2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season2006–07
ChampionsGroup 1:
Étoile Carouge
Group 2:
Basel U-21
Group 3:
Red Star
PromotedCham
Gossau
RelegatedGroup 1:
Martigny
Chênois
Group 2:
Dornach
Kickers Luzern
Group 3:
Seefeld
Chur
Matches played3 times 240
plus 12 play-offs

The 2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga was the 75th season of this league and, at this time, was the third tier of the Swiss football league system. The 1. Liga was the highest level of amateur football, although a number of teams had professional or semi-professional players in their ranks.

Format

There were 48 teams in this division this season, including eight 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 groups winners and three 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 the play-offs. The two last placed teams in each group was relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.

Group 1

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Bex Vaud Relais 2,000
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
CS Chênois Geneva Stade des Trois-Chêne 8,000
SC Düdingen Fribourg Stadion Birchhölzli 3,000
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
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier[1] Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
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 Naters Valais Sportanlage Stapfen 3,000
FC Serrières Neuchâtel Pierre-à-Bot 1,700
Sion U-21 Valais Stade de Tourbillon 20,200
FC Stade Nyonnais Vaud Stade de Colovray 7,200
Urania Genève Sport Geneva Stade de Frontenex 4,000

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Étoile Carouge FC 30 18 10 2 60 13 +47 64 Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
2 Urania Genève Sport 30 18 7 5 60 32 +28 61
3 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 17 6 7 54 34 +20 57
4 Sion U-21 30 15 7 8 49 37 +12 52
5 ES FC Malley 30 13 8 9 54 45 +9 47
6 FC Naters 30 13 4 13 52 55 −3 43
7 FC Fribourg 30 9 14 7 43 39 +4 41
8 FC Echallens 30 10 10 10 40 38 +2 40
9 FC Bex 30 10 6 14 44 54 −10 36
10 FC La Tour/Le Pâquier 30 8 9 13 51 58 −7 33
11 SC Düdingen 30 9 5 16 31 53 −22 32
12 FC Bulle 30 8 7 15 43 48 −5 31
13 FC Meyrin 30 7 10 13 35 48 −13 31
14 FC Serrières 30 7 10 13 32 50 −18 31
15 FC Martigny-Sports 30 7 9 14 33 47 −14 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 CS Chênois 30 6 8 16 34 64 −30 26
Source: RSSSF
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
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob 		7,000
4,000
FC Biel-Bienne Bern Tissot Arena 5,200
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
SC Dornach Solothurn Gigersloch 2,500
FC Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Kickers Luzern[2] Lucerne Stadion Auf Tribschen 2,950
FC Laufen Basel-Country Sportplatz Nau 3,000
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Stadion Allmend or
Allmend Süd 		11,000
2,000
FC Münsingen Bern Sportanlage Sandreutenen 1,400
SV Muttenz Basel-Country Sportplatz Margelacker 3,200
FC Olten[3] Solothurn Sportanlagen Kleinholz 8,000
FC Solothurn Solothurn Stadion FC Solothurn 6,750
FC Wangen bei Olten Solothurn Sportplatz Chrüzmatt 3,000
Young Boys U-21 Bern Stadion Wankdorf or
Allmend Bern 		32,000
2,000
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 Basel U-21 30 23 6 1 100 23 +77 75 Not eligible to Play-off
2 FC Biel-Bienne 30 19 8 3 60 18 +42 65 Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
3 FC Solothurn 30 18 8 4 55 22 +33 62
4 SC Cham 30 16 6 8 46 33 +13 54
5 SC Zofingen 30 13 6 11 49 49 0 45
6 Luzern U-21 30 11 8 11 48 51 −3 41
7 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 12 5 13 48 58 −10 41
8 SV Muttenz 30 11 8 11 53 54 −1 41
9 Young Boys U-21 30 10 8 12 42 51 −9 38
10 Zug 94 30 9 9 12 37 40 −3 36
11 FC Laufen 30 8 10 12 39 39 0 34
12 FC Olten 30 9 7 14 38 56 −18 34
13 FC Grenchen 30 9 5 16 43 65 −22 32
14 FC Münsingen 30 7 11 12 33 40 −7 32
15 SC Dornach 30 5 4 21 33 72 −39 19 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Kickers Luzern 30 3 5 22 32 85 −53 14
Source: RSSSF
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 Baden Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
GC Biaschesi Ticino Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone" 2,850
FC Brugg Aargau Stadion Au 3,300
FC Chur 97 Grisons Ringstrasse 2,820
FC Gossau 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 Mendrisio Ticino Centro Sportivo Comunale 4,000
FC Rapperswil-Jona St. Gallen Stadion Grünfeld 2,500
FC Red Star Zürich Zürich Allmend Brunau 2,000
FC Seefeld Zürich[4] Zürich Sportanlage Lengg 1,000
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
Winterthur U-21 Zürich Schützenwiese or
Schützenwiese Sportplätze 		8,550
1,500
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 Red Star Zürich 30 18 5 7 55 27 +28 59 Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
2 Zürich U-21 30 18 3 9 53 32 +21 57 Not eligible to Play-off
3 FC Gossau 30 16 6 8 61 35 +26 54 Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
4 GC Biaschesi 30 14 9 7 46 34 +12 51
5 St. Gallen U-21 30 14 6 10 43 36 +7 48
6 FC Tuggen 30 13 6 11 44 48 −4 45
7 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 12 9 9 64 43 +21 45
8 FC Herisau 30 11 8 11 42 36 +6 41
9 Winterthur U-21 30 11 8 11 51 46 +5 41
10 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 12 4 14 53 52 +1 40
11 FC Mendrisio-Stabio 30 8 9 13 34 47 −13 33
12 FC Brugg 30 8 7 15 41 59 −18 31
13 FC Baden 30 9 4 17 25 49 −24 31
14 FC Kreuzlingen 30 8 7 15 36 54 −18 31
15 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 7 9 14 33 55 −22 30 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Chur 97 30 8 6 16 32 60 −28 30
Source: RSSSF
Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SC Cham 1–1 Étoile Carouge FC
Étoile Carouge FC 2–2 SC Cham

Aggregate 3–3, Cham win on away goals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Urania Genève Sport 3–2 Red Star Zürich
Red Star Zürich 2–2 Urania Genève Sport

Urania win 5–4 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Gossau 1–2 FC Solothurn
FC Solothurn 0–3 FC Gossau

Gossau win 4–2 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Stade Nyonnais 1–1 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 1–0 FC Stade Nyonnais

Biel-Bienne win 2–1 on aggregate

Final round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SC Cham 1–1 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 1–2 SC Cham

Cham win 3–2 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FC Gossau 1 – 0 Urania Genève Sport
Urania Genève Sport 2 – 5 FC Gossau

Gossau win 6–2 on aggregate

SC Cham and FC Gossau are promoted in Challenge League.

Summary

Group 1 champions were Étoile Carouge and runners-up were Urania Genève Sport. Group 2 champions were Basel U-21, but they were not eligible to the play-offs, this right was passed down to second and third placed Biel-Bienne and FC Solothurn. Group 3 champions were Red Star Zürich. Runners-up were Zürich U-21, but too they were not eligible to the play-offs and this right was passed down to second placed FC Gossau. The best two third placed teams were Stade Nyonnais from group 1 and SC Cham from group 2. In the play-offs Cham and Gossau achieved promotion to the Challenge League.

From group 1 Martigny and Chênois were relegated. From group 2 Dornach and Kickers Luzern suffered relegation and from group 3 Seefeld and Chur suffered relegation too. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in next season by FC Savièse, SV Lyss, FC Küsnacht, SV Schaffhausen, FC Schötz and BSC Old Boys, these beings the five 2. Liga Interregional group winners and by the best placed runners-up. They were also joined by FC Baulmes and SC YF Juventus who had just suffered relegation after the 2003–04 Challenge League.[5]

References

  1. ^ (red) (2023). "FC La Tour/Le Pâquier" (in German). aff-ffv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Kickers Luzern" (in German). ifv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Olten" (in German). sofv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Seefeld Zürich" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ 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
2005–06 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
2007–08