The 2011–12 Swiss Challenge League was the ninth season of the
Swiss Challenge League
The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...
, the second tier of the
Swiss
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football league pyramid. It began on 22 July 2011
and ended on 23 May 2012. The champions of this season,
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
, website ...
, earned promotion to the
2012–13 Super League. The runners-up
Aarau
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won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the
2011–12 Super League,
AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swi ...
. The bottom five teams,
Stade Nyonnais
FC Stade Nyonnais is an association football club based in the town of Nyon, Switzerland. The team currently competes in the Promotion League, the third tier of the Swiss football league system and plays its home matches at Stade de Colovray, ...
,
Étoile Carouge,
Delémont
Delémont (; fc, D'lémont; german: Delsberg, ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Jura. The city has approximately 12,000 inhabitants .
History
The area of the municipality was already settled in the middle Bronze Age. Fifteen urn buria ...
,
Kriens
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.
History
In the oldest documents of the Bened ...
and
Brühl were all relegated to partly form the newly created
1. Liga Promotion.
Teams
2010–11 Challenge League champions
FC Lausanne-Sport
FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football ...
were promoted to the
2011–12 Super League. They were replaced by
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
, website ...
, who were relegated after finishing the
2010–11 Super League in last place. 2010–11 Challenge League runners-up
Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...
had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team
AC Bellinzona
AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swi ...
and were promoted (hence exchanging leagues) after winning 3–2 on aggregate.
FC Schaffhausen
FC Schaffhausen is a Swiss football team from the town of Schaffhausen. The club plays in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football.
Honours League
Swiss Challenge League
*Winners: 1962-63, 2003–04
Cup
Swiss Cup
*Runners-up: ...
as 15th-placed team and last-placed
Yverdon-Sport FC
Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football team from the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. The club plays in a green and white strip, and were promoted from the Swiss 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of Swiss football after winning in the 2020–21 season. ...
were relegated after the 2010–11 season. They were replaced by
SC Brühl
Sportclub Brühl St. Gallen is a football club based in St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns ...
and
Étoile Carouge FC
Étoile Carouge FC is a Swiss football team based in Carouge and founded in 1904. It currently plays in the Promotion League and holding home games at ''Stade de la Fontenette'', which seats up to 3,690 spectators.
History
Carouge had surviv ...
, who were promoted from
1. Liga.
League table
Results
Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 30 matches per team.
Top scorers
* Updated 4 July 2012
* Sourc
Soccerway
References
External links
Swiss Challenge League*
Soccerway
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Swiss Challenge League
The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...
2011–12 in Swiss football
Swiss Challenge League seasons