2016–17 Swiss Super League


The 2016–17 Swiss Super League, also known as Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 120th season of top-tier football in Switzerland and the 14th in the current format. Basel were the defending champions. The fixtures were published on 17 June 2016.
A total of 10 teams competed in the league: the 9 best teams from the 2015–16 season and the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champion Lausanne-Sport. The season started on the weekend of 23 and 24 July 2016 and ended on 2 June 2017.
On 28 April 2017, Basel won their 20th league title following their 2–1 away win against Luzern, with six games to spare. It is also their 8th consecutive title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
BaselSt. Jakob-Park38,512
ZürichLetzigrund23,605
LausanneLausannePontaise15,850
LuganoLuganoStadio Cornaredo10,500
LucerneSwissporarena17,500
SionStade Tourbillon16,500
St. Gallenkybunpark19,694
ThunStockhorn Arena10,000
VaduzRheinpark Stadion7,584
BernStade de Suisse31,783

League table

Positions by round

Results

First and Second Round

Third and Fourth Round

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Seydou DoumbiaBasel20
2 Guillaume HoarauYoung Boys18
3 Ezgjan AlioskiLugano16
4 Dejan SorgićThun15
4 Chadrac AkoloSion15
6 Marco SchneuwlyLuzern14
6 CaioGrasshopper14
8 Marc JankoBasel13
9 Albian AjetiSt. Gallen10
9 Matías DelgadoBasel10
9 Mohamed ElyounoussiBasel10
9 Christian FassnachtThun10

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Yoric RavetYoung Boys17
2 Matteo TosettiThun15
3 Ezgjan AlioskiLugano14
4 Mohamed ElyounoussiBasel13
4 Christian SchneuwlyLuzern13
6 Renato SteffenBasel12
6 Luca ZuffiBasel12
8 Markus NeumayrLuzern10
9 CarlitosSion9
9 Matías DelgadoBasel9
9 Marco AratoreSt. Gallen9

Hat-tricks

– Home ; – Away

Discipline

Player

TeamTotalAverage
Basel476,70526,484
Young Boys325,31618,073
St. Gallen225,59212,533
Luzern196,55710,920
Sion165,1009,172
Thun97,2885,405
Grasshopper90,2005,011
Lausanne-Sport80,7224,485
Vaduz73,5494,086
Lugano72,4984,027
League total1,803,51810,020