The 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League was the seventh season of the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) 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 wi ...

, the second tier of the

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

football league pyramid. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010. The champions of this season,

FC Thun Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss association football, football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Super League from 2025–26, the top tier of the Swiss football league system, following promotion from the ...

, earned promotion to the 2010–11 Super League. The bottom two teams,

FC Le Mont Football-Club Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, commonly known as FCL Mont LS, is a Swiss football club based in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third divisio ...

and

FC Gossau FC Gossau is a Switzerland, Swiss football (soccer), football club from the city of Gossau SG, Gossau in the canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen. It currently plays in the Swiss Challenge League, Challenge League, the second-highest level o ...

, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

League table

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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 Sw ...

as 9th-placed team of the 2009–10 Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano for a spot in the 2010–11 Super League. ---- ---- ''Bellinzona won 2–1 on aggregate and remain in the

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

Lugano Lugano ( , , ; ) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an u ...

remain in the

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Top goal scorers

;23 goals * Nick Proschwitz ''(

Vaduz Vaduz (; or ; High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' ...

)'' ;20 goals * Dante Adrian Senger ''(

Locarno Locarno (; ; Ticinese dialect, Ticinese: ; formerly in ) is a southern Switzerland, Swiss List of towns in Switzerland, town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district Locarno (district), Locarno (of which it is the capita ...

)'' ;17 goals * Innocent Emeghara ''(

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

)'' ;16 goals * Ezequiel Scarione ''(

Thun Thun () is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. ...

)'' ;14 goals * Carlos Da Silva ''(

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External links

Swiss Challenge League
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009-10 Swiss Challenge League Swiss Challenge League seasons 2009–10 in Swiss football