2015–16 Swiss Promotion League

Promotion League
Season2015–16
ChampionsServette FC
PromotedServette FC
RelegatedFC St. Gallen U-21
Étoile Carouge
Matches played240
Top goalscorerSamel Sabanovic (16 goals)[1]

The 2015–16 Promotion League season is the fourth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before the previous season.[2] The Promotion League is the third highest level in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.

The season started on 5 August 2015 and finished on 28 May 2016. The league was won by Servette FC who made an immediate return to the Challenge League while FC St. Gallen U-21 and Étoile Carouge were relegated to the 1. Liga Classic.[3]

Teams

Last season Xamax had been division champions and were promoted to the 2015–16 Challenge League. Locarno and Delémont had ended the season in the two last positions and were therefore relegated. Thus the 2015–16 season saw three new clubs in the league, SC Cham and SC Kriens had both been promoted from the 1. Liga Classic and Servette FC had suffered relegation from the Challenge League.

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Youth Campus Basel 		7,000
1,000
FC Breitenrain Bern Bern Spitalacker 1,450
SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
Étoile Carouge FC Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
FC Köniz Bern Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut 2,600
SC Kriens Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 5,100
BSC Old Boys Basel-City Stadion Schützenmatte 8,000
FC Rapperswil-Jona St. Gallen Stadion Grünfeld 2,500
Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084
Sion U-21 Valais Stade de Tourbillon 20,200
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos or
Kybunpark 		3,000
3,000
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
SC YF Juventus Zürich Utogrund 2,850
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportplatz Heerenschürli 1,120

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Servette FC (C, P) 30 20 6 4 61 26 +35 66 Promotion to Challenge League
2 SC Cham 30 16 8 6 72 48 +24 56
3 SC Kriens 30 17 3 10 47 36 +11 54
4 Basel U-21 30 15 5 10 65 52 +13 50
5 BSC Old Boys Basel 30 15 4 11 60 49 +11 49
6 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 12 10 8 41 33 +8 46
7 Stade Nyonnais 30 11 6 13 46 45 +1 39
8 FC Breitenrain 30 9 12 9 48 49 −1 39
9 SC Brühl 30 10 8 12 52 52 0 38
10 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 9 9 12 47 55 −8 36
11 Zürich U-21 30 10 5 15 57 65 −8 35
12 FC Tuggen 30 9 8 13 42 59 −17 35
13 FC Köniz 30 8 10 12 49 52 −3 34
14 Sion U-21 30 8 7 15 27 47 −20 31
15 St. Gallen U-21 (R) 30 8 6 16 40 51 −11 30 Relegation to 1. Liga Classic
16 Étoile Carouge (R) 30 6 7 17 33 68 −35 25
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Samel Sabanovic SC Brühl 16
2 Severin Dätwyler SC Cham 14
3 Altin Osmani FC Köniz 12
Tibert Pont Servette FC
Aldin Turkes FC Zürich U-21

Promotion round

The best eight teams of the three divisions of the 1. Liga Classic competed for three spots in the 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion:[4]

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC United Zürich (III/3) 2–2 (a) FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (I/1) 0–0 2–2
FC Bavois (I/3) 3–1 FC Münsingen (II/1) 1–2 3–0
SR Delémont (II/2) 2–3 FC Baden (III/1) 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Grasshopper Club U-21 (III/2) 4–8 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (I/2) 1–4 3–4
Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Bavois (I/3) 1-0 FC Baden (III/1) 0–0 1–0
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (I/2) 3-1 FC United Zürich (III/3) 1–0 2–1
Decider for third promotion spot
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Baden (III/1) 0–2 FC United Zürich (III/3)
  • (I/1) First number, the Roman numeral, indicates division, second number indicates final position in division.

References

  1. ^ a b "MEISTERSCHAFT PROMOTION LEAGUE - Torschützenliste - Saison 2015/2016" [1. Liga Promotion goal scorers 2015–16]. el-pl.ch (in German). Swiss Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ (si) (28 October 2013). "Promotion League: Neuer Name" [Promotion League: New name] (in Swiss High German). Walliser Bote [de]. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ "Schweiz » Promotion League 2015/2016 » 30. Spieltag". weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. ^ "1. Liga Classic Final Stages". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.