The 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) is the 125th season of the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland and the 20th season under its current name.
Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 15 July 2022 - 27 May 2023 |
Champions | Yverdon-Sport |
Promoted | Yverdon-Sport Lausanne-Sport |
Europa Conference League | Vaduz |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 562 (3.12 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 19 goals Brighton Labeau (LAU) Teddy Okou (SLO) |
Biggest home win | 6–0 SLO–BEL (27 May 23) |
Biggest away win | 1–6 BEL–VAD (16 Apr 23) XAM–VAD (27 May 23) |
Highest scoring | 7 goals 7 games |
Longest winning run | 4 games Aarau Lausanne-Ouchy Yverdon-Sport |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 games Lausanne-Sport |
Longest winless run | 13 games Bellinzona |
Longest losing run | 7 games Xamax |
Highest attendance | 12,034[1] Lausanne-Sport |
Total attendance | 420,547[1] |
Average attendance | 2,336[1] |
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2023. |
Overview
editTen teams will compete in the league: eight teams of the previous season will participate in the league again. They are joined by FC Lausanne-Sport, the last-placed team of the 2021–22 Swiss Super League, who replace previous seasons champions FC Winterthur. Last season's last-placed team SC Kriens were relegated and are replaced by AC Bellinzona, who were promoted from the 2021-22 Swiss Promotion League.[2] FC Schaffhausen, the losers of the 2021-22 relegation/promotion playoff, rejoined the league.
Due to the format change and increased number of teams in the 2023–24 Swiss Super League, this season will function as a transition season. As a result, the top two teams will be directly promoted and no teams will be relegated at the end of the season. Furthermore, the third-placed team will play a promotion playoff against the last placed team of the 2022–23 Swiss Super League,[3] so a total of three teams may gain promotion to the Super League. Two teams of the 2022–23 Swiss Promotion League will be promoted and the third will play a relegation playoff with the last-placed Challenge League team.[3]
Schedule
editThe schedule was announced on 17 June 2022.[4] The first matchday will start on Friday 15 July 2022.
Unlike the Super League, the Challenge League will not start the winter break early due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in November and December 2022. As such, the 18th matchday will clash with matches of the World Cup. Restart of the league after the winter break will begin on 27 January 2023 and the season will conclude on the 27 May 2023.[5] Following the end of the season, the two legs of the Relegation Play-off will be played on 31 May and 3 June 2023, respectively. The Promotion Play-off is scheduled for 3 and 6 June 2023, respectively.
Participating teams
editStadia and locations
editTeam | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Ref |
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FC Aarau | Aarau | Stadion Brügglifeld | 8,000 | [6] |
AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Stadio Comunale | 5,000 | [7] |
FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | Lausanne | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise[a] | 15,850 | [9] |
FC Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade de la Tuilière | 12,544 | [10] |
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Maladière | 11,997 | [11] |
FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Wefox Arena | 8,200 | [12] |
FC Thun | Thun | Stadion Ralf Wirtz | 10,014 | [13] |
FC Vaduz | Vaduz | Rheinpark Stadion | 7,584 | [14] |
FC Wil 1900 | Wil | Stadion Bergholz | 6,958 | [15] |
Yverdon-Sport FC | Yverdon-les-Bains | Stade Municipal | 6,600 | [16] |
Personnel and kits
editTeam | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Aarau | Boris Smiljanić | Shkëlzen Gashi | gpard | Credit Suisse |
Bellinzona | Stefano Maccoppi | Dragan Mihajlović | Acerbis | |
Lausanne-Ouchy | Anthony Braizat | Lavdrim Hajrulahu | 14fourteen | gerofinance |
Lausanne-Sport | Ludovic Magnin | Stjepan Kukuruzović | Le coq sportif | Banque cantonale vaudoise |
Xamax | Uli Forte | Liridon Berisha | Puma | groupe e |
Schaffhausen | Selcuk Sasivari | Serge Müller | Puma | Methabau |
Thun | Mauro Lustrinelli | Marco Bürki | Macron | Schneider Software AG |
Vaduz | Martin Stocklasa | Benjamin Büchel | Puma | MBPI |
Wil | Brunello Iacopetta | Philipp Muntwiler | ERIMA | Weber und Partner AG LIKA Group AG |
Yverdon-Sport | Marco Schällibaum | William Le Pogam | Puma | Orllati SA |
Managerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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Thun | Carlos Bernegger | Termination | 21 May 2022 | Pre-season | Mauro Lustrinelli | 16 June 2022 | [17][18] |
Lausanne-Sport | Alain Casanova | 22 May 2022 | Ludovic Magnin | 23 May 2022 | [19][20] | ||
Yverdon-Sport | Uli Forte | Departure | 4 June 2022 | Marco Schällibaum | 13 June 2022 | [21][22] | |
Schaffhausen | Martin Andermatt | Contract Expiry | 4 June 2022 | Hakan Yakin | 4 June 2022 | [23] | |
Bellinzona | Marco Schällibaum | Departure | 13 June 2022 | David Sesa | 21 June 2022 | [22][24] | |
Schaffhausen | Hakan Yakin | Missing coaching licence | 12 August 2022 | 6th | Bigi Meier (interim) | 12 August 2022 | [25] |
Bellinzona | David Sesa | Resignation | 22 August 2022 | 7th | Fernando Cocimano (interim) | 22 August 2022 | [26] |
Xamax | Andrea Binotto | Termination | 28 August 2022 | 10th | Jeff Saibene | 29 August 2022 | [27][28] |
Schaffhausen | Bigi Meier (interim) | End of interim period | 2 September 2022 | 4th | Hakan Yakin | 12 August 2022 | |
Bellinzona | Fernando Cocimano (interim) | 14 September 2022 | 5th | Baldassare Raineri | 14 September 2022 | [29] | |
Aarau | Stephan Keller | Termination | 1 November 2022 | 6th | Boris Smiljanić | 3 November 2022 | [30][31] |
Vaduz | Alessandro Mangiarratti | Resignation | 16 November 2022 | 8th | Jürgen Seeberger | 15 December 2022 | [32][33] |
Bellinzona | Baldassare Raineri | Termination | 18 January 2023 | 6th | Stefano Maccoppi | 19 January 2023 | [34][35] |
Vaduz | Jürgen Seeberger | Resignation | 21 February 2023 | 9th | Jan Mayer (interim) | 21 February 2023 | [36] |
Vaduz | Jan Mayer (interim) | End of interim period | 1 March 2023 | 9th | Martin Stocklasa | 1 March 2023 | [37] |
Bellinzona | Stefano Maccoppi | Termination | 31 March 2023 | 8th | Fernando Cocimano (interim) | 31 March 2023 | [38] |
Xamax | Jeff Saibene | Resignation | 23 April 2023 | 10th | Uli Forte | 25 April 2023 | [39][40] |
Schaffhausen | Hakan Yakin | Termination | 20 May 2023 | 7th | Selcuk Sasivari (interim) | 20 May 2023 | [41] |
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Yverdon (C, P) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 66 | Promotion to Swiss Super League |
2 | Lausanne (P) | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 61 | |
3 | Lausanne-Ouchy[a] (O, P) | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 60 | Qualification for the promotion play-off |
4 | Aarau | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 57 | |
5 | Wil | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 56 | |
6 | Thun | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 49 | |
7 | Schaffhausen | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 44 | |
8 | Vaduz | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[b] |
9 | Bellinzona | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 37 | |
10 | Xamax (O) | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[44]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ Lausanne-Ouchy were deducted 3 points on 1 November 2022, due to license violations.[42] This decision was overturned following the team's appeal on 22 November 2022.[43]
- ^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Liechtenstein Cup.
Results
editPlay-offs
editPromotion play-off
editThe relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last place team of the Super League and the third placed team of the Challenge League.[3] The first leg will be held on 3 June 2023, with the representative of the Super League hosting.[5] The second leg will be held on 6 June 2023.
First leg
editSecond leg
edit- Lausanne-Ouchy wins 6–2 on aggregate.
Relegation play-off
editThe relegation/promotion play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last placed team of the Challenge League and the third placed team of the Promotion League.[3] The first leg will be held on 31 May 2023, with the representative of the Promotion League hosting.[5] The second leg will be held on 3 June 2023.
First leg
editRapperswil-Jona | 1–3 | Xamax |
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Second leg
editXamax | 3–0 | Rapperswil-Jona |
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- Xamax wins 6–1 on aggregate
Statistics
edit
Top Scorersedit
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Assistsedit
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Awards
editBest Player
editPlayer of the Round
editThe best player of the Super League and Challenge League for each matchday is voted for by the viewers from among a selection of players.
Teams
editFair Play
editOn 14 June 2023, FC Vaduz was awarded the Fair Play Trophy for the dieci Challenge League.[95]
# | Club | Pts | |||
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1 | Vaduz | 82 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
2 | Yverdon | 92 | 1 | 0 | 95 |
3 | Aarau | 88 | 2 | 1 | 99 |
4 | Wil | 82 | 3 | 3 | 106 |
5 | Schaffhausen | 93 | 5 | 0 | 108 |
6 | Thun | 101 | 1 | 1 | 109 |
7 | Bellinzona | 104 | 4 | 1 | 121 |
8 | Lausanne | 90 | 6 | 3 | 123 |
9 | Xamax | 100 | 4 | 3 | 127 |
10 | Lausanne-Ouchy | 121 | 3 | 3 | 145 |
League Total | 953 | 30 | 16 | 1123 | |
Average/game | 5.29 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 6.24 |
Last updated: 30 May 2023
Source: Fair Play Trophy dieci Challenge League
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- ^ ""Best Player" der Runde 19/20 ist André Moreira" (in German). 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Bester Spieler der 28. Runde: Pius Dorn" (in German). 2023-04-19.
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- ^ "Best Player - Matchweek 21" (in German). 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Nicky Beloko, auf ewig der Erste" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Fans wählen Meyer zum besten Spieler der 13. Runde" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-10-05.
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- ^ ""Best Player" der Runde 26/27 ist Meritan Shabani" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2023-04-05.
- ^ "Trotz der Niederlage zum "Best Player" der 9. Spielrunde gewählt" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-10-05.
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- ^ "Die 5 Nominierungen für den "Best Player August"" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-09-01.
- ^ "Starker Saisonstart für den Youngster Dadashov" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-09-08.
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- ^ "Ardon Jashari, wer sonst?" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Die 5 Kandidaten für die Wahl zum "Best Player Oktober"" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Spielmacher Meyer einmal mehr im Fokus" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Das letzte Mal der beste Spieler des Monats, für das Jahr 2022" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-11-30.
- ^ "Lawrence Ati Zigi krönt das Jahr 2022" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Wir suchen den "Best Player" des Monats Februar" (in German). 2023-03-06.
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- ^ "Wir suchen den "Best Player" des Monats März" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2023-04-06.
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- ^ "Wir suchen den "Best Player" des Monats April" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2023-05-04.
- ^ ""Best Player" im April heisst: Martin Frýdek" (in German). 2023-05-11.
- ^ ""Best Player" im Mai ist: Miroslav Stevanovic" (in German). 2023-06-09.
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External links
edit- Official website (in German and French)
- Soccerway