2012–13 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Aarau
Promoted	Aarau
Relegated	Bellinzona
Matches played	180
Goals scored	523 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Armando Sadiku (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Bellinzona 8–0 Wil
Biggest away win	Locarno 0–5 Winterthur
Highest scoring	Vaduz 5–3 Aarau Aarau 5–3 Wohlen Bellinzona 8–0 Wil Locarno 2–6 Bellinzona
Longest winning run	6 games Aarau
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Bellinzona
Longest winless run	10 games Lugano
Longest losing run	7 games Locarno
Highest attendance	6,100 Aarau 3–3 Wohlen
Lowest attendance	203 Biel-Bienne 7–0 Wohlen
Average attendance	1,454^[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Swiss Challenge League was the tenth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 14 July 2012^[2] and ended on 2 June 2013.

Teams

2011–12 Challenge League champions St. Gallen were promoted to the 2012–13 Super League. They weren't replaced by another team due to Neuchâtel Xamax being demoted to the 4th tier of Swiss football for financial irregularities. 2011–12 Challenge League runners-up Aarau had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team Sion and remained in the Challenge League after losing 3–1 on aggregate.

The bottom five teams – Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl – were relegated to the newly formed 1. Liga Promotion with no teams replaced them due to the Challenge League reducing from 16 to 10 teams.

Locations of the 2012–13 Challenge League clubs

Club	City	Stadium	2011–12 season
FC Aarau	Aarau, Aargau	Stadion Brügglifeld	2nd in Challenge League
AC Bellinzona	Bellinzona, Ticino	Stadio Comunale	3rd in Challenge League
FC Biel/Bienne	Biel/Bienne, Berne	Gurzelen Stadion	10th in Challenge League
FC Chiasso	Chiasso, Ticino	Stadio Comunale	7th in Challenge League
FC Locarno	Locarno, Ticino	Stadio del Lido	9th in Challenge League
FC Lugano	Lugano, Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	5th 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	4th in Challenge League
FC Wohlen	Wohlen, Aargau	Stadion Niedermatten	11th in Challenge League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aarau !Aarau (C)	36	24	6	6	76	40	+36	78	Promotion to 2013–14 Swiss Super League
2	Bellinzona !Bellinzona (R)	36	21	8	7	62	37	+25	64	Relegation to 2013-14 Swiss 1. Ligue Promotion ¹
3	Winterthur !Winterthur	36	19	5	12	61	43	+18	62
4	Wil !Wil	36	15	6	15	59	65	−6	51
5	Biel-Bienne !Biel-Bienne	36	13	8	15	59	59	0	47
6	Chiasso !Chiasso	36	13	8	15	42	51	−9	47
7	Lugano !Lugano	36	11	11	14	52	50	+2	44
8	Wohlen !Wohlen	36	9	12	15	39	58	−19	39
9	Vaduz !Vaduz	36	10	7	19	41	52	−11	37
10	Locarno !Locarno	36	5	9	22	32	68	−36	24

Source: Swiss Challenge League (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Due to financial irregularities, AC Bellinzona was discounted seven points and were ultimately relegated at the end of the season. FC Locarno was thus not relegated in spite of their last-place finish.
(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

Teams played each other four times (twice home and twice away) over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 36 matches per team.

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Bellinzona !BEL	Biel-Bienne !BB	Chiasso !CHI	Locarno !LOC	Lugano !LUG	Vaduz !VAD	Wil !WIL	Winterthur !WIN	Wohlen !WOH
Aarau !Aarau		0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	5–3
Bellinzona !Bellinzona	1–2		3–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–3	1–5	1–0
Biel-Bienne !Biel-Bienne	5–1	1–2		3–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	3–0	3–2	2–0
Chiasso !Chiasso	0–1	3–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–3
Locarno !Locarno	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–3		0–3	0–1	0–3	0–5	1–0
Lugano !Lugano	3–3	0–1	4–0	0–0	0–0		3–1	3–1	1–2	4–1
Vaduz !Vaduz	5–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–2	1–0	5–0
Wil !Wil	0–3	0–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	3–1		4–0	0–1
Winterthur !Winterthur	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–3		0–1
Wohlen !Wohlen	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–1

Source: Swiss Challenge League (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Bellinzona !BEL	Biel-Bienne !BB	Chiasso !CHI	Locarno !LOC	Lugano !LUG	Vaduz !VAD	Wil !WIL	Winterthur !WIN	Wohlen !WOH
Aarau !Aarau		0–1	6–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–3
Bellinzona !Bellinzona	2–2		2–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	8–0	3–1	2–2
Biel-Bienne !Biel-Bienne	0–2	0–1		5–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–4	7–0
Chiasso !Chiasso	2–1	1–1	2–0		3–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–3
Locarno !Locarno	0–3	2–6	0–1	1–2		0–3	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–2
Lugano !Lugano	0–2	4–3	1–2	2–0	1–1		3–3	2–3	0–2	2–0
Vaduz !Vaduz	1–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–1		0–2	1–1	1–2
Wil !Wil	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–3		1–0	1–2
Winterthur !Winterthur	1–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–0		1–0
Wohlen !Wohlen	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–2

Source: Swiss Challenge League (German)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[3]
1	Armando Sadiku	Lugano	20
2	Davide Callà	Aarau	19
3	Luís Pimenta	Chiasso	14
4	Patrick Bengondo	Winterthur	12
4	Kristian Kuzmanović	Winterthur	12
6	Charles-André Doudin	Biel-Bienne	11
	Sven Lüscher	Winterthur / Aarau	11
	Giuseppe Morello	Biel-Bienne	11
	Drilon Pacarizi	Locarno	11
10	Matar Coly	Biel-Bienne	9
	Stefano Milani	Wohlen	9
	Landry Mouangue	Wil	9

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[4]
1	Markus Neumayr	Bellinzona	15
2	Sven Lüscher	Winterthur / Aarau	14
3	Davide Callà	Aarau	13
4	Charles-André Doudin	Biel-Bienne	11
	Dante Senger	Aarau	11
	Alain Schultz	Aarau	11
7	Pascal Cerrone	Wil	9
	Matar Coly	Biel-Bienne	9
	Steven Ukoh	Biel-Bienne	9
10	Carlos da Silva	Lugano	8
10	Martin Steuble	Wil	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Coly, MatarMatar Coly	Biel-Bienne	Vaduz	4–2^[5]	000000002012-08-19-000019 August 2012
Jahović, AdisAdis Jahović	Wil	Chiasso	4–1^[5]	000000002012-08-19-000019 August 2012
Callà, DavideDavide Callà	Aarau	Wohlen	5–3^[6]	000000002012-10-28-000028 October 2012
Kuzmanović, KristianKristian Kuzmanović	Winterthur	Bellinzona	5–1^[7]	000000002012-11-04-00004 November 2012
Morello, GiuseppeGiuseppe Morello	Biel-Bienne	Aarau	5–1	000000002012-11-05-00005 November 2012
Mouangue, LandryLandry Mouangue	Wil	Winterthur	4–0^[8]	000000002012-12-02-00002 December 2012
Widmer, SilvanSilvan Widmer	Aarau	Wohlen	3–1	000000002013-04-01-00001 April 2013
Schürpf, PascalPascal Schürpf	Bellinzona	Wil	8–0	000000002013-04-18-000018 April 2013
Emmanuel, SaniSani Emmanuel	Biel-Bienne	Wohlen	7–0	000000002013-05-12-000012 May 2013

Scoring

First goal of the season: Gezim Shalaj for Lugano against Wil (14 July 2012)
Fastest goal of the season: Mirko Facchinetti for Chiasso against Bellinzona (27 August 2012)
Largest winning margin: 8 goals
- Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013)
Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Vaduz 5–3 Aarau (6 August 2012)
- Aarau 5–3 Wohlen (28 October 2012)
- Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013)
- Locarno 2–6 Bellinzona (8 May 2013)
Most goals scored by a single team: 8 goals
- Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
- Vaduz 5–3 Aarau (6 August 2012)
- Aarau 5–3 Wohlen (28 October 2012)
- Lugano 4–3 Bellinzona (2 June 2013)

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets: 15
- Bellinzona

Fewest clean sheets: 4
- Locarno

Discipline

Most yellow cards (club): 86
- Chiasso

Most yellow cards (player): 14
- Pietro Di Nardo (Biel-Bienne)

Most red cards (club): 10
- Chiasso

Most red cards (player): 2
- Marko Bašić (Lugano)
- Igor Djuric (Chiasso)
- Cha Jong-Hyok (Wil)
- Charles-André Doudin (Biel-Bienne)
- Emiliano Dudar (Chiasso)
- Pavel Pergl (Bellinzona)
- Mirko Quaresima (Chiasso)

References

↑ "Zuschauerzahlen – Challenge League". Swiss Challenge League (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2012.
↑ "Challenge League - Results and fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
↑ "Torschützenliste – Challenge League". Swiss Challenge League (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2012.
↑ "Assistliste – Challenge League". Swiss Challenge League (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2012.
1 2 "Lugano setzt sich an die Spitze". Swiss Challenge League (in German). 19 August 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
↑ "Aarau zum zehnten Mal in Folge ungeschlagen". Swiss Challenge League (in German). 28 October 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
↑ "Bellinzona mit kapitalem Fehltritt". Swiss Challenge League (in German). 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
↑ "Aarau überwintert auf Platz 1". Swiss Challenge League. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.

External links

Official website (German) (French)
Soccerway

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2012–13 in Swiss football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

Swiss Cup

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League

Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group E) 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championship 2012 UEFA Under-17 Championship 2012 UEFA Under-17 Championship qualification

Women	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification) 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship (Qualification)

Club seasons

Super League

Challenge League

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Lugano
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Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen

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