2008–09 Swiss Challenge League

2008–09 teams

Club	City	Stadium	2007–08 season
FC Biel/Bienne	Biel/Bienne, Berne	Gurzelen Stadium	1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel	Centre Sportif de la Charrière	13th in Challenge League
FC Concordia Basel	Basel	Rankhof	7th in Challenge League
FC Gossau	Gossau, St. Gallen	Buechenwald	11th in Challenge League
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne, Vaud	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise	13th in Challenge League
FC Locarno	Locarno, Ticino	Stadio comunale Lido	14th in Challenge League
AC Lugano	Lugano, Ticino	Stadio comunale Cornaredo	9th in Challenge League
FC St. Gallen	St. Gallen	Espenmoos	9th in Super League
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite	6th in Challenge League
Servette FC	Geneva	Stade de Genève	8th in Challenge League
FC Stade Nyonnais	Nyon, Vaud	Colovray	1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC Thun	Thun, Berne	Stadion Lachen	10th in Super League
FC Wil 1900	Wil, St. Gallen	Bergholz Stadium	3rd in Challenge League
FC Winterthur	Winterthur, Zürich	Schützenwiese	5th in Challenge League
FC Wohlen	Wohlen, Aargau	Niedermatten	4th in Challenge League
FC Yverdon-Sport	Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud	Stade Municipal	10th in Challenge League

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St. Gallen !St. Gallen (P)	30	25	3	2	78	22	+56	78	Promotion to Swiss Super League
2	Lugano !Lugano	30	22	4	4	72	30	+42	70	Qualification to Promotion play-off
3	Wil !Wil	30	14	9	7	41	25	+16	51
4	Yverdon-Sport !Yverdon-Sport	30	14	9	7	52	41	+11	51
5	Biel-Bienne !Biel-Bienne	30	14	5	11	58	53	+5	47
6	Wohlen !Wohlen	30	13	6	11	43	47	−4	45
7	Lausanne-Sport !Lausanne-Sport	30	11	8	11	41	43	−2	41
8	Concordia Basel !Concordia Basel (R)	30	11	7	12	48	51	−3	40	Relegation to 1. Liga
9	Thun !Thun	30	11	5	14	54	65	−11	38
10	Winterthur !Winterthur	30	9	9	12	46	46	0	36
11	Schaffhausen !Schaffhausen	30	8	10	12	40	45	−5	34
12	Template:Fb team La Chaux-de-Fonds (R)	30	9	6	15	39	46	−7	33	Relegation to 1. Liga
13	Servette !Servette	30	7	10	13	31	46	−15	31
14	Stade Nyonnais !Stade Nyonnais	30	8	4	18	26	56	−30	28
15	Locarno !Locarno	30	7	5	18	46	57	−11	26
16	Gossau !Gossau	30	5	4	21	27	69	−42	19

Updated to games played on 2009-05-19.
Source: http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Ranglisten-Resultate-ChL.aspx
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Top goal scorers

24 goals

Vincenzo Rennella (Lugano)

22 goals

Moreno Merenda (St. Gallen)

17 goals

Franck Madou (Biel-Bienne)

15 goals

Rainer Bieli (Concordia)
Kamel Boughanem (Lausanne)

14 goals

Moreno Costanzo (St. Gallen)

13 goals

Dante Senger (FC Locarno)

12 goals

David Blumer (Thun)
Mbala Mbuta Biscotte (Yverdon-Sport)

11 goals

Allmir Ademi (Schaffhausen)
Tomo Barlecaj (Winterthur)
Alain Schultz (Wohlen, until January)
Bruno Valente (Lugano)

10 goals

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2008–09 in Swiss football

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Domestic leagues

Super League
Challenge League
1. Liga
2. Liga Interregional
2. Liga
3. Liga
4. Liga
5. Liga

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League UEFA Cup

Women	UEFA Women's Cup

Related to
national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2008 (Group A) 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 2)

Women	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 (Qualifying – Group 4)

Club seasons

Super League

Aarau
Basel
Bellinzona
Grasshopper Club
Luzern
Neuchâtel Xamax
Sion
Vaduz
Young Boys
Zürich

Challenge League

Biel-Bienne
Concordia Basel
Gossau
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Lausanne-Sport
Locarno
Lugano
Schaffhausen
Servette
Stade Nyonnais
St. Gallen
Thun
Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen
Yverdon-Sport

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