2007–08 Swiss Challenge League

2007-2008 teams

Club City Stadium 2006-2007 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 Rankhof 5th in Challenge League
SR Delémont Delémont La Blancherie 15th in Challenge League
FC Gossau Gossau, St. Gallen Buechenwald 1. Liga play-offs round finalists
SC Kriens Kriens Sportanlage 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 Niedermatten 16th in Challenge League
FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal 12th in Challenge League

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Vaduz Liechtenstein (C) (P) 34 21 7 6 75 40+35 70 Promotion to Super League
2 Bellinzona (P) (Q) 34 21 6 7 74 39+35 69 Qualification to 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 61 632 46
10 Yverdon-Sport 34 10 13 11 39 35+4 43
11 Gossau 34 11 10 13 50 544 43
12 Chaux-de-Fonds 34 12 7 15 53 6310 43
13 Lausanne-Sport 34 11 9 14 46 471 42
14 Locarno 34 12 5 17 37 6124 41
15 Kriens (R) 34 8 14 12 43 5411 38 Relegation to 1. Liga
16 Delémont (R) 34 10 7 17 42 5816 37
17 Chiasso (R) 34 8 9 17 43 6825 33
18 Cham (R) 34 4 4 26 31 8554 16

Updated to games played on 2008-05-13.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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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