2015–16 Swiss Challenge League

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Swiss Challenge League
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Season 2015–16
Champions Lausanne-Sport
Promoted Lausanne-Sport
Top goalscorer Jocelyn Roux
(20 goals)
Highest scoring Lausanne-Sport 5–4 Biel-Bienne
(18 July 2015)

The 2015-16 Brack.ch Challenge League is the 13th season of the Brack.ch Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 18 July 2015 and is scheduled to end on 27 May 2016.[1] After the 18th matchday the league will be on winter break between 7 December 2015 and 6 February 2016.

Participating Teams

2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Lugano were promoted to the 2015–16 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after last place finish in the 2014–15 Swiss Super League. Last placed team of the 2014–15 Challenge League season FC Biel-Bienne were spared from relegation as Servette FC failed to obtain a license for the 2015-16 season and were relegated to the 1. Liga Promotion.[2] Servette were replaced by 1. Liga Promotion champion Neuchâtel Xamax.

Stadia and locations

Locations of clubs in the 2015–16 Challenge League
Team Venue Capacity
FC Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld 8,000
FC Biel-Bienne Tissot Arena 5,200
FC Chiasso Stadio Comunale 5,000
FC Lausanne-Sport Pontaise 8,500
FC Le Mont Stade Sous-Ville 4,000
Neuchâtel Xamax Stade de la Maladière 12,000
FC Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 4,200
FC Wil IGP Arena 6,958
FC Winterthur Schützenwiese 8,550
FC Wohlen Stadion Niedermatten 3,624

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor
FC Aarau Switzerland Marco Schällibaum Nike Zehnder Group AG
FC Biel-Bienne Croatia Zlatko Petričević Nike Fors
FC Chiasso Italy Giancarlo Camolese Primato Caffè Chicco D'Oro
FC Lausanne-Sport Switzerland Fabio Celestini Adidas BCV
FC Le Mont France Claude Gross Joma AQUATIS
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland Michel Decastel Erima Video2000
Viteos
FC Schaffhausen Italy Maurizio Jacobacci gpard Ersparniskasse Schaffhausen
Methabau
FC Wil England Kevin Cooper Nike Hans Eisenring
FC Winterthur Switzerland Sven Christ Spard Keller
FC Wohlen Switzerland Martin Rueda Adidas IBW

Managerial changes

Club Name Date of departure Replacement Date of appointment
Aarau Switzerland Livio Bordoli 13 October 2015[3] Switzerland Marco Schällibaum 18 October 2015[4]
Chiasso Switzerland Marco Schällibaum 18 October 2015 Italy Giancarlo Camolese 20 October 2015[5]
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland Roberto Cattilaz 20 October 2015[6] Switzerland Michel Decastel 21 October 2015
Wil Turkey Fuat Çapa 23 October 2015[7][8] Switzerland Philipp Dux (Interim) 23 October 2015
Wil Switzerland Philipp Dux (Interim) 4 November 2015 England Kevin Cooper 4 November 2015[9]
Winterthur Germany Jürgen Seeberger 26 November 2015[10] Switzerland Dario Zuffi (interim)[11] 26 November 2015
Winterthur Switzerland Dario Zuffi (interim) 28 December 2015 Switzerland Sven Christ 28 December 2015[12]
Biel-Bienne Switzerland Patrick Rahmen 24 February[13] Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrow (interim) 25 February
Biel-Bienne Bulgaria Petar Aleksandrow (interim) 29 March Croatia Zlatko Petričević 29 March[14]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lausanne-Sport (C, P) 34 19 8 7 61 39 +22 65 Promotion to 2016–17 Super League
2 Neuchâtel Xamax 34 15 9 10 53 42 +11 54
3 Wil 34 14 11 9 60 49 +11 53
4 Aarau 34 12 14 8 44 39 +5 50
5 Schaffhausen 34 14 5 15 43 45 −2 47
6 Winterthur 34 12 7 15 40 49 −9 43
7 Chiasso 34 7 16 11 39 44 −5 37
8 Wohlen 34 9 9 16 35 52 −17 36
9 Le Mont 34 7 11 16 36 50 −14 32
10 Biel-Bienne[lower-alpha 1] 18 5 6 7 28 30 −2 16 Relegation to 1. Liga Promotion
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) draw[19]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.[15] On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.[16] On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.[17][18]

Results

1Lausanne was awarded a 3–0 w/o win due to Biel-Bienne fielding more foreign players (5) than allowed (4). Match originally ended in a 3–2 win for Lausanne.[20]

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Jocelyn Roux Wil / Lausanne-Sport 20
2 Switzerland Antonio Marchesano Biel-Bienne 13
Switzerland Charles-André Doudin Neuchâtel Xamax
4 Austria Deniz Mujic Schaffhausen 11
5 Switzerland Patrick Rossini Aarau 10
North Korea Pak Kwang-ryong Lausanne-Sport / Biel-Bienne
As of 27 May 2016[21]

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