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.
Teams
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityBaselSt. Jakob-Park38,512ZürichLetzigrund23,605LausanneLausanne Pontaise 15,850LuganoLuganoStadio Cornaredo10,500LucerneSwissporarena17,500SionStade Tourbillon16,500St. Gallenkybunpark19,694ThunStockhorn Arena10,000 VaduzRheinpark Stadion7,584BernStade de Suisse31,783
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.
Personnel Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBasel Urs Fischer Matías DelgadoAdidasNovartisGrasshopper Carlos Bernegger Munas Dabbur1PumaDucksch&Anliker/Priora/KinnarpsLausanne-Sport Fabio Celestini Andrea Maccoppi2AdidasBCVLugano Paolo Tramezzani Antoine ReyAcerbisAIL SALuzern Markus Babbel Claudio LustenbergerAdidasOtto'sSion Sébastien Fournier Elsad ZverotićErreàAFX GroupSt. Gallen Giorgio Contini Martin AnghaJakoSt.Galler KantonalbankThun Mauro Lustrinelli Dennis HedigerNikePanorama Center/Schneider Software Vaduz Roland Vrabec Franz BurgmeierAdidasLiechtensteinische LandesbankYoung Boys Adi Hütter Steve von BergenNikeHonda 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.
Managerial changes 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 2017Sion 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
League table
Positions by round
Results
First and Second Round
Third and Fourth Round
Season statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Seydou DoumbiaBasel202 Guillaume HoarauYoung Boys183 Ezgjan AlioskiLugano164 Dejan SorgićThun15 Chadrac AkoloSion6 Marco SchneuwlyLuzern14 CaioGrasshopper8 Marc JankoBasel139 Albian AjetiSt. Gallen10 Matías DelgadoBasel Mohamed ElyounoussiBasel Christian FassnachtThun
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainst ResultDate Marco MathysVaduzLugano 5–1 (H) Mohamed ElyounoussiBaselLugano 4–0 (H) Nassim Ben KhalifaLausanne-SportLuzern 4–4 (H) Nassim Ben KhalifaLausanne-SportThun 4–2 (A) Ezgjan AlioskiLuganoSion 4–2 (H) Dejan SorgićThunBasel 3–3 (A) (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Guillaume HoarauYoung Boys«Mein Spieler» Fans' Player of the Year Guillaume HoarauYoung BoysYoung Player of the Season Denis ZakariaYoung BoysCoach of the Season Fabio CelestiniLausanne-SportGoal of the Season CarlitosSion Team of the YearGoalkeeper 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)
Attendance
TeamTotalAverageBasel476,70526,484Young Boys325,31618,073St. Gallen225,59212,533Luzern196,55710,920Sion165,1009,172Thun97,2885,405Grasshopper90,2005,011Lausanne-Sport80,7224,485Vaduz73,5494,086Lugano72,4984,027League total1,803,51810,020
References
External links
Swiss Super League at uefa.com