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

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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 Liechtenstein Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 7,584
Young Boys Bern Stade de Suisse 31,783
Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 23,605

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Basel Switzerland Urs Fischer Argentina Matías Delgado adidas Novartis
Grasshopper Switzerland Pierluigi Tami Sweden Kim Källström Puma FROMM/Priora
Lugano Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman Switzerland Antoine Rey Nike Città di Lugano
Luzern Germany Markus Babbel Switzerland Claudio Lustenberger adidas Otto's
Sion France Didier Tholot Ivory Coast Xavier Kouassi Erreà Alloboissons
St. Gallen Germany Joe Zinnbauer Kosovo Albert Bunjaku Jako St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun Luxembourg Jeff Saibene Switzerland Dennis Hediger Nike Panorama Center
Vaduz Switzerland Giorgio Contini Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier adidas Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys Austria Adi Hütter Switzerland Steve von Bergen Nike Honda
Zürich Finland Sami Hyypiä[1] Ivory Coast 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 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
Notes:
  1. ^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
  2. ^ Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 14 May 2016.[3]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Israel Mu'nas Dabbur Grasshopper 19
2 France Guillaume Hoarau BSC Young Boys 17
3 Austria Marc Janko Basel 16
4 Brazil Caio Alves Grasshopper 13
Switzerland Marco Schneuwly Luzern
France Yoric Ravet Grasshopper
7 Albania Armando Sadiku Vaduz 12
8 Switzerland Shani Tarashaj Grasshopper 11
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ridge Munsy Thun
Serbia Danijel Aleksić St. Gallen


Awards

Annual awards

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

Portugal Carlitos (Sion)

Switzerland Luca Zuffi (Basel)

Sweden Kim Källström (Grasshopper)

Brazil Caio (Grasshopper)

Attack Switzerland Breel Embolo (Basel) Israel Munas Dabbur (Grasshopper)

References

  1. ^ "Neuer FCZ-Trainer gefunden Hyypiä kommt allein!". Swiss Football League (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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Swiss_Super_League
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