| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 September 2020 – 21 May 2021[1] |
| Champions | Young Boys 15th title |
| Champions League | Young Boys |
| Europa Conference League | Basel Servette Luzern Vaduz |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 515 (2.86 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jean-Pierre Nsame (19 goals) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Young Boys |
| Longest unbeaten run | 21 matches Young Boys |
| Longest winless run | 8 matches St. Gallen Vaduz |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Vaduz |
2021–22 → | |
The2020–21 Swiss Super League (referred to as theRaiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 124th season oftop-tier competitivefootball inSwitzerland and the 18th under its current name and format.
A total of ten teams competed in the league: the eight best teams from the2019–20 season, the2019–20 Swiss Challenge League championsLausanne-Sport and relegation play-off winnersVaduz.Young Boys were the three-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 37,994[2] |
| Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade de la Tuilière[3] (as of 29 November) Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | 12,544 12,500 |
| Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 6,390[4] |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 16,490[5] |
| Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 14,283[6] |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Kybunpark | 19,456[7] |
| Vaduz | Rheinpark Stadion | 7,584 | |
| Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,789[8] |
| Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104[9] |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sion | End of contract | 7 August 2020 | Pre-season | 25 August 2020[10] | ||
| Basel | End of contract | 31 August 2020 | Pre-season | 1 September 2020[11] | ||
| Zürich | Sacked | 5 October 2020[12] | 10th | 5 October 2020 | ||
| Sion | Sacked | 5 March 2021[13] | 10th | 5 March 2021 | ||
| End of interim | 11 March 2021 | 9th | 11 March 2021[14] | |||
| End of interim | 16 March 2021 | 9th | 16 March 2021[15] | |||
| Basel | Sacked | 6 April 2021[16] | 5th | 6 April 2021 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys(C) | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 84 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 50 | |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 49 | |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League third qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 44 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sion(O) | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 38 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs |
| 10 | Vaduz(R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 36 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation toChallenge League[b] |
First and second round[edit]
Source:Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Third and fourth round[edit]
Source:Swiss Super League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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The ninth-placed team of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League,Sion, played against the runners-up of the2020–21 Swiss Challenge League,Thun.
Sion won 6–4 on aggregate.
Player of the Season
Player of the Season awarded to
Arthur Cabral(Basel)
Young Player of the Season
Young Player of the Season awarded to
Kastriot Imeri(Servette)
Coach of the Season
Coach of the Season awarded to
Gerardo Seoane(Young Boys)
Goal of the Season
Goal of the Season awarded to
Alexander Gerndt (Lugano)
[18]Team of the Year was:
(Young Boys)
Benjamin Kololli(Zürich),
Michel Aebischer(Young Boys),
Jordi Quintillà (St.Gallen),
Christian Fassnacht(Young Boys),
Arthur Cabral (Basel),
Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys)