2019–20 Swiss Challenge League

The 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) is the 17th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The season started on 20 July 2019 and is scheduled to end on 20 May 2020.[1] The league was on winter break between 15 December 2019 and 24 January 2020.

Swiss Challenge League
Season2019–20
2020–21 →

On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[2] On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted at least until the end of April.[3]

Participating teams

A total of 10 teams participate in the league. 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League champions Servette FC were promoted to the 2019–20 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by Grasshopper Club Zürich, who got relegated after finishing last-placed in the 2018–19 Swiss Super League. Rapperswil-Jona was relegated after finishing 10th. They were replaced by FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, who won promotion from the 2018–19 Swiss Promotion League.

Stadia and locations
Locations of clubs in the 2019–20 Challenge League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
FC AarauAarauStadion Brügglifeld8,000
FC ChiassoChiassoStadio Comunale Riva IV5,000
Grasshopper Club ZürichZürichLetzigrund26,104
SC KriensKriensStadion Kleinfeld5,360
FC Lausanne-SportLausanneStade olympique de la Pontaise15,850
FC SchaffhausenSchaffhausenLIPO Park Schaffhausen8,200
FC Stade Lausanne-OuchyNyon[lower-alpha 1]Centre Sportif de Colovray7,200
FC Vaduz VaduzRheinpark Stadion7,584
FC Wil 1900WilIGP Arena6,958
FC WinterthurWinterthurSchützenwiese8,550
  1. Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy's home stadium Stade Juan-Antonio-Samaranch in Lausanne can not accommodate SLO for the Challenge League. SLO will play at the Centre sportif de Colovray in Nyon.[4]

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 Lausanne 26 16 6 4 62 23 +39 54 Promotion to 2020–21 Swiss Super League
2 Vaduz[lower-alpha 1] 26 12 8 6 54 39 +15 44 Qualification to promotion/relegation play-offs
3 Grasshopper 26 12 8 6 43 29 +14 44
4 Kriens 26 12 4 10 40 39 +1 40
5 Lausanne-Ouchy 26 9 6 11 35 41 −6 33
6 Wil 26 9 5 12 39 41 −2 32
7 Aarau 26 8 8 10 44 51 −7 32
8 Winterthur 26 8 8 10 28 45 −17 32
9 Schaffhausen 26 6 10 10 21 40 −19 28
10 Chiasso 26 4 5 17 31 49 −18 17 Relegation to 2020–21 Swiss Promotion League
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. 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.[5]
Notes:
  1. Vaduz were selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League by the Liechtenstein Football Association.

Results

References
  1. "Spielplan Calendrier 2019–20" (PDF). www.sfl.ch (in German and French). Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. "Bundesrat streicht Grossanlässe: Fussballpartien am Wochenende abgesagt – Geisterspiele im Eishockey". Bluewin. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. "Keine Spiele in der Schweiz bis Ende April". Bluewin. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. Gn, T (4 April 2019). "Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy sera contraint de jouer à Nyon" (in French). 24 Heures. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in German). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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