2015–16 Swiss Super League

Swiss Super League
Season	2015–16
Dates	18 July 2015 – 25 May 2016
Champions	Basel
Relegated	Zürich
Champions League	Basel; Young Boys
Europa League	Zürich (although relegated) ; Luzern; Grasshopper; Vaduz
Matches played	180
Goals scored	566 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mu'nas Dabbur; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Young Boys 7–0 Lugano; (9 April 2016)
Biggest away win	St. Gallen 0–7 Basel; (17 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Young Boys 5–4 Vaduz; (17 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Basel (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Basel (17 games)
Longest winless run	Zürich (11 games)
Longest losing run	Zürich (5 games); Luzern (5 games)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

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	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	Urs Fischer	Matías Delgado	adidas	Novartis
Grasshopper	Pierluigi Tami	Kim Källström	Puma	FROMM/Priora
Lugano	Zdeněk Zeman	Antoine Rey	Nike	Città di Lugano
Luzern	Markus Babbel	Claudio Lustenberger	adidas	Otto's
Sion	Didier Tholot	Xavier Kouassi	Erreà	Alloboissons
St. Gallen	Joe Zinnbauer	Albert Bunjaku	Jako	St. Galler Kantonalbank
Thun	Jeff Saibene	Dennis Hediger	Nike	Panorama Center
Vaduz	Giorgio Contini	Franz Burgmeier	adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank
Young Boys	Adi Hütter	Steve von Bergen	Nike	Honda
Zürich	Sami Hyypiä	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
9	Lugano	36	9	8	19	46	75	−29	35
10	Zürich (R)	36	7	13	16	48	71	−23	34	Europa League and relegation to the Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

Results

First and Second Round

Home \ Away	BAS	GRA	LUG	LUZ	SIO	STG	THU	VAD	YB	ZÜR
Basel		2–3	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Grasshopper	2–3		6–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	5–0
Lugano	1–3	4–1		0–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0
Luzern	1–3	3–3	2–2		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Sion	0–2	3–2	3–0	2–0		1–0	1–2	0–1	1–3	3–1
St. Gallen	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2
Thun	0–2	3–5	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–2		1–0	0–1	5–1
Vaduz	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–2
Young Boys	4–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–0		1–1
Zürich	2–2	2–3	5–3	2–5	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	1–1

Source: Swiss Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home \ Away	BAS	GRA	LUG	LUZ	SIO	STG	THU	VAD	YB	ZÜR
Basel		0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	2–0	2–2
Grasshopper	0–4		0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	4–2
Lugano	1–4	0–1		1–1	0–6	3–0	2–1	2–5	1–3	0–0
Luzern	4–0	3–0	2–1		2–2	0–1	3–0	5–1	2–3	1–2
Sion	0–1	2–1	3–1	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2
St. Gallen	0–7	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–1		1–2	1–3	2–3	3–0
Thun	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2		2–2	0–3	4–0
Vaduz	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–0		1–1	0–3
Young Boys	2–3	1–1	7–0	5–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	5–4		3–0
Zürich	2–3	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	0–1

Source: Swiss Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 14 May 2016.

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Mu'nas Dabbur	Grasshopper	19
2	Guillaume Hoarau	BSC Young Boys	17
3	Marc Janko	Basel	16
4	Caio Alves	Grasshopper	13
	Marco Schneuwly	Luzern
	Yoric Ravet	Grasshopper
7	Armando Sadiku	Vaduz	12
8	Shani Tarashaj	Grasshopper	11
	Ridge Munsy	Thun
	Danijel Aleksić	St. Gallen

Top assists

As of 4 April 2016.

Rank	Scorer	Club	Assists
1	Mu'nas Dabbur	Grasshopper	12
1	Yoric Ravet	Grasshopper	12
3	Kim Källström	Grasshopper	10
	Matías Emilio Delgado	Basel
	Luca Zuffi	Basel
6	Stjepan Kukuruzović	Vaduz	8
7	Antonini Čulina	Lugano	7
	Kevin Bua	Zürich
	Breel Embolo	Basel
10	Caio Alves	Grasshopper	6

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Breel Embolo	Basel
Young Player of the Season	Shani Tarashaj	GC
Coach of the Season	Pierluigi Tami	GC
Goal of the Season	Mu'nas Dabbur	GC

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Tomáš Vaclík (Basel)
Defence	Michael Lang (Basel)	Marek Suchý (Basel)	Roy Gelmi (St. Gallen)	Pa Modou Jagne (Sion)
Midfield	Carlitos (Sion)	Luca Zuffi (Basel)	Kim Källström (Grasshopper)	Caio (Grasshopper)
Attack	Breel Embolo (Basel)		Munas Dabbur (Grasshopper)

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.080451858267398-2] Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_res_REL0.080451858267398-3] Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.