The 2020–21

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 Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 124th season of top-tier competitive

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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 18th under its current name and format. A total of ten teams competed in the league: the eight best teams from the 2019–20 season, the 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League champions Lausanne-Sport and relegation play-off winners

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. Young Boys were the three-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

First and second round

Third and fourth round

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team of the 2020–21 Swiss Super League,

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, played against the runners-up of the 2020–21 Swiss Challenge League,

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First leg

Second leg

''Sion won 6–4 on aggregate.''

Top scorers

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Season Player of the Season awared to Arthur Cabral (

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 ...

) Young Player of the Season Young Player of the Season awared to

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(

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) Coach of the Season Coach of the Season awared to

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( Young Boys) Goal of the Season Goal of the Season awared to

Alexander Gerndt Alexander Clas Robin Gerndt (born 14 July 1986) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker. Club career AIK Born and raised in Visby, on the island of Gotland, Gerndt started to play for the island's top club Visby IF Gute ...

(

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)

Team of the Year

Team of the Year was: *Goalkeeper:

David von Ballmoos David von Ballmoos (born 30 December 1994) is a Swiss professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Swiss Super League club BSC Young Boys, Young Boys. Club career Von Ballmoss ha ...

(Young Boys) *Defence': Silvan Widmer (Basel),

Fabian Lustenberger Fabian Lustenberger (born 2 May 1988) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains BSC Young Boys. He has earned three caps with the Switzerland national team. Career FC Luzern In his first season for FC Luzern, ...

(Young Boys),

Eray Cömert Eray Ervin Cömert (born 4 February 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Valencia and the Switzerland national team. Club career Basel Cömert started his youth football with Concordia Basel. In 2 ...

(Basel),

Silvan Hefti Silvan Hefti (born 25 October 1997) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for club Genoa. He has also made appearances for the Switzerland U21 national team. Club career On 3 January 2022, Hefti joined Serie A side Genoa Genoa ( ; ...

(Young Boys) *Midfield:

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(Zürich),

Michel Aebischer Michel Aebischer (born 6 January 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team. He first began representing the country internationally at youth level in ...

(Young Boys), Jordi Quintillà (St.Gallen), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), *Attack: Arthur Cabral (Basel), Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys)

Clean sheets

References

External links

Official website

soccerway.com
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