2014–15 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Lugano
Promoted	Lugano
Relegated	Servette
Matches	180
Goals	494 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Tadić; (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Lugano 5–1 Chiasso; 4–0 6 games
Biggest away win	0–4 2 games
Average attendance	1863
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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

Map of Switzerland with the locations of the sixteen Challenge League clubs

Locations of clubs in the 2013–14 Challenge League

Team	Venue	Capacity
FC Biel-Bienne	Gurzelen Stadion	3,000
FC Chiasso	Stadio Comunale	5,000
FC Lausanne-Sport	Pontaise	8,500
FC Lugano	Stadio Cornaredo	10,500
FC Schaffhausen	Stadion Breite	4,200
Servette FC	Stade de Genève	30,084
FC Wil	Stadion Bergholz	6,958
FC Winterthur	Schützenwiese	8,550
FC Wohlen	Stadion Niedermatten	3,624
FC Le Mont	Terrain du Châtaignier	4,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
FC Biel-Bienne	Jean-Michel Aeby	Nike	Fors
FC Chiasso	Marco Schällibaum	Primato	Caffè Chicco D'Oro
FC Lausanne-Sport	Marco Simone (sacked after round 25) Fabio Celestini (from round 26 on)^[4]	Adidas	BCV
FC Lugano	Livio Bordoli	Acerbis	AIL KatalTherm Service
FC Schaffhausen	Maurizio Jacobacci	Spard	Ersparnikasse Schaffhausen Methabau
Servette FC	Kevin Cooper	14Fourteen	GHI
FC Wil	Francesco Gabriele	Nike	Hans Eisenring
FC Winterthur	Jürgen Seeberger	Spard	Keller
FC Wohlen	Ciriaco Sforza	Adidas	IBW
FC Le Mont	Claude Gross		Roduit 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^[a]
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:

↑ 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

First and Second Round

Home \ Away	BB	CHI	LAS	LMT	LUG	SHA	SER	WIL	WIN	WOH
Biel-Bienne		0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–2
Chiasso	2–2		4–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1
Lausanne-Sport	4–2	2–0		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–1
Le Mont	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	1–4	0–1	2–2	3–2	0–2
Lugano	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–1		5–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2
Schaffhausen	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	0–0		0–1	0–3	1–4	0–1
Servette	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		1–2	0–0	1–0
Wil	0–0	2–3	0–1	4–2	1–2	5–2	1–0		0–3	2–4
Winterthur	4–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	4–2	4–0		0–2
Wohlen	4–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	4–2	2–1	1–0

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third and Fourth Round

Home \ Away	BB	CHI	LAS	LMT	LUG	SHA	SER	WIL	WIN	WOH
Biel-Bienne		1–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–1
Chiasso	0–2		1–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
Lausanne-Sport	2–2	1–1		1–0	0–1	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1
Le Mont	1–1	0–1	2–1		3–2	0–3	2–2	4–0	1–3	0–4
Lugano	1–1	4–1	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–3
Schaffhausen	1–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–1		1–2	0–1	3–2	1–2
Servette	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–2	2–0	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–1
Wil	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	2–5	3–4	0–0		2–2	0–2
Winterthur	5–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	4–1		1–2
Wohlen	1–2	0–1	4–5	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–1

Source: Swiss Challenge League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Igor Tadić	Schaffhausen	19
2	Patrick Bengondo	Winterthur	16
3	João Paiva	Winterthur	15
4	Cristian Ianu	Lausanne	13
5	Davide Mariani	Schaffhausen	12
5	Simone Rapp	Wohlen	12

As of 30 May 2015^[5]

Awards

Swiss Football League Awards 2014^[6]
Award	Winner	Club
Best Player	Cristian Ianu	FC Luzern / FC Lausanne-Sport

Brack.ch Challenge League Dream Team 2014
Position	Player	Club
Goalkeeper	Francesco Russo	FC Chiasso
Defender	Anthony Sauthier	Servette FC
Defender	Niklas Dams	FC Wohlen
Defender	Orlando Urbano	FC Wohlen
Defender	Ezgjan Alioski	FC Schaffhausen
Midfielder	Mërgim Brahimi	FC Wil
Midfielder	Kevin Pezzoni	FC Aarau
Midfielder	Marko Bašić	FC Lugano
Midfielder	Johan Vonlanthen	Servette FC
Forward	Patrick Bengondo	FC Le Mont
Forward	Cristian Ianu	FC Wohlen