2018–19 Swiss Super League

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Swiss Super League
Season 2018–19
Champions Young Boys
13th title
Relegated Grasshopper
Champions League Young Boys
Basel
Europa League Lugano
Thun
Luzern
Matches played 90
Goals scored 310 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Guillaume Hoarau (24)[1]
Biggest home win Young Boys 7–1 Basel
Biggest away win Xamax 1–5 Thun
Highest scoring Young Boys 7–1 Basel[2]
Longest winning run Young Boys (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run Young Boys (9 games)
Longest winless run Xamax (6 games)
Longest losing run Sion
Xamax (5 games each)
Highest attendance 31,120
Young Boys 7–1 Basel[2]
(23 September 2018)
Total attendance 593,387[3]
Average attendance 11,868[3]

The 2018–19 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 16th under its current name and format.

A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2017–18 season and the 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League champion Xamax. The season started on the weekend of 21–22 July 2018 and concluded on 25 May 2019 with a break between 17 December 2018 and 2 February 2019.[4]

In May 2018, the Swiss Football League voted in favor of reintroducing the relegation play-offs, starting from the 2018–19 season. At the end of the season, the 9th-placed team of the Swiss Super League will face the 2nd-placed team of the Swiss Challenge League in a two-legged play-off to determine which of the two will compete in the Super League the following season.[5]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2018–19 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 37,994[6]
Grasshopper Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[7]
Xamax Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 11,997[8]
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 6,390[9]
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 16,490[10]
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 14,283[11]
St. Gallen St. Gallen kybunpark 19,456[12]
Thun Thun Stockhorn Arena 10,014[12]
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,789[13]
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104[14]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Switzerland Marcel Koller Czech Republic Marek Suchý Adidas Novartis
Grasshopper Switzerland Uli Forte Iceland Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Puma Fromm
Lugano Switzerland Fabio Celestini Uruguay Jonathan Sabbatini Acerbis AIL
Luzern Switzerland René Weiler Switzerland Claudio Lustenberger Adidas Otto’s
Sion Switzerland Murat Yakin Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher Macron Capital Markets Consulting
St. Gallen Germany Peter Zeidler Switzerland Silvan Hefti Jako St.Galler Kantonalbank
Thun Switzerland Marc Schneider Switzerland Dennis Hediger Nike Panorama Center, Schneider Software AG
Xamax Switzerland Michel Decastel Switzerland Laurent Walthert Erima Groupe E, Banque cantonale neuchâteloise
Young Boys Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Switzerland Steve von Bergen Nike Obi
Zürich Switzerland Ludovic Magnin Iceland Victor Pálsson Nike

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
St. Gallen Croatia Boro Kuzmanović End of interim 15 May 2018 Pre-season Germany Peter Zeidler 15 May 2018[15]
Young Boys Austria Adi Hütter Signed by Eintracht Frankfurt 16 May 2018[16] Switzerland Gerardo Seoane 1 June 2018[17]
Luzern Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Signed by Young Boys 1 June 2018[17] Switzerland René Weiler 21 June 2018[18]
Basel Switzerland Raphaël Wicky Sacked 26 July 2018 6th Switzerland Alex Frei (interim) 26 July 2018[19]
Switzerland Alex Frei End of interim 2 August 2018 8th Switzerland Marcel Koller 2 August 2018[20]
Sion Switzerland Maurizio Jacobacci Sacked 14 September 2018[21] 8th Switzerland Murat Yakin 17 September 2018[22]
Lugano Spain Guillermo Abascal 1 October 2018[23] 6th Switzerland Fabio Celestini 2 October 2018[24]
Luzern Switzerland René Weiler 17 February 2019[25] 7th Switzerland Thomas Häberli 21 February 2019[26]
Grasshopper Germany Thorsten Fink 4 March 2019[27] 10th Croatia Tomislav Stipić 6 March 2019[28]
Croatia Tomislav Stipić 8 April 2019[29] 10th Switzerland Uli Forte 8 April 2019

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 29 4 3 99 36 +63 91 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 11 5 71 46 +25 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 10 16 10 50 49 +1 46 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Thun 36 12 10 14 57 58 −1 46 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 4 18 56 61 −5 46 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 St. Gallen 36 13 7 16 49 58 −9 46
7 Zürich 36 11 11 14 43 52 −9 44
8 Sion 36 12 7 17 50 55 −5 43
9 Xamax (O) 36 9 10 17 44 65 −21 37 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Grasshopper (R) 36 5 10 21 32 71 −39 25 Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[30]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

Relegation play-offs

Ninth placed Xamax faced Aarau, the runner-up of 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League.

First leg

30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
20:00
Xamax 0–4 Aarau
http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/201819/xam-aar-148433/
Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stephan Klossner

Second leg

2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)
17:00
Aarau 0–4 (a.e.t.) Xamax
http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/201819/aar-xam-148434/
  Penalties  
Zverotić Penalty missed
Jäckle Penalty scored
Bürgy Penalty scored
Mišić Penalty scored
Karanović Penalty scored		 4–5 Penalty scored Veloso
Penalty scored Tréand
Penalty scored Corbaz
Penalty scored Ademi
Penalty scored Dié
Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Attendance: 7,526
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate and will stay in the Swiss Super League.

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 {{fb team Young Boys |oc=}} 378,948 31,120 20,238 25,263 0.1497292131252+14.9%†
2 {{fb team Basel |oc=}} 371,656 29,491 20,717 24,777 -0.95815770138056−4.1%†
3 {{fb team St. Gallen |oc=}} 201,326 18,790 9,824 12,583 -0.99754241319169−0.2%†
4 {{fb team Zürich |oc=}} 171,145 16,372 7,769 10,697 -0.99729628939027−0.2%†
5 {{fb team Luzern |oc=}} 148,462 13,626 7,298 9,279 -0.92319172221669−7.6%†
6 {{fb team Sion |oc=}} 134,600 12,800 7,000 8,973 -0.90435396089498−9.5%†
7 {{fb team Grasshopper |oc=}} 96,000 16,400 3,500 6,000 -0.85506626763574−14.4%†
8 {{fb team Thun |oc=}} 87,678 9,021 4,129 5,845 -0.989336492891−1.0%†
9 {{fb team Xamax |oc=}} 92,410 12,000 3,004 5,776 0.66215827338129+66.2%1
10 {{fb team Lugano |oc=}} 49,950 4,364 2,049 3,330 -0.88871096877502−11.1%†
League total 1,732,175 31,120 2,049 11,175 −0.0%†

Updated to games played on 28 April 2019
Source: www.sfl.ch
Notes:
1: Played last season in Challenge League.

Season Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 14 April 2019.[31]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys 18
2 Switzerland Dejan Sorgic Thun 15
Cameroon Jean-Pierre Nsame Young Boys 15
3 Switzerland Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 13
4 Switzerland Albian Ajeti Basel 12
6 Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel Basel 10
Nigeria Blessing Eleke Luzern
Switzerland Vincent Sierro FC St. Gallen
Switzerland Marvin Spielmann Thun
10 Brazil Carlinhos Lugano 9
Switzerland Christian Fassnacht Young Boys
Kosovo Benjamin Kololli FC Zurich

Top assists

As of matches played on 14 April 2019.[32]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 13
2 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani Young Boys 11
3 Austria Thorsten Schick Young Boys 9
Ivory Coast Roger Assalé Young Boys
Switzerland Pascal Schürpf FC Luzern
6 Sweden Alexander Gerndt Lugano 8
Switzerland Albian Ajeti FC Basel
Switzerland Christian Schneuwly FC Luzern
9 Ghana Majeed Ashimeru FC St. Gallen 7
Albania Ermir Lenjani Sion
Switzerland Matteo Tosetti Thun
Switzerland Marvin Spielmann Thun
Switzerland Silvan Widmer FC Basel

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys FC St. Gallen 3–1 (A) 31 March 2019

Awards

Annual awards

Award[33] Winner Club
Player of the Season Switzerland Kevin Mbabu Young Boys
Young Player of the Season Switzerland Djibril Sow Young Boys
Coach of the Season Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Young Boys\ Lucerne
Goal of the Season France Guillaume Hoarau Young Boys
Team of the Year[34]
Goalkeeper Switzerland Jonas Omlin (Basel)
Defence Switzerland Kevin Mbabu (Basel) Switzerland Kevin Rüegg (Zurich) Switzerland Steve von Bergen (Young Boys) Switzerland Loris Benito (Young Boys)
Midfield Switzerland Benjamin Kololli (Lausanne/Zurich) Ivory Coast Sekou Sanogo (Young Boys)

Switzerland Djibril Sow (Young Boys)

 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani (Young Boys)
Attack France Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys)

Switzerland Dejan Sorgic (Thun)

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