# 2021–22 Swiss Super League

The 2021–22 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 125th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 19th under its current name and format.
A total of ten teams competed in the league: the eight best teams from the 2020–21 season, the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League champions Grasshopper Club Zürich and relegation play-off winners Sion. Young Boys were the four-time defending champions.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Basel | Basel | St. Jakob-Park | 37,994 |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104 |
| Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade de la Tuilière | 12,544 |
| Lugano | Lugano | Stadio Cornaredo | 6,390 |
| Luzern | Lucerne | Swissporarena | 16,490 |
| Servette | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 28,833 |
| Sion | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 14,283 |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Kybunpark | 19,456 |
| Young Boys | Bern | Stadion Wankdorf | 31,789 |
| Zürich | Zürich | Letzigrund | 26,104 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Basel | Guille Abascal | Valentin Stocker | Adidas | Novartis |
| Grasshoppers | Giorgio Contini | Amir Abrashi | Adidas | none |
| Lausanne-Sport | Alain Casanova | Stjepan Kukuruzović | Le Coq Sportif | BCV |
| Lugano | Mattia Croci-Torti | Jonathan Sabbatini | Acerbis | AIL Swiss4Win.ch |
| Luzern | Mario Frick | Dejan Sorgić | Craft | Otto's |
| Servette | Alain Geiger | Anthony Sauthier | Puma | La Praille M3 Groupe |
| Sion | Paolo Tramezzani | Serey Dié | Macron | Alloboissons A. Repond SA |
| St. Gallen | Peter Zeidler | Lukas Görtler | Jako | St.Galler Kantonalbank |
| Young Boys | Matteo Vanetta | Fabian Lustenberger | Nike | Plus500 |
| Zürich | André Breitenreiter | Yanick Brecher | Nike | none |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| FC Lugano | Abel Braga | Termination | 1 September 2021 | 7 | Mattia Croci-Torti | 2 September 2021 |
| FC Sion | Marco Walker | Termination | 8 October 2021 | 7 | Paolo Tramezzani | 9 October 2021 |
| FC Luzern | Fabio Celestini | Termination | 22 November 2021 | 10 | Sandro Chieffo (interim) | 22 November 2022 |
| FC Luzern | Sandro Chieffo | End of interim period | 20 December 2021 | 10 | Mario Frick | 20 December 2021 |
| FC Lausanne-Sport | Ilija Borenovic | Termination | 2 February 2022 | 9 | Alain Casanova | 3 February 2022 |
| FC Basel | Patrick Rahmen | Termination | 21 February 2022 | 3 | Guille Abascal (interim) | 21 February 2022 |
| BSC Young Boys | David Wagner | Termination | 7 March 2022 | 2 | Matteo Vanetta (interim) | 7 March 2022 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zürich (C) | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 76 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 62 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Young Boys | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 60 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 54 | Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 50 | |
| 6 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 44 | |
| 7 | Sion | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 41 | |
| 8 | Grasshopper | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Luzern (O) | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 40 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Lausanne-Sport (R) | 36 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 22 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
* ↑ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

## Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the Super League played the runners-up of the Challenge League. The games were held on 26 and 29 May 2022, respectively. The runner-up of the Challenge League hosted the first game.
FC Schaffhausen was confirmed as the runner-up of the Challenge League on 21 May 2022. On 22 May, FC Luzern was confirmed as their opponent.

### Second leg

FC Luzern wins 4–2 on aggregate.

## Statistics
### Players

* Player in italic is no longer part of the Super League.

#### Notes

* ↑ Joined Fiorentina on 29 January 2022.
* ↑ Loaned to Spartak Moscow on 31 January 2022.