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2016–17 Swiss Super League
The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland and the 14th in the current format. Basel were the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.
| Season |
|---|
| 23 July 2016 – 2 June 2017 |
| Basel20th title8th consecutive title |
| Vaduz |
| Basel Young Boys |
| LuganoSionLuzernVaduz |
| 180 |
| 582 (3.23 per match) |
| Seydou Doumbia(20 goals) |
| Basel 6–0 Vaduz(19 November 2016) |
| Vaduz 1–5 Basel(31 July 2016) |
| Young Boys 7–2 Lausanne-Sport(20 August 2016) |
| Basel (9 games) |
| Basel (16 games) |
| Lausanne-Sport (14 games) |
| Lausanne-Sport (7 games) |
| 31,120Young Boys 4–1 Thun(6 August 2016) |
| 1,789,873 |
| 9,944 |
| ← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland and the 14th in the current format. Basel were the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.
A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2015–16 season and the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champion Lausanne-Sport. The season started on the weekend of 23 and 24 July 2016 and ended on 2 June 2017.
On 28 April 2017, Basel won their 20th league title following their 2–1 away win against Luzern, with six games to spare. It is also their 8th consecutive title.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 38,512 |
| Grasshopper | Zürich | Letzigrund | 23,605 |
| Lausanne | Lausanne | Pontaise | 15,850 |
| Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 10,500 |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 17,500 |
| Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 16,500 |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | kybunpark | 19,694 |
| Thun | Thun | Stockhorn Arena | 10,000 |
| Vaduz | Vaduz | Rheinpark Stadion | 7,584 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Stade de Suisse | 31,783 |
- This will be the first season since 1989–90 that there is only one club from Zürich to play in the first tier, because FC Zürich finished in last position and were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basel | Urs Fischer | Matías Delgado | Adidas | Novartis |
| Grasshopper | Carlos Bernegger | Munas Dabbur1 | Puma | Ducksch&Anliker/Priora/Kinnarps |
| Lausanne-Sport | Fabio Celestini | Andrea Maccoppi2 | Adidas | BCV |
| Lugano | Paolo Tramezzani | Antoine Rey | Acerbis | AIL SA |
| Luzern | Markus Babbel | Claudio Lustenberger | Adidas | Otto's |
| Sion | Sébastien Fournier | Elsad Zverotić | Erreà | AFX Group |
| St. Gallen | Giorgio Contini | Martin Angha | Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank |
| Thun | Mauro Lustrinelli | Dennis Hediger | Nike | Panorama Center/Schneider Software |
| Vaduz | Roland Vrabec | Franz Burgmeier | Adidas | Liechtensteinische Landesbank |
| Young Boys | Adi Hütter | Steve von Bergen | Nike | Honda |
- 1Dabbur, who was on loan from Red Bull Salzburg, was called back by his parent club before he could play the last game of the season with Grasshopper.
- 2The manager decided to give the captaincy to Maccoppi near the end of the season. Before that, Olivier Custodio was the captain.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lugano | Zdenek Zeman | End of contract | 4 June 2016 | Pre-season | Andrea Manzo (interim) | 17 June 2016 |
| Sion | Didier Tholot | Mutual consent | 12 August 2016 | 10th | Peter Zeidler | 22 August 2016 |
| Lugano | Andrea Manzo | Sacked | 19 December 2016 | 8th | Paolo Tramezzani | 20 December 2016 |
| Vaduz | Giorgio Contini | Mutual consent | 7 March 2017 | 10th | Roland Vrabec | 22 March 2017 |
| Grasshopper | Pierluigi Tami | Sacked | 12 March 2017 | 8th | Carlos Bernegger | 12 March 2017 |
| Thun | Jeff Saibene | Signed by Arminia Bielefeld | 19 March 2017 | 7th | Mauro Lustrinelli (interim) | 19 March 2017 |
| Sion | Peter Zeidler | "Rested" pending further decision by the board | 25 April 2017 | 3rd | Sébastien Fournier | 25 April 2017 |
| Mutual consent | 30 May 2017 | 4th | ||||
| St. Gallen | Josef Zinnbauer | Sacked | 4 May 2017 | 8th | Giorgio Contini | 4 May 2017 |
| 2017–18 Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2017–18 Europa League third qualifying round |
| 2017–18 Europa League second qualifying round |
| Relegation to 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seydou Doumbia | Basel | 20 |
| 2 | Guillaume Hoarau | Young Boys | 18 |
| 3 | Ezgjan Alioski | Lugano | 16 |
| 4 | Dejan Sorgić | Thun | 15 |
| Chadrac Akolo | Sion | ||
| 6 | Marco Schneuwly | Luzern | 14 |
| Caio | Grasshopper | ||
| 8 | Marc Janko | Basel | 13 |
| 9 | Albian Ajeti | St. Gallen | 10 |
| Matías Delgado | Basel | ||
| Mohamed Elyounoussi | Basel | ||
| Christian Fassnacht | Thun |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Mathys | Vaduz | Lugano | 5–1 (H) | 27 November 2016 |
| Mohamed Elyounoussi | Basel | Lugano | 4–0 (H) | 4 February 2017 |
| Nassim Ben Khalifa | Lausanne-Sport | Luzern | 4–4 (H) | 5 February 2017 |
| Nassim Ben Khalifa | Lausanne-Sport | Thun | 4–2 (A) | 8 April 2017 |
| Ezgjan Alioski | Lugano | Sion | 4–2 (H) | 9 April 2017 |
| Dejan Sorgić | Thun | Basel | 3–3 (A) | 14 May 2017 |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season | Guillaume Hoarau | Young Boys |
| Young Player of the Season | Denis Zakaria | Young Boys |
| Coach of the Season | Fabio Celestini | Lausanne-Sport |
| Goal of the Season | Carlitos | Sion |
| Team of the Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Vaclik (Basel) | |||
| Defence | Michael Lang (Basel) | Marek Suchý (Basel) | Reto Ziegler (Sion) | Jan Lecjaks (Young Boys) |
| Midfield | Ezgjan Alioski (Lugano) | Denis Zakaria (Young Boys) | Matías Emilio Delgado (Basel) | Carlitos (Sion) |
| Attack | Marco Schneuwly (Luzern) | Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys) |
| Team | Total | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Basel | 476,705 | 26,484 |
| Young Boys | 325,316 | 18,073 |
| St. Gallen | 225,592 | 12,533 |
| Luzern | 196,557 | 10,920 |
| Sion | 165,100 | 9,172 |
| Thun | 97,288 | 5,405 |
| Grasshopper | 90,200 | 5,011 |
| Lausanne-Sport | 80,722 | 4,485 |
| Vaduz | 73,549 | 4,086 |
| Lugano | 72,498 | 4,027 |
| League total | 1,803,518 | 10,020 |
- Official website (in German)
- Official website (in French)
- Swiss Super League at uefa.com
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