2016–17 Swiss Promotion League

Promotion League
Season2016–17
ChampionsFC Rapperswil-Jona
PromotedFC Rapperswil-Jona
RelegatedFC Tuggen
Matches played240
Goals scored767 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Mychell Ruan Silva

The 2016–17 Promotion League season is the fifth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before in 2014.[1] The Promotion League is the third highest tier in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.

The season started on 3 August 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017. The league was won by FC Rapperswil-Jona while FC Tuggen were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

Stadia and locations

The 2016–17 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bavois and FC United Zürich who were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Biel-Bienne was stripped of their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently declared bankrupt.

Club Location Stadium 2015/16 Position
Basel U-21 Basel Youth Campus Basel[2] 4th in Promotion League
FC Bavois Bavois Stade des Peupliers[3] 3rd in 1. Liga Classic Group 1
FC Breitenrain Bern Spitalacker[4] 8th in Promotion League
SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion[5] 9th in Promotion League
SC Cham Cham Stadion Eizmoos[6] 2nd in Promotion League
FC Köniz Köniz Sportplatz Liebefeld[7] 13th in Promotion League
SC Kriens Kriens Stadion Kleinfeld[8] 3rd in Promotion League
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Stade Charrière[9] 2nd in 1. Liga Classic Group 1
BSC Old Boys Basel Basel Stadion Schützenmatte[10] 5th in Promotion League
FC Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil Stadion Grünfeld[11] 6th in Promotion League
Sion U-21 Sion Stade Tourbillon[12] 14th in Promotion League
FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon Centre sportif de Colovray[13] 7th in Promotion League
FC Tuggen Tuggen Linthstrasse[14] 12th in Promotion League
FC United Zürich Zürich Sportanlage Buchlern[15] 3rd in 1. Liga Classic Group 3
SC Young Fellows Juventus Zürich Utogrund[16] 10th in Promotion League
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportanlage Heerenschürli[17] 11th in Promotion League

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 18 8 4 60 29 +31 62 Swiss Promotion League Champion
Promotion to Challenge League
2 SC Kriens 30 17 6 7 65 31 +34 57
3 Basel U-21 30 16 7 7 64 37 +27 55
4 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 14 7 9 51 39 +12 49
5 Zürich U-21 30 13 9 8 54 52 +2 48
6 FC Breitenrain 30 13 6 11 46 49 −3 45
7 SC Brühl 30 11 7 12 56 54 +2 40
8 FC Köniz 30 11 7 12 40 43 −3 40
9 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (P) 30 10 9 11 44 46 −2 39
10 Sion U-21 30 11 6 13 48 58 −10 39
11 SC Cham 30 9 10 11 47 46 +1 37
12 BSC Old Boys Basel 30 9 7 14 47 48 −1 34
13 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 8 9 13 44 53 −9 33
14 FC Bavois (P) 30 8 7 15 37 69 −32 31
15 FC United Zürich (P) 30 8 3 19 32 61 −29 27
16 FC Tuggen 30 6 8 16 37 57 −20 26 Relegation to 2017–18 1. Liga Classic
Source: Switzerland 2016/17 at RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(P) Promoted

Season statistics

Top scorers

[18]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Mychell Ruan Silva FC Rapperswil-Jona 22
2 Switzerland Nico Siegrist SC Kriens 17
3 Switzerland Anto Franjic FC Breitenrain 15
Switzerland Shpetim Sulejmani FC Zürich U-21
5 North Macedonia Skumbim Sulejmani SC Kriens 14
6 Switzerland Marco Colocci SC Young Fellows Juventus 13
Switzerland Severin Dätwyler SC Cham
Switzerland Qendrim Makshana FC Bavois
9 Switzerland Roman Herger SC Cham 11
Switzerland Neftali Manzambi FC Basel U-21
Montenegro Samel Šabanović SC Brühl

References

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