2011–12 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season2011–12
ChampionsGroup 1:
Sion U-21
Group 2:
BSC Old Boys
Group 3:
FC Tuggen
PromotedClubs
FC Fribourg
Yverdon-Sport FC
BSC Old Boys
FC Breitenrain Bern
FC Tuggen
Schaffhausen
SC Young Fellows Juventus
Youth teams
Sion U-21
Zürich U-21
Basel U-21
St. Gallen U-21
Matches played720

The 2011–12 Swiss 1. Liga was the final season of this league as the third highest tier in the Swiss football league system. From next season it would become the fourth highest tier. The 1. Liga is and remains the highest tier in Swiss amateur football, but many teams at that time had professional or semi-professional players.

Format

The 1. Liga in the 2011–12 season 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. Due to the creation of the 1. Liga Promotion that was due to commence the following year, this season would see the number of teams in the groups reduced from 16 to 14 and it would be renamed as 1. Liga Classic. The new Promotion League would serve as the semi-professional link to amateur football. Six clubs could achieve promotion to the new third division, if they had applied for the semi-professional status. Due to the bankruptcy of Xamax in January 2012 it resulted that seven clubs were promoted. The four best U-21 teams would receive a wild card and advance as well. This reconstruction was done to decrease the competitive gap between the professional two top tiers and the amateur leagues.[1][2]

Group 1

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baulmes Vaud Stade Sous-Ville 2,500
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
SC Düdingen Fribourg Stadion Birchhölzli 3,000
FC Echallens Vaud Sportplatz 3 Sapins 2,000
FC Fribourg Fribourg Stade Universitaire 9,000
Grand-Lancy FC Geneva Stade de Marignac 1,500
FC Le Mont Vaud Centre Sportif du Châtaignier 2,500
ES FC Malley Vaud Centre Sportif de la Tuilière 1,500
FC Martigny-Sports Valais Stade d'Octodure 2,500
FC Meyrin Geneva Stade des Arbères 9,000
FC Monthey Valais Stade Philippe Pottier 1,800
FC Naters Valais Sportanlage Stapfen 3,000
Sion U-21 Valais Stade de Tourbillon 20,200
Urania Genève Sport Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000
Young Boys U-21 Bern Stadion Wankdorf or
Allmend Bern 		32,000
2,000
Yverdon-Sport FC Vaud Stade Municipal 6,600

Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sion U-21 30 17 5 8 70 41 +29 56 Youth team wild card
2 Young Boys U-21 30 16 4 10 74 50 +24 52 To 1. Liga Classic
3 FC Fribourg 30 16 4 10 52 40 +12 52 Promoted to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
4 Yverdon-Sport FC 30 15 7 8 53 44 +9 52
5 FC Le Mont 30 15 6 9 51 45 +6 51 To 1. Liga Classic
6 Grand-Lancy FC 30 13 9 8 56 44 +12 48
7 FC Meyrin 30 13 6 11 57 42 +15 45
8 SC Düdingen 30 14 3 13 63 59 +4 45
9 FC Echallens 30 12 8 10 62 49 +13 44
10 FC Martigny-Sports 30 11 8 11 51 50 +1 41
11 ES FC Malley 30 10 8 12 66 61 +5 38
12 FC Bulle 30 10 7 13 46 59 −13 37
13 Urania Genève Sport 30 10 6 14 51 67 −16 36
14 FC Monthey 30 7 9 14 50 66 −16 30
15 FC Naters 30 8 5 17 42 72 −30 29
16 FC Baulmes 30 3 5 22 25 80 −55 14
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Group 2

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baden Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Youth Campus Basel 		7,000
1,000
FC Breitenrain Bern Bern Spitalacker 1,450
SC Dornach Solothurn Gigersloch 2,500
Grasshopper Club U-21 Zürich GC/Campus Niederhasli 2,000
FC Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Münsingen Bern Sportanlage Sandreutenen 1,400
SV Muttenz Basel-Country Sportplatz Margelacker 3,200
BSC Old Boys Basel-City Stadion Schützenmatte 8,000
FC Schötz Lucerne Sportplatz Wissenhusen 1,750
FC Serrières Neuchâtel Pierre-à-Bot 1,700
FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
Thun U-21 Bern Stadion Lachen 10,350
FC Wangen bei Olten Solothurn Sportplatz Chrüzmatt 3,000
SC Zofingen Aargau Sportanlagen Trinermatten 2,000
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportplatz Heerenschürli 1,120

Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BSC Old Boys 30 20 2 8 68 36 +32 62 Promoted to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
2 FC Breitenrain Bern 30 18 7 5 54 25 +29 61
3 FC Baden 30 19 3 8 61 31 +30 60 To 1. Liga Classic
4 Zürich U-21 30 16 3 11 55 49 +6 51 Youth team wild card
5 FC Münsingen[3] 30 14 8 8 42 36 +6 50 To 1. Liga Classic
6 Basel U-21 30 13 8 9 56 36 +20 47 Youth team wild card
7 FC Solothurn 30 13 6 11 52 43 +9 45 To 1. Liga Classic
8 SC Dornach 30 12 8 10 54 50 +4 44
9 FC Schötz 30 12 6 12 54 57 −3 42
10 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 12 4 14 50 58 −8 40
11 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 8 9 13 29 47 −18 33
12 FC Serrières 30 7 11 12 43 47 −4 32
13 FC Grenchen 30 8 5 17 29 64 −35 29
14 SV Muttenz 30 8 3 19 41 74 −33 27
15 Thun U-21 30 6 8 16 46 58 −12 26
16 SC Zofingen 30 5 7 18 35 58 −23 22
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Group 3

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Balzers Liechtenstein Sportplatz Rheinau 2,000
GC Biaschesi Ticino Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone" 2,850
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
USV Eschen/Mauren Liechtenstein Sportpark Eschen-Mauren 6,000
FC Gossau St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 3,500
SV Höngg Zürich Hönggerberg 1,000
Lugano U-21 Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Swissporarena or
Allmend Süd 		16,800
2,000
FC Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Muri[4] Aargau Stadion Brühl 2,350
Rapperswil-Jona St. Gallen Stadion Grünfeld 2,500
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 7,300
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos or
Kybunpark 		3,000
19,264
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
Winterthur U-21 Zürich Schützenwieseor
Schützenwiese Sportplätze 		8,550
1,500
SC YF Juventus Zürich Utogrund 2,850

Final group table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 22 3 5 69 31 +38 69 Promoted to 2012–13 1. Liga Promotion
2 FC Schaffhausen 30 21 3 6 88 28 +60 66
3 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 20 4 6 83 34 +49 64
4 USV Eschen/Mauren 30 15 8 7 56 43 +13 53 To 1. Liga Classic
5 St. Gallen U-21 30 14 8 8 52 43 +9 50 Youth team wild card
6 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 11 14 5 60 51 +9 47 To 1. Liga Classic
7 SC Cham 30 13 6 11 58 46 +12 45
8 FC Mendrisio 30 12 6 12 38 33 +5 42
9 Luzern U-21 30 12 4 14 56 59 −3 40
10 FC Balzers 30 10 5 15 48 66 −18 35
11 Winterthur U-21 30 9 5 16 37 57 −20 32
12 GC Biaschesi 30 6 11 13 39 53 −14 29
13 Lugano U-21 30 8 4 18 36 64 −28 28
14 FC Muri 30 7 7 16 35 66 −31 28
15 SV Höngg 30 6 5 19 31 70 −39 23
16 FC Gossau 30 5 5 20 42 84 −42 20
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lareida, Roman (6 May 2011). "Die Dreiviertelfrage" [The three-quarter question] (in Swiss High German). Walliser Bote [de]. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ Swiss Football Verband (SFV) (2021). "Der SFV reformiert die Spielklassenstruktur und baut die Nachwuchsförderung weiter aus" [The SFV is reforming the league structure and further expanding the promotion of young talent] (in Swiss High German). SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ FC Münsingen (2012). "Spielberichte 1. Liga 2011/2012" [Match reports 1. Liga 2011/2012] (in Swiss High German). fcmuensingen.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Muri" (in German). afv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
2010–11 		Seasons in
Swiss football 		Succeeded by
2012–13