2025–26 Servette FC season
| 2025–26 season | |
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| Manager | Thomas Häberli (until 4 August) Jocelyn Gourvennec (from 11 August) |
| Stadium | Stade de Genève |
| All statistics correct as of 29 May 2025. | |
The 2025–26 season is the 136th season in the history of Servette FC, and the club's seventh consecutive season in the Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team also participated in the Swiss Cup, the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Conference League.
Summary
On 4 August 2025, Thomas Häberli was sacked as manager of Servette.[1] On 11 August 2025, Jocelyn Gourvennec was named the head coach of Servette FC.[2]
Transfers in
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Florian Ayé | AJ Auxerre | Transfer | 8 August 2025 | [3] |
Transfers out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Keigo Tsunemoto | FC Basel | Transfer | 1 July 2025 | [4] |
Friendlies
| 2 July 2025 | Servette | 1–0 | Étoile Carouge | |
| 9 July 2025 | Servette | 0–4 | FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy | |
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| 12 July 2025 | Servette | 1–0 | Grenoble Foot 38 | |
| 15 July 2025 | Servette | 3–2 | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | |
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| 18 July 2025 | Servette | 3–2 | AS Saint-Étienne | |
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Competitions
Swiss Super League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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| 7 | Luzern | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 36 | |
| 8 | Lausanne-Sport | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 36 | |
| 9 | Servette (W) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Zürich (W) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 31 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper (W) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2026. Source: Brack Super League - Tabelle
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[5]
(W) Assured of a bottom six finish
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[5]
(W) Assured of a bottom six finish
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Matches
| 10 August 2025 3 | Servette | 1–1 | Grasshopper | Stade de Genève, Lancy |
| 16:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Attendance: 6,478 Referee: Johannes von Mandach Assistant referees: Alessandro Dudic (VAR) | ||
| Note: Originally scheduled for 9 August 2025 (18:00 kickoff). Rescheduled on 31 July 2025.[6] | ||||
| 5 October 2025 8 | Servette | 0–3 | Basel | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 16:30 | Cognat 28' | FCB summary | 5' Ajeti 17' Agbonifo 41' Otele 45+1' Barišić 59' Otele |
Attendance: 12,120 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam |
| 6 December 2025 16 | Grasshopper | 0–1 | Servette | Letzigrund, Zürich |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Lionel Tschudi Assistant referees: Nico Gianforte (VAR) |
| 20 December 2025 19 | Basel | 1–1 | Servette | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 20:30 | Otele 42' Traoré 64' (1:1) Salah 90+4' |
FCB summary | 29' (0:1) Guillemenot 33' Cognat 51' Allix 68' Rouiller 85' Ishuayed |
Attendance: 24,103 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger |
Swiss Cup
| 17 August 2025 | FC Dardania Lausanne | 0–5 | Servette | |
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| 20 September 2025 | Yverdon-Sport FC | 1–0 | Servette | |
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UEFA Champions League
League Path matches
| 22 July 2025 | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–1 | Servette | Doosan Arena, Plzeň |
| 19:00 | Report[8] |
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Attendance: 11,055[7] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
| 30 July 2025 | Servette | 1–3 | Viktoria Plzeň | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 21:00 |
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Report[10] | Attendance: 11,716[9] Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Spain) |
UEFA Europa League
Main Path matches
| 7 August 2025 | Servette | 1–3 | Utrecht | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 20:30 |
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Report[12] | Attendance: 11,744[11] Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany) |
| 14 August 2025 | Utrecht | 2–1 | Servette | Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht |
| 20:00 |
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Report[14] | Attendance: 21,800[13] Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England) |
UEFA Conference League
Main Path matches
| 21 August 2025 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–1 | Servette | Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, Kraków, Poland[note 1] |
| 20:00 |
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Report[17] |
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Attendance: 8,392[16] Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland) |
| 28 August 2025 | Servette | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Shakhtar Donetsk | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
| 21:00 |
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Report[19] | Attendance: 13,224[18] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain) |
Notes
- ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[15]
References
- ^ "Communiqué officiel" (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur du Servette FC" (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Florian Ayé au Servette FC" [Florian Ayé at Servette FC] (in French). Servette FC. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Der FCB verpflichtet Keigo Tsunemoto von Servette | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Spielplan Update" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Servette" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs Servette". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs. Viktoria Plzeň" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs Viktoria Plzeň". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs. Utrecht" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs Utrecht". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Utrecht vs. Servette" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Utrecht vs Servette". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Servette" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk vs Servette". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs. Shakhtar Donetsk" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Servette vs Shakhtar Donetsk". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 August 2025.