2020–21 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2020–21 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	13	3	+10	11	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	6–0	1–0	4–0
2	Germany	6	2	3	1	10	13	−3	9		1–1	—	3–3	3–1
3	Switzerland	6	1	3	2	9	8	+1	6^[a]		1–1	1–1	—	3–0^[b]
4	Ukraine (R)	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6^[a]	Relegation to League B	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
^ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) Group 4	Ukraine	2–1	Switzerland	Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 CEST	Yarmolenko 14' Zinchenko 68'	Report	41' Seferović	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) Group 4	Switzerland	1–1	Germany	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Widmer 58'	Report	14' Gündoğan	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) Group 4	Spain	1–0	Switzerland	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST	Oyarzabal 14'	Report		Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) Group 4	Germany	3–3	Switzerland	Cologne, Germany
20:45 CEST	Werner 28' Havertz 55' Gnabry 60'	Report	5', 57' Gavranović 26' Freuler	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Group 4	Switzerland	1–1	Spain	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Freuler 26'	Report	89' Gerard	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) Group 4	Switzerland	3–0 Awarded^{[note 1]}	Ukraine	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Swissporarena Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Template:2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA group tables

25 March 2021 (2021-03-25) Group C	Bulgaria	v	Switzerland	TBD, Bulgaria
20:45 CET

28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) Group C	Switzerland	v	Lithuania	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET				Stadium: Kybunpark

UEFA Euro 2020

Template:UEFA Euro 2020 group tables

12 June 2021 (2021-06-12) Group A	Wales	v	Switzerland	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 CET				Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium

16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) Group A	Italy	v	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET				Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

20 June 2021 (2021-06-20) Group A	Switzerland	v	Turkey	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 CET				Stadium: Baku Olympic Stadium

Friendly matches

7 October 2020 (2020-10-07)	Switzerland	1–2	Croatia	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET	Gavranović 31'	Report	42' Brekalo 66' Pašalić	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11)	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:45 CET	Batshuayi 49', 70'	Report	12' Mehmedi	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)	Switzerland	v	Finland	St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CET				Stadium: Kybunpark

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)	Switzerland	v	Greece	TBD, Switzerland
20:45 CET

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

18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) Group H	Croatia	1–1	Switzerland	Zaprešić, Croatia
17:30 CET	Rudelić 3'	Report	74' Bachmann	Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) Group H	Switzerland	2–1	Belgium	Thun, Switzerland
19:00 CET	Gut 5' Lehmann 63'	Report	70' Wullaert	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Group H	Romania	0–2	Switzerland	Mogoșoaia, Romania
16:30 CET		Report	29' Sow 79' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Football Centre FRF Attendance: 0 Referee: Melis Özçiğdem (Turkey)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) Group H	Belgium	4–0	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:00 CET	De Caigny 31', 45+7' Wullaert 73' Cayman 85'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Tournoi de France

17 February 2021 (2021-02-17) Group stage	Norway	v	Switzerland	Metz, France
19:00 CET				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) Group stage	France	v	Switzerland	Metz, France
21:10 CET				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) Group stage	Iceland	v	Switzerland	Sedan, France
19:00 CET				Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

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	25	9	2	74	29	+45	84	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Basel	36	15	8	13	60	53	+7	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Servette	36	14	8	14	45	56	−11	50
4	Lugano	36	12	13	11	40	42	−2	49
5	Luzern	36	12	10	14	62	59	+3	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Lausanne-Sport	36	12	10	14	52	55	−3	46
7	St. Gallen	36	11	11	14	45	48	−3	44
8	Zürich	36	11	10	15	53	57	−4	43
9	Sion (O)	36	8	14	14	48	58	−10	38	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Vaduz (R)	36	9	9	18	36	58	−22	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League^[b]

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.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.
^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grasshoppers (C, P)	36	19	8	9	60	43	+17	65	Promotion to 2021–22 Swiss Super League
2	Thun (Q)	36	19	7	10	57	46	+11	64	Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Lausanne-Ouchy	36	15	13	8	57	39	+18	58
4	Schaffhausen	36	16	10	10	59	46	+13	58
5	Aarau	36	17	7	12	66	59	+7	58
6	Winterthur	36	11	10	15	50	52	−2	43
7	Wil	36	10	9	17	43	52	−9	39
8	Kriens	36	9	11	16	40	48	−8	38
9	Xamax	36	10	6	20	36	58	−22	36
10	Chiasso (R)	36	9	9	18	35	60	−25	36	Relegation to Swiss Promotion League

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2021. 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.^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Swiss clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Young Boys	3–1	KÍ

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Midtjylland	3–0	Young Boys

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	3–0	Ružomberok

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Servette	0–1	Reims
Osijek	1–2	Basel

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
St. Gallen	0–1	AEK Athens
Basel	3–2	Anorthosis

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Basel	1–3	CSKA Sofia

Group Stage

Group A

Template:2020–21 UEFA Europa League group tables

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys		Bayer Leverkusen	18 Feb	25 Feb

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
St. Pölten	3–0	Zürich	2–0	1–0
Servette Chênois	2–9	Atlético Madrid	2–4	0–5

Notes

^ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[1]

References

^ "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "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 2019–20	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2021–22

[table_hth_SUI0.92961354177893-1] Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.

[table_note_SUI_UKR0.92961354177893-2] The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.85401478915197-5] Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

[table_note_res_RECL2Q0.85401478915197-6] Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

[SUIvUKR-4] The Switzerland v Ukraine match was cancelled and awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after the Ukraine national team were placed in quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the squad. The Ukrainian Association of Football announced they would appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[1]

[3] "Ukraine zieht vor den TAS" [Ukraine goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in German). 25 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[7] "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.

[8] "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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