| Season | 2023–24 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 July 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
| Champions | Young Boys 17th title |
| Relegated | Lausanne Ouchy |
| Champions League | Young Boys Lugano |
| Europa League | Servette |
| Conference League | Zürich St. Gallen |
| Matches | 228 (198 + 15 + 15) |
| Top goalscorer | Chadrac Akolo Kevin Carlos Žan Celar (14 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Lugano 6–1Yverdon (13 August 2023) Young Boys 6–1Luzern (11 November 2023) Grasshopper 5–0Lausanne (2 December 2023) |
| Biggest away win | Yverdon 0–5Lugano (25 November 2023) |
| Highest scoring | 7 goals 7 matches |
| Longest winning run | Servette (7 wins) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Servette (15 games) |
| Longest winless run | Lausanne Ouchy (10 games) |
| Longest losing run | Winterthur (6 losses) |
| Highest attendance | 31,500 |
| Total attendance | 2,562,789 |
| Average attendance | 11,340 |
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The2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as theCredit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 127th season oftop-tier competitivefootball inSwitzerland and the 21st under its current name. It was the first season under its current name featuring twelve teams (increased from ten in previous season) and a new format.[1][2]Young Boys were the defending champions.
Since rebranding and restructuring theNational League A to theSuper League, starting with the2003–04 season, the league had been running under the same format and the same number of teams. This season was thus the first season of the Super League under a new format.[2] It also returned to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.[1]
The season was divided into two phases:
The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022.[3][4] The season began on 22 July 2023 and concluded on 25 May 2024. The league paused for the winter break after matchday 18 on 17 December 2023, and resumed on 20 January 2024. The first phase concluded with matchday 33 on 21 April 2024, and the second phase started two weeks later, on 4 May 2024. The final matchday of the relegation group took place on 21 May 2024, while the championship group held its last matches on 25 May 2024. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were played on 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.
The fixtures of the first 22 rounds were drawn and published on 21 June 2023,[5] together with the match times for the first eleven rounds.[6] Match times of rounds 12–22 were published on 8 September 2023.[7] Fixtures and match times for the final eleven round of the regular season were published on 20 December 2023.[8] The matches of the final matchday of the regular season were played concurrently on 21 April 2024.
Following the 32nd matchday, the participants of the Championship and Relegation Groups were decided. As a result, the fixtures for the final phase of the season were announced on 18 April 2024,[9] before the final matchday of the regular season.
Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of theprevious season and two teams were directly promoted from theChallenge League.
Challenge League championsYverdon-Sport FC,[10] and runners-upFC Lausanne-Sport[11] achieved direct promotion.Stade Lausanne Ouchy beatFC Sion in the promotion/relegation play-off to replace them in the top league of Switzerland.[12] Yverdon Sport had most recently played in the top flight in the2005–06 season, while Lausanne Sport returned to the Super League after only one season in the second tier being relegated in the2021–22 season and Lausanne Ouchy play in Super League for the first time in history from this season.
| FC Basel | Grasshopper Club Zürich | FC Zürich | FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy | FC Lausanne-Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jakob Park | Letzigrund | Stade Olympique[a] | Stade de la Tuilière | |
| Basel | Zürich | Lausanne | Lausanne | |
| Capacity:37,994[14] | Capacity:26,103[15][16] | Capacity:15,850[17] | Capacity:12,544[18] | |
| FC Lugano | FC Luzern | |||
| Stadio Cornaredo | Swissporarena | |||
| Lugano | Luzern | |||
| Capacity:6,390[19] | Capacity:16,490[20] | |||
| Servette FC | FC St. Gallen | FC Winterthur | BSC Young Boys | Yverdon-Sport FC |
| Stade de Genève | Kybunpark | Stadion Schützenwiese | Stadion Wankdorf | Stade Municipal[b] |
| Geneva | St. Gallen | Winterthur | Bern | Yverdon-les-Bains |
| Capacity:28,833[23] | Capacity:19,455[24] | Capacity:8,400[25] | Capacity:31,120[26] | Capacity:6,600[27] |
No. of teams | Cantons | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | ||
| Lausanne-Sport,Lausanne Ouchy,Yverdon | ||
| Zürich,Grasshopper,FC Winterthur | ||
| 1 | ||
| Young Boys | ||
| Basel | ||
| Luzern | ||
| St. Gallen | ||
| Servette | ||
| Lugano |
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front)* | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor | Socks sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Macron | Novartis | EuroAirport. | Bank CIC, hoffmann automobile | tectake,Feldschlösschen | None | |||
| Grasshopper | Capelli Sport | Cabatech (in cup matches) | None | None | Feedy's | None | |||
| Lausanne Ouchy | 14fourteen | gerofinance | Berney Associés | None | Cronos Finance, Roduit | None | |||
| Lausanne Sport | Le Coq Sportif | Banque cantonale vaudoise | Ineos | Enzonet | None | None | |||
| Lugano | Erreà | AIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches) | Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in cup matches) | HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches) | GTL Impresa Costruzioni | None | |||
| Luzern | Craft | Otto’s | Luzerner Kantonalbank | mycasino | Maréchaux Elektro | Lehner Versand | |||
| Servette | Adidas | MSC Cruises | None | None | Berney Associés | None | |||
| St. Gallen | Puma | St.Galler Kantonalbank | Mettler2Invest | Konzept Fenster & Türen, Schützengarten | Malbuner | None | |||
| Winterthur | gpard | Keller Druckmesstechnik, Init7 | Schiess Reinigungen | Ruckstuhl/Condecta (in cup matches), Mr. Green Recycling | Samen-Mauser, Göldi AG | None | |||
| Young Boys | Nike | Plus500 | KPT Krankenkasse | Weiss+Appetito | AMAG, TimeTool/Komit (in cup matches) | None | |||
| Yverdon-Sport | Macron | MAGENTA EKO (H) | None | None | None | None | |||
| Zürich | Nike | NOKERA | None | None | None | None |
* Institutional sponsorCredit Suisse features on the front of the shirt for all teams participating in the Super League.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasshopper | Resigned | 9 June 2023 | Pre-season | 9 June 2023 | [28] | ||
| Winterthur | 9 June 2023 | 8 July 2023 | [28][29] | ||||
| Basel | End of interim period | 30 June 2023 | 30 June 2023 | [30] | |||
| Servette | End of Contract | 30 June 2023 | 30 June 2023 | [31] | |||
| Basel | Termination | 29 September 2023 | 9th | 29 September 2023 | [32] | ||
| Yverdon-Sport | 30 October 2023 | 8th | 31 October 2023 | [33][34] | |||
| Basel | 31 October 2023 | 12th | 31 October 2023 | [35] | |||
| Lausanne Ouchy | 13 November 2023 | 11th | 15 November 2023 | [36][37] | |||
| Zürich | Signed byMainz 05 | 13 February 2024 | 3rd | 13 February 2024 | [38] | ||
| Young Boys | Termination | 4 March 2024 | 1st | 4 March 2024 | [39] | ||
| Grasshopper | Termination | 9 April 2024 | 11th | 10 April 2024 | [40][41] | ||
| Zürich | Dismissal | 22 April 2024 | 6th | 22 April 2024 | [42][43] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys(C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 77 | Qualification for theChampions League play-off round |
| 2 | Lugano | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 65 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[b] |
| 4 | Zürich | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 57 | |
| 6 | Winterthur | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 49 | |
| 7 | Luzern | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Basel | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 49 | |
| 9 | Yverdon-Sport | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 47 | |
| 10 | Lausanne-Sport | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 45 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper(O) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 38 | Qualification for theRelegation play-off |
| 12 | Lausanne Ouchy(R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 29 | Relegation toSwiss Challenge League |
First and Second Rounds[edit]Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.
Source:Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Third Round[edit]Teams played each other once, either home or away.
Source:Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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After 33 matches, the league split into two groups of six teams. The top six were 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 were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.
Championship Group[edit]
Source:Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Relegation Group[edit]
Source:Swiss Football League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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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 theChallenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.[3]
The winner of the play-off was whichever team scored most in both games (noaway goals rule).[45] In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes ofextra time (two times 15 minutes) were added, followed by apenalty shoot-out, in case the teams were still tied.
| Grasshopper | 1–1 | Thun |
|---|---|---|
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Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Gallen | Winterthur | 4–2 (H) | 11 November 2023 | |
| Grasshopper | Lausanne Ouchy | 5–2 (H) | 12 November 2023 |
TheBSC Young Boys drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Swiss Super League.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[47] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BSC Young Boys | 19 | 28,878 |
| 2 | FC Basel | 19 | 21,990 |
| 3 | FC St. Gallen | 19 | 17,753 |
| 4 | FC Zürich | 19 | 15,710 |
| 5 | FC Luzern | 19 | 12,810 |
| 6 | FC Winterthur | 19 | 8,170 |
| 7 | Servette FC | 19 | 7,810 |
| 8 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 19 | 6,967 |
| 9 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 19 | 6,085 |
| 10 | FC Lugano | 19 | 3,390 |
| 11 | Yverdon-Sport | 19 | 2,800 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 19 | 2,519 |