2018–19 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Servette
Promoted	Servette
Matches played	170
Goals scored	496 (2.92 per match)
Highest scoring	Servette 5–3 Rapperswil-Jona
	← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 16 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) was the 16th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The season started on 20 July 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019.[1] The winter break was scheduled between 16 December 2018 and 1 February 2019.

Participating teams

A total of 10 teams participated in the league. 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League champions Neuchâtel Xamax were promoted to the 2018–19 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Lausanne-Sport, who got relegated after finishing last-placed in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League. FC Wohlen was relegated after finishing 10th. They were replaced by SC Kriens, who won promotion from the 2017–18 Swiss Promotion League.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of clubs in the 2018–19 Challenge League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Aarau	Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	8,000
FC Chiasso	Chiasso	Stadio Comunale Riva IV	5,000
SC Kriens	Kriens	Stadion Kleinfeld	5,360
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Stade olympique de la Pontaise	15,850
FC Rapperswil-Jona	Rapperswil-Jona	Stadion Grünfeld	2,500
Servette FC	Geneva	Stade de Genève	30,084
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	LIPO Park Schaffhausen	8,200
FC Vaduz	Vaduz	Rheinpark Stadion	7,584
FC Wil 1900	Wil	IGP Arena	6,958
FC Winterthur	Winterthur	Schützenwiese	8,550

Personnel

Team	Manager
Aarau	Patrick Rahmen
Chiasso	Alessandro Mangiarratti (1ª-13ª) Andrea Manzo (14ª-)
Kriens	Bruno Berner
Lausanne	Giorgio Contini
Rapperswil-Jona	Urs Meier
Schaffhausen	Boris Smiljanić
Servette	Alain Geiger
Vaduz	Mario Frick
Wil	Konrad Fünfstück
Winterthur	Ralf Loose

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Servette (C, P)	36	24	7	5	90	37	+53	79	Promotion to 2019–20 Swiss Super League
2	Aarau	36	19	7	10	63	46	+17	64	Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3	Lausanne	36	16	15	5	64	36	+28	63
4	Winterthur	36	16	8	12	57	51	+6	56
5	Wil	36	10	12	14	33	47	−14	42
6	Vaduz[lower-alpha 1]	36	11	9	16	48	70	−22	42	Qualification for the 2019–20 Europa League first qualifying round
7	Schaffhausen	36	10	9	17	43	62	−19	39
8	Kriens	36	7	15	14	46	58	−12	36
9	Chiasso	36	9	9	18	43	67	−24	36
10	Rapperswil-Jona (R)	36	10	5	21	47	59	−12	35	Relegation to 2019–20 Swiss Promotion League

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Vaduz qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup.

Results

First and Second Round

Home \ Away	AAR	CHI	KRI	LAS	RAP	SHA	SER	VAD	WIL	WIN
Aarau	—	1–2	0–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–3
Chiasso	2–3	—	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3
Kriens	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	1–2
Lausanne	1–1	5–1	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	5–1
Rapperswil-Jona	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	—	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–4
Schaffhausen	1–3	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–2
Servette	3–1	5–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–0	—	4–1	2–0	2–0
Vaduz	2–1	4–2	2–2	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–0	—	0–2	0–1
Wil	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	2–0
Winterthur	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2018. Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home \ Away	AAR	CHI	KRI	LAS	RAP	SHA	SER	VAD	WIL	WIN
Aarau	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–3	3–0	3–1	2–2
Chiasso	0–1	—	2–2	0–5	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1
Kriens	2–2	0–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–0
Lausanne	0–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–2	6–2	2–0	4–1
Rapperswil-Jona	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	—	2–0	1–2	4–1	4–0	1–4
Schaffhausen	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3
Servette	1–2	3–2	4–1	3–1	5–3	6–1	—	2–0	0–0	5–2
Vaduz	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–5	—	1–1	1–0
Wil	0–4	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–0
Winterthur	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	3–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

"Spielplan Calendrier 2018–19" (PDF). www.sfl.ch (in German and French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
"Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

External links

Official website (in German and French)
Soccerway

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[table_note_VAD0.5774305358424-2] Vaduz qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2018–19 Liechtenstein Cup.

[1] "Spielplan Calendrier 2018–19" (PDF). www.sfl.ch (in German and French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

[3] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.