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Swiss Super League
Season2016–17
2017-18 →
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2016.

The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, is the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Basel are the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.[1]

A total of 10 teams compete in the league, the 9 best teams from the 2015–16 season and the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champion Lausanne-Sport. The season starts on the week-end 23/24 July.

Teams

Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 38,512
Grasshopper Zürich* Letzigrund 23,605
Lausanne Lausanne Pontaise 15,850
Lugano Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 10,500
Luzern Lucerne Swissporarena 17,500
Sion Sion Stade Tourbillon 16,500
St. Gallen St. Gallen AFG Arena 19,694
Thun Thun Stockhorn Arena 10,000
Vaduz Liechtenstein Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,783
  • This will be the first season since 1989/90 that there is only one club from Zürich to play in the first tier, because FC Zürich finished in last position and were relegated at the end of the 2015/2016 season.

Personnel

Team Manager Captain
Basel Switzerland Urs Fischer Argentina Matías Delgado
Grasshopper Switzerland Pierluigi Tami Sweden Kim Källström
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland Fabio Celestini Switzerland Olivier Custodio
Lugano Italy Andrea Manzo Switzerland Antoine Rey
Luzern Germany Markus Babbel Switzerland Claudio Lustenberger
Sion Brazil José Sinval Montenegro Elsad Zverotić
St. Gallen Germany Josef Zinnbauer Switzerland Martin Angha
Thun Luxembourg Jeff Saibene Switzerland Dennis Hediger
Vaduz Switzerland Giorgio Contini Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier
Young Boys Austria Adi Hütter Switzerland Steve von Bergen

League table

Template:2016–17 Swiss Super League table

Results

References

  1. ^ "SFL PRÄSENTIERT DIE SPIELKALENDER 2016/17". www.sfl.ch. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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