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The 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga was the 77th season of this league and at this time was the third tier of the
Swiss football league system The Swiss football league system, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Switzerland, with seven teams from Liechtenstein, and one each from exclaves of Germany and Italy, also competing. The system has a hierarchi ...
. The 1. Liga was the highest level of amateur football, although a number of teams had professional or semi-professional players in their ranks.


Format

There were 48 teams in this division, including eight U-21 teams, the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the
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and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their positions in the league. The three groups winners and three runners-up, together with the two best third placed teams, then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams are not eligible for promotion. The last placed two teams in each group would be relegated.


Group 1


Teams


Final league table


Group 2


Teams


Final league table


Group 3


Teams


Final league table

''Note: The game between Grasshopper Club Zurich U-21 and FC St. Gallen U-21 was abandoned while the score was still 0-0 due to fan riots and was not counted.''


Play-offs


Qualification round


Finals

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and
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are promoted to Challenge League.''


See also

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2008–09 Swiss Super League The 2008–09 Swiss Super League was the 112th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named ''AXPO Super League'' due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 18 July 2008 with a match between Young Boys Bern and ...
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2008–09 Swiss Challenge League The 2008–09 Swiss Challenge League was the sixth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 25 July 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The champions of this season, FC St. Gallen, earned pr ...
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2008–09 Swiss Cup The 2008–09 Swiss Cup was the 84th season of Switzerland's annual cup competition. It began on 20 September with the first games of Round 1 and ended on 20 May 2009 with the Final held at Stade de Suisse, Bern. The winners earned a place in the ...


References


Sources


Switzerland 2008/09 at RSSSF

Season 2008–09 at the official website
{{2008–09 in Swiss football 2008–09 in Swiss football Swiss 1. Liga (football) seasons
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