2021–22 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2021–22
Men's football
Super League	Zürich
Challenge League	Winterthur
Swiss Cup	Lugano
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	Zürich
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2021–22 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	5	3	0	15	2	+13	18	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0
2	Italy	8	4	4	0	13	2	+11	16	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	5–0
3	Northern Ireland	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1	9		0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	2	4	6	14	−8	8		1–3	0–2	2–1	—	1–0
5	Lithuania	8	1	0	7	4	19	−15	3		0–4	0–2	1–4	3–1	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) Group C	Switzerland	0–0	Italy	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) Group C	Northern Ireland	0–0	Switzerland	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 15,660 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) Group C	Switzerland	2–0	Northern Ireland	Lancy, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Zuber 45+3' Fassnacht 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 19,129 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) Group C	Lithuania	0–4	Switzerland	Vilnius, Lithuania
20:45 CET		Report	31', 45' Embolo 42' Steffen 90+4' Gavranović	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 1,806 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

12 November 2021 Group C	Italy	1–1	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
20:45 UTC+1	Di Lorenzo 36'	Report	Widmer 11'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

15 November 2021 Group C	Switzerland	4–0	Bulgaria	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 UTC+1	Okafor 48' Vargas 57' Itten 72' Freuler 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Friendly matches

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)	Switzerland	2–1	Greece	Basel, Switzerland
TBD CET	Zuber 7' Vargas 51'	Report	34' Pavlidis	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

26 March 2022 (2022-03-26)	England	2–1	Switzerland	London, England
17:30 UTC+1	Shaw 45+1' Kane 78' (pen.)	Report	Embolo 22'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29)	Switzerland	1–1	Kosovo	Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 UTC+2	Lotomba 61'	Report	Rashica 52'	Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

UEFA Nations League

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	1–1	1–2	2–0
2	Portugal	6	3	1	2	11	3	+8	10		0–1	—	4–0	2–0
3	Switzerland	6	3	0	3	6	9	−3	9		0–1	1–0	—	2–1
4	Czech Republic (R)	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4	Relegation to League B	2–2	0–4	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)	Czech Republic	2–1	Switzerland	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45	Kuchta 11' Sow 58' (o.g.)	Report	Okafor 44'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 12,236^[1] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

5 June 2022	Portugal	4–0	Switzerland	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 UTC+1	Carvalho 15' Ronaldo 35', 39' Cancelo 68'	Report		Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 42,325 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)

9 June 2022	Switzerland	0–1	Spain	Geneva, Switzerland
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Sarabia 13'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 25,875 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)	Switzerland	1–0	Portugal	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:45	Seferovic 1'	Report		Attendance: 26,300^[2] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)	Spain	1–2	Switzerland	La Romareda, Zaragoza
20:45	Alba 55'	Report	Akanji 21' Embolo 59'	Attendance: 31,809^[3] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)	Switzerland	2–1	Czech Republic	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:45	Freuler 29' Embolo 30'	Report	Schick 45'	Attendance: 13,353^[4] Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Women's national team

Friendlies

30 June 2022	Switzerland	0–4	England	Zürich, Switzerland
18:00 (CEST)	Calligaris 44'	Report	Russo 45+1', 56' Stanway 69', 74' (pen.) England 76' Scott 90+4'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	9	0	1	40	2	+38	27	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	1–2	2–0	3–0	7–0	3–0
2	Switzerland	10	8	1	1	44	4	+40	25	Play-offs	0–1	—	2–0	5–0	4–1	15–0
3	Romania	10	6	1	3	21	11	+10	19		0–5	1–1	—	2–0	3–0	3–0
4	Croatia	10	3	1	6	6	18	−12	10		0–5	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	4–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	2	7	7	35	−28	5		0–5	0–7	1–7	0–1	—	4–0
6	Moldova	10	0	1	9	1	49	−48	1		0–8	0–6	0–4	0–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) Group G	Switzerland	4–1	Lithuania	Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Lehmann 15' Sow 33' Bachmann 65' Fölmli 90+2'	Report	50' Jonušaitė	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)

21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) Group G	Moldova	0–6	Switzerland	Chișinău, Moldova
19:00 CET		Report	39' (pen.) Crnogorčević 41' Sow 42' Humm 44' Fölmli 52' Xhemaili 87' Lehmann	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22) Group G	Switzerland	2–0	Romania	Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Crnogorčević 48', 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) Group G	Switzerland	5–0	Croatia	Zürich, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Crnogorčević 8' Maritz 45+2' Bachmann 82', 90+1' (pen.) Rinast 88'	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) Group G	Italy	1–2	Switzerland	Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo
17:30	Bonansea 60'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sow 9' Crnogorčević 20'	Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) Group G	Lithuania	0–7	Switzerland	LFF Stadium, Vilnius
17:30 (18:30 EET)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Sow 3', 31', 37' Kiwic 12' Crnogorčević 34' Xhemaili 40' Fölmli 61'	Referee: Zoe Stavrou (Cyprus)

8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) Group G	Romania	1–1	Switzerland	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
18:45 (19:45 EEST)	Ficzay 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Kiwic 77'	Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) Group G	Switzerland	0–1	Italy	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
17:45		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Girelli 83'	Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

League season

Men

Credit Suisse Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zürich (C)	36	23	7	6	78	46	+32	76	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	15	17	4	70	41	+29	62	Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	16	12	8	80	50	+30	60
4	Lugano	36	16	6	14	50	54	−4	54	Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
5	St. Gallen	36	14	8	14	68	63	+5	50
6	Servette	36	12	8	16	50	66	−16	44
7	Sion	36	11	8	17	46	67	−21	41
8	Grasshopper	36	9	13	14	54	58	−4	40
9	Luzern (O)	36	9	13	14	52	64	−12	40	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10	Lausanne-Sport (R)	36	4	10	22	37	76	−39	22	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.^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

Challenge League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Winterthur (C, P)	36	18	11	7	76	45	+31	65	Promotion to Swiss Super League
2	Schaffhausen	36	19	8	9	73	49	+24	65	Qualified for the Promotion play-offs
3	Aarau	36	20	5	11	67	47	+20	65
4	Vaduz	36	18	6	12	68	58	+10	60	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Thun	36	17	5	14	62	57	+5	56
6	Xamax	36	14	8	14	56	54	+2	50
7	Lausanne-Ouchy	36	12	8	16	46	50	−4	44
8	Yverdon	36	11	11	14	44	52	−8	44
9	Wil	36	11	8	17	68	80	−12	41
10	Kriens (R)	36	3	4	29	25	93	−68	13	Relegation to Swiss Promotion League

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.^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2021–22 Liechtenstein Cup.

Swiss Cup

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)	FC Lugano	4–1	FC St. Gallen	Bern
14:00	Celar 5' Custodio 44' Bottani 58' Haile-Selassie 70'	Report	Maglica 21'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Women

AXA Women's Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SFC	ZUR	GCZ	BAS	STG	LUZ	YBF	AAR	YVE	LUG
1	Servette FC Chênois Féminin (Q)	18	15	1	2	44	9	+35	46	UWCL Round 1 and Playoffs		1–1	0–2	3–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	6–0	3–1
2	FC Zürich Frauen	18	14	2	2	65	13	+52	44	Advance to Playoffs	2–1		2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	7–0	4–1	6–0	7–0
3	Grasshopper Club Zürich	18	12	1	5	49	22	+27	37		0–2	1–0		2–4	0–0	4–2	8–0	3–0	5–0	2–0
4	FC Basel 1893	18	11	2	5	40	20	+20	35		0–2	3–3	7–0		1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0
5	FC St. Gallen-Staad	18	11	2	5	37	19	+18	35		0–3	1–3	2–0	2–2		4–0	1–0	5–0	3–1	3–0
6	FC Luzern	18	7	2	9	32	32	0	23		0–1	2–3	2–4	1–3	2–1		3–0	3–1	2–1	5–1
7	BSC YB Frauen	18	6	1	11	21	51	−30	19		0–3	0–5	1–8	1–0	0–2	2–2		2–3	2–1	3–0
8	FC Aarau Frauen	18	4	3	11	18	36	−18	15		1–2	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	2–3		3–0	1–1
9	FC Yverdon Féminin	18	2	0	16	10	63	−53	6	Relegation Playoff	1–4	1–8	0–5	0–4	0–4	0–3	1–3	0–2		2–0
10	FC Lugano Femminile (R)	18	0	2	16	3	54	−51	2	Relegation to 2022-23 Nationalliga B^[a]	0–3	0–6	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–1

Source: Meisterschaft
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[8]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ FC Lugano Femminile withdrew from the Axa Women's Super League and are relegated directly, without going through the relegation playoff.^[7]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Servette	1	4	5

FC Aarau	0	0	0
				Servette (a.e.t.) (p)	0	2	2 (4)

				Basel	2	0	2 (3)
Basel	3	4	7

St. Gallen-Staad	0	1	1
								Servette	2	(4)

								Zürich (a.e.t.) (p)	2	(5)
Grasshopper	5	3	8

Luzern	2	3	5
				Grasshopper	0	0	0

				Zürich	1	3	4
Zürich	2	7	9

Young Boys	1	0	1

AXA Women's Cup

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slovan Bratislava	2–3	Young Boys	0–0	2–3

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CFR Cluj	2–4	Young Boys	1–1	1–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	6–4	Ferencváros	3–2	3–2

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MUN	VIL	ATA	YB
1	Manchester United	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	3–2	1–1
2	Villarreal	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	2–2	2–0
3	Atalanta	6	1	3	2	12	13	−1	6	Transfer to Europa League	2–2	2–3	—	1–0
4	Young Boys	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5		2–1	1–4	3–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	5–0	Partizani	3–0	2–0
Molde	3–2	Servette	3–0	0–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Újpest	1–6	Basel	1–2	0–4
Luzern	0–6	Feyenoord	0–3	0–3

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	4–4 (4–3 p)	Hammarby IF	3–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)

Group stage – Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAS	QAR	OMO	KAI
1	Basel	6	4	2	0	14	6	+8	14	Advance to round of 16	—	3–0	3–1	4–2
2	Qarabağ	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–0	—	2–2	2–1
3	Omonia	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4		1–1	1–4	—	0–0
4	Kairat	6	0	2	4	6	11	−5	2		2–3	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Hosted by Åland United.

Semi-finals		Final

18 August

Servette Chênois	1
		21 August
Glentoran	0
		Servette Chênois	1
18 August
		Åland United	0
Olimpia Cluj	0

Åland United	4
		Third place

		21 August

		Olimpia Cluj	0

		Glentoran	2

Hosted by Zürich.

Semi-finals		Final

17 August

1899 Hoffenheim	1
		20 August
Valur	0
		1899 Hoffenheim	2
17 August
		Milan	0
Zürich	1

Milan	2
		Third place

		20 August

		Zürich	1

		Valur	3

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette Chênois	3–2	Glasgow City	1–1	2–1

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	JUV	CHE	SER
1	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	2	1	17	7	+10	11^[a]	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	0–2	4–0	5–0
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11^[a]	Advance to Quarter-finals	2–2	—	1–2	4–0
3	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11^[a]		3–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Servette Chênois	6	0	0	6	0	23	−23	0		0–3	0–3	0–7	—

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Wolfsburg 5, Juventus 5, Chelsea 5. Head-to-head goal differences: Wolfsburg +2, Juventus +1, Chelsea −3.

Notes

References

^ "Czech Republic vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Switzerland vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
^ "Spain vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ "Switzerland vs. Czech Republic" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ "AWSL: Hinein in die Playoffs". awsl.ch. Swiss Women's Super League. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Ausführungsbestimmungen Frauenfussball Aktive 2021/22" (PDF) (in French). awsl.ch. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

Preceded by 2019–20	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2022–23

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.67620124839069-5] Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

[table_note_res_ECL2Q0.80944762882285-7] Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2021–22 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_res_REL0.26013783563866-10] FC Lugano Femminile withdrew from the Axa Women's Super League and are relegated directly, without going through the relegation playoff.^[7]

[table_hth_WOL0.22950369549426-12] Head-to-head points: Wolfsburg 5, Juventus 5, Chelsea 5. Head-to-head goal differences: Wolfsburg +2, Juventus +1, Chelsea −3.

[1] "Czech Republic vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

[2] "Switzerland vs. Portugal" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[3] "Spain vs. Switzerland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[4] "Switzerland vs. Czech Republic" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

[6] "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.

[8] "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[lugrel-9] "AWSL: Hinein in die Playoffs". awsl.ch. Swiss Women's Super League. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[ausführung-11] "Ausführungsbestimmungen Frauenfussball Aktive 2021/22" (PDF) (in French). awsl.ch. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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v t e 2021 in association football
AFC	Australia China India Indonesia Japan Lebanon 20'–21' 21'–22' South Korea Thailand
CAF	Algeria
CONCACAF	Canada United States
CONMEBOL	Brazil
OFC	New Zealand 20'–21' 2021
UEFA	Belgium Croatia England France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Scotland Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

v t e 2022 in association football
AFC	Australia 21'−22' 22'−23' China India Indonesia Iran Japan 22' 22'−23' Lebanon 21'–22' 22'–23' Philippines Saudi Arabia South Korea Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
CAF	Nigeria
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Mexico United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Ecuador Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Belgium Croatia England France Germany Italy Netherlands Poland Scotland Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine