| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 July 2019 – 3 August 2020 |
| Champions | Young Boys 14th title |
| Relegated | Neuchâtel Xamax Thun |
| Champions League | Young Boys |
| Europa League | St. Gallen Basel Servette |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 541 (3.01 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jean-Pierre Nsame (32 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Young Boys 6–0Xamax St. Gallen 6–0Xamax |
| Biggest away win | Zürich 0–5Servette Zürich 0–5Young Boys St. Gallen 0–5Basel |
| Highest scoring | Basel 4–4Lugano |
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The2019–20 Swiss Super League (referred to as theRaiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 123rd season oftop-tier competitivefootball inSwitzerland and the 17th under its current name and format.
A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the2018–19 season and the2018–19 Swiss Challenge League championsServette.Young Boys were the defending champions. They successfully retained the title.
On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the SwissFederal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to theCOVID-19 outbreak.[1] On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted at least until the end of April;[2] however, the season was resumed on 19 June.[3]
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 37,994[4] |
| Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 6,390[5] |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 16,490[6] |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 11,997[7] |
| Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 14,283[8] |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Kybunpark | 19,456[9] |
| Thun | Thun | Stockhorn Arena | 10,014[9] |
| Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,789[10] |
| Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104[11] |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Adidas | Novartis | ||
| Lugano | Acerbis | AIL | ||
| Luzern | Craft | Otto’s [de] | ||
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Erima | Groupe E [fr],Banque cantonale neuchâteloise | ||
| Servette | Puma | Balexert | ||
| Sion | Macron | Capital Markets Consulting | ||
| St. Gallen | Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank [de] | ||
| Thun | Macron | Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG | ||
| Young Boys | Nike | Obi | ||
| Zürich | Nike | AntePay |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuchâtel Xamax | End of contract | 1 July 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[12] | ||
| Sion | End of interim | 1 July 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[13] | ||
| Lugano | Sacked | 29 October 2019 | 9th | 29 October 2019[14] | ||
| Sion | Resigned | 4 November 2019[15] | 5th | 4 November 2019 | ||
| Luzern | Sacked | 16 December 2019[16] | 8th | 2 January 2020 | ||
| Sion | End of interim | 1 January 2020[17] | 8th | 1 January 2020 | ||
| End of interim | 1 June 2020 | 8th | 4 June 2020 | |||
| Neuchâtel Xamax | Sacked | 5 July 2020[18] | 10th | 5 July 2020 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Boys(C) | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 76 | Qualificaition forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | +23 | 68 | Qualificaition forEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 62 | Qualificaition forEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | +9 | 49 | Qualificaition forEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 47 | |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 46 | |
| 7 | Zürich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 43 | |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 39 | |
| 9 | Thun(R) | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 38 | Qualificaition forrelegation play-offs |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax(R) | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 27 | Relegation toSwiss Challenge League |
First and second round[edit]
Source:[1] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Third and fourth round[edit]
Source:[2] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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The ninth-placed team of 2019–20 Swiss Super League,Thun, played against the runners-up of2019–20 Swiss Challenge League,Vaduz.
| Vaduz | 2–0 | Thun |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Thun | 4–3 | Vaduz |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Vaduz won 5–4 on aggregate and promoted to the Swiss Super League.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Boys | Sion | 4–3 (A) | 24 November 2019 | |
| Sion | Young Boys | 3–4 (H) | 24 November 2019 | |
| Servette | Zürich | 5–0 (A) | 8 December 2019 | |
| Basel | Zürich | 4–0 (A) | 8 February 2020 | |
| Servette | Zürich | 4–1 (H) | 16 February 2020 | |
| Young Boys | Zürich | 3–2 (H) | 19 June 2020 | |
| Young Boys | Zürich | 5–0 (A) | 18 July 2020 | |
| St. Gallen | Neuchâtel Xamax | 6–0 (H) | 31 July 2020 |
| Award[21] | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season | Young Boys | |
| Young Player of the Season | Basel | |
| Coach of the Season | Young Boys | |
| Goal of the Season | Young Boys |
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