2024-25 Swiss Super League

Format and schedule

Since rebranding and restructuring the National League A to the Super League, starting with the 2003-04 season, the league has been running under the same format and the same number of teams until 2023. This is the second season to be played under the so-called Scottish Model and includes twelve participating teams.

The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 5 December 2023:

• The season will begin on 20 July 2024 and conclude on 24 May 2025.
• The league will go on winter break after matchday 18 on 15 December 2024 and resume on 18 January 2025. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on, while the championship group will hold its last matches .
• The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 27 and 30 May 2025, respectively.

The season is divided into two phases:

• In a first phase all twelve teams play each other three times each, for a total of 33 matchdays and concludes on 21 April 2025.
• Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group. The second phase begins on 4 May 2025.
  • Each team will play every other team in their group one time (five matches each), for a total of 38 matchdays.
  • The championship group will play for the title of Swiss Football Champion and qualification for European championships. Final matchday is on 24 May 2025.
  • The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place). Final matchday will be on 22 May 2025.
• Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.

Team changes

2023-24 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Sion were directly promoted just one season after their relegation in the 2022-23 season. They replace Stade Lausanne Ouchy, who were directly relegated as the last placed team of the 2023-24 Swiss Super League ending their single season stint in the top flight. Grasshopper Club Zurich remain in the Super League, as the winner of the relegation play-off against the runners-up of last season's Challenge League, FC Thun.

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Split

After 33 matches, the league splits into two groups of six teams. The top six are grouped into the championship group and the bottom six into the relegation group, with the teams playing every other team in their group once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

The relegation play-off was played in a two-legged game between the eleventh placed team of the Super League (5th of the relegation group) and the second placed team of the Challenge League. The two legs of the relegation play-offs were scheduled for 27 and 30 May 2025, respectively. On 28 March 2025, it was decided by draw that the representative of the Super League will host the first match.

The winner of the play-off was whichever team scored more goals over both games (no away goals rule). In case of a tie at the end of the two games, 30 minutes of extra time (two times 15 minutes) were added, followed by a penalty shoot-out, in case the teams were still tied.

First leg

27 May 2025 (2025-05-27) 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Second leg

30 May 2025 (2025-05-30) 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Sandro Schärer

Grasshopper wins 4-1 on aggregate

Top goalscorers

Annual awards

Team of the Season

The BSC Young Boys drew the highest average home attendance in the 2024-25 edition of the Swiss Super League.