2015–16 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season2015–16
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueLausanne
Promotion LeagueServette
Swiss CupZürich
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The following is a summary of the 2015–16 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

UEFA Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group A
11 June 2016 (2016-06-11) Albania  0 – 1   Switzerland Lens, France
15:00 CEST Cana Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card
Kaçe Yellow card 63'
Kukeli Yellow card 89'
Mavraj Yellow card 90+2'		 Summary Schär 5' Yellow card 13'
Behrami Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 33,805
Referee: Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo
15 June 2016 (2016-06-15) Romania  1 – 1   Switzerland Paris, France
18:00 CEST Stancu 18' (pen.)
Prepeliță Yellow card 22'
Chipciu Yellow card 23'
Keșerü Yellow card 37'
Grigore Yellow card 76'		 Summary Xhaka Yellow card 50'
Mehmedi 57'
Embolo Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,576
Referee: Russia Sergei Karasev
19 June 2016 (2016-06-19) Switzerland  0 – 0  France Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CEST Summary Rami Yellow card 25'
Koscielny Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 45,616
Referee: Slovenia Damir Skomina
25 June 2016 Last 16 Switzerland  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5 p)		  Poland Saint-Étienne, France
15:00 CEST Shaqiri 82' Report Błaszczykowski 39' Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 38,842
Referee: England Mark Clattenburg
Penalties
Lichsteiner soccer ball with check mark
Xhaka soccer ball with red X
Shaqiri soccer ball with check mark
Schär soccer ball with check mark
Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Lewandowski
soccer ball with check mark Milik
soccer ball with check mark Glik
soccer ball with check mark Błaszczykowski
soccer ball with check mark Krychowiak

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) Switzerland  3 – 2  Slovenia Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Drmić 82', 90+5'
Stocker 84'		 report 45' Novaković
49' Cesar		 Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 25'000
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) England  2 – 0   Switzerland London, England
20:45 CEST Kane 67'
Rooney 84' (pen.)		 report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 75'751
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
9 October 2015 (2015-10-09) Switzerland  7 – 0  San Marino St. Gallen, Switzerland
20:45 CEST Lang 16'
Inler 56' (pen.)
Mehmedi 66'
Djourou 72' (pen.)
Kasami 75'
Embolo 80'
Derdiyok 89'		 report Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 16'200
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
12 October 2015 (2015-10-12) Estonia  0 – 1   Switzerland Tallinn, Estonia
20:45 CEST report 90+4' (o.g.) Klavan Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 8'000
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Friendly matches

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13) Slovakia  3 – 2   Switzerland Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 CET Ďuriš 39', 48'
Mak 55'		 report 63' Derdiyok
67' Drmić		 Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského
Attendance: 17'582
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Austria  1 – 2   Switzerland Vienna, Austria
20:45 CET Alaba 14' report 10', 39' Seferovic Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 27'600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) Republic of Ireland  1 – 0   Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CET Clark 2' report Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) Switzerland  0 – 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zürich, Switzerland
20:30 CET report 14' Džeko
57' Pjanić		 Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
28 May 2016 (2016-05-28) Switzerland  1 – 2  Belgium Lancy, Switzerland
16:15 CET Džemaili 32'
Seferovic Red card 81'		 report 34' Lukaku
83' De Bruyne		 Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)
11 June 2016 (2016-06-11) Switzerland  2 – 1  Moldova Lugano, Switzerland
18:00 CET Namașco 12' (o.g.)
Mehmedi 75'		 report 70' Gînsari Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 6
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) Italy  0 – 3  Switzerland Cesena, Italy
15:00 (CET) report 59', 62' Bachmann
87' Crnogorčević		 Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 2'500
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Switzerland  4 – 0  Georgia Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET) Skhirtladze 9' (o.g.)
Crnogorčević 34'
Dickenmann 50'
Humm 74'		 report Stadium: Tissot Arena
Attendance: 2'252
Referee: Sofia Karagiori (Cyprus)
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) Northern Ireland  1 – 8  Switzerland Lurgan, Northern Ireland
20:00 (CET) Furness 37' report 14', 35' Humm
28' Kiwic
33' Moser
36' Ismaili
59' Crnogorčević
74' Deplazes
85' Dickenmann		 Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)
1 December 2015 (2015-12-01) Switzerland  5 – 1  Czech Republic Neuchâtel, Switzerland
19:00 (CET) Bürki 23'
Humm 28'
Bachmann 33'
Crnogorčević 42'
Terchoun 84'		 report Svitková 73' Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 2'008
Referee: Kateryna Zora (Ukraine)
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) Switzerland  2 – 1  Italy Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
17:30 Bachmann 7'
Terchoun 36'		 Report Parisi 65' Stadium: Tissot Arena
Attendance: 2,208
Referee: Morag Pirie (Scotland)
4 June 2016 (2016-06-04) Czech Republic  5 – 0  Switzerland Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
17:00 Report Humm 4'
Moser 35', 90+3'
Crnogorčević 40', 66' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadion Střelnice
Attendance: 632
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

2016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

Main article: 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) Switzerland  3 – 4  Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
Humm 4'
Kiwic 74'
Bachmann 83'		 Report Melis 29' (pen.)
Miedema 56'
Van den Berg 61'
Van de Sanden 63'		 Stadium: Kyocera Stadion
Attendance: 6,658
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) Sweden  1–0  Switzerland Rotterdam, Netherlands
Seger 44' Report Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) Switzerland  2–1  Norway Rotterdam, Netherlands
19:30 Mauron 32'
Kiwic 90+3'		 Report C. Hansen 10' Stadium: Stadion Woudestein
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Friendly matches

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Switzerland  4 – 1  Denmark Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
18:30 (CET) Crnogorčević 7', 82'
Sørensen 12' (o.g.)
Bachmann 34'		 report 50' Larsen Stadium: Tissot Arena
Attendance: 687

Domestic season

Super League

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Super League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 5 5 88 38 +50 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 78 47 +31 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Grasshopper 36 15 8 13 65 56 +9 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Sion 36 14 8 14 52 49 +3 50
6 Thun 36 10 11 15 45 54 −9 41
7 St. Gallen 36 10 8 18 41 66 −25 38
8 Vaduz 36 7 15 14 44 60 −16 36 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9 Lugano 36 9 8 19 46 75 −29 35
10 Zürich (R) 36 7 13 16 48 71 −23 34 Qualification for the Europa League group stage 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:
  1. ^ Vaduz qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Liechtenstein Cup.
  2. ^ Zürich qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Swiss Cup.

Challenge League

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lausanne-Sport (C, P) 34 19 8 7 61 39 +22 65 Promotion to 2016–17 Swiss Super League
2 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 15 9 10 53 42 +11 54
3 Wil 34 14 11 9 60 49 +11 53
4 Aarau 34 12 14 8 44 39 +5 50
5 Schaffhausen 34 14 5 15 43 45 −2 47
6 Winterthur 34 12 7 15 40 49 −9 43
7 Chiasso 34 7 16 11 39 44 −5 37
8 Wohlen 34 9 9 16 35 52 −17 36
9 Le Mont 34 7 11 16 36 50 −14 32
10 Biel-Bienne[a] (R) 34 5 22 7 28 30 −2 16 Relegation to 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.[2] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.[3] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.[4][5]

Promotion League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Servette FC (C, P) 30 20 6 4 61 26 +35 66 Promotion to Challenge League
2 SC Cham 30 16 8 6 72 48 +24 56
3 SC Kriens 30 17 3 10 47 36 +11 54
4 FC Basel II 30 15 5 10 65 52 +13 50
5 BSC Old Boys Basel 30 15 4 11 60 49 +11 49
6 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 12 10 8 41 33 +8 46
7 Stade Nyonnais 30 11 6 13 46 45 +1 39
8 FC Breitenrain 30 9 12 9 48 49 −1 39
9 SC Brühl 30 10 8 12 52 52 0 38
10 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 9 9 12 47 55 −8 36
11 FC Zürich II 30 10 5 15 57 65 −8 35
12 FC Tuggen 30 9 8 13 42 59 −17 35
13 FC Köniz 30 8 10 12 49 52 −3 34
14 FC Sion II 30 8 7 15 27 47 −20 31
15 FC St. Gallen II (R) 30 8 6 16 40 51 −11 30 Relegation to 1. Liga Classic
16 Étoile Carouge (R) 30 6 7 17 33 68 −35 25
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Swiss Cup Final

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Cup

Lugano beat Luzern 2–1 in the first semi-final and Zürich beat Sion 3–0 in the other final. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. The match was played on 29 May 2016 the Letzigrund in Zürich.Fussball-Schweiz [7]

FC Lugano0–1FC Zürich
SFV summary 40' Sarr
Attendance: 21,500

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Basel

Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
29 July 2015 First leg Lech Poznań Poland 1 – 3 Switzerland Basel INEA Stadion, Poznań
20:45 Thomalla 36'
Thomalla Yellow card 49'
Kędziora Red card 66'
Linetty Yellow card 69'
Kádár Yellow card 82'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 34' Lang
77' Janko
90+2' Callà
Red card 90+3' T. Xhaka		 Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
5 August 2015 Second leg Basel Switzerland 1 – 0
(4 – 1 agg.)		 Poland Lech Poznań St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:15 Suchý Yellow card 44'
Lang Yellow card 55'
Callà Yellow card 80'
Bjarnason 90+1'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 44' Linetty
Yellow card 56' Kamiński
Yellow card 86' Douglas		 Attendance: 18,196
Referee: France Ruddy Buquet

Basel won 4-1 on aggregate.

Play-off round
19 August 2015 First leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:45 CET Elneny Yellow card 19'
Delgado 39' (pen.), 1:1'
Suchý Yellow card 60'
Embolo 88' (2:1)		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 31' (0:1) Zahavi
Yellow card 70' Igiebor
Yellow card 77' Alberman
90+6' (2:2) Zahavi		 Attendance: 15,620
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
25 August 2015 Second leg Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 1 – 1
(a 3 – 3 agg.)		 Switzerland Basel Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
20:45 CET Zahavi 24'
Rikan Yellow card 62'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 11' Zuffi
Yellow card 49' Safari
Yellow card 74' Zuffi
Yellow card 84' T. Xhaka
Yellow card 85' Suchý		 Attendance: 13,350
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv won on away goals rule.

Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group I
17 September 2015 Round 1 Fiorentina Italy 1 – 2 Switzerland Basel Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
21:05 Kalinić 4' (1:0)
Roncaglia Yellow card 35'
Rodríguez Red card 65'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 34' Xhaka
Yellow card 56' Suchý
71' (1:1) Bjarnason
79' (1:2) Elneny
Yellow card 83' Janko		 Attendance: 15,212
Referee: England Michael Oliver
1 October 2015 Round 2 Basel Switzerland 2 – 0 Poland Lech Poznań St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Samuel Yellow card 41'
Bjarnason 55' (1:0)
Embolo 90' (2:0)		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 42' Red card 59' Linetty Attendance: 17,567
Referee: Bosnia and Herzegovina Ognjen Valjić
22 October 2015 Round 3 Basel Switzerland 1 – 2 Portugal Belenenses St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Lang 15' (1:0)
Suchý Yellow card 73'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 27' (1:1) Leal
Yellow card 34' Ferreira
45+1' (1:2) Kuca
Yellow card 87' Leal		 Attendance: 17,275[9]
Referee: Wales Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
5 November 2015 Round 4 Belenenses Portugal 0 – 2 Switzerland Basel Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon
21:05 Silva Yellow card 65'
Pinto Yellow card 66'
Caeiro Yellow card 70'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 45+1' (pen. 0:1) Janko
Yellow card 60' Elneny
64' (0:2) Embolo
Yellow card 66' Janko
Yellow card 89' Lang		 Attendance: 4,802
Referee: Hungary Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
26 November 2015 Round 5 Basel Switzerland 2 – 2 Italy Fiorentina St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Safari Yellow card 26'
Bjarnason Yellow card 29'
Suchý 40' (1:2)
Janko Yellow card 45+1'
Suchý Yellow card 65'
Elneny 74' (2:2)
Zuffi Yellow card 78'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 23' (0:1) Bernardeschi
36' (0:2) Bernardeschi
Red card 26' Roncaglia
Yellow card 45+1' Rodríguez
Yellow card 45+3' Badelj
Yellow card 75' Valero		 Attendance: 22,550
Referee: Slovenia Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
10 December 2015 Round 6 Lech Poznań Poland 0 – 1 Switzerland Basel INEA Stadion, Poznań
21:05 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 50' (0:1) Boëtius Attendance: 10,457
Referee: Scotland Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Switzerland Basel 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Italy Fiorentina 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10
3 Poland Lech Poznań 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5
4 Portugal Belenenses 6 1 2 3 2 8 −6 5
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knockout phase
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
18 February 2016 First Leg Saint-Étienne France 3 – 2 Switzerland Basel Saint-Étienne, France
19:00 Sall 9' (1:0)
Monnet-Paquet 39' (2:0)
Tannane Yellow card 60'
Pajot Yellow card 72'
Bahebeck 77' (3:2)		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 25' Steffen
44' (2:1) Samuel
56' (pen. 2:2) Janko
Yellow card 60' Xhaka
Yellow card 74' Samuel
Yellow card 88' Janko		 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 27,013
Referee: Greece Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece)
25 February 2016 Second leg Basel Switzerland 2 – 1 France Saint-Étienne St. Jakob-Park, Basel
21:05 Zuffi 15' (1:0)
Embolo Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 84'
Zuffi 90+2' (2:1)		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 31' Tannane
Yellow card 63' Pogba
Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card 82' Eysseric
90' Sall		 Attendance: 20,976
Referee: Netherlands Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

4-4 on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

Round of 16
10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) First leg Basel Switzerland 0 – 0 Spain Sevilla St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Samuel Yellow card 8'
Steffen Yellow card 90'		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 37' Banega
Yellow card 41' Cristóforo
Yellow card 85' Trémoulinas
Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card 87' Nzonzi		 Attendance: 22,403
Referee: England Anthony Taylor (England)
17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) Second leg Sevilla Spain 3 – 0 Switzerland Basel Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
21:05 Kolodziejczak Yellow card 7'
Rami 35' (1:0)
Gameiro 44' (2:0)
Gameiro 45' (3:0)		 FCB summary
UEFA summary		 Yellow card 39' Steffen
Yellow card 90+4' Embolo		 Attendance: 35,546[10]
Referee: Germany Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Sevilla won 3-0 on aggregate.

Young Boys

Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) First leg Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 France Monaco Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:15 Nuzzolo 74' Report Kurzawa 64'
Carrillo 72'
Pašalić 75'		 Attendance: 16,079
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
4 August 2015 (2015-08-04) Second leg Monaco France 4–0 Switzerland Young Boys Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45 Cavaleiro 54'
Kurzawa 64'
Martial 70'
El Shaarawy 77'		 Report Attendance: 10,457
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Monaco won 7–1 on aggregate.

Europa League

Play-off round
20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) First leg Young Boys Switzerland 0–1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ Stade de Suisse, Bern
20:00 Report Almeida 67' Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
27 August 2015 (2015-08-27) Second leg Qarabağ Azerbaijan 3–0 Switzerland Young Boys Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku
18:00 Almeida 4' (pen.)
Reynaldo 43'
Ismayilov 61'		 Report Attendance: 29,620
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Qarabağ won 4–0 on aggregate.

Zürich

Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) First leg Zürich Switzerland 0–1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk Letzigrund, Zürich
19:30 Report Bećiraj 63' (pen.) Attendance: 3,587
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) Second leg Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–1 (a.e.t.) Switzerland Zürich OSK Brestskiy, Brest[note 1]
19:15 Bećiraj 118' Report Chermiti 4' Attendance: 9,437
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Dinamo Minsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Thun

Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
Second qualifying round
16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) First leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 1–1 Switzerland Thun Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem[note 2]
19:00 Hoban 26' Report Frontino 87' (pen.) Attendance: 11,796
Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)
23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Second leg Thun Switzerland 2–1 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30 Ferreira 40', 72' Report Ogu 6' Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Thun won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) First leg Thun Switzerland 0–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30 Report Attendance: 3,407
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) Second leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 2–2 Switzerland Thun Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Costanzo 32'
Neumayr 45+1'		 Report Rojas 38'
Buess 65'		 Attendance: 2,788
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

2–2 on aggregate. Thun won on away goals.

Play-off round
20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) First leg Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3–1 Switzerland Thun Generali Arena, Prague
19:00 Costa 43'
Dočkal 45+1', 90+4'		 Report Sutter 5' Attendance: 12,448
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
27 August 2015 (2015-08-27) Second leg Thun Switzerland 3–3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30 Ferreira 33', 81'
Munsy 50'		 Report Dočkal 10'
Hušbauer 21'
Costa 71'		 Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Sparta Prague won 6–4 on aggregate.

Sion

Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group B
17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) Matchday 1 Sion Switzerland 2–1 Russia Rubin Kazan Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
19:00 Konaté 11', 82' Report Kanunnikov 65' Attendance: 7,000[11]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) Matchday 2 Liverpool England 1–1 Switzerland Sion Anfield, Liverpool
21:05 Lallana 4' Report Assifuah 18' Attendance: 37,252[12]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) Matchday 3 Bordeaux France 0–1 Switzerland Sion Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
21:05 Report Lacroix 21' Attendance: 18,318[13]
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) Matchday 4 Sion Switzerland 1–1 France Bordeaux Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
19:00 Chantôme 90+4' (o.g.) Report Touré 67' Attendance: 9,000[14]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) Matchday 5 Rubin Kazan Russia 2–0 Switzerland Sion Kazan Arena, Kazan
17:00 Georgiev 72'
Dević 90'		 Report Attendance: 15,116[15]
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
10 December 2015 (2015-12-10) Matchday 6 Sion Switzerland 0–0 England Liverpool Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
19:00 Report Attendance: 10,000[16]
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Liverpool 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 Switzerland Sion 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9
3 Russia Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 6 6 0 6
4 France Bordeaux 6 0 4 2 5 7 −2 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knockout phase
Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) First leg Sion Switzerland 1–2 Portugal Braga Stade de Tourbillon, Sion
21:05 Konaté 53' Report Stojiljković 13'
Rafa 61'		 Attendance: 9,000[17]
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)
24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) Second leg Braga Portugal 2–2 Switzerland Sion Estádio Municipal, Braga
18:00 Josué 27' (pen.)
Stojiljković 48'		 Report Gekas 16', 29' Attendance: 6,759[18]
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Braga won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vaduz

Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round
2 July 2015 (2015-07-02) First leg La Fiorita San Marino 0–5 Liechtenstein Vaduz San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
20:30 Report Schürpf 5'
Sutter 26'
Pergl 41'
Abegglen 78'
Ciccone 90+2'		 Attendance: 649
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Second leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 5–1 San Marino La Fiorita Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45 Kamber 25', 33'
Schürpf 41'
Muntwiler 71'
Lang 84'		 Report Tommasi 74' Attendance: 727
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Vaduz won 10–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round
16 July 2015 (2015-07-16) First leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 3–1 Estonia Nõmme Kalju Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:45 Ciccone 20'
Neumayr 53', 90+2'		 Report Wakui 86' Attendance: 912
Referee: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Second leg Nõmme Kalju Estonia 0–2 Liechtenstein Vaduz A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn[note 3]
18:00 Report Caballero 59'
Aliji 74'		 Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)

Vaduz won 5–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) First leg Thun Switzerland 0–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:30 Report Attendance: 3,407
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
6 August 2015 (2015-08-06) Second leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 2–2 Switzerland Thun Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Costanzo 32'
Neumayr 45+1'		 Report Rojas 38'
Buess 65'		 Attendance: 2,788
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

2–2 on aggregate. Thun won on away goals.

Notes

  1. ^ Dinamo Minsk played their third qualifying round home match at OSK Brestskiy, Brest, instead of their temporary stadium Traktor Stadium, Minsk.
  2. ^ Hapoel Be'er Sheva played their home match at Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, instead of their regular stadium Turner Stadium, Be'er Sheva.
  3. ^ Nõmme Kalju played their home matches at A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, instead of their regular stadium Hiiu Stadium, Tallinn.

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