2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season2008–09
ChampionsGroup 1:
Étoile Carouge
Group 2:
Basel U-21
Group 3:
Chiasso
PromotedKriens
Le Mont
RelegatedGroup 1:
Düdingen
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier
Group 2:
Muttenz
FC Olten
Group 3:
Kreuzlingen
Red Star
Matches played732

The 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga was the 77th 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, including eight U-21 teams, 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 are not eligible for promotion. The last placed two teams in each group would be relegated.

Group 1

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baulmes Vaud Stade Sous-Ville 2,500
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
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 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

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Étoile Carouge FC 30 20 6 4 71 34 +37 66 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Le Mont 30 20 2 8 72 45 +27 62
3 ES FC Malley 30 18 6 6 80 39 +41 60
4 FC Fribourg 30 16 8 6 56 34 +22 56
5 FC Meyrin 30 15 5 10 61 51 +10 50
6 FC Bulle 30 14 6 10 53 50 +3 48
7 CS Chênois 30 12 6 12 54 42 +12 42
8 Young Boys U-21 30 10 6 14 51 56 −5 36
9 FC Echallens 30 9 9 12 39 46 −7 36
10 FC Naters 30 10 5 15 43 48 −5 35
11 FC Baulmes 30 9 7 14 49 69 −20 34
12 FC Martigny-Sports 30 9 7 14 41 62 −21 34
13 Sion U-21 30 9 6 15 46 58 −12 33
14 Urania Genève Sport 30 8 9 13 50 64 −14 33
15 SC Düdingen 30 6 9 15 32 53 −21 27 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC La Tour/Le Pâquier 30 4 5 21 32 79 −47 17
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off

Group 2

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob 		7,000
4,000
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie 5,263
FC Emmenbrücke Lucerne Stadion Gersag 8,700
FC Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
SC Kriens Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 5,100
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Swissporarena or
Allmend Süd 		16,800
2,000
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 Olten[2] Solothurn Sportanlagen Kleinholz 8,000
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 Basel U-21 30 24 4 2 98 38 +60 76 Not eligible to Play-offs
2 SC Kriens 30 20 8 2 69 32 +37 68 Play-off to Challenge League
3 FC Schötz 30 17 5 8 66 50 +16 56
4 FC Emmenbrücke 30 11 10 9 44 48 −4 43
5 Luzern U-21 30 12 6 12 64 56 +8 42
6 BSC Old Boys 30 11 9 10 50 45 +5 42
7 SC Cham 30 11 9 10 57 53 +4 42
8 FC Grenchen 30 12 5 13 43 50 −7 41
9 FC Solothurn 30 12 4 14 59 52 +7 40
10 SR Delémont 30 11 6 13 59 48 +11 39
11 Zug 94 30 11 5 14 55 65 −10 38
12 FC Münsingen[3] 30 8 8 14 38 45 −7 32
13 SC Zofingen 30 10 2 18 46 75 −29 32
14 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 9 5 16 43 74 −31 32
15 SV Muttenz 30 7 5 18 42 66 −24 26 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Olten 30 6 5 19 31 67 −36 23
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-Off

Group 3

Teams

Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Baden Aargau Esp Stadium 7,000
GC Biaschesi Ticino Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone" 2,850
FC Chiasso Ticino Stadio Comunale Riva IV 4,000
USV Eschen/Mauren Liechtenstein Sportpark Eschen-Mauren 6,000
Grasshopper Club U-21 Zürich GC/Campus Niederhasli 2,000
SV Höngg Zürich Hönggerberg 1,000
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 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
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 Chiasso 30 20 8 2 69 28 +41 68 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Tuggen 30 19 5 6 70 35 +35 62
3 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 17 10 3 63 35 +28 61
4 Zürich U-21 30 15 9 6 63 41 +22 54
5 USV Eschen/Mauren 30 15 7 8 47 36 +11 52
6 SV Höngg 30 12 8 10 44 45 −1 44
7 FC Baden 30 13 4 13 51 44 +7 43
8 SC YF Juventus 30 12 6 12 53 43 +10 42
9 Grasshopper Club U-21 29 11 7 11 53 56 −3 40 *
10 St. Gallen U-21 29 9 8 12 51 60 −9 35 *
11 Winterthur U-21 30 10 4 16 47 51 −4 34
12 FC Schaffhausen 30 9 7 14 40 46 −6 34
13 GC Biaschesi 30 9 4 17 37 62 −25 31
14 FC Mendrisio 30 7 9 14 31 52 −21 30
15 FC Kreuzlingen 30 5 5 20 35 82 −47 20 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Red Star Zürich 30 2 7 21 28 66 −38 13
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off

Note: The game between Grasshopper Club Zurich U-21 and FC St. Gallen U-21 was abandoned while the score was still 0-0 due to fan riots and was not counted.

Play-offs

Qualification round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ES FC Malley 4:6 FC Chiasso 2:3 2:3 2./6. Juni 2009
FC Rapperswil-Jona 3:5 SC Kriens 1:2 2:3 3./6. Juni 2009
FC Schötz 3:1 Étoile Carouge FC 1:0 2:1 3./6. Juni 2009
FC Le Mont 4:1 FC Tuggen 4:1 0:0 3./6. Juni 2009

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Chiasso 2:3 FC Le Mont 2:0 0:3 10./13. Juni 2009
SC Kriens 6:2 FC Schötz 3:1 3:1 10./13. Juni 2009

SC Kriens and FC Le Mont are promoted to Challenge League.

See also

References

  1. ^ (red) (2023). "FC La Tour/Le Pâquier" (in German). aff-ffv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Olten" (in German). sofv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ FC Münsingen (2009). "Spielberichte 1. Liga 2008/2009" [Match reports 1. Liga 2008/2009] (in German). Internetportal BERN-OST. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by
2007–08 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
2009–10