2025–26 Swiss Super League

Super League
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 – 17 May 2026
Matches155
Goals518 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer
Christian Fassnacht (15 goals)
Biggest home winSt. Gallen 5–0 Winterthur (10 August 2025)
Young Boys 5–0 Winterthur (22 November 2025)
Biggest away winYoung Boys 2–6 Grasshopper (17 December 2025)
Highest scoringYoung Boys 2–6 Grasshopper (17 December 2025)
Longest winning runThun (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runThun (8 matches)
Longest winless runWinterthur (11 matches)
Longest losing runWinterthur (5 matches)
Highest attendance31,500
Young Boys 0–0 Basel
(2 November 2025)
Young Boys 1–2 St. Gallen
(19 October 2025)
Lowest attendance2,898
Lugano 1–1 Lausanne-Sport (18 September 2025)
Average attendance12,817
All statistics correct as of 22 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Super League (referred to as the Brack Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 129th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland, and the 23rd under its current name. It is the third season featuring a new format and increased number of participants, since the beginning of the Super League era in 2003. The defending champions are Basel.[1]

Overview

Format and schedule

The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 26 November 2024:[2][3]

  • The season will begin on 25 July 2025 and conclude on 17 May 2026.
  • The league will go on winter break after matchday 19 on 21 December 2025 and resume on 17 January 2026. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on 16 May, while the championship group will hold its last matches 17 May 2026.
  • The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 20 and 23 May 2026, respectively.

The season is divided into two phases:

  • In a first phase all twelve teams play each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays and concludes on 12 April 2026.
  • Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group. The second phase begins on 25 April 2026.
    • Each team will play every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
    • The championship group will play for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships. Final matchday is on 17 May 2026.
    • The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and the relegation play-off (second-to-last place). Final matchday will be on 16 May 2026.
  • Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.

Team changes

FC Thun return to the top tier after a five-year absence.[4] Yverdon-Sport FC were relegated to Challenge League after two years in the top tier.[5]

Teams

Stadia and locations

FC Basel Grasshopper Club Zurich FC Zürich FC Lausanne-Sport FC Lugano
St. Jakob-Park Letzigrund Stade de la Tuilière Stadio Cornaredo
Basel Zurich Lausanne Lugano
Capacity: 37,994[6] Capacity: 26,103[7][8] Capacity: 12,544[9] Capacity: 6,390[10]
FC Luzern
Location of the 2025–26 Swiss Super League teams
 Servette FC
Swissporarena Stade de Genève
Luzern Geneva
Capacity: 16,490[11] Capacity: 28,833[12]
FC Sion FC St. Gallen FC Thun FC Winterthur BSC Young Boys
Stade de Tourbillon Kybunpark Stockhorn Arena Stadion Schützenwiese Stadion Wankdorf
Sion St. Gallen Thun Winterthur Bern
Capacity: 14,283[13] Capacity: 19,455[14] Capacity: 10,000[15] Capacity: 8,400[16] Capacity: 31,120[17]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Zürich Ricardo Moniz Termination Pre-season Mitchell van der Gaag 31 May 2025 [18]
Basel Fabio Celestini Resignation Ludovic Magnin 16 June 2025 [19][20]
Lausanne Ludovic Magnin Mutual consent Peter Zeidler 21 June 2025 [20][21]
Grasshopper Tomas Oral Gerald Scheiblehner 24 June 2025 [22][23]
Servette Thomas Häberli Termination 4 August 2025 11th Jocelyn Gourvennec 11 August 2025 [24][25]
Winterthur Uli Forte 20 October 2025 12th Patrick Rahmen 22 October 2025 [26][27]
Zürich Mitchell van der Gaag 23 October 2025 8th Dennis Hediger (interim) 23 October 2025 [28]
Young Boys Giorgio Contini 31 October 2025 5th Gerardo Seoane 31 October 2025 [29][30]
Basel Ludovic Magnin 26 January 2026 4th Stephan Lichtsteiner 26 January 2026 [31][32]
Grasshopper Gerald Scheiblehner Termination 16 March 2026 11th Gernot Messner (interim) 16 March 2026 [33]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Thun (V) 30 23 2 5 71 33 +38 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 St. Gallen (V) 30 16 7 7 59 36 +23 55 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
3 Lugano (V) 30 14 8 8 47 37 +10 50
4 Basel (V) 30 14 7 9 45 39 +6 49
5 Sion 30 11 12 7 43 34 +9 45
6 Young Boys 30 13 6 11 60 55 +5 45
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
12 Winterthur (W) 30 4 7 19 34 80 −46 19 Relegation to 2026–27 Swiss Challenge League
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.[34]
(V) Assured of a top six finish; (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).
  2. ^ The 2025–26 Swiss Cup winner qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round. If the cup winner finishes in the top three, the remaining European berths will pass down to the next highest qualifying teams.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 February 2026[35]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Christian Fassnacht Young Boys 15
2 Chris Bedia Young Boys 13
3 Alessandro Vogt St. Gallen 12
4 Philippe Kény Zürich 11
Rilind Nivokazi Sion
6 Carlo Boukhalfa St. Gallen 10
Kevin Behrens Lugano
Xherdan Shaqiri Basel
9 Matteo Di Giusto Luzern 9
Christopher Ibayi Thun

Hat tricks

Player Team Opponent Result Date
Luke Plange Grasshopper Young Boys 6–2 (A) 17 December 2025

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