Swiss Challenge League
Season2009–10
RelegatedLe Mont, Gossau
Matches played215
Goals scored669 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerPape Omar Faye (12)
Nick Proschwitz (12)
Biggest home winThun 9–0 Nyonnais (29 August 2009)
Biggest away winLausanne 0–5 Lugano (25 July 2009)
Nyonnais 2–7 Winterthur (15 August 2009)
Schaffhausen 0–5 Lugano (22 August 2009)
Highest scoringNyonnais 2–7 Winterthur (15 August 2009)
Thun 9–0 Nyonnais (29 August 2009)

The 2009–10 Swiss Challenge League was the seventh season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010. The champions of this season, FC Thun, earned promotion to the 2010–11 Super League. The bottom two teams, FC Le Mont and FC Gossau, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

Club City Stadium 2008–09 season
FC Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne, Berne Gurzelen Stadium 5th in Challenge League
FC Gossau Gossau, St. Gallen Buechenwald 16th in Challenge League
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne, Vaud Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 7th in Challenge League
FC Le Mont Lausanne, Vaud Terrain du Châtaignier 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 15th in Challenge League
FC Lugano Lugano, Ticino Stadio comunale Cornaredo 2nd in Challenge League
SC Kriens Kriens, Lucerne Kleinfeld Stadium 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 11h in Challenge League
Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 13th in Challenge League
FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon, Vaud Colovray 14th in Challenge League
FC Thun Thun, Berne Stadion Lachen 9th in Challenge League
FC Vaduz Vaduz, Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion 10th in Super League
FC Wil 1900 Wil, St. Gallen Bergholz Stadium 3rd in Challenge League
FC Winterthur Winterthur, Zürich Schützenwiese 10th in Challenge League
FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Niedermatten 6th in Challenge League
FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud Stade Municipal 4th in Challenge League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Thun (C, P) 30 18 6 6 70 36 +34 60 Promotion to 2010–11 Swiss Super League
2 Lugano 30 17 8 5 65 29 +36 59 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Winterthur 30 16 8 6 69 46 +23 56
4 Servette 30 14 10 6 49 37 +12 52
5 Kriens 30 12 10 8 50 41 +9 46
6 Wil 30 11 12 7 44 37 +7 45
7 Biel-Bienne 30 10 12 8 54 39 +15 42
8 Vaduz 30 11 8 11 44 43 +1 41
9 Yverdon-Sport 30 10 9 11 50 38 +12 39
10 Lausanne-Sport 30 9 12 9 40 43 −3 39 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
11 Schaffhausen 30 10 9 11 42 51 −9 39
12 Wohlen 30 8 7 15 44 55 −11 31
13 Locarno 30 7 10 13 46 65 −19 31
14 Stade Nyonnais 30 8 7 15 36 64 −28 31
15 Le Mont (R) 30 8 3 19 30 56 −26 27 Relegation to 2010–11 Swiss 1. Liga
16 Gossau (R) 30 2 7 21 27 80 −53 13
Source: football.ch (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Lausanne-Sport have qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round as they lost the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel.

Top goal scorers

23 goals
20 goals
17 goals
16 goals
14 goals
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