# 2021–22 Swiss Women's Super League

The 2021–22 Swiss Women's Super League (referred to as the Axa Women's Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 52nd season of top-tier competitive women's football in Switzerland.

## Format

In the regular season, ten teams (eight teams from the previous season and two teams from the 2020-21 Nationalliga B) play a round-robin league, with home and away games, for a total of 18 games each. At the end of the first phase, the eight top teams advance to the playoffs. The bottom two teams are joined by the top two teams of the Nationalliga B in the relegation playoff.
The winner of the playoffs is crowned Swiss Champion. The champion and the winner of the regular season qualify to the UEFA Champions League.
The top two teams of the Relegation Playoff are qualified for the 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League, the bottom two are relegated to 2022-23 Nationalliga B.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| FC Aarau Frauen | Aarau | Sportanlage Schachen |
| FC Basel 1893 | Basel | Sportanlagen St. Jakob |
| Grasshopper Club Zürich | Niederhasli | GC/Campus |
| FC Lugano Femminile | Lugano | Stadio Comunale Cornaredo |
| FC Luzern | Lucerne | Sportanlagen Allmend |
| Servette FC Chênois Féminin | Grand-Lancy | Stade de Marignac |
| FC St. Gallen-Staad | St. Gallen | Stadion Espenmoos |
| FC Yverdon Féminin | Yverdon | Stade Municipal |
| BSC YB Frauen | Bern | Wyler |
| FC Zürich Frauen | Zürich | Heerenschürli |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SFC | ZUR | GCZ | BAS | STG | LUZ | YBF | AAR | YVE | LUG |
| 1 | Servette FC Chênois Féminin (Q) | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 9 | +35 | 46 | UWCL Round 1 and Playoffs | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | FC Zürich Frauen | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 13 | +52 | 44 | Advance to Playoffs | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 37 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | FC Basel 1893 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 35 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–2 | 3–3 | 7–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | FC St. Gallen-Staad | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 35 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 6 | FC Luzern | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| 7 | BSC YB Frauen | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 51 | −30 | 19 | Advance to Playoffs | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 8 | FC Aarau Frauen | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 36 | −18 | 15 | Advance to Playoffs | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 9 | FC Yverdon Féminin | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 63 | −53 | 6 | Relegation Playoff | 1–4 | 1–8 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| 10 | FC Lugano Femminile (R) | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 54 | −51 | 2 | Relegation to 2022-23 Nationalliga B | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
* ↑ FC Lugano Femminile withdrew from the Axa Women's Super League and are relegated directly, without going through the relegation playoff.

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Servette | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| FC Aarau | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| FC Aarau | 0 | 0 | 0 | Servette (a.e.t.) (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) |
| | | | | Basel | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) |
| Basel | 3 | 4 | 7 | Basel | 2 | 0 | 2 (3) |
| St. Gallen-Staad | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| St. Gallen-Staad | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Servette | Servette | 2 | (4) |
| | | | | | | | | Zürich (a.e.t.) (p) | Zürich (a.e.t.) (p) | 2 | (5) |
| Grasshopper | 5 | 3 | 8 | | | | | Zürich (a.e.t.) (p) | Zürich (a.e.t.) (p) | 2 | (5) |
| Luzern | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Luzern | 2 | 3 | 5 | Grasshopper | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Zürich | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Zürich | 2 | 7 | 9 | Zürich | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Young Boys | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |

### Results
#### Quarter-finals

Servette FC Chênois Féminin won 5–0 on aggregate.
FC Basel 1893 won 7–1 on aggregate.
Grasshopper Club Zürich won 8–5 on aggregate.
FC Zürich Frauen won 9–1 on aggregate.

#### Semi-finals

2–2 on aggregate. Servette FC Chênois Féminin won 4–3 on penalties.
FC Zürich Frauen won 4–0 on aggregate.

#### Final
## Placement Games

Eliminated teams of the playoff quarter finals play placement games to determine placement between ranks 5–8.
FC Luzern won 8–2 on aggregate.
FC St. Gallen-Staad won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Relegation playoff

As FC Lugano Femminile withdrew from the Axa Women's Super League and are relegated directly, only the 9th place team of the Women's Super League will play against the top two teams of the Nationalliga B. The three teams will play a round-robin playoff with home and away games. The first and second ranked teams will be promoted or remain in the AWSL, while the last placed will be relegated.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | YVE | RAP | TBO |
| 1 | FC Yverdon Féminin (P) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | FC Rapperswil-Jona (P) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League | 2–0 | | 1–4 |
| 3 | Frauenteam Thun Berner-Oberland (R) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | 2022-23 Nationalliga B | 1–2 | 1–5 | |