2024–25 Swiss Super League
128th season of top-tier Swiss football
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The 2024–25 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 128th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 22nd under its current name. It was the second season featuring a new format and increased number of participants, since the beginning of the Super League era in 2003.[1][2] Young Boys were the defending champions,[3] having successfully defended their title in the previous season.
| Season | 2024–25 |
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| Dates | 20 July 2024 – 24 May 2025 |
| Champions | Basel 21st title |
| Relegated | Yverdon-Sport |
| Champions League | Basel Servette |
| Europa League | Young Boys Lugano |
| Conference League | Lausanne-Sport |
| Matches | 228 |
| Goals | 679 (2.98 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Xherdan Shaqiri (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | 5–0 BAS – WIN (2 Nov '24) GCZ – YS (14 May '25) |
| Biggest away win | 0–6 SER – BAS (11 Aug '24) |
| Highest scoring | 3–4 STG – LS (4 Aug '24) WIN – LUZ (14 Dec '24) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Overview
Format and schedule
Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003–04 season, the league has been running under the same format and the same number of teams until 2023. This is the second season to be played under the so-called Scottish Model and includes twelve participating teams.[2][1]
The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 5 December 2023:[4][5]
- The season will begin on 20 July 2024 and conclude on 24 May 2025.
- The league will go on winter break after matchday 18 on 15 December 2024 and resume on 18 January 2025. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on, while the championship group will hold its last matches .
- The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 27 and 30 May 2025, respectively.
The season is divided into two phases:
- In a first phase all twelve teams play each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays and concludes on 21 April 2025.
- Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group. The second phase begins on 4 May 2025.
- Each team will play every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
- The championship group will play for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships. Final matchday is on 24 May 2025.
- The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place). Final matchday will be on 22 May 2025.
- Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.
Teams
Team changes
2023–24 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Sion were directly promoted just one season after their relegation in the 2022-23 season.[6] They replace Stade Lausanne Ouchy, who were directly relegated as the last placed team of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League ending their single season stint in the top flight.[7] Grasshopper Club Zurich remain in the Super League, as the winner of the relegation play-off against the runners-up of last season's Challenge League, FC Thun.[8]
Stadia and locations
| FC Basel | Grasshopper Club Zurich | FC Zürich | FC Lausanne-Sport | FC Lugano |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jakob-Park | Letzigrund | Stade de la Tuilière | Stadio Cornaredo | |
| Basel | Zurich | Lausanne | Lugano | |
| Capacity: 37,994[9] | Capacity: 26,103[10][11] | Capacity: 12,544[12] | Capacity: 6,390[13] | |
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| FC Luzern |  Location of the 2025–26 Swiss Super League teams |
Servette FC | ||
| Swissporarena | Stade de Genève | |||
| Luzern | Geneva | |||
| Capacity: 16,490[14] | Capacity: 28,833[15] | |||
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| FC Sion | FC St. Gallen | FC Winterthur | BSC Young Boys | Yverdon-Sport FC |
| Stade de Tourbillon | Kybunpark | Stadion Schützenwiese | Stadion Wankdorf | Stade Municipal |
| Sion | St. Gallen | Winterthur | Bern | Yverdon-les-Bains |
| Capacity: 14,283[16] | Capacity: 19,455[17] | Capacity: 8,400[18] | Capacity: 31,120[19] | Capacity: 6,600[20] |
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Personnel and kits
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front)[a] | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel |  David Degen |
Fabio Celestini |
Xherdan Shaqiri |
Macron | Novartis | None | Bank CIC, hoffmann automobile | Feldschlösschen |
| Grasshopper |  Stacy Johns |
 Tomas Oral |
 Amir Abrashi |
Capelli Sport | None | None | None | None |
| Lausanne-Sport |  Leen Heemskerk |
Ludovic Magnin |
Olivier Custodio |
In-house | Banque Cantonale Vaudoise | Ineos | Enzonet | None |
| Lugano | Philippe Regazzoni |
Mattia Croci-Torti |
Mattia Bottani |
Erreà | AIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches) | None | HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches) | GTL Impresa Costruzioni |
| Luzern | Stefan Wolf, Josef Bieri (interim) |
 Mario Frick |
Pius Dorn |
Erreà | Otto’s | Luzerner Kantonalbank | mycasino | Maréchaux Elektro |
| Servette | Didier Fischer |
Thomas Häberli |
Jérémy Frick & Steve Rouiller |
Adidas | MSC Cruises | None | None | Berney Associés, Ebury |
| Sion | Christian Constantin |
 Didier Tholot |
Reto Ziegler |
Macron | OIKEN (H)/Alloboisons (A), Christian Constantin SA (H)/Groupe Arsa (A) | Hestia Conseils | None | None |
| St. Gallen | Matthias Hüppi |
Enrico Maaßen |
Lukas Görtler |
Puma | St.Galler Kantonalbank | Mettler Entwickelt | D+D Immobilien, Schützengarten | Malbuner, ZIMA Unternehmensgruppe |
| Winterthur | Mike Keller |
Uli Forte |
 Granit Lekaj |
gpard | Keller Druckmesstechnik, Init7 | Schiess Reinigungen | Condecta, Mr. Green Recycling | Orgnet Immobilien, Göldi AG |
| Young Boys | Hanspeter Kienberger |
Giorgio Contini |
David von Ballmoos |
Nike | Plus500 | KPT Krankenkasse | Weiss+Appetito | AMAG, Komit |
| Yverdon-Sport | Jeffrey Saunders |
 Paolo Tramezzani |
William Le Pogam |
Macron | Kinetik | Shaw and Partners Financial Services | Energa | None |
| Zürich | Ancillo Canepa |
Ricardo Moniz |
Yanick Brecher |
Castore | NOKERA | None | MG Cars | None |
- Institutional sponsor UBS Helpetica features on the front of the shirt for all teams participating in the Super League.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterthur | Patrick Rahmen |
Mutual consent | 14 May 2024 | Pre-season |  Ognjen Zarić |
1 July 2024 | [21] |
| St. Gallen | Peter Zeidler |
8 June 2024 | Enrico Maaßen |
1 July 2024 | [22][23] | ||
| Young Boys | Joël Magnin |
End of caretaker spell | 14 May 2024 | Patrick Rahmen |
1 July 2024 | [24] | |
| Servette | René Weiler |
Resigned | 10 June 2024 | Thomas Häberli |
1 July 2024 | [25] | |
| Young Boys | Patrick Rahmen |
Termination | 8 October 2024 | 12th | Joël Magnin (caretaker) |
8 October 2024 | [26] |
| Grasshopper | Marco Schällibaum |
5 November 2024 | 11th | Giuseppe Morello (caretaker) |
5 November 2024 | [27] | |
| Giuseppe Morello (caretaker) |
End of caretaker spell | 19 November 2024 | 11th | Tomas Oral |
19 November 2024 | [28] | |
| Yverdon-Sport | Alessandro Mangiarratti |
Termination | 17 December 2024 | 10th | Paolo Tramezzani |
28 December 2024 | [29][30] |
| Winterthur | Ognjen Zarić |
17 December 2024 | 12th | Uli Forte |
24 December 2024 | [31][32] | |
| Young Boys | Joël Magnin |
End of caretaker spell | 18 December 2024 | 9th | Giorgio Contini |
18 December 2024 | [33] |
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel (C) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 91 | 43 | +48 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Servette | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Young Boys | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b] |
| 4 | Lugano | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Lausanne-Sport | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 53 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Luzern | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 52 | |
| 7 | Zürich | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 53 | |
| 8 | St. Gallen | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 52 | |
| 9 | Sion | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 44 | |
| 10 | Winterthur | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 40 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper (O) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Yverdon-Sport (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 39 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[34]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
- The 2024–25 Swiss Cup winner (Basel) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winner finished in the top three, the remaining European berths were passed down to the next highest qualifying teams.
Results
First and second rounds |
Third round
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Split
After 33 matches, the league splits into two groups of six teams. The top six are grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away).[2] The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.
Championship Group |
Relegation Group
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Relegation play-off
The relegation play-off was played in a two-legged game between the eleventh placed team of the Super League (5th of the relegation group) and the second placed team of the Challenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were scheduled for 27 and 30 May 2025, respectively.[5] On 28 March 2025, it was decided by draw that the representative of the Super League will host the first match.[35]
The winner of the play-off was whichever team scored more goals over both games (no away goals rule).[36] In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) were added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams were still tied.
First leg
Second leg
| Aarau | 1–0 | Grasshopper |
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Report |
Grasshopper wins 4–1 on aggregate
- Grasshoppers's home game were played in Lugano, due to the Letzigrund being unavailable on the dates of the play-off.[37]
Statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[38] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xherdan Shaqiri |
Basel | 18 |
| 2 | Dereck Kutesa |
Servette | 15 |
| 3 | Willem Geubbels |
St. Gallen | 14 |
 Miroslav Stevanovic |
Servette | ||
| 5 |  Kevin Carlos |
Basel | 13 |
 Bénie Traoré |
Basel | ||
| 7 | Alvyn Sanches |
Lausanne-Sport | 12 |
| 8 | Christian Fassnacht |
Young Boys | 11 |
| 9 |  Thibault Klidjé |
Luzern | 10 |
| Albian Ajeti |
Basel | ||
Attendances
The BSC Young Boys drew the highest average home attendance in the 2024-25 edition of the Swiss Super League.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[39] |
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| 1 | BSC Young Boys | 19 | 28,482 |
| 2 | FC Basel | 19 | 26,150 |
| 3 | FC St. Gallen | 19 | 18,079 |
| 4 | FC Zürich | 19 | 15,223 |
| 5 | FC Luzern | 19 | 12,074 |
| 6 | FC Sion | 19 | 9,932 |
| 7 | Servette FC | 19 | 9,932 |
| 8 | FC Winterthur | 19 | 8,065 |
| 9 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 19 | 6,904 |
| 10 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 19 | 6,878 |
| 11 | FC Lugano | 19 | 3,883 |
| 12 | Yverdon-Sport | 19 | 2,770 |