ASL - Looks like YB and Basel will fight for the title again. No direct relegation this year and the 10th place team plays the 3rd place CL team. So not much chance of going down. Servette has had 11 players leave and only added one. Their coach has stated that "We are not going to win the league this year." Their approach is one of trying out the youth. So this could be a long season in Geneve. 18 July YB 3 +4 Sion 3 +1 Servette 3 +1 Basel 1 0 Winterthur 1 0 GCZ 0 * Luzern 0 * Lugano 0 -1 FCSG 0 -1 FCZ 0 -4 Servette only had about 5000 people for the match. Contrast that to YB and Winterthur who had great crowds. Plus, all Super League matches are free of Fifa + Challenge League: 18 July Wil 3 +2 Yverdon 3 +1 Bellinzona 3 +1 Schaffhausen 3 +1 Aarau 1 0 Vaduz 1 0 SLO 0 -1 LS 0 -1 Thun 0 -1 Two will be promoted and possible three.
Roggerio Nyakossi has officially left Servette to join OM. Haris Seferovic has joined Galatasaray - Not Swiss League, but Swiss related. Strong Rumor - Marion Balotelli to Sion
RSL FCSG - Winterthur 2-0 FCZ - Luzern 0-0 GCZ - Lugano 2-1 Sion - YB - 0-3 Basel - Servette 1-1 Jeremy Frick with an amazing game in goal. CL SLO - Wil 2-1 LS - Schaffhausen 5-1 Thun - AC Bellinzona - 1-1 Xamax - Aarau 1-2 Vaduz - YS - 3:3 Round 2 Standings: YB - 6 +7 Servette 4 +1 (The highest they will be all season) GCZ 3 +1 * FCSG 3 +1 Sion 3 -2 Basel 2 0 Luzern 1 0 * Winterthur 1 -2 Luzern 1 -4 Lugano 0 -2 YS 4 +1 Aarau 4 +1 Bellinzona 4 +1 LS 3 +3 Wil 3 +1 SLO 3 0 Schaffhausen 3 -3 Vaduz 2 0 Thun 1 -1 Xamax 0 -3
Super League Week 3 30 Jul Sion - Servette 0-0 FCSG - FCZ - 2-0 - My how far FCZ has already fallen this season 31 Jul Luzern - Basel - PPD Winterthur - Lugano 1-4 YB - GCZ 1-1 The table is really wonky with Luzern only playing one match so far. The fact that Servette has taken points in every match is amazing to me. I just want them to get to 35 points as quickly as possible. I know relegation will be almost impossible this season, but still... Servette could find a way. Challenge League 29 July Yverdon - Thun 3-1 Schaffhausen - Xamax 2-0 Aarau - LS 1-2 30 July Bellinzona - SLO 1-4 31 July Wil - Vaduz 2-0 Yverdon looks good. Xamax looks bad. It would be really odd to see all 3 teams from Vaud either promoted or in the promotion battle. It does look like there will be a clear separation this season.
6 Aug Servette - Winterthur 1-0 GCZ - FCSG 3-2 7 Aug FCZ - Sion 0-3 FCZ really looks bad this season. They might be first to worst. Lugano - Luzern 1-2 Basel - YB 0-0 Still a very entertaining match. 10 Aug Luzern - GCZ 1-1
5 Aug Schaffhausen - Wil 0-1 Xamax - Yverdon - 2-3 - Xamax stay without a point. Thun - Aarau 2-2 7 Aug Vaduz - Bellinzona 2-3 LS - SLO 0-0
27 Aug Luzern - Sion 2-0 Servette - GCZ 3-1 - Servette had lots of chances in this match. It could have been three or four goals more for them. GCZ had at least one or two more on the table as well. 28 Aug Lugano - FCSG 2-3 Winterthur - YB 1-5 FCZ - Basel 2-4
26 Aug Wil - Thun 1-1 27 Aug Schaffhausen - Yverdon 1-2 Bellinzona - Xamax - 3-1 Aarau - SLO - 3-3 28 Aug LS - Vaduz 3-1 Xamax is really bad this season. Vaduz goes from Group states to next to last. So odd.
So Servette has managed to stay near the top of the table. 3 Sep - Sion - Base 2-1 Balotelli gets his first start with Sion FCZ - Lugano 1-2 FCZ is in next to last place, but in the Group Stages. So strange. 4 Sep Luzern - Servette 0-2 FCSG - YB 2-1 Horrible injury in this one. GCZ - Winterthur - 3-0 2 Sep Yverdon - Bellinzona 0-1 Thun - LS 2-0 3 Sep SLO - Xamax 2-1 Aarau - Wil 2-1 Vaduz - Schaffhausen 1-1
Super League 10 Sep FCSG - Sion 1-2 Winterthur - Luzern 0-6 11 Sep Servette - FCZ 3-2 - 95' winner for Servette in front of over 10k. This is a good crowd for them. They always seem to lose when they have a big crowd, so I am happy for them. To say Servette have surprised this season is an understatement. YB - Lugano 3-0 Basel - GCZ 5-1 Challenge League Some really good matches in the Challenge League this past week. 9 Sep Schaffhausen - Aarau 2-0 10 Sep SLO - Thun 2-2 Wil - Bellinzona 5-1 11 Sep Xamax - Vaduz 1-1 - First points of the season for Xamax. LS - Yverdon 3-2 Over 7k for the match. The top 6 are all within 4 points of each other. Xamax and Vaduz are a long way behind.
After their Swiss Cup loss to LS, Franco Foda has been fired by FC Zurich. Both head assistants have been fired as well.
Another week and Servette has not fallen off a cliff yet. 8 Oct YB - FCSG 2-1 GCZ - Sion 4-4 9 Oct FCZ - Winterthur 0-0 Lugano - Basel 1-0 Servette - Luzern 1-1
Challenge League 7 Oct Xamax - Bellinzona 1-3 Aarau - Thun 2-2 8 Oct Wil - Yverdon 4-0 SLO - LS - 2-1 Schaffhausen - Vaduz 2-2
15 Oct Sion - Luzern 2-0 - Sion is now up to 2nd Winterthur - GCZ - 1-0 - Big big win for Winterthur 16 Oct FCSG - Lugano - 1-1 Servette - Basel - 0-0 FCZ - YB - 0-0 Kind of a boring Sunday with only 2 goals scored over 3 matches. 14 Oct Yverdon - Schaffhausen 2-2 Thun - SLO - 0-2 LS - Xamax 2-1 15 Oct Bellinzona - Wil - 5-1 16 Oct Vaduz - Aarau - 4-0 17 Oct Xamax - Schaffhausen 1-1 Thun - Yverdon 1-3 Bunches of midweek matches for both leagues. Super League matches can be found on FIFA+ for free. I have really enjoyed watching Swiss matches again.
Weird results for the mid-week matches. 18 Oct Winterthur - Sion 1-0 19 Oct Lugano - YB 1-4 Luzern - FCSG 3-3 20 Oct GCZ - Servette 2-3 Basel - FCZ 0-0 FCZ got a red card in the 12', and Basel still could not score. They actually only had 4 shots on target all match, despite a 75% possession of the ball. My son was actually at the match and said that Basel looked like they did not even care. As a Servette fan, can I start to imagine that they might finish near the top of the table?
22 Oct YB - Sion 1-1 Luzern - Lugano 3-1 23 Oct Basel - Winterthur 3-1 FCSG - Servette 1-1 FCZ - GCZ 1-4
21 Oct LS - Thun 2-1 22 Oct Schaffhausen - SLO 0-2 Bellinzona - Yverdon 1-2 23 Oct Vaduz - Wil 0-0 Aarau - Xamax 3-3
29 Oct GCZ - Luzern 1-3 Servette - Lugano 2-2 30 Oct Sion - FCZ 0-1 YB - Basel 3-1 Winterthur - FCSG 1-0 Servette hosts YB. If Servette wins, there is a chance for an actual title race. If not, YB has at least a 7 point gap. And Servette keeps getting draws from winnable matches.
28 Oct Yverdon - LS 4-0 Xamax - Thun 2-2 Wil - Schaffhausen 4-3 SLO - Aarau 2-1 30 Oct Bellinzona - Vaduz 2-0
Servette does it again. They had over 16k for their match against YB. This was the largest crowd since they were promoted over two legs vs AC Bellinzona years ago. What do they do, a 0-0 draw while playing up a man for the majority of the match. 5 Nov FCSG - GCZ 2-1 Luzern - Winterthur 1-1 6 Nov Servette - YB 0-0 Lugano - FCZ 2-0 Basel - Sion 0-0
Christian Constantin is stepping away from FC Sion in 2024. The plan is to stop professional soccer in Valais. Here is the article.
The Super League is back. 21 Jan GCZ - YB - 1-2 Luzern - FCZ - 2-2 FCZ has actually made some moves to be relevant this spring. 22 Jan FCSG - Basel 1-1 Winterthur - Servette - Postponed Sion - Lugano 2-3 - And Sion continues to be Sion.