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.
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.
Teams
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityBaselSt. Jakob-Park37,994ZürichLetzigrund26,104XamaxNeuchâtel Stade de la Maladière 11,997LuganoLuganoStadio Cornaredo6,390LucerneSwissporarena16,490SionStade Tourbillon14,283St. Gallenkybunpark19,456ThunStockhorn Arena10,014BernStade de Suisse31,789ZürichLetzigrund26,104
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBasel Marcel Koller Marek SuchýAdidasNovartisGrasshopper Uli Forte Rúnar Már SigurjónssonPumaFrommLugano Fabio Celestini Jonathan SabbatiniAcerbisAILLuzern René Weiler Claudio LustenbergerAdidasOtto’sSion Murat Yakin Kevin FickentscherMacronCapital Markets ConsultingSt. Gallen Peter Zeidler Silvan HeftiJakoSt.Galler KantonalbankThun Marc Schneider Dennis HedigerNikePanorama Center, Schneider Software AGXamax Michel Decastel Laurent WalthertErimaGroupe E, Banque cantonale neuchâteloiseYoung Boys Gerardo Seoane Steve von BergenNikeObiZürich Ludovic Magnin Victor PálssonNike
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment St. Gallen Boro Kuzmanović End of interim 15 May 2018 Pre-season Peter Zeidler 15 May 2018 Young Boys Adi Hütter Signed by Eintracht Frankfurt 16 May 2018 Gerardo Seoane 1 June 2018 Luzern Gerardo Seoane Signed by Young Boys 1 June 2018 René Weiler 21 June 2018Basel Raphaël Wicky Sacked 26 July 2018 6th Alex Frei (interim) 26 July 2018 Alex Frei End of interim 2 August 2018 8th Marcel Koller 2 August 2018 Sion Maurizio Jacobacci Sacked 14 September 2018 8th Murat Yakin 17 September 2018 Lugano Guillermo Abascal 1 October 2018 6th Fabio Celestini 2 October 2018 Luzern René Weiler 17 February 2019 7th Thomas Häberli 21 February 2019 Grasshopper Thorsten Fink 4 March 2019 10th Tomislav Stipić 6 March 2019 Tomislav Stipić 8 April 2019 10th Uli Forte 8 April 2019
League table
Results
First and second round
Third and fourth round
Relegation play-offs Ninth placed Xamax faced Aarau, the runner-up of 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League.
First leg
Second leg
Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate and will stay in the Swiss Super League.
Attendances
Season Statistics Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Guillaume HoarauYoung Boys182 Dejan SorgicThun15 Jean-Pierre NsameYoung Boys153 Raphaël NuzzoloXamax134 Albian AjetiBasel126 Ricky van WolfswinkelBasel10 Blessing ElekeLuzern Vincent SierroFC St. Gallen Marvin SpielmannThun10 CarlinhosLugano9 Christian FassnachtYoung Boys Benjamin KololliFC Zurich
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainst ResultDate Guillaume HoarauYoung BoysFC St. Gallen 3–1 (A)
Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Kevin MbabuYoung BoysYoung Player of the Season Djibril SowYoung BoysCoach of the Season Gerardo SeoaneYoung Boys\ Lucerne Goal of the Season Guillaume HoarauYoung Boys Team of the YearGoalkeeper Jonas Omlin (Basel)Defence Kevin Mbabu (Basel) Kevin Rüegg (Zurich) Steve von Bergen (Young Boys) Loris Benito (Young Boys)Midfield Benjamin Kololli (Lausanne/Zurich) Sekou Sanogo (Young Boys) Djibril Sow (Young Boys) Miralem Sulejmani (Young Boys)Attack Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys) Dejan Sorgic (Thun)
References
External links Official website