2010–11 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season2010–11
ChampionsFC Lausanne-Sport
1st Challengue League title
PromotedFC Lausanne-Sport
RelegatedSchaffhausen
Yverdon-Sport
Matches played240
Goals scored743 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorerMichael Rodriguez (18)
Biggest home winBiel-Bienne 7–0 Kriens
Biggest away winLugano 0–6 Servette
Highest scoringBiel-Bienne 7–1 Aarau
Aarau 5–3 Biel-Bienne
Servette 6-2 Schaffhausen

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.

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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, Bern 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 (C, P) 30 20 5 5 67 28 +39 65 Promotion to 2011–12 Swiss Super League
2 Servette (O, P) 30 19 5 6 75 27 +48 62 Qualification for promotion/relegation playoffs
3 Lugano 30 20 2 8 56 35 +21 62
4 Vaduz 30 19 3 8 59 41 +18 60 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Wil 30 14 4 12 45 42 +3 46
6 Stade Nyonnais 30 13 7 10 48 51 −3 46
7 Chiasso 30 12 5 13 34 37 −3 41
8 Delémont 30 12 4 14 47 60 −13 40
9 Biel-Bienne 30 11 6 13 57 57 0 39
10 Wohlen 30 9 10 11 45 44 +1 37
11 Aarau 30 9 9 12 39 51 −12 36
12 Kriens 30 9 6 15 26 50 −24 33
13 Winterthur 30 8 8 14 42 51 −9 32
14 Locarno 30 8 7 15 40 52 −12 31
15 Schaffhausen (R) 30 7 5 18 36 53 −17 26 Relegation to 2011–12 Swiss 1. Liga
16 Yverdon-Sport (R) 30 6 2 22 27 64 −37 20
Source: Swiss Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Vaduz as winners of the 2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Results

Home \ Away AAR BB CHI DEL KRI LS LOC LUG SHA SER SN VAD WIL WIN WOH YS
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Source: Swiss Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Bellinzona as 9th-placed team in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up Servette.

Bellinzona1–0Servette
Pergl 88' Report (in German)
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Alain Bieri
Servette3–1Bellinzona
de Azevedo 11'
Baumann 45' 56'		 Report (in German) Lustrinelli 69'
Attendance: 23,338
Referee: Hänni Nikolaj

Servette won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

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

18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

References

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