2018–19 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2018–19
Men's football
Super League	Young Boys
Challenge League	Servette
Swiss Cup	Basel
Women's football
Nationalliga A	Zürich
Swiss Cup	Zürich

The following is a summary of the 2018–19 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams

Men's national team

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification^[a]
1	Switzerland	4	3	1	14	5	+9	9^[b]	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	5–2	6–0
2	Belgium	4	3	1	9	6	+3	9^[b]		2–1	—	2–0
3	Iceland	4	0	4	1	13	−12	0		1–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Belgium −2.

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) Group A2	Switzerland	6–0	Iceland	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 CEST	Zuber 13' Zakaria 23' Shaqiri 53' Seferovic 67' Ajeti 71' Mehmedi 82'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 14,912 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12) Group A2	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Brussels, Belgium
18:00 CEST	Lukaku 58', 84'	Report	76' Gavranović	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,049 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

15 October 2018 (2018-10-15) Group A2	Iceland	1–2	Switzerland	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:45 CEST	Finnbogason 81'	Report	52' Seferovic 67' Lang	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 8,663 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) Group A2	Switzerland	5–2	Belgium	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Rodríguez 26' (pen.) Seferovic 31', 44', 84' Elvedi 62'	Report	2', 17' T. Hazard	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

2019 UEFA Nations League Finals

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05) Semi-final	Portugal	3–1	Switzerland	Porto, Portugal
20:45 CEST	Ronaldo 25', 88', 90'	Report	57' (pen.) Rodríguez	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 42,415 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09) 3rd place play-off	Switzerland	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	England	Guimarães, Portugal
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 15,742 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Penalties
	Zuber Xhaka Akanji Mbabu Schär Drmić		Maguire Barkley Sancho Sterling Pickford Dier

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

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) Group D	Georgia	0–2	Switzerland	Tbilisi, Georgia
15:00 CEST		Report	56' Zuber 80' Zakaria	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 49,207 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26) Group D	Switzerland	3–3	Denmark	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Freuler 19' Xhaka 66' Embolo 76'	Report	84' M. Jørgensen 88' Gytkjær 90+3' Dalsgaard	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 18,352 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Friendly matches

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)	England	1–0	Switzerland	Leicester, England
21:00 CEST	Rashford 54'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,256 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)	Switzerland	0–1	Qatar	Lugano, Switzerland
19:00 CEST		Report	86' Afif	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 4,170 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Women's national team

FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 qualification

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	8	7	0	1	19	7	+12	21	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	—	2–1	3–0	5–0	2–1
2	Switzerland	8	6	1	1	21	5	+16	19	Play-offs	1–0	—	2–1	5–1	3–0
3	Poland	8	3	2	3	16	12	+4	11		2–3	0–0	—	1–1	4–1
4	Albania	8	1	1	6	6	22	−16	4		1–2	1–4	1–4	—	1–0
5	Belarus	8	1	0	7	5	21	−16	3		1–2	0–5	1–4	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) Group 2	Scotland	2–1	Switzerland	Paisley, Scotland
20:35 CEST	Cuthbert 2' Little 6'	Report	7' Dickenmann	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,098 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group 2	Poland	0–0	Switzerland	Mielec, Poland
17:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Stali Mielec Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Play-offs

5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) Semi-final, 1st leg	Belgium	2–2	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:30 CEST	Cayman 5' De Neve 60'	Report	55', 87' Lehmann	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Semi-final, 2nd leg	Switzerland	1–1	Belgium	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
19:00 CEST	Reuteler 23'	Report	77' De Caigny	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

3–3 on aggregate. Switzerland won on away goals.

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) Final, 1st leg	Netherlands	3–0	Switzerland	Utrecht, Netherlands
20:00 CEST	Spitse 49' Martens 71' Miedema 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 23,750 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Final, 2nd leg	Switzerland	1–1	Netherlands	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00 CEST	Sow 71'	Report	52' Miedema	Stadium: LIPO Park Attendance: 5,148 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Netherlands won 4–1 on aggregate.

2019 Algarve Cup

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) Group D	Sweden	4–1	Switzerland	Faro, Portugal
17:45 CEST	Larsson 7', 40', 67' Asllani 62'	Report	26' Crnogorčević	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

4 March 2019 (2019-03-04) Group D	Switzerland	3–1	Portugal	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
17:45 CEST	Crnogorčević 60' Kiwic 66' Müller 86'	Report	27' Norton	Stadium: VRS António Sports Complex Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

6 March 2019 (2019-03-06) 7th place	Switzerland	0–2	Spain	Albufeira, Portugal
14:15 CEST		Report	21' Hermoso 63' (o.g.) Ismaili	Stadium: Albufeira Municipal Stadium Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

Friendly matches

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05)	Switzerland	0–0	Finland	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
19:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,500

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)	Switzerland	1–0	Slovakia	Winterthur, Switzerland
19:00 CEST	Reuteler 56'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 2,103

29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)	Italy	1–3	Switzerland	Ferrara, Italy
15:00 CEST	Galli 32' Girelli 61' Sabatino 89'	Report	83' Reuteler	Stadium: Stadio Paolo Mazza

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14)	Serbia	1–1	Switzerland	Stara Pazova, Serbia
18:00 CEST	Slović 29' (pen.)	Report	89' Schärz	Stadium: Sports Center FAS

Domestic season

Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	29	4	3	99	36	+63	91	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Basel	36	20	11	5	71	46	+25	71	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	10	16	10	50	49	+1	46	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4	Thun	36	12	10	14	57	58	−1	46	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Luzern	36	14	4	18	56	61	−5	46	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	St. Gallen	36	13	7	16	49	58	−9	46
7	Zürich	36	11	11	14	43	52	−9	44
8	Sion	36	12	7	17	50	55	−5	43
9	Xamax (O)	36	9	10	17	44	65	−21	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Grasshopper (R)	36	5	10	21	32	71	−39	25	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; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Challenge League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Servette (C, P)	36	24	7	5	90	37	+53	79	Promotion to 2019–20 Swiss Super League
2	Aarau	36	19	7	10	63	46	+17	64	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Lausanne	36	16	15	5	64	36	+28	63
4	Winterthur	36	16	8	12	57	51	+6	56
5	Wil	36	10	12	14	33	47	−14	42
6	Vaduz^[a]	36	11	9	16	48	70	−22	42	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
7	Schaffhausen	36	10	9	17	43	62	−19	39
8	Kriens	36	7	15	14	46	58	−12	36
9	Chiasso	36	9	9	18	43	67	−24	36
10	Rapperswil-Jona (R)	36	10	5	21	47	59	−12	35	Relegation to 2019–20 Swiss Promotion League

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Vaduz qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Ninth placed team of 2018–19 Super League, Xamax, faced Aarau, the runner-up of 2018–19 Challenge League.

First leg

30 May 2019

20:00

Xamax	0–4	Aarau
	Report	Maierhofer 22' Tasar 34', 69' Mišić 45+2'

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Stephan Klossner

Second leg

2 June 2019

17:00

Aarau	0–4 (a.e.t.)	Xamax
	Report	Dié 20' Ošs 29' Ademi 38' Tréand 72'
Penalties
Zverotić Jäckle Bürgy Mišić Karanović	4–5	Veloso Tréand Corbaz Ademi Dié

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Attendance: 7,526

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate and will stay in the Swiss Super League.

Promotion League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	30	21	6	3	74	28	+46	69	Promotion to 2019–20 Challenge League
2	Yverdon-Sport	30	17	9	4	55	22	+33	60
3	Bellinzona	30	16	10	4	49	23	+26	58
4	SC Cham	30	14	8	8	52	40	+12	50
5	Sion U-21	30	13	6	11	41	38	+3	45
6	Stade Nyonnais	30	13	4	13	56	36	+20	43
7	Köniz	30	10	11	9	41	46	−5	41
8	Bavois	30	9	13	8	48	43	+5	40
9	Basel U-21	30	9	11	10	49	43	+6	38
10	Breitenrain	30	11	5	14	44	54	−10	38
11	Münsingen	30	9	10	11	29	44	−15	37
12	Brühl	30	9	9	12	53	55	−2	36
13	Zürich U-21	30	8	9	13	32	44	−12	33
14	YF Juventus	30	9	2	19	35	54	−19	29
15	Wohlen	30	6	10	14	40	58	−18	28	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	2	5	23	25	95	−70	11	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF

Swiss Cup final

Basel beat Zürich 3–1 in the first semi-final and FC Thun beat Luzern 1–0 in the other semi to qualify for the final.^[3]

19 May 2019

15:00

FC Basel	2–1^[4]	FC Thun
Okafor 13' Ajeti 24' 90+4' Álvarez 26' Riveros 65' Frei 77' Omlin 87'	SFV summary Report	Stillhart 23' Sorgić 81' Costanzo 90+3'

Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, Bern

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Fedayi San


GK	Jonas Omlin
DF	Taulant Xhaka
DF	Marek Suchý (c)
DF	Carlos Zambrano
MF	Blás Riveros
MF	Éder Álvarez Balanta
MF	Fabian Frei	90+1'
MF	Valentin Stocker	67'
MF	Luca Zuffi	72'
ST	Noah Okafor
ST	Albian Ajeti
Substitutes:
MF	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	90+1'
MF	Kevin Bua	67'
FW	Zdravko Kuzmanović	72'
Manager:
Marcel Koller



GK	Guillaume Faivre (c)
DF	Sven Joss
DF	Roy Gelmi
DF	Nicola Sutter	26'
DF	Chris Kablan
MF	Kenan Fatkič
MF	Matteo Tosetti	78'
MF	Moreno Costanzo
MF	Basil Stillhart
MF	Marvin Spielmann	90+4'
ST	Dejan Sorgić
Substitutes:
MF	Gregory Karlen	26'
MF	Dennis Salanović	76'
MF	Dominik Schwizer	90+4'
Manager:
Marc Schneider

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
PAOK	5–1	Basel	2–1	3–0

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	3–2	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	2–1

Group stage

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	MUN	VAL	YB
1	Juventus	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	1–0	3–0
2	Manchester United	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	0–0	1–0
3	Valencia	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	2–1	—	3–1
4	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4		2–1	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
St. Gallen	2–2 (a)	Sarpsborg 08	2–1	0–1

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vitesse	0–2	Basel	0–1	0–1
Olympiacos	7–1	Luzern	4–0	3–1

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	3–3 (a)	Apollon Limassol	3–2	0–1

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	ZUR	AKL	LUD
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	4	1	1	16	9	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	4–2	1–1
2	Zürich	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–2	—	1–2	1–0
3	AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5		1–5	0–1	—	1–1
4	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4		2–3	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	1–5	Napoli	1–3	0–2

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SUB	BAS	KIR	BRE
1	Spartak Subotica	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Round of 32	—	—	1–0	4–0
2	Basel	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6		0–5	—	—	4–0
3	Kiryat Gat	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1		—	0–3	—	—
4	Breznica Pljevlja (H)	3	0	1	2	4	12	−8	1		—	—	4–4	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualifying round tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Honka	1–6	Zürich	0–1	1–5

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	0–5	Bayern Munich	0–2	0–3

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.
^ Swiss Football Verband (SFV) (2019). "Schweizer Cups" [Swiss Cup] (in German). Swiss Football Verband (SFV) website. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 May 2019). "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Preceded by 2017–18	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2019–20

[1] Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.

[table_hth_SUI0.05269020518879-2] Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Belgium −2.

[table_note_VAD0.65557896236683-4] Vaduz qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup.

[3] "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.

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

[sfv-cup-2018/19-Schweizer_Cups-6] Swiss Football Verband (SFV) (2019). "Schweizer Cups" [Swiss Cup] (in German). Swiss Football Verband (SFV) website. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[fcb-achiv-2018/19-Cup-FCB-Thun-7] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (19 May 2019). "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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