2011–12 Swiss Challenge League

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Swiss Challenge League
Season2011–12
Champions St. Gallen
Promoted St. Gallen
Relegated Stade Nyonnais
Étoile Carouge
Delémont
Kriens
Brühl
Matches played240
Goals scored713 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer Armando Sadiku (19)
Biggest home win Aarau 7–0 Biel-Bienne
Biggest away win Brühl 0–6 Locarno
Highest scoring Kriens 7–1 Brühl / Biel-Bienne 3–5 Vaduz
2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Swiss Challenge League was the ninth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 22 July 2011 [1] and ended on 23 May 2012. The champions of this season, St. Gallen, earned promotion to the 2012–13 Super League. The runners-up Aarau lost the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2011–12 Super League, FC Sion. The bottom five teams, Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl were all relegated to partly form the newly created 1. Liga Promotion.

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Teams

2010–11 Challenge League champions FC Lausanne-Sport were promoted to the 2011–12 Super League. They were replaced by St. Gallen, who were relegated after finishing the 2010–11 Super League in last place. 2010–11 Challenge League runners-up Servette had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team AC Bellinzona and were promoted (hence exchanging leagues) after winning 3–2 on aggregate.

FC Schaffhausen as 15th-placed team and last-placed Yverdon-Sport FC were relegated after the 2010–11 season. They were replaced by SC Brühl and Étoile Carouge FC, who were promoted from 1. Liga.

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Locations of clubs in the 2011–12 Challenge League
ClubCity Stadium 2010–11 season
FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld 11th in Challenge League
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona, Ticino Stadio Comunale 9th in Super League
FC Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne, Bern Gurzelen Stadion 9th in Challenge League
SC Brühl St. Gallen St. Gallen, St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 2010–11 1. Liga play-off winners
FC Chiasso Chiasso, Ticino Stadio Comunale 7th in Challenge League
SR Delémont Delémont, Jura La Blancherie 8th in Challenge League
Étoile Carouge FC Carouge, Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 2010–11 1. Liga play-off winners
SC Kriens Kriens, Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 12th in Challenge League
FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio del Lido 14th in Challenge League
FC Lugano Lugano, Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 3rd in Challenge League
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen, St. Gallen AFG Arena 10th in Super League
FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon, Vaud Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon 6th in Challenge League
FC Vaduz Vaduz, Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion 4th in Challenge League
FC Wil 1900 Wil, St. Gallen Stadion Bergholz 5th in Challenge League
FC Winterthur Winterthur, Zürich Stadion Schützenwiese 13th in Challenge League
FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 10th in Challenge League

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 St. Gallen (C, P)3019746731+3664Promoted to 2012–13 Swiss Super League
2 Aarau 3018576434+3059Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Bellinzona 3018574921+2859
4 Winterthur 3015874429+1553
5 Lugano 3014794438+649
6 Wil 30121085941+1846
7 Chiasso 30111273423+1145
8 Vaduz 30136115445+945
9 Locarno 3012994744+345
10 Biel-Bienne 30127115554+143
11 Wohlen 3099123944−536
12 Stade Nyonnais (R)30810124149−834Relegation to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
13 Étoile Carouge (R)3086162556−3130
14 Delémont (R)3048182460−3620
15 Kriens (R)3045213766−2917
16 Brühl (R)3044223078−4816
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 30 matches per team.

Home \ Away AAR BEL BB BRU CHI DEL EC KRI LOC LUG STG SN VAD WIL WIN WOH
Aarau 2–31–31–01–45–07–03–14–11–02–22–12–11–22–12–0
Bellinzona 0–15–23–10–01–22–01–02–03–10–12–02–10–12–05–0
Biel-Bienne 0–30–03–02–14–10–04–11–11–23–20–23–50–41–20–0
Brühl 0–31–41–40–21–11–22–00–63–41–33–12–31–10–53–2
Chiasso 0–01–02–43–04–00–12–10–11–11–11–03–02–11–21–0
Delémont 2–21–31–23–00–00–11–12–10–10–22–21–14–00–10–1
Étoile Carouge 0–21–33–20–22–12–02–11–53–01–50–10–41–10–21–3
Kriens 0–20–12–47–11–12–01–12–32–20–23–40–31–40–24–1
Locarno 1–10–32–02–11–13–03–01–31–10–22–22–12–11–12–0
Lugano 3–12–01–33–11–13–12–02–01–13–12–12–00–31–20–2
St. Gallen 1–21–14–13–10–16–02–13–25–01–02–24–23–21–10–0
Stade Nyonnais 2–21–20–02–20–01–01–13–01–13–20–31–02–20–20–1
Vaduz 3–20–03–31–01–03–03–13–02–01–11–23–43–22–21–1
Wil 3–21–11–23–01–16–12–01–11–21–12–23–11–21–12–1
Winterthur 1–21–02–12–10–00–00–04–10–01–20–12–12–01–41–2
Wohlen 1–30–12–21–11–11–10–03–05–20–11–24–22–12–22–3
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team in the 2011–12 Swiss Super League, Sion, played a two-legged play-off against the Challenge League runners-up, Aarau, for a spot in the 2012–13 Super League.

Sion 2–0 Aarau
Winter Soccerball shade.svg58', 81' Report
Stade Tourbillon, Sion
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Stephan Studer
Aarau 1–0 Sion
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Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Patrick Graf

Sion won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Albania.svg Armando Sadiku Locarno 19
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Shkëlzen Gashi Aarau 17
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Moreno Merenda Vaduz 17
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Igor Tadić Kriens 17
5 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Adis Jahović Wil 16
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Ezequiel Scarione St. Gallen 15
7 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alessandro Ciarrocchi Bellinzona 14
Flag of Brazil.svg Odirlei de Souza Gaspar Wohlen 14
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Morello Biel-Bienne 14
10 Flag of Slovenia.svg Džengis Čavušević Wil 13
11 Flag of France.svg Frédéric Besseyre Stade Nyonnais 11
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Remo Staubli Aarau 11
13 Flag of Cameroon.svg Franck Etoundi St. Gallen 10
Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Magnetti Bellinzona 10
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Mathys St. Gallen 10

References

  1. ↑ "Challenge League – Results and fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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