28-614: The Swiss League Cup was a football tournament which took place as a summer pre-season tournament in 1972 and 1973, and during the Swiss football season from 1974–75 to 1981–82. The tournament was a knockout competition contested by clubs from the top two levels of Swiss football, the Nationalliga A and Nationalliga B . Swiss Super League The Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons)
56-596: A Swiss club finishing in first place will be crowned champion—should a team from Liechtenstein win, this honor will go to the highest-placed Swiss team. Relative to their league coefficient ranking the highest-placed teams will compete in UEFA competitions —again with exception of teams from Liechtenstein, who qualify through the Liechtenstein Cup . The bottom team will be relegated to the Challenge League and replaced by
84-512: A record-breaking streak of 8 championships between 2009 and 2017. After a change in leadership in 2017, however, they were dethroned by Young Boys, who won the next four straight championships. In April 2022, another proposal by the SFL committee to increase the league size to 12 was announced. The proposal includes three stages: an initial round-robin qualifying stage with all 12 teams (22 rounds); an intermediary stage, with two groups (1st-6th placed in
112-467: A request to repeal the decision to introduce the play-off modus. Instead they propose to use the system used in the Scottish Premiership . An according fan petition gathered 18,000 signatures (including national team star Breel Embolo ) in the first day of its publication and Super League heavy-weights BSC Young Boys officially supported the motion immediately. This triggered a renewed vote by
140-402: A row from 1908–1911. Over the next decade, FC Aarau , Montriond LS (now Lausanne-Sport ), SC Brühl , and Cantonal Neuchâtel FC each won their first title as nobody managed to monopolize the league. During the 1920s and 1930s, championships were achieved almost exclusively by modern Super League regulars, namely Grasshoppers, Servette, Zürich, Young Boys, Lausanne-Sport, and FC Lugano . FC Bern
168-608: Is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season. As of March 2024, the Swiss Super League is ranked 12th in Europe according to UEFA 's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions. The 2023–24 season will be the 127th season of
196-654: The Swiss Challenge League . There was, however, a promotion/relegation playoff between 3rd in the Challenge League and 12th in the Super League. Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: RSSSF All records are since the introduction of the Super League in 2003. Players in italics are still active. As of 15 December 2020. FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss professional football club based in Lugano . The club
224-489: The Swiss Football Association 'predicts' the likely positions of each club in order to produce a fixture schedule that ensures the best possible chance of all clubs playing each other twice at home and twice away. This is known as the league 'seeding' and is based on clubs' performance in the previous season. If the clubs do not finish in the half where they are predicted to finish, then anomalies can be created in
252-722: The Campo Marzio ;– which opened on 13 September 1908 – but its success prompted the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, the Cornaredo Stadium was inaugurated, which has a capacity of 15,000. In 1968, Lugano won the Swiss Cup and hence the team participated in the Cup Winners' Cup. Two years later the team took part in the UEFA Cup . In 1993, Lugano won its third Cup against Grasshoppers , later participating in
280-612: The Championship and 7-12th placed in the Qualification Group) of six teams each (10 rounds); the format of the third and final playoff phase is still to be determined. Despite pushback from fans and a general negative response from club officials, the proposal to increase the league size as well as the proposed format change were approved by the general assembly of the Swiss Football League on 20 May 2022. The details of
308-467: The Cup Winners' Cup, in which it reached second qualifying round. In the 1995–96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup, eliminating Jeunesse Hautcharage in the first round and Inter Milan in the second. The club was declared bankrupt in 2003 and forcibly removed from the league. Due to the bankruptcy, the team was renamed AC Lugano and fielded under-21 players, having been forced to sell or release
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#1732894490273336-527: The SRG SSR refused to broadcast teams that wore advertisements on their kits. As a result, the broadcaster and the league reached a compromise, where the former would only show sponsors in reports lasting a maximum of 6 minutes, and teams would be obligated to wear neutral jerseys for longer appearances. The 1980s and 1990s saw Grasshoppers dominate and Neuchâtel Xamax , FC Luzern , and FC Sion win their first titles in 1986–87 , 1988–89 , and 1991–92 . In 1985,
364-425: The Swiss top-flight, making it the longest continuously running top-flight national league . The Super League is played over 36 rounds from the end of July to May, with a winter break from mid-December to the first week of February. Each team plays each other four times, twice at home and twice away, in a round-robin . As teams from both Switzerland and Liechtenstein participate in the Swiss football leagues, only
392-432: The final playoff stage was also finalized: The new format will be implemented for the 2023–24 season , while the transitional 2022–23 season will have only the last placed team playing a relegation playoff against the 3rd place of the Challenge League . A change of format for the Swiss Challenge League is not yet clear. In October 2022, following heavy fan protests, reigning champions FC Zürich officially submitted
420-402: The first time, with the company initially being restricted in showing games on TV. For the 1956–57 season , jersey numbers were declared mandatory, with Young Boys initiating an unprecedented streak of four titles the same season. The 1966–67 season first saw the emergence of Basel as a dominant team, as they won 7 of the following 14 seasons. As shirt sponsors first appeared by 1976,
448-405: The fixture list. Clubs sometimes play another three times at home and once away (or vice versa), or a club can end up playing 20 home (or away) games in a season These "Scottish Model" format changes were implemented for the 2023-24 Swiss Super League season , alongside the expansion to 12 teams. Due to the expansion, the 2022-23 season had no automatic relegation spots and two promotion spots in
476-564: The following season, in 1898–99 , and won by Anglo-American Club against Old Boys Basel. It was, however, only competed by Swiss-German teams (with the exception of a team from Neuchâtel ) until 1900, due to a dispute about playing on Sundays. Teams from the canton of Zürich continued to dominate the league until 1907–08 , with Grasshoppers winning a further three, FC Winterthur winning two, and FC Zürich winning one title. Other champions from that time included Servette , St. Gallen , and Young Boys , who subsequently also won three in
504-400: The general assembly. On 11 November 2022, the new proposal to instead use the "Scottish Model" was approved by the general assembly of the Swiss Football League. By the time of the vote, the petition opposing the play-off system had gathered over 60,000 signatures. The increased number of teams was not up for a re-vote, though. The new format is as follows: At the beginning of each season,
532-433: The league was restructured from 12 to 10 teams for the 2003–04 season , simplifying the format by removing the relegation playoff round. A return to 12 teams was discussed on multiple occasions in 2009 and 2018, but ultimately rejected, among others due to reservations about the early relegation battle. This new era initially proved to be one of domination for Basel, as 11 of the first 14 seasons were won by them, including
560-704: The new president. On 4 June 2008, the club's centenary year, the general meeting of shareholders voted on a name change. The historical name of Football Club Lugano was reinstated. In 2015 FC Lugano was promoted to the Swiss Super League . On 18 August 2021, it was announced that American billionaire and owner of the Chicago Fire FC , Joe Mansueto , had purchased FC Lugano and that the Fire and FC Lugano were to work together as sister clubs. On 1 September 2021, assistant coach Mattia Croci-Torti took over coaching duties at
588-468: The number of foreigners on a team was increased from one to two, promptly leading to a new transfer record of 1.3 million francs with Servette acquiring Mats Magnusson . In 1992–93 Aarau won the championship the first time in 79 years, while St. Gallen earned their first title in 97 years at the turn of the millennium . The rebranding of the Nationalliga A into the Super League occurred in 2003, when
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#1732894490273616-444: The respective champion for the next season. The club finishing in 9th place will compete against the second-placed team of the Challenge League in a relegation play-off over two games, home and away, for a spot in the succeeding tournament. Matches in the Super League employ the use of a video assistant referee . The Swiss Football Association was founded in 1895, but were initially unable to organize an annual competition, citing
644-405: The senior team to pay off the club's debts. In 2004, the club merged with Malcantone Agno , and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss football system in the Swiss Challenge League . Morotti Joseph, the president of Malcantone Agno , was entrusted with the leadership of the new club. In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello . Luido Bernasconi became
672-532: The teams' travel costs. The first unofficial championship , competed for the Ruinart Cup , was organized by Genevan newspaper La Suisse sportive as a response in 1897. It was mainly contested by teams from the French-speaking area , with the exception of FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich , the latter of which eventually won the tournament. The inaugural official championship was therefore organized for
700-412: Was formed on 28 July 1908 under the leadership of then-president Ernesto Corsini. Promotion to the highest Swiss Super League came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of relegations and promotions, the team won its first Swiss Cup in 1931. The following decade, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949). For the first fifty years of its existence, Lugano played at
728-512: Was not suspended during World War II due to Switzerland's neutrality, but the post-war years nevertheless brought change. The 1944–45 season saw the separation of the league into the Nationalliga A and B, with the winner of the former declared Swiss champion. The 1946–47 , 1947–48 , 1952–53 , and 1953–54 seasons saw further maiden victories achieved by FC Biel-Bienne , AC Bellinzona , FC Basel , and FC La-Chaux-de-Fonds , respectively. In 1954, broadcasting rights were sold to SRG SSR for
756-478: Was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the Stadio Cornaredo . They have played in what is now the Swiss Super League during the periods of 1922–53, 1954–60, 1961–63, 1964–76, 1979–80, 1988–97, 1998–02, and from 2015 until present. Football Club Lugano
784-425: Was the exception in 1923; however, their championship was denied after the use of an unauthorized player. The league was reformed into the Nationalliga in 1931 and initially changed from three regional groups to two groups with 9 teams each. The league composition thereafter varied on several occasions, ranging from 12 to 16 teams competing in a single group. Contrary to its neighboring countries, national football
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