2015–16 Swiss Super League

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.

Swiss Super League
Season2015–16
Dates18 July 2015 – 25 May 2016
ChampionsBasel
RelegatedZürich
Champions LeagueBasel
Young Boys
Europa LeagueZürich (although relegated)
Luzern
Grasshopper
Vaduz
Matches played180
Goals scored566 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerMu'nas Dabbur
(19 goals)
Biggest home winYoung Boys 7–0 Lugano
(9 April 2016)
Biggest away winSt. Gallen 0–7 Basel
(17 April 2016)
Highest scoringYoung Boys 5–4 Vaduz
(17 April 2016)
Longest winning runBasel (8 games)
Longest unbeaten runBasel (17 games)
Longest winless runZürich (11 games)
Longest losing runZürich (5 games)
Luzern (5 games)

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

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Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2015–16 Swiss Super League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Basel Basel St. Jakob-Park 38,512
Grasshopper Zürich Letzigrund 23,605
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   Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,783
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 23,605

Personnel and kits

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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

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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 for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 78 47 +31 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Grasshopper 36 15 8 13 65 56 +9 53 Qualification for the 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 for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9 Lugano 36 9 8 19 46 75 −29 35
10 Zürich (R) 36 7 13 16 48 71 −23 34 Qualification for the Europa League group stage and relegation to Challenge League[b]
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
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Results

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Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 14 May 2016.[3]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Mu'nas Dabbur 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


Awards

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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season   Breel Embolo Basel
Young Player of the Season   Shani Tarashaj GC
Coach of the Season   Pierluigi Tami GC
Goal of the Season   Mu'nas Dabbur GC
Team of the Year[4]
Goalkeeper   Tomáš Vaclík (Basel)
Defence   Michael Lang (Basel)   Marek Suchý (Basel)   Roy Gelmi (St. Gallen)   Pa Modou Jagne (Sion)
Midfield

  Carlitos (Sion)

  Luca Zuffi (Basel)

  Kim Källström (Grasshopper)

  Caio (Grasshopper)

Attack   Breel Embolo (Basel)   Munas Dabbur (Grasshopper)

References

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  1. ^ "Neuer FCZ-Trainer gefunden Hyypiä kommt allein!". sfl.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ^ "TORSCHÜTZENLISTE 2015/16" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Das ist der neue Meisterpokal der Super League – Embolo und GC räumen bei SFL Award Night ab". Watson (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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