2009–10 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season 2009–10
Matches played 215
Goals scored 669 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer Pape Omar Faye (12)
Nick Proschwitz (12)
Biggest home win Thun 9–0 Nyonnais (29 August 2009)
Biggest away win Lausanne 0–5 Lugano (25 July 2009)
Nyonnais 2–7 Winterthur (15 August 2009)
Schaffhausen 0–5 Lugano (22 August 2009)
Highest scoring Nyonnais 2–7 Winterthur (15 August 2009)
Thun 9–0 Nyonnais (29 August 2009)

Contents

2009–10 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
Qualification or relegation
1 Thun (C) (P) 30 18 6 6 70 36 +34 60 Promotion to the Super League
2 Lugano 30 17 8 5 65 29 +36 59 Qualification to the Promotion play-offs
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 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 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 the 1. Liga
16 Gossau (R) 30 2 7 21 27 80 −53 13

Source: football.ch (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Lausanne-Sport have qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round as they lost the final against Champions League-qualified Basel in the 2009–10 Swiss Cup final.
(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

22 goals
20 goals
17 goals
16 goals
14 goals

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