Swiss Challenge League

Countries	Switzerland and Liechtenstein (past)
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1897
Number of teams	16
Promotion to	Super League
Relegation to	1. Liga
Levels on pyramid	Level 2
Domestic cup(s)	Schweizer Cup
Current champions	FC St. Gallen (2008–09)
Website	Official site
Swiss Challenge League 2009–10

The Dosenbach Challenge League (until August 2008 known as Challenge League) is the second highest tier of the Swiss Football League. 16 teams play in the Challenge League. The winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, and the bottom two teams are relegated to the 1. Liga. The second placed team enters a two-legged playoff against the 9th placed team in the Super League, the winner playing in the higher division next season.

The league was named Nationalliga B until summer 2003.

In the past Liechtenstein's FC Vaduz played in the Challenge League. They were promoted to the Super League following the 2007-08 season.

[edit] History

Year	1st Position	2nd Position	Playoff result	Relegated	Relegated
2004	FC Schaffhausen	FC Vaduz	Neuchâtel Xamax 2:0 FC Vaduz FC Vaduz 2:1 Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax won 3:2 on aggregate	SR Delémont1
2005	Yverdon-Sport FC	FC Vaduz	FC Schaffhausen 1:1 FC Vaduz FC Vaduz 0:1 FC Schaffhausen FC Schaffhausen won 2:1 on aggregate	FC Baden2	FC Bulle
2006	FC Luzern	FC Sion	FC Sion 0:0 Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax 0:3 FC Sion FC Sion won 3:0 on aggregate	FC Baden	FC Meyrin
2007	Neuchâtel Xamax	AC Bellinzona	AC Bellinzona 1:2 FC Aarau FC Aarau 3:1 AC Bellinzona FC Aarau won 5:2 on aggregate	FC Baulmes	SC Young Fellows Juventus
2008	FC Vaduz	AC Bellinzona	AC Bellinzona 3:2 FC St. Gallen FC St. Gallen 0:2 AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona won 5:2 on aggregate	FC Chiasso	SC Cham	SR Delémont	SC Kriens
2009	FC St. Gallen	FC Lugano	FC Lugano 1:0 FC Lucerne FC Lucerne 5:0 FC Lugano FC Lucerne won 5:1 on aggregate	FC Locarno3	FC Gossau3

[edit] Participating Clubs 2009-10

[edit] See also

• Sports league attendances

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