2023–24 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2023–24 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

National teams[edit]

Men's national team[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

23 March 2024	Denmark	0–0	Switzerland	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Parken Stadium

26 March 2024	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Switzerland	Dublin, Ireland
19:45 UTC±0				Stadium: Aviva Stadium

2 June 2024	Japan	v	Switzerland	TBD, Japan
				Stadium: TBD

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	6	4	0	16	5	+11	22	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Switzerland	10	4	5	1	22	11	+11	17	Qualify for final tournament	2–2	—	3–0	3–3	1–1	3–0
3	Israel	10	4	3	3	11	11	0	15	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	2–1
4	Belarus	10	3	3	4	9	14	−5	12		0–0	0–5	1–2	—	2–1	1–0
5	Kosovo	10	2	5	3	10	10	0	11		0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	—	1–1
6	Andorra	10	0	2	8	3	20	−17	2		0–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

9 September 2023	Kosovo	2–2	Switzerland	Prishtina, Kosovo
20:45 UTC+2	Muriqi 65', 90+4'	Report	Freuler 14' Am. Rrahmani 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

12 September 2023	Switzerland	3–0	Andorra	Sion, Switzerland
20:45 UTC+2	Itten 49' Xhaka 84' Shaqiri 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

15 October 2023	Switzerland	3–3	Belarus	St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:00 UTC+2	Shaqiri 28' Akanji 89' Amdouni 90'	Report	Ebong 61' Polyakov 69' Antilevsky 84'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,000 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

15 November 2023^{[note 1]}	Israel	1–1	Switzerland	Felcsút (Hungary)^{[note 2]}
21:45 UTC+3	Weissman 88'	Report	Vargas 36'	Stadium: Pancho Aréna Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

18 November 2023	Switzerland	1–1	Kosovo	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

21 November 2023	Romania	1–0	Switzerland	Bucharest, Romania
21:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Arena Națională

UEFA Euro 2024[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	Advance to knockout stage
2	Scotland	Advance to knockout stage
3	Hungary	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4	Switzerland

First match(es) will be played: 14 June 2024. Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

15 June 2024	Hungary	v	Switzerland	Cologne, Germany
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

19 June 2024	Scotland	v	Switzerland	Cologne, Germany
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

23 June 2024	Switzerland	v	Germany	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Waldstadion

Women's national team[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

5 July 2023	Switzerland	0–0	Morocco	Winterthur, Switzerland
				Stadium: Schützenwiese

23 February 2024

Poland

1–4

Switzerland

27 February 2024

Poland

1–0

Switzerland

World Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	6	1	+5	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	New Zealand (H)	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Philippines	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 July 2023 (2023-07-21)	Philippines	0–2	Switzerland	Dunedin, New Zealand
		Report	Bachmann 45' (pen.) Piubel 64'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Attendance: 13,711 Referee: Vincentia Amedome (Togo)

25 July 2023 (2023-07-25)	Switzerland	0–0	Norway	Hamilton, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 10,769 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

30 July 2023 (2023-07-30)	Switzerland	0–0	New Zealand	Dunedin, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Attendance: 25,947 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Knockout stage[edit]

5 August 2023 R16	Switzerland	1–5	Spain	Auckland, New Zealand
	Codina 11' (o.g.)	Report	Bonmatí 5', 36' Redondo 17' Codina 45' Hermoso 70'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

UEFA Women's Nations League[edit]

2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A Group A4[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	5	0	1	23	9	+14	15	Qualification for Nations League Finals	—	2–3	5–3	5–0
2	Italy	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10		0–1	—	0–1	3–0
3	Sweden (O)	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs	2–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Switzerland (R)	6	1	0	5	2	17	−15	3	Relegation to League B	1–7	0–1	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)	Switzerland	0–1	Italy	St. Gallen
		Report	Caruso 64'	Stadium: Kybunpark Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

26 September 2023	Spain	5–0	Switzerland	Córdoba, Spain
	García 15' Bonmatí 45+1', 49' Gabarro 57' Oroz 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

27 October 2023	Sweden	1–0	Switzerland	Gothenburg, Sweden
18:30 UTC+2	Eriksson 44'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

31 October 2023	Switzerland	1–7	Spain	Zürich
19:00	Pilgrim 69'	Report	Hernández 4' Putellas 11', 62' (pen.) Méndez 56' Del Castillo 72', 89' Oroz 90+3'	Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

1 December 2023	Switzerland	1–0	Sweden	Lucerne
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Swissporarena

5 December 2023	Italy	3–0	Switzerland	Parma
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Qualify for final tournament as host and promotion to League A	—	3–1	31 May	16 Jul
2	Turkey	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3	Advance to play-offs	12 Jul	—	2–1	31 May
3	Hungary	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1^[a]	Advance to play-offs and possible relegation to League C	4 Jun	16 Jul	—	1–1
4	Azerbaijan	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1^[a]	Relegation to League C and possible qualification for play-offs^[b]	0–4	4 Jun	12 Jul	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 April 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts of final tournament
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Hungary -1, Azerbaijan -4.
^ If Switzerland (who qualify as hosts) finish in the top three places in their group, then the best-ranked fourth-placed team will qualify for the play-offs.^[3]

5 April	Switzerland	3–1	Turkey	Zürich
	Calligaris 30', 78' Bühler 52'	Report	Türkoğlu 80'	Stadium: Letzigrund Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

9 April	Azerbaijan	0–4	Switzerland	Baku
		Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Club Football[edit]

Men[edit]

Swiss Cup[edit]

Credit Suisse Super League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Young Boys (Y)	33	19	8	6	67	32	+35	65	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Lugano	33	18	5	10	61	44	+17	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Servette	33	16	9	8	53	38	+15	57	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round^[b]
4	St. Gallen	33	14	8	11	53	44	+9	50
5	Winterthur	33	13	10	10	55	56	−1	49
6	Zürich	33	12	12	9	44	35	+9	48

7	Luzern	33	12	8	13	41	46	−5	44
8	Lausanne-Sport	33	10	10	13	43	48	−5	40
9	Basel	33	11	7	15	41	51	−10	40
10	Yverdon-Sport	33	11	7	15	43	64	−21	40
11	Grasshopper	33	8	6	19	35	45	−10	30	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
12	Lausanne Ouchy	33	5	8	20	33	66	−33	23	Relegation to 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[4]
(Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners (Lugano or Servette) will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

dieci Challenge League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sion (X)	32	19	10	3	61	22	+39	67	Promotion to Swiss Super League
2	Thun (X)	32	19	7	6	56	34	+22	64	Qualification for promotion play-off
3	Xamax	32	9	14	9	46	41	+5	41
4	Aarau	32	12	7	13	48	45	+3	43
5	Vaduz	32	12	8	12	59	45	+14	44
6	Wil	32	9	11	12	41	44	−3	38
7	Nyon	32	10	9	13	39	47	−8	39
8	Bellinzona	32	10	8	14	31	45	−14	38
9	Schaffhausen	32	8	12	12	33	46	−13	36
10	Baden	32	6	6	20	25	70	−45	24	Relegation to Swiss Promotion League

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2024. Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[4]
(X) Assured of at least a play-off place, but may be promoted automatically

Hoval Promotion League[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Étoile Carouge FC	29	21	3	5	60	30	+30	66	Promotion to Swiss Challenge League and qualification for Swiss Cup
2	FC Rapperswil-Jona	29	18	4	7	63	39	+24	58
3	FC Biel-Bienne	29	15	4	10	50	31	+19	49
4	FC Paradiso	29	14	7	8	32	26	+6	49
5	SR Delémont	29	14	5	10	47	52	−5	47
6	SC Kriens	29	11	10	8	44	49	−5	43
7	SC Brühl	29	13	4	12	43	48	−5	43
8	SC Cham	29	12	5	12	64	55	+9	41
9	FC Zürich II	29	12	4	13	53	48	+5	40
10	FC Bavois	29	11	5	13	56	50	+6	38
11	FC Breitenrain	29	10	8	11	42	50	−8	38
12	BSC Young Boys II	29	10	8	11	42	50	−8	38
13	FC Luzern II	29	10	7	12	55	60	−5	37
14	FC Bulle	29	9	8	12	40	50	−10	35
15	FC Basel II	29	8	7	14	44	54	−10	31
16	FC Lugano II	29	9	4	16	42	57	−15	31
17	FC St. Gallen II	29	7	6	16	47	52	−5	27	Relegation to the 1. Liga Classic
18	Servette FC II	29	4	7	18	39	62	−23	19	Relegation to the 1. Liga Classic

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Women[edit]

Axa Women's Super League[edit]

Swiss Clubs in Europe[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	3–3 (4–1 p)	Genk	1–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rangers	3–2	Servette	2–1	1–1

Play-off round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maccabi Haifa	0–3	Young Boys	0–0	0–3

Group stage[edit]

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RBL	YB	ZVE
1	Manchester City	6	6	0	0	18	7	+11	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–2	3–0	3–1
2	RB Leipzig	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Red Star Belgrade	6	0	1	5	7	15	−8	1		2–3	1–2	2–2	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]

Play-off round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Lugano	2–0	1–0

Group stage[edit]

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SLP	ROM	SRV	SHE
1	Slavia Prague	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	15	Advance to round of 16	—	2–0	4–0	6–0
2	Roma	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–0	—	4–0	3–0
3	Servette	6	1	2	3	4	13	−9	5	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		2–3	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout stage[edit]

Knockout-round play-offs[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Young Boys	2–4	Sporting CP	1–3	1–1

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djurgårdens IF	2–3	Luzern	1–2	1–1
Basel	3–4	Tobol	1–3	2–1

Third qualifying round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hibernian	5–3	Luzern	3–1	2–2

Group stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BRU	BOD	BEŞ	LUG
1	Club Brugge	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16	Advance to round of 16	—	3–1	1–1	2–0
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	3–1	5–2
3	Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4^[a]		0–5	1–2	—	2–3
4	Lugano	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4^[a]		1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

Knockout phase[edit]

Knockout round play-offs[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–0	1–0

Round of 16[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	0–0 (1–3 p)	Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)

UEFA Women's Champions League[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Final[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zürich	3–1	Birkirkara

Round 2[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zürich	0–8	Ajax	0–6	0–2

UEFA Youth League[edit]

UEFA Champions League Path[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RBL	CZV	YB
1	Manchester City	6	4	2	0	17	6	+11	14	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	5–2	3–0
2	RB Leipzig	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	2–1	0–0
3	Red Star Belgrade	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4^[a]		2–2	0–1	—	2–1
4	Young Boys	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4^[a]		0–4	1–3	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to head record.

Domestic Champions Path[edit]

First Round[edit]

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

Second Round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	0–0

Knockout phase[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Basel	0–2	Bayern Munich

References[edit]

^ The Israel v Switzerland match, originally scheduled to be played on 12 October 2023, was postponed to 15 November 2023 due to the Gaza−Israel conflict.^[1]
^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel play their remaining home matches at a neutral venue.^[2]

^ "European Qualifiers match between Israel and Switzerland to be played on 15 November 2023". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Women's European Qualifiers league stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

Preceded by 2022–23	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2024–25

[table_hth_HUN0.87899526156438-5] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Hungary -1, Azerbaijan -4.

[table_note_res_RPPO0.87899526156438-7] If Switzerland (who qualify as hosts) finish in the top three places in their group, then the best-ranked fourth-placed team will qualify for the play-offs.^[3]

[8] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_res_ECL2Q0.99464922910307-9] The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners (Lugano or Servette) will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_hth_BEŞ0.63733595033984-11] Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

[table_hth_CZV0.94274972562806-12] Tied on head-to head record.

[2] The Israel v Switzerland match, originally scheduled to be played on 12 October 2023, was postponed to 15 November 2023 due to the Gaza−Israel conflict.^[1]

[Israel-4] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel play their remaining home matches at a neutral venue.^[2]

[1] "European Qualifiers match between Israel and Switzerland to be played on 15 November 2023". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[UEFA19Oct-3] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[6] "Women's European Qualifiers league stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

[rules-10] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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