2010–11 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season	2010–11
Champions	FC Lausanne-Sport 1st Challengue League title
Promoted	FC Lausanne-Sport
Relegated	Schaffhausen Yverdon-Sport
Matches played	240
Goals scored	743 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Rodriguez (18)
Biggest home win	Biel-Bienne 7–0 Kriens
Biggest away win	Lugano 0–6 Servette
Highest scoring	Biel-Bienne 7–1 Aarau Aarau 5–3 Biel-Bienne Servette 6-2 Schaffhausen
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League was the eighth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 23 July 2010^[1] and ended on 25 May 2011.^[2] The champions of this season, FC Lausanne-Sport, earned promotion to the 2011–12 Super League. The runners-up Servette won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2010–11 Super League, AC Bellinzona. The bottom two teams, FC Schaffhausen and Yverdon-Sport FC, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

2009–10 Challenge League champions FC Thun were promoted to the 2010–11 Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after finishing the 2009–10 Super League in last place. 2009–10 Challenge League runners-up FC Lugano had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team AC Bellinzona and eventually retained their league spot after losing 1–2 on aggregate.

FC Le Mont as 15th-placed team and last-placed FC Gossau were relegated after the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by FC Chiasso and SR Delémont, who emerged victorious from the eight-team 1. Liga promotion playoff.

Locations of clubs in the 2010–11 Challenge League

Club	City	Stadium	2009–10 season
FC Aarau	Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	10th in Super League
FC Biel/Bienne	Biel/Bienne, Berne	Gurzelen Stadion	7th in Challenge League
FC Chiasso	Chiasso, Ticino	Stadio Comunale	1. Liga playoff winners
SR Delémont	Delémont, Jura	La Blancherie	1. Liga playoff winners
SC Kriens	Kriens, Lucerne	Stadion Kleinfeld	5th in Challenge League
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne, Vaud	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise	10th in Challenge League
FC Locarno	Locarno, Ticino	Stadio del Lido	13th in Challenge League
FC Lugano	Lugano, Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	2nd in Challenge League
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite	11th in Challenge League
Servette FC	Geneva	Stade de Genève	4th in Challenge League
FC Stade Nyonnais	Nyon, Vaud	Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon	14th in Challenge League
FC Vaduz	Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Rheinpark Stadion	8th in Challenge League
FC Wil 1900	Wil, St. Gallen	Stadion Bergholz	6th in Challenge League
FC Winterthur	Winterthur, Zürich	Stadion Schützenwiese	3rd in Challenge League
FC Wohlen	Wohlen, Aargau	Stadion Niedermatten	12th in Challenge League
FC Yverdon-Sport	Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud	Stade Municipal	9th in Challenge League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lausanne-Sport !Lausanne-Sport (C) (P)	30	20	5	5	67	28	+39	65	Promotion to 2011–12 Swiss Super League
2	Servette !Servette (O) (P)	30	19	5	6	75	27	+48	62	Qualification to promotion/relegation playoffs
3	Lugano !Lugano	30	20	2	8	56	35	+21	62
4	Vaduz !Vaduz	30	19	3	8	59	41	+18	60	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
5	Wil !Wil	30	14	4	12	45	42	+3	46
6	Stade Nyonnais !Stade Nyonnais	30	13	7	10	48	51	−3	46
7	Chiasso !Chiasso	30	12	5	13	34	37	−3	41
8	Delémont !Delémont	30	12	4	14	47	60	−13	40
9	Biel-Bienne !Biel-Bienne	30	11	6	13	57	57	0	39
10	Wohlen !Wohlen	30	9	10	11	45	44	+1	37
11	Aarau !Aarau	30	9	9	12	39	51	−12	36
12	Kriens !Kriens	30	9	6	15	26	50	−24	33
13	Winterthur !Winterthur	30	8	8	14	42	51	−9	32
14	Locarno !Locarno	30	8	7	15	40	52	−12	31
15	Schaffhausen !Schaffhausen (R)	30	7	5	18	36	53	−17	26	Relegation to 2011–12 Swiss 1. Liga
16	Yverdon-Sport !Yverdon-Sport (R)	30	6	2	22	27	64	−37	20	Relegation to 2011–12 Swiss 1. Liga

Source: Swiss Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Vaduz as winners of the 2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Biel-Bienne !BB	Chiasso !CHI	Delémont !DEL	Kriens !KRI	Lausanne-Sport !LS	Locarno !LOC	Lugano !LUG	Schaffhausen !SHA	Servette !SER	Stade Nyonnais !SN	Vaduz !VAD	Wil !WIL	Winterthur !WIN	Wohlen !WOH	Yverdon-Sport !YS
Aarau !Aarau		5–3	0–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–3	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1
Biel-Bienne !Biel-Bienne	7–1		2–1	3–2	7–0	0–4	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–5	5–0	0–4	1–1	3–1	0–3	3–1
Chiasso !Chiasso	1–1	1–2		1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–1
Delémont !Delémont	3–3	2–1	3–0		1–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–4
Kriens !Kriens	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–2		1–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0
Lausanne-Sport !Lausanne-Sport	2–2	3–2	2–1	2–1	4–1		5–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–0
Locarno !Locarno	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	3–0	1–1		1–2	3–1	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–3
Lugano !Lugano	1–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–0		2–1	0–6	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–1
Schaffhausen !Schaffhausen	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2		1–0	2–3	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	0–1
Servette !Servette	4–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	6–0	1–2	4–1	0–2	6–2		3–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	3–0	3–1
Stade Nyonnais !Stade Nyonnais	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–5	5–2	0–1	1–4	0–1		2–5	0–3	3–3	3–2	1–0
Vaduz !Vaduz	2–0	1–1	1–0	6–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–4	1–5		3–1	3–0	0–5	5–1
Wil !Wil	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–2		2–1	0–3	3–1
Winterthur !Winterthur	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1		2–2	1–2
Wohlen !Wohlen	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	5–2	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1		2–1
Yverdon-Sport !Yverdon-Sport	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–3	2–2

Updated to games played on 25 May 2011.
Source: Swiss Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 21 May 2011; Source: Swiss Football League

18 goals

Michaël Rodriguez (SR Delémont)

17 goals

Bruno Valente (FC Schaffhausen)

16 goals

Dante Senger (FC Lugano)

15 goals

14 goals

Jocelyn Roux (FC Lausanne-Sport)

13 goals

Marcos De Azevedo (Servette FC)

12 goals

Frédéric Besseyre (FC Stade Nyonnais)
Franck Etoundi (FC Biel-Bienne)

11 goals

References

↑ "Challenge League - Results and fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
↑ "Datenplan 2010-11" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Football League. p. 11. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

External links

Official site (in German)

Swiss Challenge League seasons

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2010–11 in Swiss football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

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Nationalliga A
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International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League

Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying (Group G) 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championship 2010 UEFA Under-17 Championship 2011 UEFA Under-17 Championship qualification

Women	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification) 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (Qualification)

Club seasons

Super League

Basel
Bellinzona
Grasshopper Club
Luzern
Neuchâtel Xamax
Sion
St. Gallen
Thun
Young Boys
Zürich

Challenge League

Aarau
Biel-Bienne
Chiasso
Delémont
Kriens
Lausanne-Sport
Locarno
Lugano
Schaffhausen
Servette
Stade Nyonnais
Vaduz
Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen
Yverdon-Sport

Football in Switzerland

Swiss Football Association

National teams

Men	National team U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Beach soccer Futsal

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Super League (play-off) Challenge League 1. Liga Promotion 1. Liga Classic 2. Liga Interregional 2. Liga 3. Liga 4. Liga 5. Liga

Women	Nationalliga A Nationalliga B

Domestic cups

Men	Swiss Cup Swiss League Cup Swiss Super Cup (defunct) Uhrencup Cup of the Alps

Women	Swiss Women's Cup

Others

Uhrencup

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