The 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League was the fifth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 20 July 2007 and ended on 12 May 2008. The champions of this season, FC Vaduz, earned promotion to the 2008–09 Super League. The runners-up AC Bellinzona won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2007–08 Super League, FC St. Gallen. The bottom four teams, SC Kriens, SR Delémont, FC Chiasso and SC Cham, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

Club City Stadium 2006–07 season
AC Bellinzona Bellinzona Stadio comunale Bellinzona 2nd in Challenge League
SC Cham Cham Herti Allmend, Zug 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Centre Sportif de la Charrière 10th in Challenge League
FC Chiasso Chiasso Stadio comunale Chiasso 4th in Challenge League
FC Concordia Basel Basel Stadion Rankhof 5th in Challenge League
SR Delémont Delémont La Blancherie 15th in Challenge League
FC Gossau Gossau, St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
SC Kriens Kriens Stadion Kleinfeld 3rd in Challenge League
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 14th in Challenge League
FC Locarno Locarno Stadio comunale Lido 11th in Challenge League
AC Lugano Lugano Stadio comunale Cornaredo 13th in Challenge League
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 10th in Super League
Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 7th in Challenge League
FC Vaduz Vaduz, Liechtenstein Stadion Rheinpark 9th in Challenge League
FC Wil 1900 Wil Bergholz Stadium 8th in Challenge League
FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese 6th in Challenge League
FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 16th in Challenge League
FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal 12th in Challenge League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vaduz (C, P) 34 21 7 6 75 40 +35 70 Promotion to 2008–09 Swiss Super League
2 Bellinzona (P) 34 21 6 7 74 39 +35 69 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 Wil 34 20 8 6 63 35 +28 68
4 Wohlen 34 16 8 10 65 46 +19 56
5 Winterthur 34 14 9 11 59 56 +3 51
6 Schaffhausen 34 13 10 11 53 40 +13 49
7 Concordia Basel 34 13 10 11 55 54 +1 49
8 Servette 34 12 10 12 55 46 +9 46
9 Lugano 34 12 10 12 61 63 −2 46
10 Yverdon-Sport 34 10 13 11 39 35 +4 43
11 Gossau 34 11 10 13 50 54 −4 43
12 Chaux-de-Fonds 34 12 7 15 53 63 −10 43
13 Lausanne-Sport 34 11 9 14 46 47 −1 42
14 Locarno 34 12 5 17 37 61 −24 41
15 Kriens (R) 34 8 14 12 43 54 −11 38 Relegation to 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga
16 Delémont (R) 34 10 7 17 42 58 −16 37
17 Chiasso (R) 34 8 9 17 43 68 −25 33
18 Cham (R) 34 4 4 26 31 85 −54 16
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs

FC St. Gallen as 9th-placed team in the 2007–08 Swiss Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona.

Bellinzona3–2St. Gallen
Pouga 4'
Taljević 61'
Lulić 89'		 Ural 71'
Gelabert 76'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: René Rogalla
St. Gallen0–2Bellinzona
Neri 36'
Lulić 90+2'
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Bellinzona won 4–3 on aggregate and achieve promotion. St. Gallen are relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

Top goal scorers

Only players with at least 10 goals

Place Scorer Goals Appearances Team
1. Brazil Gaspar 31 34 Liechtenstein Vaduz
2. Serbia Samel Šabanović 25 34 Wil
3. Switzerland Pascal Renfer 20 25 Lugano
Switzerland Alain Schultz 30 Wohlen
5. Cameroon Christian Pouga 18 32 Bellinzona
Switzerland Safet Etemi 33 Gossau
7. Switzerland Rainer Bieli 17 33 Concordia Basel
8. Zimbabwe Newton Ben Katanha 16 26 Schaffhausen
Portugal Bruno Valente 30 Chaux-de-Fonds
10. Switzerland Önder Çengel 14 26 Winterthur
11. Brazil Leandro Fonseca 13 30 Yverdon-Sport
12. Brazil Silvio Carlos 11 16 Wil
13. Brazil Neri 10 16 Bellinzona
Switzerland Yane Bugnard 23 Lausanne-Sport
Liechtenstein Benjamin Fischer 28 Liechtenstein Vaduz
Germany Ifet Taljević 30 Bellinzona
Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić 33 Bellinzona
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