2015–16 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season 2015–16
Champions Lausanne-Sport
Promoted Lausanne-Sport
Top goalscorer Jocelyn Roux
(20 goals)
Highest scoring Lausanne-Sport 5–4 Biel-Bienne
(18 July 2015)

The 2015-16 Brack.ch Challenge League is the 13th season of the Brack.ch Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 18 July 2015 and ended on 27 May 2016.[1] After the 18th matchday the league will be on winter break between 7 December 2015 and 6 February 2016.

Participating Teams

2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Lugano were promoted to the 2015–16 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after last place finish in the 2014–15 Swiss Super League. Last placed team of the 2014–15 Challenge League season FC Biel-Bienne were spared from relegation as Servette FC failed to obtain a license for the 2015-16 season and were relegated to the 1. Liga Promotion.[2] Servette were replaced by 1. Liga Promotion champion Neuchâtel Xamax.

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
FC AarauStadion Brügglifeld8,000
FC Biel-BienneTissot Arena5,200
FC ChiassoStadio Comunale5,000
FC Lausanne-SportPontaise8,500
FC Le MontStade Sous-Ville4,000
Neuchâtel XamaxStade de la Maladière12,000
FC SchaffhausenStadion Breite4,200
FC WilIGP Arena6,958
FC WinterthurSchützenwiese8,550
FC WohlenStadion Niedermatten3,624

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor
FC AarauSwitzerland Marco SchällibaumNikeZehnder Group AG
FC Biel-BienneCroatia Zlatko PetričevićNikeFors
FC ChiassoItaly Giancarlo CamolesePrimatoCaffè Chicco D'Oro
FC Lausanne-SportSwitzerland Fabio CelestiniAdidasBCV
FC Le MontFrance Claude GrossJomaAQUATIS
Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland Michel DecastelErimaVideo2000
Viteos
FC SchaffhausenItaly Maurizio JacobaccigpardErsparniskasse Schaffhausen
Methabau
FC WilEngland Kevin CooperNikeHans Eisenring
FC WinterthurSwitzerland Sven ChristgpardKeller
FC WohlenSwitzerland Martin RuedaAdidasIBW

Managerial changes

ClubNameDate of departureReplacementDate of appointment
AarauSwitzerland Livio Bordoli13 October 2015[3]Switzerland Marco Schällibaum18 October 2015[4]
ChiassoSwitzerland Marco Schällibaum18 October 2015Italy Giancarlo Camolese20 October 2015[5]
Neuchâtel XamaxSwitzerland Roberto Cattilaz20 October 2015[6]Switzerland Michel Decastel21 October 2015
WilTurkey Fuat Çapa23 October 2015[7][8]Switzerland Philipp Dux (Interim)23 October 2015
WilSwitzerland Philipp Dux (Interim)4 November 2015England Kevin Cooper4 November 2015[9]
WinterthurGermany Jürgen Seeberger26 November 2015[10]Switzerland Dario Zuffi (interim)[11]26 November 2015
WinterthurSwitzerland Dario Zuffi (interim)28 December 2015Switzerland Sven Christ28 December 2015[12]
Biel-BienneSwitzerland Patrick Rahmen24 February[13]Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrov (interim)25 February
Biel-BienneBulgaria Petar Aleksandrov (interim)29 MarchCroatia Zlatko Petričević29 March[14]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lausanne-Sport (C, P) 34 19 8 7 61 39 +22 65 Promotion to 2016–17 Super League
2 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 15 9 10 53 42 +11 54
3 Wil 34 14 11 9 60 49 +11 53
4 Aarau 34 12 14 8 44 39 +5 50
5 Schaffhausen 34 14 5 15 43 45 −2 47
6 Winterthur 34 12 7 15 40 49 −9 43
7 Chiasso 34 7 16 11 39 44 −5 37
8 Wohlen 34 9 9 16 35 52 −17 36
9 Le Mont 34 7 11 16 36 50 −14 32
10 Biel-Bienne[lower-alpha 1] 34 5 22 7 28 30 −2 16 Relegation to 1. Liga Promotion
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw[19]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. ↑ FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.[15] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.[16] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.[17][18]

Results

1Lausanne was awarded a 3–0 w/o win due to Biel-Bienne fielding more foreign players (5) than allowed (4). Match originally ended in a 3–2 win for Lausanne.[20]

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Jocelyn Roux Wil / Lausanne-Sport 20
2 Switzerland Antonio Marchesano Biel-Bienne 13
Switzerland Charles-André Doudin Neuchâtel Xamax
4 Austria Deniz Mujic Schaffhausen 11
5 Switzerland Patrick Rossini Aarau 10
North Korea Pak Kwang-ryong Lausanne-Sport / Biel-Bienne
As of 27 May 2016[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Swiss Football league". sfl.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Keine Lizenz – Servette muss in die 1. Liga" (in German). Blick. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Aarau stellt Trainer Bordoli per sofort frei". bluewin.ch. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  4. ↑ "Jetzt ist es fix: Marco Schällibaum ist der neue Trainer beim FC Aarau". Limmattaler Zeitung. 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Benvenuto in Rossoblù, Giancarlo Camolese!". fcchiasso.ch.
  6. ↑ "Decastel wird neuer Xamax-Coach". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nächster Knall in Wil: Trainer Capa muss gehen". Thurgauer Zeitung. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sofortige Trennung vom Trainerduo". fcwil.ch. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Kevin Cooper neuer Wil-Trainer". FM1 Today. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Schifferli, Hansjörg (26 November 2015). "Jürgen Seeberger muss gehen". Der Landbote. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Schifferli, Hansjörg (26 November 2015). "Zwei Spiele für eine neue Basis". Der Landbote. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Dubach, Matthias (28 December 2015). "Sven Christ zu Winterthur". Blick. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Patrick Rahmen quitte son poste d'entraîneur, Petar Alexandrov prend la relève". 25 February 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Zlatko Petričević ist neuer Trainer des FC Biel". Bieler Tagblatt. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Punktabzug für den FC Biel" (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte" (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Die aktuelle BCL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Challenge League:Season Rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Forfait-Niederlage für FC Biel". Swiss Football League. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  21. ↑ "Torschützenliste 2015/16". Swiss Challenge League. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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