2025–26 Servette FC season

Servette FC
2025–26 season
ManagerThomas Häberli
(until 4 August)
Jocelyn Gourvennec
(from 11 August)
StadiumStade 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

12 July 2025 Servette 1–0 Grenoble Foot 38
15 July 2025 Servette 3–2 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS

18 July 2025 Servette 3–2 AS Saint-Étienne

Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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:
  1. ^ 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 (2025-08-10) 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 (2025-12-06) 16 Grasshopper 0–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Meyer  28'
Report 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
Report
20 September 2025 Yverdon-Sport FC 1–0 Servette
Report

UEFA Champions League

League Path matches

22 July 2025 (2025-07-22) Viktoria Plzeň 0–1 Servette Doosan Arena, Plzeň
19:00 Report[8]
Attendance: 11,055[7]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
30 July 2025 (2025-07-30) Servette 1–3 Viktoria Plzeň Stade de Genève, Geneva
21:00 Report[10]
Attendance: 11,716[9]
Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Spain)

UEFA Europa League

Main Path matches

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) Servette 1–3 Utrecht Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 Report[12]
Attendance: 11,744[11]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
14 August 2025 (2025-08-14) Utrecht 2–1 Servette Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
20:00
Report[14]
Attendance: 21,800[13]
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

UEFA Conference League

Main Path matches

21 August 2025 (2025-08-21) Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Servette Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, Kraków, Poland[note 1]
20:00
Report[17]
Attendance: 8,392[16]
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
28 August 2025 (2025-08-28) Servette 1–2 (a.e.t.) Shakhtar Donetsk Stade de Genève, Geneva
21:00
Report[19]
Attendance: 13,224[18]
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Communiqué officiel" (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Jocelyn Gourvennec nommé entraîneur du Servette FC" (in Swiss French). Servette FC. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Florian Ayé au Servette FC" [Florian Ayé at Servette FC] (in French). Servette FC. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Der FCB verpflichtet Keigo Tsunemoto von Servette | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Spielplan Update" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Servette" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs Servette". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Servette vs. Viktoria Plzeň" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Servette vs Viktoria Plzeň". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Servette vs. Utrecht" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Servette vs Utrecht". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Utrecht vs. Servette" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Utrecht vs Servette". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Servette" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  17. ^ "Shakhtar Donetsk vs Servette". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Servette vs. Shakhtar Donetsk" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Servette vs Shakhtar Donetsk". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 August 2025.