2016–17 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League

Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016-17 Brack.ch Challenge League is the 14th season of the Brack.ch Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 23 July 2016 and is scheduled to end on 2 June 2017. After the 18th matchday the league will be on winter break between 13 December 2016 and 4 February 2017.^[1]

Participating teams

2015–16 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Lausanne-Sport were promoted to the 2016–17 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Zürich, who got relegated after last place finish in the 2015–16 Swiss Super League. FC Biel-Bienne got relegated from the Challenge League as the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Servette FC won promotion from the 2015–16 1. Liga Promotion.

Stadia and locations

Locations of clubs in the 2016–17 Challenge League

Team	Venue	Capacity
FC Aarau	Stadion Brügglifeld	8,000
FC Chiasso	Stadio Comunale Riva IV	5,000
FC Le Mont	Stade Sous-Ville	4,000
Neuchâtel Xamax	Stade de la Maladière	12,000
Servette FC	Stade de Genève	30,084
FC Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite	4,200
FC Wil	IGP Arena	6,958
FC Winterthur	Schützenwiese	8,550
FC Wohlen	Stadion Niedermatten	3,624
FC Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer
FC Aarau	Marco Schällibaum	Nike
FC Chiasso	Giuseppe Scienza	Primato
FC Le Mont	John Dragani	Karhu
Neuchâtel Xamax	Michel Decastel	Erima
FC Schaffhausen	Axel Thoma	gpard
Servette FC	Anthony Braizat	14fourteen
FC Wil	Martin Rueda	Nike
FC Winterthur	Sven Christ	gpard
FC Wohlen	Francesco Gabriele	Adidas
FC Zürich	Uli Forte	Nike

Managerial changes

Club	Name	Date of departure	Replacement	Date of appointment
Wil	Ugur Tütüneker	24 August 2016^[2]	Martin Rueda	3 September 2016^[3]
FC Wohlen	Martin Rueda	2 September 2016	Francesco Gabriele	7 September 2016^[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Zürich	17	14	3	0	46	10	+36	45	Promotion to 2017–18 Super League
2	Neuchâtel Xamax	16	10	2	4	30	18	+12	32
3	Wil	17	7	4	6	24	17	+7	25
4	Servette	17	7	3	7	22	25	−3	24
5	Aarau	16	7	4	5	26	28	−2	25
6	Le Mont	16	5	5	6	11	17	−6	20
7	Wohlen	16	6	1	9	18	30	−12	19
8	Winterthur	17	4	6	7	17	24	−7	18
9	Schaffhausen	16	4	1	11	20	32	−12	13
10	Chiasso	16	2	5	9	12	25	−13	11	Relegation to 1. Liga Promotion

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw

Results

First and Second Round

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Chiasso !CHI	Le Mont !LMT	Neuchâtel !NEU	Schaffhausen !SHA	Servette !SER	Wil !WIL	Winterthur !WIN	Wohlen !WOH	Zürich !ZÜR
Aarau !Aarau		1–1	2–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1		1–1
Chiasso !Chiasso	3–1		1–2	1–2	2–3		0–4	0–1	0–2	0–2
Le Mont !Le Mont		0–0		1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–2
Neuchâtel !Neuchâtel	4–1	3–0			2–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–4	1–3
Schaffhausen !Schaffhausen	2–3		1–2	1–4		1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–3
Servette !Servette	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2		2–1	1–1	6–1	0–4
Wil !Wil	0–0	0–0	2–0		2–1	2–0		5–1	1–2	1–1
Winterthur !Winterthur	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–0		1–0
Wohlen !Wohlen	1–4	1–2	0–1	0–0		1–2	1–3	1–0		0–5
Zürich !Zürich	6–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0

Updated to games played on 3 December 2016.
Source: Swiss Challenge League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home ╲ Away	Aarau !AAR	Chiasso !CHI	Le Mont !LMT	Neuchâtel !NEU	Schaffhausen !SHA	Servette !SER	Wil !WIL	Winterthur !WIN	Wohlen !WOH	Zürich !ZÜR
Aarau !Aarau
Chiasso !Chiasso
Le Mont !Le Mont
Neuchâtel !Neuchâtel
Schaffhausen !Schaffhausen
Servette !Servette
Wil !Wil
Winterthur !Winterthur
Wohlen !Wohlen
Zürich !Zürich

Source: Swiss Challenge League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ "Rahmenterminplan 2016/2017" (pdf). Swiss Football League. Swiss Football League. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
↑ "FC Wil entlässt Trainer Ugur Tütüneker" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
↑ "FC Wohlen: Trainer Martin Rueda wechselt zum FC Wil" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
↑ "Italiener Gabriele neuer Trainer von Wohlen" (in German). Bluewin.ch. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

External links

Official website (German) (French)
Soccerway

Swiss Challenge League seasons

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

Swiss Cup

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League

Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group E) 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification (Group 5)

Women	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification)

Club seasons

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Challenge League

Aarau
Chiasso
Le Mont
Schaffhausen
Servette
Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen
Xamax
Zürich

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