2016–17 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2016–17
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Zürich
Promotion League	Rapperswil-Jona
Swiss Cup	Basel

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

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 v t e	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 (2016-09-06)	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 (2016-10-07)	Hungary	2 – 3	Switzerland	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 CEST	Szalai 53', 71'	report	51' Seferovic 67' Rodríguez 80' Džemaili 89' Stocker 90+2' Behrami	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 21'668 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

10 October 2016 (2016-10-10)	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 (2016-11-13)	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 (2017-03-25)	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 (2017-06-09)	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 (2017-06-01)	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 v t e	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	Final tournament
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 (2016-09-15)	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 (2016-09-20)	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 v t e	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	Knockout stage
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 (2017-07-18) 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 (2017-07-22) 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 (2017-07-26) 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 v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) 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 (2017-03-03) Group Stage	Switzerland	1 – 0	North Korea	Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 (EET)	Kiwic 88'	Report		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium

6 March 2017 (2017-03-06) 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 (2017-03-08) Final	Switzerland	1 – 0	South Korea	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:30 (EET)	Dickenmann 57'	Report		Stadium: AEK Arena

Friendly matches

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)	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 (2016-10-23)	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 (2017-04-10)	Norway	2 – 1	Switzerland	Skien, Norway
17:00 (CET)	Hegerberg 8' Minde 62'	Report	61' Dickenmann	Stadium: Skagerak Arena

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)	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)

Domestic season

Super League

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League^[b]

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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.
^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

Challenge League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Zürich (C, P)	36	26	7	3	91	30	+61	85	Promotion to 2017–18 Swiss Super League
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	22	7	7	66	36	+30	73
3	Servette	36	18	8	10	55	43	+12	62
4	Schaffhausen	36	16	3	17	64	59	+5	51
5	Aarau	36	13	6	17	57	64	−7	45
6	Winterthur	36	11	8	17	45	62	−17	41
7	Wohlen	36	12	3	21	42	60	−18	39
8	Chiasso	36	9	10	17	43	63	−20	37
9	Le Mont^[a] (R)	36	8	11	17	31	54	−23	35	Relegation to 2017–18 2. Liga Interregional
10	Wil^[b]	36	10	7	19	35	58	−23	34

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Le Mont will take voluntary relegation three steps down^[2]
^ Wil were deducted three points for licence rules violation^[3]

1. Liga Promotion

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	FC Rapperswil-Jona	30	18	8	4	60	29	+31	62	Swiss Promotion League Champion Promotion to Challenge League
2	SC Kriens	30	17	6	7	65	31	+34	57
3	FC Basel U-21	30	16	7	7	64	37	+27	55
4	FC Stade Nyonnais	30	14	7	9	51	39	+12	49
5	FC Zürich U-21	30	13	9	8	54	52	+2	48
6	FC Breitenrain	30	13	6	11	46	49	−3	45
7	SC Brühl	30	11	7	12	56	54	+2	40
8	FC Köniz	30	11	7	12	40	43	−3	40
9	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	30	10	9	11	44	46	−2	39
10	FC Sion U-21	30	11	6	13	48	58	−10	39
11	SC Cham	30	9	10	11	47	46	+1	37
12	BSC Old Boys Basel	30	9	7	14	47	48	−1	34
13	SC Young Fellows Juventus	30	8	9	13	44	53	−9	33
14	FC Bavois	30	8	7	15	37	69	−32	31
15	FC United Zürich	30	8	3	19	32	61	−29	27
16	FC Tuggen	30	6	8	16	37	57	−20	26	Relegation to 2017–18 1. Liga Classic

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw

Swiss Cup

Final

Basel had beaten Winterthur 3–1 in the first semi-final and Sion had beaten Luzern 6–5 in the penalty shoot-out of the second semi-final. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. The match was played on 25 May 2017 at the Stade de Genève.^[4]

25 May 2017

16:00

Final

Basel	3 – 0	Sion
Doumbia 44' Delgado 47' (1:0) Traoré 62' (2:0) Lang 77' Lang 89' (3:0) Xhaka 79'	ASF/SFV summary	37' Salatic 90+5' Lüchinger

Stade de Genève, Lancy

Attendance: 26,500

Referee:

Stephan Klossner^[5]

Teams


GK	Tomáš Vaclík
DF	Michael Lang
DF	Marek Suchý
DF	Manuel Akanji
DF	Adama Traoré
MF	Taulant Xhaka
MF	Luca Zuffi	90+3'
MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi
MF	Matías Delgado (cap)	81'
MF	Renato Steffen
ST	Seydou Doumbia	88'
Substitutes:
MF	Serey Die	81'
ST	Marc Janko	88'
MF	Alexander Fransson	90+3'
Manager:
Urs Fischer



GK	Anton Mitryushkin
DF	Nicolas Lüchinger
DF	Elsad Zverotić (cap)
DF	Reto Ziegler
DF	Pa Modou Jagne	63'
MF	Gregory Karlen	70'
MF	Vero Salatić
MF	Kévin Constant
ST	Chadrac Akolo	79'
ST	Moussa Konaté
ST	Joaquim Adão
Substitutes:
MF	Carlitos	63'
MF	Geoffrey Mujangi Bia	70'
MF	Léo Itaperuna	79'
Manager:
Sébastien Fournier

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel

Champions League group stage

Matches

13 September 2016 (2016-09-13) Round 1	Basel	1 – 1	Ludogorets Razgrad	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Steffen 65' Steffen 80' (1:1)	UEFA report FCB summary	45' (0:1) Cafu 67' Wanderson 77' Natanael	Attendance: 30,852^[6] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

28 September 2016 (2016-09-28) Round 2	Arsenal	2 – 0	Basel	Emirates Stadium, London
20:45	Walcott 7' (1:0) Walcott 26' (2:0)	UEFA report FCB summary	21' Suchý 85' Elyounoussi	Attendance: 59,993^[7] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) Round 3	Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 0	Basel	Parc des Princes, Paris
20:45	Di María 40' (1:0) Lucas 62' (2:0) Rabiot 64' Cavani 90+3' (pen. 3:0)	UEFA report FCB summary	66' Steffen 76' Lang	Attendance: 46,488^[8] Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) Round 4	Basel	1 – 2	Paris Saint-Germain	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Steffen 45+2' Zuffi 76' (1:1) Serey Die 77' 85'	UEFA report FCB summary	43' (0:1) Matuidi 86' Verratti 88' Kurzawa 90' (1:2) Meunier	Attendance: 34,639^[9] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

23 November 2016 (2016-11-23) Round 5	Ludogorets Razgrad	0 – 0	Basel	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45	Xhaka 63' Suchý 81' Traoré 87'	UEFA report FCB summary	40' Anicet Abel 91' Cicinho	Attendance: 20,821^[10] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06) Round 6	Basel	1 – 4	Arsenal	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45	Balanta 66' Doumbia 78' (1:4)	UEFA report FCB summary	8' (0:1) Pérez 16' (0:2) Pérez 47' (0:3) Pérez 36' Gibbs 53' (0:4) Iwobi	Attendance: 36,000^[11] Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Final group table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	PAR	LUD	BSL
1	Arsenal	6	4	2	0	18	6	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	6–0	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	3	0	13	7	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–2	3–0
3	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	1–3	—	0–0
4	Basel	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2		1–4	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Young Boys

Champions League qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Young Boys	Arena Lviv, Lviv
20:45	Bernard 27' Seleznyov 75'	Report		Attendance: 7,477 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

3 August 2016 (2016-08-03)	Young Boys	2–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15	Kubo 54', 60'	Report		Attendance: 9,365< Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
	Penalties
	Hoarau Kubo Hadergjonaj Rochat Gajić		Srna Fred Rakitskiy Marlos

2–2 on aggregate; Young Boys won on penalties.

Play-off round

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16)	Young Boys	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:45	Sulejmani 56'	Report	Raffael 11' Hahn 67' Rochat 69' (o.g.)	Attendance: 30,224 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–1	Young Boys	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
20:45	Hazard 9', 64', 84' Raffael 33', 40', 77'	Report	Ravet 79'	Attendance: 43,302 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

Europa League group stage

Matches

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)	Young Boys	0–1	Olympiacos	Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00		Report	Cambiasso 42'	Attendance: 11,132^[12] Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)	Astana	0–0	Young Boys	Astana Arena, Astana
17:00		Report		Attendance: 21,328^[13] Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)	Young Boys	3–1	APOEL	Stade de Suisse, Bern
21:05	Hoarau 18', 52', 82' (pen.)	Report	Efrem 14'	Attendance: 9,553^[14] Referee: Tobias Welz (Germany)

3 November 2016 (2016-11-03)	APOEL	1–0	Young Boys	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00	Sotiriou 69'	Report		Attendance: 12,761^[15] Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

24 November 2016 (2016-11-24)	Olympiacos	1–1	Young Boys	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
21:05	Fortounis 48'	Report	Hoarau 58'	Attendance: 24,131^[16] Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)	Young Boys	3–0	Astana	Stade de Suisse, Bern
19:00	Frey 63' Hoarau 66' Schick 71'	Report		Attendance: 7,616^[17] Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)

Final group table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	APO	OLY	YB	AST
1	APOEL	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–0	2–1
2	Olympiacos	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–1	4–1
3	Young Boys	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8		3–1	0–1	—	3–0
4	Astana	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5		2–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Luzern

Europa League qualifying

Third qualifying round

28 July 2016 (2016-07-28)	Luzern	1–1	Sassuolo	Swissporarena, Lucerne
19:45	M. Schneuwly 8'	Report	Berardi 42' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)	Sassuolo	3–0	Luzern	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
20:30	Berardi 19', 39' (pen.) Defrel 64'	Report		Attendance: 13,415 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Sassuolo won 4–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Club

Europa League qualifying

Second qualifying round

14 July 2016 (2016-07-14)	KR	3–3	Grasshopper	KR-völlur, Reykjavík
21:15	Andersen 46', 50' Hauksson 77' (pen.)	Report	Munsy 18' Gjorgjev 36' Caio 59'	Attendance: 767 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)	Grasshopper	2–1	KR	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Sigurjónsson 45', 68'	Report	Andersen 52'	Attendance: 3,940 Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

Grasshopper won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third qualifing round

28 July 2016 (2016-07-28)	Grasshopper	2–1	Apollon Limassol	kybunpark, St. Gallen^{[note 1]}
19:45	Tabaković 11' Lavanchy 90+3'	Report	Guié Guié 76'	Attendance: 2,330 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)	Apollon Limassol	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Grasshopper	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00	Paulo Vinícius 73' Papoulis 87' Guié Guié 101'	Report	Andersen 77' Caio 103' Gjorgjev 120+1'	Attendance: 5,887 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Grasshopper won 5–4 on aggregate.

Play-off round

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18)	Fenerbahçe	3–0	Grasshopper	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul
20:00	Chahechouhe 4' Stoch 72', 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 16,280 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

25 August 2016 (2016-08-25)	Grasshopper	0–2	Fenerbahçe	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00		Report	Fernandão 77' Stoch 84'	Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Fenerbahçe won 5–0 on aggregate.

Vaduz

Europa League qualifying

First qualifying round

30 June 2016 (2016-06-30)	Vaduz	3–1	Sileks	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:00	Costanzo 36', 45+2' Grippo 90+5'	Report	Mickov 86'	Attendance: 928 Referee: Þóroddur Hjaltalín Jr. (Iceland)

7 July 2016 (2016-07-07)	Sileks	1–2	Vaduz	Philip II Arena, Skopje^{[note 2]}
20:00	Mickov 30'	Report	Costanzo 89' (pen.) Messaoud 90+3'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

Vaduz won 5–2 on aggregate.

second qualifying round

14 July 2016 (2016-07-14)	Midtjylland	3–0	Vaduz	MCH Arena, Herning
18:30	Sisto 20', 82' Onuachu 73'	Report		Attendance: 4,455 Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)	Vaduz	2–2	Midtjylland	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:00	Brunner 83' Costanzo 86' (pen.)	Report	Sisto 41', 68'	Attendance: 842 Referee: Andrew Davey (Northern Ireland)

Midtjylland won 5–2 on aggregate.

Zürich

Europa League group stage

Matches

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)	Villarreal	2–1	Zürich	El Madrigal, Villarreal
21:05	Pato 28' Jonathan 45+1'	Report	Sadiku 2'	Attendance: 16,384^[19] Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

29 September 2016 (2016-09-29)	Zürich	2–1	Osmanlıspor	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Schönbächler 45+1' Čavušević 79'	Report	Maher 73'	Attendance: 7,473^[20] Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)	Steaua București	1–1	Zürich	Arena Națională, Bucharest
19:00	Golubović 63'	Report	Koné 86'	Attendance: 13,154^[21] Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

3 November 2016 (2016-11-03)	Zürich	0–0	Steaua București	Letzigrund, Zürich
21:05		Report		Attendance: 8,060^[22] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

24 November 2016 (2016-11-24)	Zürich	1–1	Villarreal	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Rodríguez 87' (pen.)	Report	Soriano 14'	Attendance: 10,069^[23] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

8 December 2016 (2016-12-08)	Osmanlıspor	2–0	Zürich	Osmanlı Stadyumu, Ankara
17:00	Delarge 73' Kılıçaslan 89'	Report		Attendance: 10,250^[24] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Final group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Osmanlıspor	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Villarreal	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Zürich	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6
4	Steaua București	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Notes

^ Grasshopper played their third qualifying round home match at kybunpark, St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium Letzigrund, Zürich, which is booked for a Bruce Springsteen concert.^[18]
^ Sileks played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Kratovo.

References

^ "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^ "Le Mont steigt aus der Challenge League ab" (in German). Schaffhauser Nachrichten. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Erneuter Punktabzug gegen FC Wil" (in German). Züriost.ch. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (25 May 2017). "FC Basel - FC Sion 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Thomas (25 May 2017). "Switzerland : 2017 Swiss Cup Final". refereesfifa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 13 September 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 28 September 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 19 October 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 1 November 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – Wednesday 23 November 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 6 December 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ "Young Boys vs. Olympiakos Piraeus". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Astana vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Young Boys vs. APOEL". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "APOEL vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^ "Young Boys vs. Astana". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "Grasshoppers weiter, Vaduz gescheitert" [Grasshoppers get through, Vaduz failed to]. Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Neue Luzerner Zeitung. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Villarreal vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Zürich vs. Osmanlıspor". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Steaua București vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "Zürich vs. Steaua București". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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^ "Osmanlıspor vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

Preceded by 2015–16	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2017–18

[table_note_res_ELGS0.42771238620752-1] 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.

[table_note_res_EL1QREL0.42771238620752-2] Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Liechtenstein Cup.

[table_note_LMT0.51235584053786-5] Le Mont will take voluntary relegation three steps down^[2]

[table_note_WIL0.51235584053786-7] Wil were deducted three points for licence rules violation^[3]

[Grasshopper-23] Grasshopper played their third qualifying round home match at kybunpark, St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium Letzigrund, Zürich, which is booked for a Bruce Springsteen concert.^[18]

[Sileks-24] Sileks played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Kratovo.

[3] "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[4] "Le Mont steigt aus der Challenge League ab" (in German). Schaffhauser Nachrichten. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

[6] "Erneuter Punktabzug gegen FC Wil" (in German). Züriost.ch. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

[fcb-achiv-2016/17-Cup-FCB-Sion-8] Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (25 May 2017). "FC Basel - FC Sion 3:0 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[refereesfifa.blogspot-2017-Swiss_Cup_Final-9] Thomas (25 May 2017). "Switzerland : 2017 Swiss Cup Final". refereesfifa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[md01_1-10] "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 13 September 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

[11] "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 28 September 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

[md03_2-12] "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 19 October 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[md04_1-13] "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 1 November 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[md05_2-14] "Full Time Summary Matchday 5 – Wednesday 23 November 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[15] "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 6 December 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

[16] "Young Boys vs. Olympiakos Piraeus". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[17] "Astana vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[18] "Young Boys vs. APOEL". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[19] "APOEL vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[20] "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Young Boys". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

[21] "Young Boys vs. Astana". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[grasshopper-22] "Grasshoppers weiter, Vaduz gescheitert" [Grasshoppers get through, Vaduz failed to]. Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Neue Luzerner Zeitung. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[25] "Villarreal vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[26] "Zürich vs. Osmanlıspor". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[27] "Steaua București vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[28] "Zürich vs. Steaua București". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[29] "Zürich vs. Villarreal". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

[30] "Osmanlıspor vs. Zürich". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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