# 2020–21 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2020–21 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

## National teams
### Men's national team
#### 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
##### 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Spain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 11 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Ukraine (R) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 6 | Relegation to League B | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
* ↑ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

#### 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Switzerland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 | Advance to play-offs | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 8 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — |

#### UEFA Euro 2020

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head result (Wales 1–1 Switzerland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

#### Friendly matches
### Women's national team
#### UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
##### UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Belgium | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 21 | Final tournament | — | 4–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 19 | Play-offs | 2–1 | — | 6–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Romania | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 12 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Croatia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 7 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 32 | −31 | 0 | | 0–9 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — |

##### UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying, play-off round

2–2 on aggregate. Switzerland won 3–2 on penalties and qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

#### Friendly matches
## League season
### Men
#### Raiffeisen Super League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 36 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 49 | |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 44 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sion (O) | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 38 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Vaduz (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League |
* ↑ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
* ↑ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

#### Brack.ch Challenge League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Grasshoppers (C, P) | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 65 | Promotion to 2021–22 Swiss Super League |
| 2 | Thun (Q) | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 64 | Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 3 | Lausanne-Ouchy | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 58 | |
| 4 | Schaffhausen | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 58 | |
| 5 | Aarau | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 58 | |
| 6 | Winterthur | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 43 | |
| 7 | Wil | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 39 | |
| 8 | Kriens | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 38 | |
| 9 | Xamax | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 36 | |
| 10 | Chiasso (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 36 | Relegation to Swiss Promotion League |

#### Swiss Cup
### Women
#### AXA Women's Super League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Servette Chênois (C, Q) | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 79 | 15 | +64 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Women's Champions League |
| 2 | Zürich (Q) | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 90 | 35 | +55 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Women's Champions League |
| 3 | YB Frauen | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 43 | |
| 4 | Basel | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 40 | |
| 5 | Grasshoppers | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 38 | |
| 6 | Luzern | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 27 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen-Staad | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 26 | |
| 8 | Lugano (R) | 27 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 111 | −98 | 7 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

#### AXA Women's Cup
## Swiss clubs in Europe
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying phase and play-off round
##### Second qualifying round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Young Boys | 3–1 | KÍ |

##### Play-off round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Midtjylland | 3–0 | Young Boys |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase and play-off round
##### First qualifying round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Servette | 3–0 | Ružomberok |

##### Second qualifying round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Servette | 0–1 | Reims |
| Osijek | 1–2 | Basel |

##### Third qualifying round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| St. Gallen | 0–1 | AEK Athens |
| Basel | 3–2 | Anorthosis |

##### Play-off round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Basel | 1–3 | CSKA Sofia |

#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ROM | YB | CLJ | CSS |
| 1 | Roma | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Young Boys | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | CSKA Sofia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Young Boys | 6–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–3 | 2–0 |

##### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ajax | 5–0 | Young Boys | 3–0 | 2–0 |

### UEFA Women's Champions League
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| St. Pölten | 3–0 | Zürich | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Servette Chênois | 2–9 | Atlético Madrid | 2–4 | 0–5 |