2019–20 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2019–20
Men's football
Super League	Young Boys
Challenge League	Lausanne-Sport
Swiss Cup	Young Boys
Women's football
Nationalliga A	abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
Swiss Cup	abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

The following is a summary of the 2019–20 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	5	2	1	19	6	+13	17	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–3	2–0	1–0	4–0
2	Denmark	8	4	4	0	23	6	+17	16	Qualify for final tournament	1–0	—	1–1	5–1	6–0
3	Republic of Ireland	8	3	4	1	7	5	+2	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
4	Georgia	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	3–0
5	Gibraltar	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28	0		1–6	0–6	0–1	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) Group D	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Switzerland	Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CEST	McGoldrick 85'	Report	74' Schär	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 44,111 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) Group D	Switzerland	4–0	Gibraltar	Sion, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Zakaria 37' Mehmedi 43' Rodríguez 45+4' Gavranović 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) Group D	Denmark	1–0	Switzerland	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 CEST	Poulsen 84'	Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 35,964 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) Group D	Switzerland	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Lancy, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Seferovic 16' Fernandes 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 24,766 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) Group D	Switzerland	1–0	Georgia	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Itten 77'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 16,400 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) Group D	Gibraltar	1–6	Switzerland	Gibraltar, Gibraltar
20:45 CET	Styche 74'	Report	10', 84' Itten 50' Vargas 57' Fassnacht 75' Benito 86' Xhaka	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Women's national team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	7	0	1	37	5	+32	21	Final tournament	—	4–0	6–1	6–1	6–0
2	Switzerland	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Play-offs	2–1	—	6–0	2–0	4–0
3	Romania	8	4	0	4	13	16	−3	12		0–1	0–2	—	4–1	3–0
4	Croatia	8	2	1	5	7	19	−12	7		1–4	1–1	0–1	—	1–0
5	Lithuania	8	0	0	8	1	32	−31	0		0–9	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group H	Switzerland	4–0	Lithuania	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Liužinaitė 19' (o.g.) Humm 47' Bachmann 68' Crnogorčević 79'	Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Merima Čelik (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

4 October 2019 (2019-10-04) Group H	Lithuania	0–3	Switzerland	Šiauliai, Lithuania
17:30 CET		Report	35' (pen.) Crnogorčević 66' Kiwic 70' (o.g.) Neverdauskaitė	Stadium: Savivaldybė Stadium Attendance: 237 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group H	Switzerland	2–0	Croatia	Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Crnogorčević 9' Reuteler 31'	Report		Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 4,512 Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group H	Switzerland	6–0	Romania	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Bachmann 26', 45', 74' Crnogorčević 65' (pen.) Humm 81' Fölmli 88'	Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 3,741 Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Friendly matches

14 January 2020 (2020-01-14)	Malta	2–2	Switzerland	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:30 CET	Farrugia 51' Carabott 60'	Report	50', 53' Pando	Stadium: National Stadium

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06)	Switzerland	1–1	Austria	Marbella, Spain
19:00 CET	Mégroz 87'	Report	8' (o.g.) Aigbogun	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)	Austria	1–2	Switzerland	Marbella, Spain
18:00 CET	Puntigam 42'	Report	8', 90+2' (pen.) Crnogorčević	Stadium: Estadio Municipal

League season

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	23	7	6	80	41	+39	76	Qualificaition for Champions League second qualifying round
2	St. Gallen	36	21	5	10	79	56	+23	68	Qualificaition for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Basel	36	18	8	10	74	38	+36	62	Qualificaition for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Servette	36	12	13	11	57	48	+9	49	Qualificaition for Europa League first qualifying round
5	Lugano	36	11	14	11	46	46	0	47
6	Luzern	36	13	7	16	42	50	−8	46
7	Zürich	36	12	7	17	45	72	−27	43
8	Sion	36	10	9	17	40	55	−15	39
9	Thun (R)	36	10	8	18	45	67	−22	38	Qualificaition for relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (R)	36	5	12	19	33	68	−35	27	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lausanne (C, P)	36	22	7	7	84	36	+48	73	Promotion to 2020–21 Swiss Super League
2	Vaduz^[a] (O, P)	36	18	10	8	78	53	+25	64	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and for the promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Grasshopper	36	17	10	9	69	52	+17	61
4	Winterthur	36	15	10	11	56	58	−2	55
5	Kriens	36	16	6	14	58	59	−1	54
6	Wil	36	14	7	15	60	61	−1	49
7	Lausanne-Ouchy	36	11	9	16	47	64	−17	42
8	Aarau	36	10	11	15	65	80	−15	41
9	Schaffhausen	36	6	14	16	34	62	−28	32
10	Chiasso	36	5	8	23	44	70	−26	23

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Vaduz were selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League by the Liechtenstein Football Association.

Swiss Cup

30 August 2020

17:30 CEST

Basel	1–2	Young Boys
Alderete 42'	Report	Nsame 50' Spielmann 89'

Stadion Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 0

Referee: Sandro Schärer

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PSV Eindhoven	4–4 (a)	Basel	3–2	1–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	2–5	LASK	1–2	1–3

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	3–3 (a)	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	1–1

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Luzern	2–0	KÍ Klaksvík	1–0	1–0

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thun	3–5	Spartak Moscow	2–3	1–2
Luzern	0–6	Espanyol	0–3	0–3

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
APOEL	0–4	Basel	0–3	0–1

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–4	Basel	0–3	0–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shakhtar Donetsk	4–1	Basel

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lugano	1–11	Manchester City	1–7	0–4
FC Minsk	4–1	Zurich	1–0	3–1

References

^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

Preceded by 2018–19	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2020–21

[table_note_VAD0.34873520366323-2] Vaduz were selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League by the Liechtenstein Football Association.

[1] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[3] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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National teams

Men's national team

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Women's national team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Friendly matches

League season

Raiffeisen Super League

Brack.ch Challenge League

Swiss Cup

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group B

Group C

Group G

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

References