Swiss Sports Situation Report (GSLS)

The Swiss Sports Situation Report (GSLS) is an instrument for analysing violence at sporting events in Switzerland. It provides an assessment of all matches involving teams from the top two Swiss football and ice hockey leagues.

How is the information assessed?

After each match, the police authorities, sports associations and SBB/Transport Police provide fedpol with feedback about the match, including any security-related or violent incidents that have occurred. fedpol then evaluates this information, assessing each individual match and summarising all the data in the GSLS report.

fedpol assesses the information it receives according to a specially designed assessment system. This ensures that each match is considered on its own merits. The match is then classified according to one of three categories: green, yellow and red.

Which matches are assessed?

The following categories of matches are assessed:

  • Football and ice hockey matches in Switzerland, where at least one of the competing teams is from one of the top two leagues.
  • Swiss Cup football and ice hockey matches between teams from the top two leagues.
  • Football and ice hockey matches played by the men's national teams in Switzerland.

What is the objective of these assessments?

The assessments provide factual information on incidents that occur during the various phases of a sporting event, such as travel to and from the venue, and before, during and after a match. These findings can then be used to develop and implement objective, targeted measures to ensure that sporting events are safe and peaceful.

Statistics of the GSLS reporting

You will find here the newst statistics of the GSLS reporting. Statistics of the past years are available at the bottom of this page.

Football

A total of 512 football matches were assessed and the findings published between 3 June 2024 and 1 June 2025.

Example: Thirty-seven Super League matches were classified as ‘red’, meaning that particularly serious violence occurred at these matches.

Criminally relevant incidents at football matches

Example: Damage to property was reported at 19.9% of all football matches.

Behaviour of home and away football fans

Fan behaviour is described using keywords and is divided into the five phases of a match: travel to, before the match, during the match, after the match, return journey. Keywords marked with an asterisk provide additional information, but are not included in the assessment.

Example: After 26 football matches, visiting fans committed acts of vandalism.

Ice hockey matches

A total of 753 ice hockey matches were assessed and the findings published between 3 June 2024 and 1 June 2025.

Example: Twenty-eight Super League matches were classified as ‘red’, meaning that particularly serious violence occurred at these matches.

Criminally relevant incidents at ice hockey matches

Example: Damage to property was reported at 11.8% of all ice hockey matches.

Behaviour of home and away ice hockey fans

Fan behaviour is described using keywords and is divided into the five phases of a match. Keywords marked with an asterisk provide additional information, but are not included in the assessment.

Example: Fans of the visiting team committed acts of vandalism after a total of two ice hockey matches.

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