Granit Lekaj	gpard	Keller Druckmesstechnik
Young Boys	Hanspeter Kienberger	Raphaël Wicky	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Plus500
Zürich	Ancillo Canepa	Bo Henriksen	Yanick Brecher	Nike	Nokera AG

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref.
Basel	Guille Abascal	End of interim period	23 May 2022	Pre-season	Alexander Frei	23 May 2022	^[19]
Winterthur	Alexander Frei	Departure	23 May 2022		Bruno Berner	30 May 2022	^[20]
Zürich	André Breitenreiter	Departure	24 May 2022		Franco Foda	8 June 2022	^[21]^[22]
Young Boys	Matteo Vanetta	End of interim period	2 June 2022		Raphaël Wicky	2 June 2022	^[23]
Zürich	Franco Foda	Termination	21 September 2022	9th	Genesio Colatrella (interim)	23 September 2022	^[24]^[25]
Zürich	Genesio Colatrella (interim)	End of interim period	10 October 2022	10th	Bo Henriksen	10 October 2022	^[26]
Sion	Paolo Tramezzani	Termination	20 November 2022	10th	Fabio Celestini	21 November 2022	^[27]
Basel	Alexander Frei		7 February 2023	7th	Heiko Vogel (interim)	7 February 2023	^[28]
Sion	Fabio Celestini		3 March 2023	9th	David Bettoni	7 March 2023	^[29]^[30]
Sion	David Bettoni	Contract dissolution	15 May 2023	10th	Paolo Tramezzani	16 May 2023	^[31]^[32]

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League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	21	11	4	82	30	+52	74	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Servette	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	12	9	59	47	+12	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Luzern	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Basel	36	11	14	11	51	50	+1	47
6	St. Gallen	36	11	12	13	66	52	+14	45
7	Grasshopper	36	12	8	16	56	64	−8	44
8	Zürich	36	10	14	12	41	55	−14	44
9	Winterthur	36	8	8	20	32	66	−34	32
10	Sion (R)	36	7	10	19	41	73	−32	31	Qualification for the relegation play-off

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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.^[33]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAS ...

First and second rounds

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	STG	WIN	YB	ZÜR
Basel	—	5–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	0–0
Grasshopper	1–0	—	2–1	1–3	2–3	4–4	3–2	3–0	1–2	1–1
Lugano	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	2–3	2–3	3–1	1–4	2–0
Luzern	0–2	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–2
Servette	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2
Sion	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	0–0	—	2–7	1–3	0–3	0–1
St. Gallen	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	2–0
Winterthur	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–6	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	1–5	1–1
Young Boys	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	—	4–0
Zürich	2–4	1–4	1–2	0–0	4–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	—

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Third and fourth rounds

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LUG	LUZ	SER	SIO	STG	WIN	YB	ZÜR
Basel	—	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Grasshopper	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–2
Lugano	2–2	5–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0
Luzern	0–1	1–0	2–2	—	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–1
Servette	3–3	2–1	0–0	0–3^[a]	—	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0
Sion	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	0–4	0–1	0–2	0–1
St. Gallen	6–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	4–0	—	2–3	0–2	2–2
Winterthur	1–4	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	0–2
Young Boys	3–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	6–1	4–0	5–1	2–1	—	1–1
Zürich	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	—

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

[a]
Original result: 0–1. On 21 March 2023, the Swiss Football League handed Servette a 0–3 forfeit loss in this game, as they used an ineligible player in the game.^[34]

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Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last place team of the Super League and the third placed team of the Challenge League.^[4] The first leg will be held on 3 June 2023, with the representative of the Super League hosting.^[8] The second leg will be held on 6 June 2023. Winner of the play-off is whichever teams scores most in both games (no away goals rule).^[35] In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) are added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams are still tied.

First leg

3 June 2023

18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

More information Sion, 0–2 ...

Sion	0–2	Lausanne-Ouchy
	Report	26' Mulaj 57' Bamba

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Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 9,050

Referee: Luca Cibelli

Second leg

6 June 2023

20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

More information Lausanne-Ouchy, 4–2 ...

Lausanne-Ouchy	4–2	Sion
Mulaj 6', 89' Ajdini 34' Okou 81'	Report	23' Zuffi 39' (pen.) Grgic

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Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 10,754

Referee: Urs Schnyder

Lausanne-Ouchy wins 6–2 on aggregate, while Sion were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[36]
1	Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	21
2	Cedric Itten	Young Boys	19
3	Žan Celar	Lugano	16
4	Emmanuel Latte Lath	St. Gallen	14
5	Zeki Amdouni	Basel	12
	Tosin Aiyegun	Zürich
	Chris Bedia	Servette
8	Andi Zeqiri	Basel	11
	Jérémy Guillemenot	St. Gallen
	Max Meyer	Luzern

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Emmanuel Latte Lath	FC St. Gallen	FC Sion	7–2 (A)	12 November 2022
Tosin Aiyegun	FC Zürich	Servette	4–1 (H)	13 November 2022
Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	FC Winterthur	5–1 (H)	29 January 2023
Cedric Itten	Young Boys	FC Basel	3–0 (H)	19 March 2023

Top assists

As of 30 April 2023^[37]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Ulisses Garcia	Young Boys	9
1	Renato Steffen	FC Lugano	9
3	Cedric Itten	Young Boys	8
3	Hayao Kawabe	Grasshoppers	8
5	Lukas Görtler	FC St. Gallen	7
6	Pius Dorn	FC Luzern	6
	Christian Fassnacht	Young Boys
	Jérémy Guillemenot	FC St. Gallen
	Dereck Kutesa	Servette
	Pascal Schürpf	FC Luzern

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Awards

Best Player

Player of the Round

The best player of the Super League and Challenge League for each matchday is voted for by the viewers from among a selection of players.

More information Round 1, Round 2 ...

Round 1						Round 2						Round 3						Round 4
#	Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref	#	Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref	#	Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref	#	Nat	Player	Team	L	Ref
1		Samir Ramizi	Winterthur	(SL)	^[38]	10		Cedric Itten	Young Boys	(SL)	^[39]	19		André Moreira	Grasshopper	(SL)	^[40]	28		Pius Dorn	Luzern	(SL)	^[41]
2		Hayao Kawabe	Grasshopper	(SL)	^[42]^[43]	11		Mario Balotelli	Sion	(SL)	^[44]	20		Andy Diouf	Basel	(SL)	^[45]	29		Nicky Beloko	Luzern	(SL)	^[46]
3		Renat Dadashov	Grasshopper	(SL)	^[47]	12		Mohamed Dräger	Luzern	(SL)	^[48]	21		Zeki Amdouni	Basel	(SL)	^[49]	30	not awarded
4		Nicky Beloko	Luzern	(SL)	^[50]	13		Max Meyer	Luzern	(SL)	^[51]	22		Martin Frýdek	Luzern	(SL)	^[52]	31		Fabian Rieder	Young Boys	(SL)	^[53]
5		Lukas Görtler	St. Gallen	(SL)	^[54]	14		Dejan Sorgić	Luzern	(SL)	^[55]	23		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	(SL)	^[56]	32		Anthony Racioppi	Young Boys	(SL)	^[57]
6		Lukas Watkowiak	St. Gallen	(SL)	^[58]	15		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	(SL)	^[59]	24		Nicky Beloko	Luzern	(SL)	^[60]	33		André Moreira	Grasshopper	(SL)	^[61]
7		Daouda Guindo	St. Gallen	(SL)	^[62]	16		Emmanuel Latte Lath	St. Gallen	(SL)	^[63]	25		Noe Holenstein	Winterthur	(SL)	^[64]	34		Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	(SL)	^[65]
8		Ardon Jashari	Luzern	(SL)	^[66]	17		Pascal Schürpf	Luzern	(SL)	^[67]	26		Meritan Shabani	Grasshopper	(SL)	^[68]	35		Sofyan Chader	Luzern	(SL)
9		Marius Müller	Luzern	(SL)	^[69]	18		Max Meyer	Luzern	(SL)	^[70]	27		Sofyan Chader	Luzern	(SL)	^[71]	36		Franklin Sasere	Vaduz	(ChL)	^[72]

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Player of the Month

The Player of the Month in the Super League and Challenge League is chosen by the viewers from among five nominees. The following table shows the winner (in dark grey) and the other nominees for each month where a Player of the Month was chosen.

July^[73]^[74]				August^[75]^[76]				September^[77]^[78]
Nat	Player	Team	L	Nat	Player	Team	L	Nat	Player	Team	L
	Jérémy Frick	Servette	(SL)		Renat Dadashov	Grasshopper	(SL)		Ardon Jashari	Luzern	(SL)
	Wilfried Kanga	Young Boys	(SL)		Lukas Görtler	St. Gallen	(SL)		Timothé Cognat	Servette	(SL)
	Basil Stillhart	St. Gallen	(SL)		Cedric Itten	Young Boys	(SL)		Valon Fazliu	Aarau	(ChL)
	Nathanaël Saintini	Sion	(SL)		Koro Kone	Yverdon	(ChL)		Wouter Burger	Basel	(SL)
	Koro Kone	Yverdon	(ChL)		Shkelqim Vladi	Aarau	(ChL)		Filip Stojilković	Sion	(SL)
October^[79]^[80]				November^[81]^[82]				February^[83]^[84]
	Max Meyer	Luzern	(SL)		Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	(SL)		Zeki Amdouni	Basel	(SL)
	David Douline	Servette	(SL)		Tosin Aiyegun	Zürich	(SL)		Chris Bedia	Servette	(SL)
	Timothy Fayulu	Winterthur	(SL)		Renato Steffen	Lugano	(SL)		Tosin Aiyegun	Zürich	(SL)
	Fabian Rieder	Young Boys	(SL)		Teddy Okou	Lausanne-Ouchy	(ChL)		Francesco Ruberto	Schaffhausen	(ChL)
	Anthony Sauthier	Lausanne-Ouchy	(ChL)		Marvin Keller	Wil	(ChL)		Brighton Labeau	Lausanne-Sport	(ChL)
March^[85]^[86]				April^[87]^[88]				May^[89]
	Cedric Itten	Young Boys	(SL)		Martin Frýdek	Luzern	(SL)		Miroslav Stevanovic	Servette	(SL)
	Zeki Amdouni	Basel	(SL)		Cedric Itten	Young Boys	(SL)		Emmanuel Latte Lath	St. Gallen	(SL)
	Tosin Aiyegun	Zürich	(SL)		Renato Steffen	Lugano	(SL)		Roman Macek	Lugano	(SL)
	Ayumu Seko	Grasshopper	(SL)		Valon Fazliu	Aarau	(ChL)		Jean-Pierre Nsame	Young Boys	(SL)
	Gabriel Kyeremateng	Thun	(ChL)		Nikolas Muci	Wil	(ChL)		Liridon Mulaj	Lausanne-Ouchy	(ChL)

Overall

First Half of the Season^[90]^[91]
Nat	Player	Team	L
	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	St. Gallen	(SL)
	Cedric Itten	Young Boys	(SL)
	David Douline	Servette	(SL)
	Koro Kone	Yverdon	(ChL)
	Valon Fazliu	Aarau	(ChL)

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Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was selected by votes for each position by the viewers from among a selection. The winners were announced on 29 June 2023.^[92]

More information Team of the Season, Goalkeeper ...

Team of the Season
Goalkeeper	Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St. Gallen)
Defenders	Matej Maglica (St. Gallen)	Marco Burch (Luzern)	Michael Lang (Basel)	Martin Frýdek (Luzern)
Midfielders	Fabian Rieder (Young Boys)	Max Meyer (Luzern)	Patrick Pflücke (Servette)	Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys)
Forwards	Zeki Amdouni (Basel)		Cedric Itten (Young Boys)
Manager	Mario Frick (Luzern)

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Teams

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Attendance

#	Club	Avg	Total
1	Young Boys	29,097	523,751
2	Basel	21,742	391,354
3	St. Gallen	17,575	316,356
4	Zürich	15,387	276,968
5	Luzern	12,775	229,945
6	Servette	8,431	151,762
7	Sion	8,375	150,750
8	Winterthur	8,228	148,100
9	Grasshopper	6,753	121,560
10	Lugano	3,353	60,355
Totals		13,172	2,370,901

Last updated: 30 May 2023
Source: Zuschauerzahlen 2022/23

Fair Play

On 14 June 2023, Servette FC was awarded the Fair Play Trophy for the Credit Suisse Super League.^[93]

#	Club				Pts
1	Servette	73	2	2	89
2	Young Boys	74	2	3	95
3	Winterthur	94	0	2	104
4	Grasshopper	90	2	2	106
5	Lugano	94	4	1	111
6	Basel	89	2	6	125
7	St. Gallen	90	3	6	129
8	Luzern	91	7	4	132
9	Zürich	106	2	5	137
10	Sion	106	3	5	140
League Total		907	27	36	1168
Average/game		5.04	0.15	0.2	6.49

Last updated: 30 May 2023
Source: Fair Play Trophy Credit Suisse Super League

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2022–23 Swiss Super League

Overview

Schedule

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

First and second rounds

Third and fourth rounds

Relegation play-off

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Top assists

Awards

Best Player

Player of the Round

Player of the Month

Overall

Team of the Season

Teams

Attendance

Fair Play

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks