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

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

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

Switzerland  v  Portugal

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)

Hungary  v   Switzerland

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)

Andorra  v   Switzerland

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)

Switzerland  v  Faroe Islands

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)

Switzerland  v  Latvia

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)

Faroe Islands  v   Switzerland

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

Switzerland  v  Belarus

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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 6

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
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

Georgia  v  Switzerland

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)

Switzerland  v  Northern Ireland

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

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group C

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
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

Austria  v  Switzerland

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)

Iceland  v  Switzerland

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)

Switzerland  v  France

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

Main article: 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]

Belgium  v  Switzerland

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

Switzerland  v  North Korea

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

Italy  v  Switzerland

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

Switzerland  v  South Korea

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

United States  v  Switzerland

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)

United States  v  Switzerland

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)

Norway  v  Switzerland

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

Switzerland  v  England

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

Main article: 2016–17 Swiss 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:

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

Challenge League

Main article: 2016–17 Swiss 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:

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

1. Liga Promotion

Main article: 2016–17 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

Main article: 2016–17 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
• Young Boys: Champions League third qualifying round
• Luzern: Europa League third qualifying round
• Grasshopper Club: Europa League second qualifying round
• Vaduz: Europa League first qualifying round
• Zürich: Europa League group stage

Basel

Champions League group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage

Matches

Basel v Ludogorets Razgrad

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

Arsenal v Basel

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)

Paris Saint-Germain v Basel

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)

Basel v Paris Saint-Germain

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)

Ludogorets Razgrad v Basel

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)

Basel v Arsenal

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			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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League § Third qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Shakhtar Donetsk v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v Shakhtar Donetsk

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

Young Boys v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Young Boys

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Matches

Young Boys v Olympiacos

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)

Astana v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v APOEL

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)

APOEL v Young Boys

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)

Olympiacos v Young Boys

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)

Young Boys v Astana

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			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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Luzern v Sassuolo

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)

Sassuolo v Luzern

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

KR v Grasshopper

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)

Grasshopper v KR

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 qualifying round

Grasshopper v Apollon Limassol

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)

Apollon Limassol v Grasshopper

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

Fenerbahçe v Grasshopper

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)

Grasshopper v Fenerbahçe

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Vaduz v Sileks

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)

Sileks v Vaduz

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

Midtjylland v Vaduz

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)

Vaduz v Midtjylland

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

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Matches

Villarreal v Zürich

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)

Zürich v Osmanlıspor

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)

Steaua București v Zürich

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)

Zürich v Steaua București

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

Zürich v Villarreal

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)

Osmanlıspor v Zürich

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
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

1. 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]
2. Sileks played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium City Stadium, Kratovo.

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Seasons in Swiss football

Succeeded by 2017–18