Swiss Challenge League
Season2014–15
ChampionsLugano
PromotedLugano
RelegatedServette
Matches played180
Goals scored494 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerIgor Tadić
(19 goals)
Biggest home winLugano 5–1 Chiasso
4–0 6 games
Biggest away win0–4 2 games
Average attendance1863[1]

The 2014-15 Swiss Challenge League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League, was the 12th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 19 July 2014 and was scheduled to end on 30 May 2015.[2] The league was on winter break between 8 December 2014 and 7 February 2015. Servette were forcibly relegated at the end of the season after their failure to acquire a license for the 2015-16 season.[3]

Participating teams

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
FC Biel-BienneGurzelen Stadion3,000
FC ChiassoStadio Comunale5,000
FC Lausanne-SportPontaise8,500
FC LuganoStadio Cornaredo10,500
FC SchaffhausenStadion Breite4,200
Servette FCStade de Genève30,084
FC WilStadion Bergholz6,958
FC WinterthurSchützenwiese8,550
FC WohlenStadion Niedermatten3,624
FC Le MontTerrain du Châtaignier4,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor
FC Biel-BienneSwitzerland Jean-Michel AebyNikeFors
FC ChiassoSwitzerland Marco SchällibaumPrimatoCaffè Chicco D'Oro
FC Lausanne-SportItaly Marco Simone (sacked after round 25)
Switzerland Fabio Celestini (from round 26 on)[4]		AdidasBCV
FC LuganoSwitzerland Livio BordoliAcerbisAIL
KatalTherm Service
FC SchaffhausenItaly Maurizio JacobacciSpardErsparnikasse Schaffhausen
Methabau
Servette FCEngland Kevin Cooper14FourteenGHI
FC WilItaly Francesco GabrieleNikeHans Eisenring
FC WinterthurGermany Jürgen SeebergerSpardKeller
FC WohlenSwitzerland Ciriaco SforzaAdidasIBW
FC Le MontFrance Claude GrossRoduit SA

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lugano (C, P) 36 22 8 6 64 31 +33 74 Promotion to 2015–16 Swiss Super League
2 Servette (D, R) 36 20 7 9 51 40 +11 67 Relegation to 2015–16 1. Liga Promotion[lower-alpha 1]
3 Wohlen 36 20 4 12 57 43 +14 64
4 Winterthur 36 15 8 13 65 49 +16 53
5 Schaffhausen 36 13 8 15 55 54 +1 47
6 Lausanne-Sport 36 12 8 16 47 57 −10 44
7 Le Mont 36 10 9 17 39 56 −17 39
8 Chiasso 36 9 12 15 30 49 −19 39
9 Wil 36 9 10 17 47 63 −16 37
10 Biel-Bienne 36 7 12 17 39 52 −13 33
Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Servette did not obtain a license for the 2015-16 Challenge League season after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees. Servette was therefore relegated to the Promotion League and Biel-Bienne remained in the league.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Switzerland Igor Tadić Schaffhausen 19
2 Cameroon Patrick Bengondo Winterthur 16
3 Portugal João Paiva Winterthur 15
4 Romania Cristian Ianu Lausanne 13
5 Switzerland Davide Mariani Schaffhausen 12
Switzerland Simone Rapp Wohlen
As of 30 May 2015[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Zuschauerzahlen 2014/15". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 2015-05-10. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Swiss Football league". sfl.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Keine Lizenz – Servette muss in die 1. Liga". Blick. Blick. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fabio Celestini est le nouvel entraîneur du Lausanne-Sport". 24heures (in French). 24 March 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Torschützenliste 2014/15". Swiss Challenge League. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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