2020–21 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2020–21 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland

Season	2020–21
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National teams

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	13	3	+10	11	Qualification to Nations League Finals		—	6–0	1–0	4–0
2	Germany	6	2	3	1	10	13	−3	9			1–1	—	3–3	3–1
3	Switzerland	6	1	3	2	9	8	+1	6[lower-alpha 1]			1–1	1–1	—	3–0[lower-alpha 2]
4	Ukraine (R)	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to League B		1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
2. The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

3 September 2020 Group 4	Ukraine	2–1	Switzerland	Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST	Yarmolenko  14' Zinchenko  68'	Report	41' Seferović	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

6 September 2020 Group 4	Switzerland	1–1	Germany	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Widmer  58'	Report	14' Gündoğan	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

10 October 2020 Group 4	Spain	1–0	Switzerland	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST	Oyarzabal  14'	Report		Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

13 October 2020 Group 4	Germany	3–3	Switzerland	Cologne, Germany
20:45 CEST	Werner  28' Havertz  55' Gnabry  60'	Report	5', 57' Gavranović  26' Freuler	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

14 November 2020 Group 4	Switzerland	1–1	Spain	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Freuler  26'	Report	89' Gerard	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

17 November 2020 Group 4	Switzerland	3–0 Awarded[note 1]	Ukraine	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup		—	12 Nov	25 Mar	2 Sep	8 Sep
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to second round		5 Sep	—	9 Oct	15 Nov	28 Mar
3	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			15 Nov	8 Sep	—	31 Mar	12 Nov
4	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			28 Mar	25 Mar	12 Oct	—	5 Sep
5	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			31 Mar	12 Oct	2 Sep	9 Oct	—

First match(es) will be played on 25 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 March 2021 Group C	Bulgaria	v	Switzerland	TBD, Bulgaria
20:45 CET

28 March 2021 Group C	Switzerland	v	Lithuania	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET				Stadium: Kybunpark

UEFA Euro 2020

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	Italy (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 11 June 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

12 June 2021 Group A	Wales	v	Switzerland	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 CET				Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium

16 June 2021 Group A	Italy	v	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

20 June 2021 Group A	Switzerland	v	Turkey	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 CET				Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium

Friendly matches

7 October 2020	Switzerland	1–2	Croatia	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Gavranović  31'	Report	42' Brekalo  66' Pašalić	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

11 November 2020	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CET	Batshuayi  49', 70'	Report	12' Mehmedi	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

31 March 2021	Switzerland	v	Finland	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET				Stadium: Kybunpark

1 September 2021	Switzerland	v	Greece	TBD, Switzerland
20:45 CET

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (Q)	8	7	0	1	37	5	+32	21	Final tournament		—	4–0	6–1	6–1	6–0
2	Switzerland (X)	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Final tournament if among three best runners-up (play-offs otherwise)		2–1	—	6–0	2–0	4–0
3	Romania (E)	7	3	0	4	12	16	−4	9			0–1	0–2	—	4–1	3–0
4	Croatia (E)	7	2	1	4	7	18	−11	7			1–4	1–1	23 Feb	—	1–0
5	Lithuania (E)	8	0	0	8	1	32	−31	0			0–9	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least play-offs.

18 September 2020 Group H	Croatia	1–1	Switzerland	Zaprešić, Croatia
17:30 CET	Rudelić  3'	Report	74' Bachmann	Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

22 September 2020 Group H	Switzerland	2–1	Belgium	Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Gut  5' Lehmann  63'	Report	70' Wullaert	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

27 October 2020 Group H	Romania	0–2	Switzerland	Mogoșoaia, Romania
16:30 CET		Report	29' Sow  79' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Attendance: 0 Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

1 December 2020 Group H	Belgium	4–0	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:00 CET	De Caigny  31', 45+7' Wullaert  73' Cayman  85'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Tournoi de France

17 February 2021 Group stage	Norway	v	Switzerland	Metz, France
19:00 CET				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

20 February 2021 Group stage	France	v	Switzerland	Metz, France
21:10 CET				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

23 February 2021 Group stage	Iceland	v	Switzerland	Sedan, France
19:00 CET				Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

League season

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys	18	12	5	1	32	14	+18	41	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	19	9	4	6	31	27	+4	31	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Zürich	19	7	4	8	29	27	+2	25
4	Lugano	17	5	10	2	18	16	+2	25
5	St. Gallen	17	6	5	6	18	18	0	23
6	Servette	17	6	5	6	18	20	−2	23
7	Lausanne-Sport	18	5	5	8	22	26	−4	20
8	Sion	19	4	8	7	23	29	−6	20
9	Luzern	16	4	4	8	25	27	−2	16	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Vaduz	18	3	6	9	16	28	−12	15	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. 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.[2]

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Thun	19	11	4	4	34	19	+15	37	Promotion to 2021–22 Swiss Super League
2	Schaffhausen	19	9	6	4	33	23	+10	33	Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Grasshoppers	17	10	3	4	29	19	+10	33
4	Lausanne-Ouchy	19	8	7	4	30	22	+8	31
5	Winterthur	18	8	4	6	30	23	+7	28
6	Aarau	18	8	4	6	33	29	+4	28
7	Wil	19	6	5	8	20	25	−5	23
8	Kriens	19	4	5	10	21	30	−9	17
9	Xamax	19	5	0	14	17	36	−19	15
10	Chiasso	19	3	4	12	16	37	−21	13	Relegation to Swiss Promotion League

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. 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.[3]

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Young Boys	3–1	KÍ

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Midtjylland	3–0	Young Boys

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	3–0	Ružomberok

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	0–1	Reims
Osijek	1–2	Basel

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
St. Gallen	0–1	AEK Athens
Basel	3–2	Anorthosis

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Basel	1–3	CSKA Sofia

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	YB	CLJ	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	5–0	0–0
2	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10			1–2	—	2–1	3–0
3	CFR Cluj	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5[lower-alpha 1]			0–2	1–1	—	0–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5[lower-alpha 1]			3–1	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys		Bayer Leverkusen	18 Feb	25 Feb

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
St. Pölten	3–0	Zürich	2–0	1–0
Servette Chênois	2–9	Atlético Madrid	2–4	0–5

Notes

1. The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[1]

References

1. "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
2. "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
3. "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.