The 2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland 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. Young Boys were the defending champions.
Overview Format Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003–04 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. It also returned to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.
The season was divided into two phases: In the first phase all twelve teams played each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays. Following that, the league was split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group. Each team played every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays. The championship group played for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships. The relegation group played against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place). Points won in the first phase were carried over to the second phase.
Schedule The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022. 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, together with the match times for the first eleven rounds. Match times of rounds 12–22 were published on 8 September 2023. Fixtures and match times for the final eleven round of the regular season were published on 20 December 2023. 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, before the final matchday of the regular season.
Teams Changes Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the previous season and two teams were directly promoted from the Challenge League.
Challenge League champions Yverdon-Sport FC, and runners-up FC Lausanne-Sport achieved direct promotion. Stade Lausanne Ouchy beat FC Sion in the promotion/relegation play-off to replace them in the top league of Switzerland. Yverdon Sport had most recently played in the top flight in the 2005–06 season, while Lausanne Sport returned to the Super League after only one season in the second tier being relegated in the 2021–22 season and Lausanne Ouchy play in Super League for the first time in history from this season.
Stadia and locations FC BaselGrasshopper Club ZürichFC ZürichFC Stade Lausanne OuchyFC Lausanne-SportSt. Jakob ParkLetzigrundStade OlympiqueStade de la TuilièreBaselZürichLausanneLausanneCapacity: 37,994Capacity: 26,103Capacity: 15,850Capacity: 12,544FC LuganoFC LuzernStadio CornaredoSwissporarenaLuganoLuzernCapacity: 6,390Capacity: 16,490Servette FCFC St. GallenFC WinterthurBSC Young BoysYverdon-Sport FCStade de GenèveKybunparkStadion SchützenwieseStadion Wankdorf Stade MunicipalGenevaSt. GallenWinterthurBernYverdon-les-BainsCapacity: 28,833Capacity: 19,455Capacity: 8,400Capacity: 31,120Capacity: 6,600
Cantons Team(s)3 Lausanne-Sport, Lausanne Ouchy, Yverdon Zürich, Grasshopper, FC Winterthur1 Young Boys Basel Luzern St. Gallen Servette Lugano
Personnel and kits Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)*Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsorSocks sponsorBasel Reto Baumgartner Fabio Celestini Fabian FreiMacronNovartisEuroAirport.Bank CIC, hoffmann automobiletectake, FeldschlösschenNoneGrasshopper Stacy Johns Marco Schällibaum Amir AbrashiCapelli SportCabatech (in cup matches)NoneNoneFeedy'sNoneLausanne Ouchy Vartan Sirmakes Ricardo Dionísio Lavdrim Hajrulahu14fourteengerofinanceBerney AssociésNoneCronos Finance, RoduitNoneLausanne Sport Leen Heemskerk Ludovic Magnin Olivier CustodioLe Coq SportifBanque cantonale vaudoiseIneosEnzonetNoneNoneLugano Philippe Regazzoni Mattia Croci-Torti Jonathan SabbatiniErreàAIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches)Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in cup matches)HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches)GTL Impresa CostruzioniNoneLuzern Stefan Wolf Mario Frick Max MeyerCraftOtto’sLuzerner KantonalbankmycasinoMaréchaux ElektroLehner VersandServette Didier Fischer René Weiler Jérémy FrickAdidasMSC CruisesNoneNoneBerney AssociésNoneSt. Gallen Matthias Hüppi Peter Zeidler Lukas GörtlerPumaSt.Galler KantonalbankMettler2InvestKonzept Fenster & Türen, SchützengartenMalbunerNoneWinterthur Mike Keller Patrick Rahmen Granit LekajgpardKeller Druckmesstechnik, Init7Schiess ReinigungenRuckstuhl/Condecta (in cup matches), Mr. Green RecyclingSamen-Mauser, Göldi AGNoneYoung Boys Hanspeter Kienberger Joël Magnin Fabian LustenbergerNikePlus500KPT KrankenkasseWeiss+AppetitoAMAG, TimeTool/Komit (in cup matches)NoneYverdon-Sport Jeffrey Saunders Alessandro Mangiarratti William Le PogamMacronMAGENTA EKO (H)NoneNoneNoneNoneZürich Ancillo Canepa Ricardo Moniz Yanick BrecherNikeNOKERANoneNoneNoneNone * Institutional sponsor Credit Suisse 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.Grasshopper Giorgio ContiniResigned9 June 2023Pre-season Bruno Berner9 June 2023Winterthur Bruno Berner9 June 2023 Patrick Rahmen8 July 2023Basel Heiko Vogel (interim)End of interim period30 June 2023 Timo Schultz30 June 2023Servette Alain GeigerEnd of Contract30 June 2023 René Weiler30 June 2023Basel Timo SchultzTermination29 September 20239th Heiko Vogel29 September 2023Yverdon-Sport Marco Schällibaum30 October 20238th Alessandro Mangiarratti31 October 2023Basel Heiko Vogel31 October 202312th Fabio Celestini31 October 2023 Lausanne Ouchy Anthony Braizat13 November 202311th Ricardo Dionísio15 November 2023Zürich Bo HenriksenSigned by Mainz 0513 February 20243rd Murat Ural & Umberto Romano (caretakers)13 February 2024Young Boys Raphaël WickyTermination4 March 20241st Joël Magnin (caretaker)4 March 2024Grasshopper Bruno BernerTermination9 April 202411th Marco Schällibaum10 April 2024Zürich Murat Ural & Umberto Romano (caretakers)Dismissal22 April 20246th Ricardo Moniz22 April 2024
Table
Results Regular season
First and Second Rounds Teams played each other twice, once at home and once away.
Third Round Teams played each other once, either home or away.
Matches 34–38 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). The exact matches were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.
Championship Group
Relegation Group
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 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.
The winner of the play-off was whichever team scored most in both games (no away goals rule). 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
Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Chadrac AkoloSt. Gallen 14 Kevin CarlosYverdon-Sport Žan CelarLugano 4 Antonio MarchesanoZürich 12 Joël MonteiroYoung Boys Mamadou Kaly SèneLausanne-Sport 7 Jonathan OkitaZürich 11 8 Chris BediaServette 10 Cedric IttenYoung Boys 10Five players 9
Hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Chadrac AkoloSt. GallenWinterthur4–2 (H) Francis MomohGrasshopperLausanne Ouchy5–2 (H)
Attendances
The BSC Young Boys drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Swiss Super League.
References
External links Official website uefa.com soccerway.com