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2019–20 Swiss Challenge League

The 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) was 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 was scheduled to end on 20 May 2020.[1] The league was on winter break between 15 December 2019 and 24 January 2020.

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] The league eventually resumed on 19 June. The last regular games were played on 2 August 2020.

Participating teams

A total of 10 teams participated 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

Map of Switzerland with the locations of the Challenge League clubs
Aarau
Chiasso
Kriens
Lausanne
Lausanne-Ouchy
Schaffhausen
Vaduz
Wil
Wil
Winterthur
Grasshoppers
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Locations of clubs in the 2019–20 Challenge League
  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

League table

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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Vaduz were selected to play in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League by the Liechtenstein Football Association.

Results

Promotion play-offs

The ninth-placed team of 2019–20 Swiss Super League, Thun, played against the runners-up of 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League, Vaduz.

First leg

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
Referee: Alain Bieri

Second leg

Stockhorn Arena, Thun
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

Vaduz won 5–4 on aggregate and promoted to the Swiss Super League.

References

  1. ^ "Spielplan Calendrier 2019–20" (PDF). www.sfl.ch (in German and French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2019. 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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