2019–20 in Swiss football

Gaurav Dhakal
Football in Switzerland
Season2019–20
Men's football
Super LeagueYoung Boys
Challenge LeagueLausanne-Sport
Promotion Leagueabandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
Swiss CupYoung Boys
Women's football
Nationalliga Aabandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
Swiss Cupabandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
← 2018–19 Switzerland 2020–21 →

The following is a summary of the 2019–20 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Switzerland Denmark Republic of Ireland Georgia (country) Gibraltar
1   Switzerland 8 5 2 1 19 6 +13 17 Qualify for final tournament — 3–3 2–0 1–0 4–0
2  Denmark 8 4 4 0 23 6 +17 16 1–0 — 1–1 5–1 6–0
3  Republic of Ireland 8 3 4 1 7 5 +2 13 Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 2–0
4  Georgia 8 2 2 4 7 11 −4 8 0–2 0–0 0–0 — 3–0
5  Gibraltar 8 0 0 8 3 31 −28 0 1–6 0–6 0–1 2–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Republic of Ireland  v   Switzerland
5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) Group D Republic of Ireland  1–1   Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CEST Report
Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 44,111
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Switzerland  v  Gibraltar
8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) Group D Switzerland  4–0  Gibraltar Sion, Switzerland
18:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
Attendance: 8,318
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
Denmark  v   Switzerland
12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) Group D Denmark  1–0   Switzerland Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 CEST
Report Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 35,964
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Switzerland  v  Republic of Ireland
15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) Group D Switzerland  1–0  Republic of Ireland Lancy, Switzerland
20:45 CEST
Report Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 24,766
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Switzerland  v  Georgia
15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) Group D Switzerland  1–0  Georgia St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET
Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 16,400
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Gibraltar  v   Switzerland
18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) Group D Gibraltar  1–6   Switzerland Gibraltar, Gibraltar
20:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 2,079
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Women's national team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Pos Team
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 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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Switzerland  v  Lithuania
3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group H Switzerland  4–0  Lithuania Schaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET Report Stadium: LIPO Park
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Lithuania  v  Switzerland
4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) Group H Lithuania  0–3  Switzerland Šiauliai, Lithuania
17:30 CET Report
Stadium: Savivaldybė Stadium
Attendance: 237
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Switzerland  v  Croatia
8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group H Switzerland  2–0  Croatia Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET Report Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 4,512
Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)
Switzerland  v  Romania
12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group H Switzerland  6–0  Romania Schaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET
Report Stadium: LIPO Park
Attendance: 3,741
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Friendly matches

Malta  v  Switzerland
14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) Malta  2–2  Switzerland Ta' Qali, Malta
18:30 CET Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Switzerland  v  Austria
6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) Switzerland  1–1  Austria Marbella, Spain
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal
Austria  v  Switzerland
10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) Austria  1–2  Switzerland Marbella, Spain
18:00 CET Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal

Domestic season

Super League

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 23 7 6 80 41 +39 76 Qualificaition for Champions League second qualifying round
2 St. Gallen 36 21 5 10 79 56 +23 68 Qualificaition for Europa League third qualifying round
3 Basel 36 18 8 10 74 38 +36 62 Qualificaition for Europa League second qualifying round
4 Servette 36 12 13 11 57 48 +9 49 Qualificaition for Europa League first qualifying round
5 Lugano 36 11 14 11 46 46 0 47
6 Luzern 36 13 7 16 42 50 −8 46
7 Zürich 36 12 7 17 45 72 −27 43
8 Sion 36 10 9 17 40 55 −15 39
9 Thun (R) 36 10 8 18 45 67 −22 38 Qualificaition for relegation play-offs
10 Neuchâtel Xamax (R) 36 5 12 19 33 68 −35 27 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Challenge League

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lausanne (C, P) 36 22 7 7 84 36 +48 73 Promotion to 2020–21 Swiss Super League
2 Vaduz[a] (O, P) 36 18 10 8 78 53 +25 64 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and for the promotion/relegation play-offs
3 Grasshopper 36 17 10 9 69 52 +17 61
4 Winterthur 36 15 10 11 56 58 −2 55
5 Kriens 36 16 6 14 58 59 −1 54
6 Wil 36 14 7 15 60 61 −1 49
7 Lausanne-Ouchy 36 11 9 16 47 64 −17 42
8 Aarau 36 10 11 15 65 80 −15 41
9 Schaffhausen 36 6 14 16 34 62 −28 32
10 Chiasso 36 5 8 23 44 70 −26 23
Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Promotion League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Yverdon-Sport 17 11 5 1 45 15 +30 38 No promotion
2 Rapperswil-Jona 17 9 4 4 31 24 +7 31
3 Stade Nyonnais 17 9 3 5 37 21 +16 30
4 Étoile Carouge FC 17 8 6 3 35 22 +13 30
5 Black Stars 17 8 5 4 26 19 +7 29
6 Bellinzona 17 8 3 6 33 24 +9 27
7 Brühl 17 8 2 7 31 33 −2 26
8 Basel U-21 17 5 7 5 21 18 +3 22
9 Breitenrain 17 6 4 7 32 33 −1 22
10 Sion U-21 17 6 2 9 21 25 −4 20
11 Köniz 17 6 2 9 22 38 −16 20
12 SC Cham 17 4 7 6 22 30 −8 19
13 Zürich U-21 17 4 6 7 25 31 −6 18
14 Bavois 17 3 7 7 21 35 −14 16
15 YF Juventus 17 3 6 8 24 35 −11 15 No relegation
16 Münsingen 17 2 3 12 19 42 −23 9
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

NB: the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic; there were no promotions or relegations.

Swiss Cup

Final
Basel1–2[3]Young Boys
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
GK Serbia Đorđe Nikolić
DF Switzerland Silvan Widmer
DF Switzerland Jasper van der Werff
DF Paraguay Omar Alderete
DF Italy Raoul Petretta
MF Switzerland Fabian Frei
MF Switzerland Yannick Marchand downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF Switzerland Valentin Stocker (c) downward-facing red arrow 86'
MF Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel
ST Angola Afimico Pululu
ST Germany Kemal Ademi
Substitutes:
DF Switzerland Eray Cömert upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF Switzerland Samuele Campo upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Switzerland Marcel Koller
GK Switzerland David von Ballmoos
DF France Jordan Lefort
DF Guinea Mohamed Ali Camara
DF Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger (c) downward-facing red arrow 49'
DF Switzerland Ulisses Garcia downward-facing red arrow 82'
MF Serbia Miralem Sulejmani downward-facing red arrow 66'
MF Switzerland Michel Aebischer
MF Luxembourg Christopher Martins downward-facing red arrow 66'
MF Cameroon Moumi Ngamaleu downward-facing red arrow 82'
MF Switzerland Christian Fassnacht
ST Cameroon Jean-Pierre Nsame
Substitutes:
DF Switzerland Cédric Zesiger upward-facing green arrow 49'
MF Germany Gianluca Gaudino upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF Switzerland Vincent Sierro upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF Switzerland Marvin Spielmann upward-facing green arrow 82'
FW France Guillaume Hoarau upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Switzerland Gerardo Seoane

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 4–4 (a) Switzerland Basel 3–2 1–2
Third qualifying round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Basel Switzerland 2–5 Austria LASK 1–2 1–3
Play-off round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys Switzerland 3–3 (a) Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2–2 1–1

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Luzern Switzerland 2–0 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 1–0 1–0
Third qualifying round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Thun Switzerland 3–5 Russia Spartak Moscow 2–3 1–2
Luzern Switzerland 0–6 Spain Espanyol 0–3 0–3

Group stage

Group B

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAL KOB DKV LUG
1 Sweden Malmö FF 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 4–3 2–1
2 Denmark Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–1 — 1–1 1–0
3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 1–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Switzerland Lugano 6 0 3 3 2 5 −3 3 0–0 0–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BSL GET KRA TRA
1 Switzerland Basel 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 5–0 2–0
2 Spain Getafe 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12 0–1 — 3–0 1–0
3 Russia Krasnodar 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 9 1–0 1–2 — 3–1
4 Turkey Trabzonspor 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1 2–2 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group G

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR RAN YB FEY
1 Portugal Porto 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 2–1 3–2
2 Scotland Rangers 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 2–0 — 1–1 1–0
3 Switzerland Young Boys 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 1–2 2–1 — 2–0
4 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 2–0 2–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
APOEL Cyprus 0–4 Switzerland Basel 0–3 0–1
Round of 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 0–4 Switzerland Basel 0–3 0–1
Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 4–1 Switzerland Basel

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lugano Switzerland 1–11 England Manchester City 1–7 0–4
FC Minsk Belarus 4–1 Switzerland Zurich 1–0 3–1

References

  1. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (30 August 2020). "FC Basel - BSC Young Boys 1:2 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
Preceded by
2018–19 		Seasons in
Swiss football 		Succeeded by
2020–21
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2019–20 in Swiss football
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
International club
competitions
Men
Women
Club seasons
Super League
  • Basel
  • Grasshopper Club
  • Lugano
  • Luzern
  • Servette
  • St. Gallen
  • Sion
  • Thun
  • Xamax
  • Young Boys
  • Zürich
Challenge League
  • Aarau
  • Chiasso
  • Grasshopper Club
  • Kriens
  • Lausanne
  • Rapperswil-Jona
  • Schaffhausen
  • Vaduz
  • Wil
  • Winterthur