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2014–15 Swiss Challenge League

The 2014-15 Swiss Challenge League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League, was the 12th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 19 July 2014 and was scheduled to end on 30 May 2015.[2] The league was on winter break between 8 December 2014 and 7 February 2015. Servette were forcibly relegated at the end of the season after their failure to acquire a license for the 2015-16 season.[3]

Swiss Challenge League
Season2014–15
ChampionsLugano
PromotedLugano
RelegatedServette
Matches played180
Goals scored494 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerIgor Tadić
(19 goals)
Biggest home winLugano 5–1 Chiasso
4–0 6 games
Biggest away win0–4 2 games
Average attendance1863[1]

Participating teams edit

Stadia and locations edit

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Locations of clubs in the 2013–14 Challenge League
Team Venue Capacity
FC Biel-Bienne Gurzelen Stadion 3,000
FC Chiasso Stadio Comunale 5,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Pontaise 8,500
FC Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 10,500
FC Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 4,200
Servette FC Stade de Genève 30,084
FC Wil Stadion Bergholz 6,958
FC Winterthur Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Wohlen Stadion Niedermatten 3,624
FC Le Mont Terrain du Châtaignier 4,000

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor
FC Biel-Bienne   Jean-Michel Aeby Nike Fors
FC Chiasso   Marco Schällibaum Primato Caffè Chicco D'Oro
FC Lausanne-Sport   Marco Simone (sacked after round 25)
  Fabio Celestini (from round 26 on)[4]		 Adidas BCV
FC Lugano   Livio Bordoli Acerbis AIL
KatalTherm Service
FC Schaffhausen   Maurizio Jacobacci Spard Ersparnikasse Schaffhausen
Methabau
Servette FC   Kevin Cooper 14Fourteen GHI
FC Wil   Francesco Gabriele Nike Hans Eisenring
FC Winterthur   Jürgen Seeberger Spard Keller
FC Wohlen   Ciriaco Sforza Adidas IBW
FC Le Mont   Claude Gross Roduit SA

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lugano (C, P) 36 22 8 6 64 31 +33 74 Promotion to 2015–16 Swiss Super League
2 Servette (D, R) 36 20 7 9 51 40 +11 67 Relegation to 2015–16 1. Liga Promotion[a]
3 Wohlen 36 20 4 12 57 43 +14 64
4 Winterthur 36 15 8 13 65 49 +16 53
5 Schaffhausen 36 13 8 15 55 54 +1 47
6 Lausanne-Sport 36 12 8 16 47 57 −10 44
7 Le Mont 36 10 9 17 39 56 −17 39
8 Chiasso 36 9 12 15 30 49 −19 39
9 Wil 36 9 10 17 47 63 −16 37
10 Biel-Bienne 36 7 12 17 39 52 −13 33
Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Servette did not obtain a license for the 2015-16 Challenge League season after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees. Servette was therefore relegated to the Promotion League and Biel-Bienne remained in the league.

Results edit

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Igor Tadić Schaffhausen 19
2   Patrick Bengondo Winterthur 16
3   João Paiva Winterthur 15
4   Cristian Ianu Lausanne 13
5   Davide Mariani Schaffhausen 12
  Simone Rapp Wohlen
As of 30 May 2015[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Zuschauerzahlen 2014/15". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-10. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Swiss Football league". sfl.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Keine Lizenz – Servette muss in die 1. Liga". Blick. Blick. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Fabio Celestini est le nouvel entraîneur du Lausanne-Sport". 24heures (in French). 24 March 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Torschützenliste 2014/15". Swiss Challenge League. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

External links edit

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