The 2022–23
Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...
(referred to as the
Credit Suisse
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Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 126th season of top-tier competitive
football
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in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and the 20th under its current name and format. With this season, the Swiss Super League became the
longest continuously running top-flight national league.
Overview
A total of ten teams are competing in the league: nine teams of the
previous season will participate in the league again.
FC Lausanne-Sport
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, who came in last place, were relegated and are replaced by the
2021–22 Swiss Challenge League
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champions
Winterthur
, neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell
, twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...
.
Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
remains in the league as the winner of the Relegation/Promotion playoff.
Zürich
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are the defending champions.
After Swiss teams gained 7.75 points in European championships in the 2021–22 season, the
Swiss Football Association
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jumped five spots in the
UEFA association ranking to rank 14, granting them five spots in European championships in the 2023–24 season. This means that first and second ranked teams of the 2022–23 season will participate in the
third
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and
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rounds of the
2023-24 UEFA Champions League qualification, respectively, while the third and fourth enter the
second round
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of the
2023-24 UEFA Conference League qualification. Furthermore, the champion of the
2022-23 Swiss Cup enters the
third qualification round for the
2023-24 UEFA Europa League.
Due to the format change and the increased number of teams starting with the
2023–24 Swiss Super League, this season will function as a transition season. As a result, no teams will be directly relegated to the
2023–24 Swiss Challenge League. Instead the last-placed team will play a relegation playoff against the third team of the
2022–23 Swiss Challenge League.
Schedule
The playing schedule of the season, as well as dates and times for the first nine matchdays were announced on 17 June 2022.
[ The first matchday would be held on the weekend of 16 and 17 July 2022. However, the first round match ]Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
-Grasshoppers
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Grasshop ...
is postponed until 10 August 2022, due to lack of venues. The match Luzern
, neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...
-Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, originally scheduled for 31 July 2022, is also postponed with the exact date to be announced. Furthermore, scheduled dates for champion Zürich
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for matchdays 4, 5, and 8 may be swapped subject to their Champions League qualifier schedule.
Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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, which will be held in November and December 2022, the league will go on a two month break, after matchday 16 on 13 November 2022. The winter break will thus occur two rounds earlier than usual, with matchdays 17 and 18 to be held in January 2023.
Last matchday will be on 29 May 2023. The Relegation Play-off
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will be played during the week after the last matchday.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League Table
Results
First and Second Rounds
Third and Fourth Rounds
Relegation Play-off
The relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last place team of the Super League
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and the third placed team of the Challenge League. The games will be held in the week following the final matchday (29 May 2023).[
]
References
External links
Official website
soccerway.com
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