2019–20 in Swiss football

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

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 →

National teams

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Men's national team

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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
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
5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) Group D Republic of Ireland   1–1    Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CEST
  • McGoldrick   85'
Report
Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 44,111
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
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)
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)
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)
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)
18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) Group D Gibraltar   1–6    Switzerland Gibraltar, Gibraltar
20:45 CET
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Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 2,079
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Women's national team

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UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

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Pos Team 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
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)
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)
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)
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

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

Domestic season

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Super League

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Pos Team 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

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Pos Team 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
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Promotion League

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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

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

Swiss clubs in Europe

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UEFA Champions League

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Qualifying phase and play-off round

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

UEFA Europa League

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Qualifying phase and play-off round

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

Group stage

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Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAL KOB DKV LUG
1   Malmö FF 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–3 2–1
2   Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–1 1–1 1–0
3   Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 1–0 1–1 1–1
4   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
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BSL GET KRA TRA
1   Basel 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 5–0 2–0
2   Getafe 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12 0–1 3–0 1–0
3   Krasnodar 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 9 1–0 1–2 3–1
4   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
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR RAN YB FEY
1   Porto 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 2–1 3–2
2   Rangers 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 2–0 1–1 1–0
3   Young Boys 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 1–2 2–1 2–0
4   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

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

UEFA Women's Champions League

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Knockout phase

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

References

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  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