Football in Switzerland
Season2020–21
Men's football
Super LeagueYoung Boys
Challenge LeagueGrasshoppers
Swiss CupLuzern
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueServette Chênois
Swiss CupLuzern
Switzerland

The following is a summary of the 2020–21 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Spain Germany Switzerland Ukraine
1  Spain 6 3 2 1 13 3 +10 11 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 6–0 1–0 4–0
2  Germany 6 2 3 1 10 13 −3 9 1–1 — 3–3 3–1
3   Switzerland 6 1 3 2 9 8 +1 6[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–1 — 3–0[lower-alpha 2]
4  Ukraine 6 2 0 4 5 13 −8 6[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to League B 1–0 1–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
  2. ↑ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.
3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Group 4 Ukraine  2–1   Switzerland Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) Group 4 Switzerland  1–1  Germany Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) Group 4 Spain  1–0   Switzerland Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST
Report Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) Group 4 Germany  3–3   Switzerland Cologne, Germany
20:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Group 4 Switzerland  1–1  Spain Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) Group 4 Switzerland  3–0
Awarded[note 1]		  Ukraine Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 CET Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 8 5 3 0 15 2 +13 18 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup — 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0
2  Italy 8 4 4 0 13 2 +11 16 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 5–0
3  Northern Ireland 8 2 3 3 6 7 −1 9 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
4  Bulgaria 8 2 2 4 6 14 −8 8 1–3 0–2 2–1 — 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 1 0 7 4 19 −15 3 0–4 0–2 1–4 3–1 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Group C Bulgaria  1–3   Switzerland Sofia, Bulgaria
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) Group C Switzerland  1–0  Lithuania St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET
Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

UEFA Euro 2020

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Wales 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[lower-alpha 1]
3   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
12 June 2021 (2021-06-12) Group A Wales  1–1   Switzerland Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,782
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) Group A Italy  3–0   Switzerland Rome, Italy
21:00 CET
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 12,445
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Group A Switzerland  3–1  Turkey Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,138
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
28 June 2021 (2021-06-28) Round of 16 France  3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		   Switzerland Bucharest, Romania
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 22,642
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Penalties

Friendly matches

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07) Switzerland  1–2  Croatia St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Belgium  2–1   Switzerland Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)
31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) Switzerland  3–2  Finland St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
30 May 2021 (2021-05-30) Switzerland  2–1  United States St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 100
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) Switzerland  7–0  Liechtenstein St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nejc Kajtazović (Slovenia)

Women's national team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 8 7 0 1 37 5 +32 21 Final tournament — 4–0 6–1 6–1 6–0
2  Switzerland 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 19 Play-offs 2–1 — 6–0 2–0 4–0
3  Romania 8 4 0 4 13 16 −3 12 0–1 0–2 — 4–1 3–0
4  Croatia 8 2 1 5 7 19 −12 7 1–4 1–1 0–1 — 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 0 0 8 1 32 −31 0 0–9 0–3 0–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) Group H Croatia  1–1  Switzerland Zaprešić, Croatia
17:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) Group H Switzerland  2–1  Belgium Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Group H Romania  0–2  Switzerland Mogoșoaia, Romania
16:30 CET Report
Stadium: Football Centre FRF
Attendance: 0
Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) Group H Belgium  4–0  Switzerland Leuven, Belgium
20:00 CET
Report Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, play-off round

2–2 on aggregate. Switzerland won 3–2 on penalties and qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

Friendly matches

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) France  2–0  Switzerland Metz, France
21:10 CET
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 0
23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) France  2–0  Switzerland Metz, France
21:10 CET
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 0

League season

Men

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 25 9 2 74 29 +45 84 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36 15 8 13 60 53 +7 53 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Servette 36 14 8 14 45 56 −11 50
4 Lugano 36 12 13 11 40 42 −2 49
5 Luzern 36 12 10 14 62 59 +3 46 Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Lausanne-Sport 36 12 10 14 52 55 −3 46
7 St. Gallen 36 11 11 14 45 48 −3 44
8 Zürich 36 11 10 15 53 57 −4 43
9 Sion (O) 36 8 14 14 48 58 −10 38 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Vaduz (R) 36 9 9 18 36 58 −22 36 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League[lower-alpha 2]
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.[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
  2. ↑ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Grasshoppers (C, P) 36 19 8 9 60 43 +17 65 Promotion to 2021–22 Swiss Super League
2 Thun (Q) 36 19 7 10 57 46 +11 64 Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3 Lausanne-Ouchy 36 15 13 8 57 39 +18 58
4 Schaffhausen 36 16 10 10 59 46 +13 58
5 Aarau 36 17 7 12 66 59 +7 58
6 Winterthur 36 11 10 15 50 52 −2 43
7 Wil 36 10 9 17 43 52 −9 39
8 Kriens 36 9 11 16 40 48 −8 38
9 Xamax 36 10 6 20 36 58 −22 36
10 Chiasso (R) 36 9 9 18 35 60 −25 36 Relegation to Swiss Promotion League
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2021. Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup

St. Gallen1–3Luzern
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lionel Tschudi

Women

AXA Women's Super League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Servette Chênois (C, Q) 27 20 5 2 79 15 +64 65 Qualification to UEFA Women's Champions League
2 Zürich (Q) 27 18 4 5 90 35 +55 58
3 YB Frauen 27 13 4 10 63 56 +7 43
4 Basel 27 11 7 9 58 48 +10 40
5 Grasshoppers 27 10 8 9 35 45 −10 38
6 Luzern 27 7 6 14 38 57 −19 27
7 St. Gallen-Staad 27 7 5 15 47 56 −9 26
8 Lugano (R) 27 2 1 24 13 111 −98 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. Source: Women's 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.[4]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

AXA Women's Cup

Luzern2–0Zürich
 Report

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Young Boys Switzerland 3–1 Faroe Islands KÍ
Play-off round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Midtjylland Denmark 3–0 Switzerland Young Boys

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Servette Switzerland 3–0 Slovakia Ružomberok
Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Servette Switzerland 0–1 France Reims
Osijek Croatia 1–2 Switzerland Basel
Third qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
St. Gallen Switzerland 0–1 Greece AEK Athens
Basel Switzerland 3–2 Cyprus Anorthosis
Play-off round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Basel Switzerland 1–3 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1 Italy Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 5–0 0–0
2 Switzerland Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 — 2–1 3–0
3 Romania CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–1 — 0–0
4 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys Switzerland 6–3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4–3 2–0
Round of 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 5–0 Switzerland Young Boys 3–0 2–0

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
St. Pölten Austria 3–0 Switzerland Zürich 2–0 1–0
Servette Chênois Switzerland 2–9 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–4 0–5

Notes

  1. ↑ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Spielregeln 20/21" (PDF) (in German). sfv.ch. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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2019–20		 Seasons in
Swiss football		 Succeeded by
2021–22
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