2008–09 Swiss Challenge League

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2008–09 teams

Club City Stadium 2007–08 season
FC Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne, Berne Gurzelen Stadium 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 13th in Challenge League
FC Concordia Basel Basel Rankhof 7th in Challenge League
FC Gossau Gossau, St. Gallen Buechenwald 11th in Challenge League
FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne, Vaud Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 13th in Challenge League
FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 14th in Challenge League
AC Lugano Lugano, Ticino Stadio comunale Cornaredo 9th in Challenge League
FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos 9th in Super League
FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 6th in Challenge League
Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 8th in Challenge League
FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon, Vaud Colovray 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
FC Thun Thun, Berne Stadion Lachen 10th in Super League
FC Wil 1900 Wil, St. Gallen Bergholz Stadium 3rd in Challenge League
FC Winterthur Winterthur, Zürich Schützenwiese 5th in Challenge League
FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Niedermatten 4th in Challenge League
FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud Stade Municipal 10th in Challenge League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 St. Gallen (P) 30 25 3 2 78 22 +56 78 Promotion to the Swiss Super League
2 Lugano 30 22 4 4 72 30 +42 70 Qualification to the Promotion play-offs
3 Wil 30 14 9 7 41 25 +16 51
4 Yverdon-Sport 30 14 9 7 52 41 +11 51
5 Biel-Bienne 30 14 5 11 58 53 +5 47
6 Wohlen 30 13 6 11 43 47 −4 45
7 Lausanne-Sport 30 11 8 11 41 43 −2 41
8 Concordia Basel (R) 30 11 7 12 48 51 −3 40 Relegation to the 1. Liga
9 Thun 30 11 5 14 54 65 −11 38
10 Winterthur 30 9 9 12 46 46 0 36
11 Schaffhausen 30 8 10 12 40 45 −5 34
12 Chaux-de-Fonds (R) 30 9 6 15 39 46 −7 33 Relegation to the 1. Liga
13 Servette 30 7 10 13 31 46 −15 31
14 Stade Nyonnais 30 8 4 18 26 56 −30 28
15 Locarno 30 7 5 18 46 57 −11 26
16 Gossau 30 5 4 21 27 69 −42 19

Updated to games played on 2009-05-19
Source: http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/Ranglisten-Resultate-ChL.aspx
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goal scorers

24 goals
22 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

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