2004–05 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season2004–05
ChampionsGroup 1:
Lausanne-Sport
Group 2:
Biel-Bienne
Group 3:
Tuggen
PromotedLocarno
Lausanne-Sport
RelegatedGroup 1:
Malley
Stade Lausanne Ouchy
Group 2:
Alle
Langenthal
Group 3:
Chur
Gossau
Matches played3 times 240
plus 12 play-offs

The 2004–05 Swiss 1. Liga was the 73rd season of this league since its creation in 1931 and, at this time, it was the third tier of the Swiss football league system. The 1. Liga was also the highest level of Swiss amateur football, despite an ever-increasing number of clubs in this league playing with professional or, more often than not, semi-professional players in their ranks and this was not just the case with the U-21 teams of the professional clubs.

Format

There were 48 teams in this division, including seven U-21 teams, which were the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the Super League and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their positions in the league. The three group winners, the runners-up, together with the two best third placed teams, then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams were not eligible for promotion and could not compete in the play-offs. The two last placed teams in each group were to be directly relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.

Group 1

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Bex Vaud Relais 2,000
CS Chênois Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
FC Echallens Vaud Sportplatz 3 Sapins 2,000
Étoile Carouge FC Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
Grand-Lancy FC Geneva Stade de Marignac 1,500
Lausanne-Sport Vaud Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 15,700
ES FC Malley Vaud Centre Sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Martigny-Sports Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Naters Valais Sportanlage Stapfen 3,000
FC Serrières Neuchâtel Pierre-à-Bot 1,700
Servette U-21 Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy Vaud Centre sportif de Vidy 1,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
Urania Genève Sport Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
Young Boys U-21 Bern Stadion Neufeld or
Allmend Bern 		14,000
2,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Lausanne-Sport 30 20 3 7 64 27 +37 63 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Serrières 30 16 10 4 53 31 +22 58
3 Étoile Carouge FC 30 18 3 9 76 49 +27 57
4 FC Echallens 30 15 11 4 60 41 +19 56
5 FC Bex 30 14 8 8 55 43 +12 50
6 CS Chênois 30 14 4 12 53 53 0 46
7 Young Boys U-21 30 12 8 10 48 43 +5 44
8 FC Martigny-Sports 30 11 11 8 46 43 +3 44
9 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 10 6 14 52 59 −7 36
10 Grand-Lancy FC 30 9 9 12 43 51 −8 36
11 FC Fribourg 30 9 6 15 40 49 −9 33
12 FC Naters 30 9 5 16 54 67 −13 32
13 Urania Genève Sport 30 8 8 14 49 62 −13 32
14 Servette U-21 30 9 5 16 50 71 −21 32
15 ES FC Malley 30 8 6 16 54 74 −20 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 30 3 7 20 31 65 −34 16
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Alle Jura Centre Sportif Régional 000
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob 		7,000
4,000
FC Biel-Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen 15,000
SC Buochs Nidwalden Stadion Seefeld 5,000
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie 5,263
SC Dornach Solothurn Gigersloch 2,500
FC Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Langenthal[1] Bern Rankmatte 2,000
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Stadion Allmend or
Allmend Süd 		15,000
2,000
FC Münsingen Bern Sportanlage Sandreutenen 1,400
FC Schötz Lucerne Sportplatz Wissenhusen 1,750
FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC Wangen bei Olten Solothurn Sportplatz Chrüzmatt 3,000
SC Zofingen Aargau Sportanlagen Trinermatten 2,000
Zug 94 Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 30 21 7 2 77 24 +53 70 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 15 6 9 55 41 +14 51
3 FC Grenchen 30 14 8 8 53 39 +14 50
4 FC Solothurn 30 14 7 9 55 44 +11 49
5 Zug 94 30 13 8 9 60 47 +13 47
6 FC Münsingen 30 14 5 11 43 43 0 47
7 Luzern U-21 30 12 6 12 50 52 −2 42
8 FC Schötz 30 10 11 9 47 46 +1 41
9 SC Zofingen 30 11 7 12 46 45 +1 40
10 Basel U-21 30 10 9 11 60 49 +11 39
11 SC Dornach 30 11 6 13 56 66 −10 39
12 SC Cham 30 10 6 14 40 50 −10 36
13 SR Delémont 30 10 5 15 37 53 −16 35
14 SC Buochs 30 9 6 15 40 55 −15 33
15 FC Alle 30 4 10 16 36 62 −26 22 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Langenthal 30 5 7 18 35 74 −39 22
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Altstetten[2] Zürich Buchlern 1,000
GC Biaschesi Ticino Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone" 2,850
FC Brugg Aargau Stadion Au 3,300
FC Chur 97 Grisons Ringstrasse 2,820
FC Frauenfeld Thurgau Kleine Allmend 6,370
FC Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 3,500
Grasshopper Club U-21 Zürich GC/Campus Niederhasli 2,000
FC Herisau Appenzell Ausserrhoden Ebnet 2,000
FC Kreuzlingen Thurgau Sportplatz Hafenareal 1,200
FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 5,000
FC Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Seefeld Zürich[3] Zürich Sportanlage Lengg 1,000
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportplatz Heerenschürli 1,120

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 21 3 6 70 37 +33 66 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Locarno 30 15 7 8 54 36 +18 52
3 FC Red Star Zürich 30 14 9 7 64 35 +29 51
4 FC Mendrisio 30 11 15 4 40 31 +9 48
5 FC Kreuzlingen 30 13 8 9 52 48 +4 47
6 Zürich U-21 30 12 9 9 46 40 +6 45
7 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 13 6 11 39 36 +3 45
8 St. Gallen U-21 30 12 6 12 43 47 −4 42
9 GC Biaschesi 30 10 10 10 35 41 −6 40
10 FC Herisau 30 9 10 11 38 46 −8 37
11 FC Altstetten 30 9 7 14 29 48 −19 34
12 FC Brugg 30 8 9 13 34 53 −19 33
13 FC Frauenfeld 30 9 5 16 45 53 −8 32
14 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 8 7 15 44 52 −8 31
15 FC Chur 97 30 6 12 12 42 53 −11 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Gossau 30 6 5 19 41 60 −19 23
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualified for the play-offs were the first two teams from group 1; Lausanne-Sport and Serrières, from group 2; Biel-Bienne and Wangen b.O. and from group 3; Tuggen and Locarno. The two best third best teams were Étoile Carouge from group 1 and Red Star from group 3.

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Étoile Carouge 1–0 Tuggen
Tuggen 1–2 Étoile Carouge

Étoile Carouge win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Wangen b.O. 2–2 Lausanne-Sport
Lausanne-Sport 6–1 Wangen b.O.

Lausanne-Sport win 8–3 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 1–1 Serrières
Serrières 0–1 Locarno

Locarno win 2–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Red Star 4–1 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 1–2 Red Star

Red Star win 6–2 on aggregate and advance to Finals.

Final round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 2–1 Red Star
Red Star 0–2 Locarno

Locarno win 4–1 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lausanne-Sport 2–1 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 3–3 Lausanne-Sport

Lausanne-Sport win 5–4 on aggregate and are promoted to 2005–06 Challenge League.

Summary

Group 1 champions were newly promoted Lausanne-Sport, they also achieved immediate promotion to the 2005–06 Challenge League. Runners-up in this group were Serrières, but they failed in their promotion attempt. Group 2 champions were Biel-Bienne and runners-up were Wangen b.O.. However, both failed in their promotion attempts. The champions of group 3, Tuggen, also missed promotion. The runners-up in group 3 were Locarno and they achieved promotion. Relegated were Malley and Stade Lausanne Ouchy from group 1, Alle and Langenthal from group 2 and from group 3 Chur and Gossau. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in next season by Signal FC Bernex-Confignon, SC Düdingen, FC Kickers Luzern, SV Muttenz and FC Rapperswil-Jona, all of whom had won their 2. Liga Interregional groups.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Langenthal" (in German). fvbj-afbj.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Altstetten" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Seefeld Zürich" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
2003–04 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
2005–06