2023–24 Swiss Super League

The 2023–24 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsoring reasons) is the 127th season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 21st under its current name. It will be the first season under its current name featuring twelve teams (increased from ten in previous season) and a new format.[1][2]

Swiss Super League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played228
All statistics correct as of 13 December 2022.

Overview

Format

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. This season will thus be the first season of the Super League under a new format.[2] It also returns to having twelve teams in the highest Swiss football tier.[1]

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.
  • Following that, the league is split into two groups of six each, one championship group and one relegation group.
    • 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.
    • The relegation group will play against relegation (last place) and qualification for the relegation play-off (second-to-last place).
  • Points won in the first phase are carried over to the second phase.

Teams

Due to the increased number of teams, no teams were directly relegated at the end of the 2022–23 season and two teams were directly promoted from the Challenge League.

Schedule

The Swiss Football League (SFL) released a detailed schedule on 7 December 2022.[3][4] The season will begin on 22 July 2023 and conclude on 25 May 2024. As before, the league will go on winter break after matchday 18 on 17 December 2023 and resume on 20 January 2024.

The first phase will conclude with matchday 33 on 21 April 2024 and the second phase will start two weeks later, on 4 May 2024. The final matchday of the relegation group will take place on 21 May 2024, while the championship group will hold its last matches on 25 May 2024. The two legs of the relegation play-offs are scheduled for 26 and 31 May 2024, respectively.

References
  1. "12 Klubs und neuer Modus in der Super League". Swiss Football League. 20 May 2022.
  2. "Keine Playoffs: SFL spricht sich für «schottisches Modell» aus" [No Play-Offs: SFL speaks out for the "Scottish model"] (in German). SRF. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. "SFL veröffentlicht Datenplan der Saison 2023/24" (in German). Swiss Football League. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. "Rahmenterminplan 2023/2024" [Calendar 2023/2024] (PDF). Swiss Football League. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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