2005–06 Swiss Challenge League

The 2005–06 Swiss Challenge League was the third season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 15 July 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. The champions of this season, FC Luzern, earned promotion to the 2006–07 Super League. The runners-up FC Sion won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2005–06 Super League, Neuchâtel Xamax. The bottom tho teams, FC Baden and FC Meyrin, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Clubs

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Luzern (C, P) 34 24 7 3 69 33 +36 79 Promotion to 2006–07 Swiss Super League
2 FC Sion (P) 34 22 6 6 61 24 +37 72 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 FC Lausanne-Sport 34 20 8 6 64 42 +22 68
4 FC Chiasso 34 17 8 9 51 31 +20 59
5 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 34 15 13 6 60 44 +16 58
6 FC Wohlen 34 15 7 12 50 40 +10 52
7 FC Wil 34 14 9 11 61 55 +6 51
8 FC Vaduz 34 13 7 14 57 54 +3 46
9 AC Bellinzona 34 12 10 12 43 45 −2 46
10 AC Lugano 34 10 11 13 41 52 −11 41
11 FC Baulmes 34 9 13 12 36 45 −9 40
12 FC Concordia Basel 34 10 9 15 44 57 −13 39
13 SC Kriens 34 9 12 13 42 56 −14 39
14 FC Winterthur 34 10 7 17 62 53 +9 37
15 SC YF Juventus 34 8 14 12 39 53 −14 35[a]
16 FC Locarno 34 7 7 20 35 60 −25 28
17 FC Baden (R) 34 6 9 19 30 59 −29 27 Relegated to 2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga
18 FC Meyrin (R) 34 1 11 22 26 68 −42 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted?

Results

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Home \ Away BAD BAU ACB CHI CON YF SCK CDF LS LOC FCL LUG FCM FCS VDZ WIL WIN WOH
FC Baden 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2
FC Baulmes 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–3 1–0
AC Bellinzona 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
FC Chiasso 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–3 1–1 5–0
FC Concordia Basel 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 4–3 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 4–3
SC YF Juventus 3–0 1–1 0–4 1–3 0–0 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–5 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 4–2 0–4 0–1
SC Kriens 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–5 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–2
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 1–2 1–1 2–4 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–3 1–1 2–2
FC Lausanne-Sport 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 4–3 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–3 5–4 1–0
FC Locarno 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–4
FC Luzern 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–3 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1
AC Lugano 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 4–1 0–3 0–4 0–3 2–1 0–0
FC Meyrin 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–4 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–3 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–0
FC Sion 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
FC Vaduz 4–0 4–0 2–4 1–3 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–3
FC Wil 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–5 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–4 3–1 4–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 4–3 2–0
FC Winterthur 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 6–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 4–0 4–4 1–2 2–3 2–3
FC Wohlen 1–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 5–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–4
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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The ninth-placed team in the 2005–06 Swiss Super League, Neuchâtel Xamax, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Sion, for a spot in the 2006–07 Super League.

Sion0–0Neuchâtel Xamax
Attendance: 12,300

Neuchâtel Xamax0–3Sion
Vogt   38', 59'
Gaspoz   68'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: René Rogalla

Sion won 3–0 on aggregate and are promoted

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