2016–17 in Swiss football

The following is a summary of the 2016–17 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Football in Switzerland

Season	2016–17
Men's football
Super League	FC Basel
Challenge League	FC Zürich
Swiss Cup	FC Basel
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Men's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	10	9	0	1	32	4	+28	27	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2	Switzerland	10	9	0	1	23	7	+16	27	Advance to second round
3	Hungary	10	4	1	5	14	14	0	13
4	Faroe Islands	10	2	3	5	4	16	−12	9
5	Latvia	10	2	1	7	7	18	−11	7
6	Andorra	10	1	1	8	2	23	−21	4

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

6 September 2016	Switzerland	2 – 0	Portugal	Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Embolo  24' Mehmedi  31'  41' Behrami  68' Xhaka  90+3'	report	30' Adrien Silva	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 36'000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

7 October 2016	Hungary	2 – 3	Switzerland	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 CEST	Szalai  53', 71'	report	51' Seferović  67' Rodríguez  80' Džemaili  89' Stocker  90+2' Behrami	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 21'668 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

10 October 2016	Andorra	1 – 2	Switzerland	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
20:45 CEST	Lima  19' Rubio  45+1' Vales  50' A. Martínez  90+1'	report	19' (pen.)  50' Schär  77' Mehmedi  90+3' Lang	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 2,014 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

13 November 2016	Switzerland	2 – 0	Faroe Islands	Lucerne, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Derdiyok  27' Rodríguez  73' Lichtsteiner  83'	report	14' Olsen  60' Næs  60' Benjaminsen	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

25 March 2017	Switzerland	1 – 0	Latvia	Lancy, Switzerland
18:00 CET	Fernandes  48' Schär  52' Drmić  66'	Report	28' Lazdiņš  53' Freimanis	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

9 June 2017	Faroe Islands	0 – 2	Switzerland	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
20:45 CET	Benjaminsen  41' Rólantsson  90+1'	Report	36' Xhaka  59' Shaqiri	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 4'594 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Friendly matches

1 June 2017	Switzerland	1 – 0	Belarus	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST	Shaqiri  9'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Radek Příhoda (Czech Republic)

Women's national team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	8	0	0	34	3	+31	24	Final tournament
2	Italy	8	6	0	2	26	8	+18	18
3	Czech Republic	8	3	1	4	13	18	−5	10
4	Northern Ireland	8	2	1	5	10	22	−12	7
5	Georgia	8	0	0	8	2	34	−32	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

15 September 2016	Georgia	0 – 3	Switzerland	Gori, Georgia
14:00 (CET)		Report	Crnogorčević  18' (pen.) Humm  34' Dickenmann  90+4'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

20 September 2016	Switzerland	4 – 0	Northern Ireland	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
19:00 (CET)	Bernauer  17', 46' Kiwic  42' Rinast  54'	Report		Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 1,308 Referee: Tanja Subotič (Slovenia)

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	France	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 July 2017 Group Stage	Austria	1 – 0	Switzerland	Deventer, Netherlands
18:00 (CET)	Burger  15'	Report		Stadium: De Adelaarshorst Attendance: 4,781 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

22 July 2017 Group Stage	Iceland	1 – 2	Switzerland	Doetinchem, Netherlands
18:00 (CET)	Friðriksdóttir  33'	Report	43' Dickenmann  52' Bachmann	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 5,647 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

26 July 2017 Group Stage	Switzerland	1 – 1	France	Breda, Netherlands
20:45 (CET)	Crnogorčević  19'	Report	76' Abily	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 3,347 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

2017 Cyprus Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
North Korea	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Belgium	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Italy	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source:

1 March 2017 Group Stage	Belgium	2 – 2	Switzerland	Nicosia, Cyprus
17:30 (EET)	Mermans  30' Cayman  77'	Report	26' Abbé  87' Kuster	Stadium: Makario Stadium

3 March 2017 Group Stage	Switzerland	1 – 0	North Korea	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 (EET)	Kiwic  88'	Report		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

6 March 2017 Group Stage	Italy	0 – 6	Switzerland	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 (EET)		Report	5' Humm  21', 50' Reuteler  32' Wälti  83', 85' (pen.) Crnogorčević	Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

8 March 2017 Final	Switzerland	1 – 0	South Korea	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:30 (EET)	Dickenmann  57'	Report		Stadium: AEK Arena

Friendly matches

20 October 2016	United States	4 – 0	Switzerland	Sandy, UT, United States
03:00 (CET)	Williams  46' Heath  61' Press  69' Mewis  76'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 14,336 Referee: Melissa Borjas Pastrana (Honduras)

23 October 2016	United States	5 – 1	Switzerland	Minneapolis, MN, United States
19:00 (CET)	Lloyd  25', 51' Press  53' Dunn  63' Ohai  82'	Report	7' Mauron	Stadium: U.S. Bank Stadium Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Margaret Domka (United States)

10 April 2017	Norway	2 – 1	Switzerland	Skien, Norway
17:00 (CET)	Hegerberg  8' Minde  62'	Report	61' Dickenmann	Stadium: Skagerak Arena

10 June 2017	Switzerland	0 – 4	England	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:15 (CET)		Report	30' Nobbs  40' Kirby  50', 62' Taylor	Stadium: Tissot Arena Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

League standings

Raiffeisen Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	8	2	92	35	+57	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Young Boys	36	20	9	7	72	44	+28	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	8	13	52	61	−9	53	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Sion	36	15	6	15	60	55	+5	51	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Luzern	36	14	8	14	62	66	−4	50	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Thun	36	11	12	13	58	63	−5	45
7	St. Gallen	36	11	8	17	43	57	−14	41
8	Grasshopper	36	10	8	18	47	61	−14	38
9	Lausanne-Sport	36	9	8	19	51	62	−11	35
10	Vaduz (R)	36	7	9	20	45	78	−33	30	Relegation to the Swiss Challenge League and qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]

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

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.
2. Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

Brack.ch Challenge League

References

1. "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.