# 2023–24 Swiss Super League

The 2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 21st under its current name. It was the first season under its current name featuring twelve teams (increased from ten in previous season) and a new format. Young Boys were the defending champions.

## Overview
### Format

Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003–04 season, the league had been running under the same format and the same number of teams. This season was thus the first season of the Super League under a new format. It also returned to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.
The season was divided into two phases:
* In the first phase all twelve teams played each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays.
* Following that, the league was split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group.
** Each team played every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
** The championship group played for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships.
** The relegation group played against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place).
* Points won in the first phase were carried over to the second phase.

### Schedule

The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022. The season began on 22 July 2023 and concluded on 25 May 2024. The league paused for the winter break after matchday 18 on 17 December 2023, and resumed on 20 January 2024. The first phase concluded with matchday 33 on 21 April 2024, and the second phase started two weeks later, on 4 May 2024. The final matchday of the relegation group took place on 21 May 2024, while the championship group held its last matches on 25 May 2024. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were played on 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.
The fixtures of the first 22 rounds were drawn and published on 21 June 2023, together with the match times for the first eleven rounds. Match times of rounds 12–22 were published on 8 September 2023. Fixtures and match times for the final eleven round of the regular season were published on 20 December 2023. The matches of the final matchday of the regular season were played concurrently on 21 April 2024.
Following the 32nd matchday, the participants of the Championship and Relegation Groups were decided. As a result, the fixtures for the final phase of the season were announced on 18 April 2024, before the final matchday of the regular season.

## Teams
### Changes

Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the previous season and two teams were directly promoted from the Challenge League.
Challenge League champions Yverdon-Sport FC, and runners-up FC Lausanne-Sport achieved direct promotion. Stade Lausanne Ouchy beat FC Sion in the promotion/relegation play-off to replace them in the top league of Switzerland. Yverdon Sport had most recently played in the top flight in the 2005–06 season, while Lausanne Sport returned to the Super League after only one season in the second tier being relegated in the 2021–22 season and Lausanne Ouchy play in Super League for the first time in history from this season.

### Stadia and locations

| FC Basel | Grasshopper Club Zürich | FC Zürich | FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| St. Jakob Park | Letzigrund | Letzigrund | Stade Olympique | Stade de la Tuilière |
| Basel | Zürich | Zürich | Lausanne | Lausanne |
| Capacity: 37,994 | Capacity: 26,103 | Capacity: 26,103 | Capacity: 15,850 | Capacity: 12,544 |
| FC Lugano | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | FC Luzern |
| Stadio Cornaredo | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | Swissporarena |
| Lugano | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | Luzern |
| Capacity: 6,390 | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | BaselGrasshopperLausanne OuchyLausanne SportLuganoLuzernServetteSt. GallenWinterthurYoung BoysYverdon SportZürichclass=notpageimage| Location of the 2023–24 Swiss Super League teams | Capacity: 16,490 |
| Servette FC | FC St. Gallen | FC Winterthur | BSC Young Boys | Yverdon-Sport FC |
| Stade de Genève | Kybunpark | Stadion Schützenwiese | Stadion Wankdorf | Stade Municipal |
| Geneva | St. Gallen | Winterthur | Bern | Yverdon-les-Bains |
| Capacity: 28,833 | Capacity: 19,455 | Capacity: 8,400 | Capacity: 31,120 | Capacity: 6,600 |
* ↑ Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy's home stadium Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch in Lausanne can not accommodate SLO for the Super League. SLO will play at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.
* ↑ Yverdon-Sport played their home games at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel until the end of September 2023, when changes to make the Stade Municipal Super League ready are completed. They return to their regular home ground on 24 September 2023.
| No. of teams | Cantons | Team(s) |
| 3 |
| 3 | Vaud | Lausanne-Sport, Lausanne Ouchy, Yverdon |
| 3 | Zürich | Zürich, Grasshopper, FC Winterthur |
| 1 |
| 1 | Bern | Young Boys |
| 1 | Basel-Stadt | Basel |
| 1 | Lucerne | Luzern |
| 1 | St. Gallen | St. Gallen |
| 1 | Geneva | Servette |
| 1 | Ticino | Lugano |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front)* | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor | Socks sponsor |
| Basel | Reto Baumgartner | Fabio Celestini | Fabian Frei | Macron | Novartis | EuroAirport. | Bank CIC, hoffmann automobile | tectake, Feldschlösschen | None |
| Grasshopper | Stacy Johns | Marco Schällibaum | Amir Abrashi | Capelli Sport | Cabatech (in cup matches) | None | None | Feedy's | None |
| Lausanne Ouchy | Vartan Sirmakes | Ricardo Dionísio | Lavdrim Hajrulahu | 14fourteen | gerofinance | Berney Associés | None | Cronos Finance, Roduit | None |
| Lausanne Sport | Leen Heemskerk | Ludovic Magnin | Olivier Custodio | Le Coq Sportif | Banque cantonale vaudoise | Ineos | Enzonet | None | None |
| Lugano | Philippe Regazzoni | Mattia Croci-Torti | Jonathan Sabbatini | Erreà | AIL/Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in UEFA matches) | Lugano’s Plan ₿ (in cup matches) | HRS Real Estate/AIL (in UEFA matches) | GTL Impresa Costruzioni | None |
| Luzern | Stefan Wolf | Mario Frick | Max Meyer | Craft | Otto’s | Luzerner Kantonalbank | mycasino | Maréchaux Elektro | Lehner Versand |
| Servette | Didier Fischer | René Weiler | Jérémy Frick | Adidas | MSC Cruises | None | None | Berney Associés | None |
| St. Gallen | Matthias Hüppi | Peter Zeidler | Lukas Görtler | Puma | St.Galler Kantonalbank | Mettler2Invest | Konzept Fenster & Türen, Schützengarten | Malbuner | None |
| Winterthur | Mike Keller | Patrick Rahmen | Granit Lekaj | gpard | Keller Druckmesstechnik, Init7 | Schiess Reinigungen | Ruckstuhl/Condecta (in cup matches), Mr. Green Recycling | Samen-Mauser, Göldi AG | None |
| Young Boys | Hanspeter Kienberger | Joël Magnin | Fabian Lustenberger | Nike | Plus500 | KPT Krankenkasse | Weiss+Appetito | AMAG, TimeTool/Komit (in cup matches) | None |
| Yverdon-Sport | Jeffrey Saunders | Alessandro Mangiarratti | William Le Pogam | Macron | MAGENTA EKO (H) | None | None | None | None |
| Zürich | Ancillo Canepa | Ricardo Moniz | Yanick Brecher | Nike | NOKERA | None | None | None | None |
* Institutional sponsor Credit Suisse features on the front of the shirt for all teams participating in the Super League.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Grasshopper | Giorgio Contini | Resigned | 9 June 2023 | Pre-season | Bruno Berner | 9 June 2023 |
| Winterthur | Bruno Berner | Resigned | 9 June 2023 | Pre-season | Patrick Rahmen | 8 July 2023 |
| Basel | Heiko Vogel (interim) | End of interim period | 30 June 2023 | Pre-season | Timo Schultz | 30 June 2023 |
| Servette | Alain Geiger | End of Contract | 30 June 2023 | Pre-season | René Weiler | 30 June 2023 |
| Basel | Timo Schultz | Termination | 29 September 2023 | 9th | Heiko Vogel | 29 September 2023 |
| Yverdon-Sport | Marco Schällibaum | Termination | 30 October 2023 | 8th | Alessandro Mangiarratti | 31 October 2023 |
| Basel | Heiko Vogel | Termination | 31 October 2023 | 12th | Fabio Celestini | 31 October 2023 |
| Lausanne Ouchy | Anthony Braizat | Termination | 13 November 2023 | 11th | Ricardo Dionísio | 15 November 2023 |
| Zürich | Bo Henriksen | Signed by Mainz 05 | 13 February 2024 | 3rd | Murat Ural & Umberto Romano (caretakers) | 13 February 2024 |
| Young Boys | Raphaël Wicky | Termination | 4 March 2024 | 1st | Joël Magnin (caretaker) | 4 March 2024 |
| Grasshopper | Bruno Berner | Termination | 9 April 2024 | 11th | Marco Schällibaum | 10 April 2024 |
| Zürich | Murat Ural & Umberto Romano (caretakers) | Dismissal | 22 April 2024 | 6th | Ricardo Moniz | 22 April 2024 |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Lugano | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zürich | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Winterthur | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 49 | |
| 7 | Luzern | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Basel | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 49 | |
| 9 | Yverdon-Sport | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 47 | |
| 10 | Lausanne-Sport | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 45 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper (O) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 38 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Lausanne Ouchy (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 29 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

## Results
### Matches 34–38

After 33 matches, the league split into two groups of six teams. The top six were grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

## Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off was played in a two-legged game between the eleventh placed team of the Super League (5th of the relegation group) and the second placed team of the Challenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.
The winner of the play-off was whichever team scored most in both games (no away goals rule). In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) were added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams were still tied.

### Second leg

Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Chadrac Akolo | St. Gallen | 14 |
| 1 | Kevin Carlos | Yverdon-Sport | 14 |
| 1 | Žan Celar | Lugano | 14 |
| 4 | Antonio Marchesano | Zürich | 12 |
| 4 | Joël Monteiro | Young Boys | 12 |
| 4 | Mamadou Kaly Sène | Lausanne-Sport | 12 |
| 7 | Jonathan Okita | Zürich | 11 |
| 8 | Chris Bedia | Servette | 10 |
| 8 | Cedric Itten | Young Boys | 10 |
| 10 | Five players | Five players | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Chadrac Akolo | St. Gallen | Winterthur | 4–2 (H) | 11 November 2023 |
| Francis Momoh | Grasshopper | Lausanne Ouchy | 5–2 (H) | 12 November 2023 |

## Attendances

The BSC Young Boys drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Swiss Super League.
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance |
| 1 | BSC Young Boys | 19 | 28,878 |
| 2 | FC Basel | 19 | 21,990 |
| 3 | FC St. Gallen | 19 | 17,753 |
| 4 | FC Zürich | 19 | 15,710 |
| 5 | FC Luzern | 19 | 12,810 |
| 6 | FC Winterthur | 19 | 8,170 |
| 7 | Servette FC | 19 | 7,810 |
| 8 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 19 | 6,967 |
| 9 | FC Lausanne-Sport | 19 | 6,085 |
| 10 | FC Lugano | 19 | 3,390 |
| 11 | Yverdon-Sport | 19 | 2,800 |
| 12 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 19 | 2,519 |