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2013–14 Swiss Challenge League

The 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League) was the 11th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 13 July 2013[1] and ended on 18 May 2014.

Swiss Challenge League
Season2013–14
ChampionsVaduz
PromotedVaduz
RelegatedLocarno
Matches played180
Goals scored520 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrick Rossini
(22 goals)
Biggest home winBiel-Bienne 6–2 Wohlen
Vaduz 4–0 Winterthur
Biggest away winLocarno 1–4 Winterthur
0–3 7 games
Highest scoringWil 6–3 Winterthur

Teams edit

2012–13 Challenge League champions Aarau were promoted to the 2013–14 Super League. Due to financial irregularities, Bellinzona was ultimately relegated at the end of the season and later dissolved. Locarno was spared from relegation.

The bottom five teams – Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl – were relegated to the newly formed 1. Liga Promotion. No teams replaced them due to the Challenge League being reduced from 16 to 10 teams.

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Locations of clubs in the 2013–14 Challenge League
Team Coach Stadium Capacity
FC Biel-Bienne Hans-Peter Zaugg Stadion Gurzelen 3,000
FC Chiasso Ryszard Komornicki Stadio Communale 11,168
FC Locarno Stefano Maccoppi Stadio Lido 6,600
FC Lugano Sandro Salvioni Stadio Cornaredo 6,900
FC Schaffhausen1 Maurizio Jacobacci Stadion Breite 7,300
Servette FC2 Jean-Michel Aeby Stade de Genève 30,000
FC Vaduz Giorgio Contini Rheinpark Stadion 6,078
FC Winterthur Boro Kuzmanovic Schützenwiese 8,500
FC Wil 1900 Axel Thoma Sportpark Bergholz 6,000
FC Wohlen David Sesa Niedermatten 3,624

1 Promoted from the 1. Liga Promotion

2 Relegated from the Raiffeisen Super League [2]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vaduz (C, P) 36 21 10 5 71 34 +37 73 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and promotion to 2014–15 Swiss Super League
2 Lugano 36 19 7 10 55 46 +9 64
3 Wil 36 18 9 9 74 45 +29 63
4 Schaffhausen 36 18 8 10 57 40 +17 62
5 Servette 36 18 7 11 49 48 +1 61
6 Winterthur 36 11 9 16 45 50 −5 42
7 Biel-Bienne 36 9 10 17 56 68 −12 37
8 Chiasso 36 7 12 17 35 52 −17 33
9 Wohlen 36 7 11 18 47 67 −20 32
10 Locarno (R) 36 5 11 20 31 70 −39 26 Relegation to 2014–15 1. Liga Promotion
Source: Swiss Challenge League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 36 matches per team.

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Patrick Rossini Schaffhausen 22
2   João Paiva Wohlen 16
3   Marco Aratore Winterthur 14
4   Gianluca Frontino Schaffhausen 13
5   Ivan Audino Wil 12
  Manuel Sutter Vaduz 12
6   Markus Neumayr Vaduz 11
  Pak Kwang-Ryong Vaduz 11
  Igor Tadić Servette 11
  Geoffrey Tréand Servette 11

Source:[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Challenge League - Results and fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Klubs - Brack.ch Challenge League". Swiss Football League. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Torschützenkönige ab 2004/05 Challenge League Archiv Statistik". Swiss Super League (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-07-16. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Summary - Challenge League - Switzerland". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

External links edit

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