2015–16 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Basel
Relegated	Zürich
Champions League	Basel Young Boys
Europa League	Zürich (although relegated) Luzern Grasshopper Vaduz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	566 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Moanes Dabour (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Young Boys 7–0 Lugano (9 April 2016)
Biggest away win	St. Gallen 0–7 Basel (17 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Young Boys 5–4 Vaduz (17 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Basel (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Basel (17 games)
Longest winless run	Zürich (11 games)
Longest losing run	Zürich (5 games) Luzern (5 games)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 119th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Basel were the defending champions.

A total of 10 teams competed in the league, the 9 best teams from the 2014–15 season and the 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champion Lugano.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2015–16 Swiss Super League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Basel !Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper !Grasshopper	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605
Lugano	Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	10,500
Lucerne !Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	17,500
Sion !Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
St Gallen !St. Gallen	St. Gallen	AFG Arena	19,694
Thun !Thun	Thun	Stockhorn Arena	10,000
Vaduz !Vaduz	Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
Young Boys !Young Boys	Bern	Stade de Suisse	31,783
Zurich !Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Basel	Urs Fischer	Matías Delgado	adidas	Novartis
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Kim Källström	Puma	FROMM/Priora
Lugano	Zdeněk Zeman	Antoine Rey	Nike	Città di Lugano
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger	adidas	Otto's
Sion	Didier Tholot	Xavier Kouassi	Erreà	Alloboissons
St. Gallen	Joe Zinnbauer	Albert Bunjaku	Jako	St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun	Jeff Saibene	Dennis Hediger	Nike	Panorama Center
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Franz Burgmeier	adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve von Bergen	Nike	Honda
Zürich	Sami Hyypiä^[1]	Gilles Yapi Yapo	Nike	Netstream AG

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	5	5	88	38	+50	83	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Young Boys	36	20	9	7	78	47	+31	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Luzern	36	15	9	12	59	50	+9	54	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Grasshopper	36	15	8	13	65	56	+9	53	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Sion	36	14	8	14	52	49	+3	50
6	Thun	36	10	11	15	45	54	−9	41
7	St. Gallen	36	10	8	18	41	66	−25	38
8	Vaduz	36	7	15	14	44	60	−16	36	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	Lugano	36	9	8	19	46	75	−29	35
10	Zürich (R)	36	7	13	16	48	71	−23	34	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League and qualification to Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
↑ Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

Results

First and Second Round

Home ╲ Away	Basel !BAS	Grasshoppers !GRA	Lugano !LUG	Luzern !LUZ	Sion !SIO	St. Gallen !STG	Thun !THU	Vaduz !VAD	Young Boys !YB	Zürich !ZÜR
Basel !Basel		2–3	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Grasshoppers !Grasshoppers	2–3		6–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	5–0
Lugano !Lugano	1–3	4–1		0–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0
Luzern !Luzern	1–3	3–3	2–2		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Sion !Sion	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–0		1–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–1
St. Gallen !St. Gallen	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2
Thun !Thun	0–2	3–5	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–2		1–0	0–1	5–1
Vaduz !Vaduz	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–2
Young Boys !Young Boys	4–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–0		1–1
Zürich !Zürich	2–2	2–3	5–3	2–5	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	1–1

Source: Swiss Super League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home ╲ Away	Basel !BAS	Grasshoppers !GRA	Lugano !LUG	Luzern !LUZ	Sion !SIO	St. Gallen !STG	Thun !THU	Vaduz !VAD	Young Boys !YB	Zürich !ZÜR
Basel !Basel		0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–2
Grasshoppers !Grasshoppers	0–4		0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	4–2
Lugano !Lugano	1–4	0–1		1–1	0–6	3–0	2–1	2–5	1–3	0–0
Luzern !Luzern	4–0	3–0	2–1		2–2	0–1	3–0	5–1	2–3	1–2
Sion !Sion	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2
St. Gallen !St. Gallen	0–7	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–1		1–2	1–3	2–3	3–0
Thun !Thun	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2		2–2	0–3	4–0
Vaduz !Vaduz	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–0		1–1	0–3
Young Boys !Young Boys	2–3	1–1	7–0	5–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	5–4		3–0
Zürich !Zürich	2–3	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	0–1

Source: Swiss Super League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 14 May 2016.^[3]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Moanes Dabour	Grasshopper	19
2	Guillaume Hoarau	BSC Young Boys	17
3	Marc Janko	Basel	16
4	Caio Alves	Grasshopper	13
	Marco Schneuwly	Luzern
	Yoric Ravet	Grasshopper
7	Armando Sadiku	Vaduz	12
8	Shani Tarashaj	Grasshopper	11
	Ridge Munsy	Thun
	Danijel Aleksić	St. Gallen

Top assists

As of 4 April 2016.^[4]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Assists
1	Moanes Dabour	Grasshopper	12
1	Yoric Ravet	Grasshopper	12
3	Kim Källström	Grasshopper	10
	Matías Emilio Delgado	Basel
	Luca Zuffi	Basel
6	Antonini Čulina	Lugano	7
	Kevin Bua	Zürich
	Breel Embolo	Basel
	Stjepan Kukuruzović	Vaduz
10	Caio Alves	Grasshopper	6

References

↑ "Neuer FCZ-Trainer gefunden Hyypiä kommt allein!". sfl.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
↑ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
↑ "TORSCHÜTZENLISTE 2015/16" (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
↑ "ASSISTLISTE 2015/16" (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2015.

External links

Swiss Super League

2016–17 teams	Basel Grasshopper Lausanne-Sport Lugano Luzern Sion St. Gallen Thun Vaduz Young Boys

Former teams	Aarau Bellinzona Neuchâtel Xamax Schaffhausen Servette Wil Yverdon-Sport Zürich

Associated competitions	Swiss Cup Swiss Challenge League

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Super League era, 2003–present

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2015–16 in Swiss football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

Swiss Cup

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League

Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group E) 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification (Group 5)

Women	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification)

Club seasons

Super League

Basel
Grasshopper Club
Lugano
Luzern
St. Gallen
Sion
Thun
Vaduz
Young Boys
Zürich

Challenge League

Aarau
Biel-Bienne
Chiasso
Lausanne
Le Mont
Schaffhausen
Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen
Xamax

2015–16 in European football (UEFA)

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League cups	England Estonia Finland '15 '16 France Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales

Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament women's qualification

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