2015–16 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League 2015–16 200 Lausanne-Sport Lausanne-Sport Jocelyn Roux(20 goals) Lausanne-Sport 5–4 Biel-Bienne(18 July 2015) 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015-16 Swiss Challenge League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League, was the 13th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 18 July 2015 and ended on 27 May 2016.Swiss Football league http://www.sfl.ch/challengeleague/spielplan/saison-201516/ Swiss Football League 3 July 2015 German https://web.archive.org/web/20150709220221/http://www.sfl.ch/challengeleague/spielplan/saison-201516/ 2015-07-09 dead After the 18th matchday the league will be on winter break between 7 December 2015 and 6 February 2016. Participating teams 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Lugano were promoted to the 2015–16 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after last place finish in the 2014–15 Swiss Super League. Last placed team of the 2014–15 Challenge League season FC Biel-Bienne were spared from relegation as Servette FC failed to obtain a license for the 2015–16 season and were relegated to the 1. Liga Promotion.Keine Lizenz – Servette muss in die 1. Liga http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/challengeleague/biel-bleibt-in-der-challenge-league-keine-lizenz-servette-muss-in-die-1-liga-id3813788.html 1 June 2015 Blick 1 June 2015 German Servette were replaced by 1. Liga Promotion champion Neuchâtel Xamax. Stadia and locations Switzerland 400 right Map of Switzerland with the locations of the Challenge League clubs Locations of clubs in the 2015–16 Challenge League Switzerland 47 24 08 03 left Aarau Switzerland 47 08 07 15 Biel/Bienne Switzerland 45 50 09 02 Chiasso Switzerland 46 32 06 37 top Lausanne Switzerland 46 33 06 38 bottom Le Mont Switzerland 47 00 06 56 bottom Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 47 42 08 38 right Schaffhausen Switzerland 47 28 09 03 Wil Switzerland 47 30 08 45 left Winterthur Switzerland 47 21 08 17 Wohlen Team Venue Capacity FC Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld 8,000 FC Biel-Bienne Tissot Arena 5,200 FC Chiasso Stadio Comunale 5,000 FC Lausanne-Sport Pontaise 8,500 FC Le Mont Stade Sous-Ville 4,000 Neuchâtel Xamax Stade de la Maladière 12,000 FC Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 4,200 FC Wil IGP Arena 6,958 FC Winterthur Schützenwiese 8,550 FC Wohlen Stadion Niedermatten 3,624 Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor FC Aarau SUI Marco Schällibaum Nike Zehnder Group AG FC Biel-Bienne CRO Zlatko Petričević Nike Fors FC Chiasso ITA Giancarlo Camolese Primato Caffè Chicco D'Oro FC Lausanne-Sport SUI Fabio Celestini Adidas BCV FC Le Mont FRA Claude Gross Joma AQUATIS Neuchâtel Xamax SUI Michel Decastel Erima Video2000Viteos FC Schaffhausen ITA Maurizio Jacobacci gpard Ersparniskasse SchaffhausenMethabau FC Wil ENG Kevin Cooper Nike Hans Eisenring FC Winterthur SUI Sven Christ gpard Keller FC Wohlen SUI Martin Rueda Adidas IBW Managerial changes Club Name Date of departure Replacement Date of appointment Aarau SUI Livio Bordoli 13 October 2015Aarau stellt Trainer Bordoli per sofort frei http://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/2015/10/13/fc-aarau-entlaesst-trainer-livio-bordoli.html bluewin.ch 13 October 2015 2015-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016020025/http://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/2015/10/13/fc-aarau-entlaesst-trainer-livio-bordoli.html 2015-10-16 dead SUI Marco Schällibaum 18 October 2015Jetzt ist es fix: Marco Schällibaum ist der neue Trainer beim FC Aarau http://www.limmattalerzeitung.ch/dossiers/fussball-fcaarau/marco-schaellibaum-ist-der-neue-trainer-beim-fc-aarau-129647256 Limmattaler Zeitung 18 October 2015 Chiasso SUI Marco Schällibaum 18 October 2015 ITA Giancarlo Camolese 20 October 2015Benvenuto in Rossoblù, Giancarlo Camolese! http://www.fcchiasso.ch/site/benvenuto-in-rossoblu-giancarlo-camolese/ fcchiasso.ch 20 October 2015 Neuchâtel Xamax SUI Roberto Cattilaz 20 October 2015Decastel wird neuer Xamax-Coach http://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/challenge-league/decastel-wird-neuer-xamax-coach 24 October 2015 Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen 21 October 2015 SUI Michel Decastel 21 October 2015 Wil TUR Fuat Çapa 23 October 2015Nächster Knall in Wil: Trainer Capa muss gehen http://www.thurgauerzeitung.ch/aktuell/sport/fussball/fussball-international/Trainerentlassung-beim-FC-Wil;art129480,4400852 https://archive.today/20151031192104/http://www.thurgauerzeitung.ch/aktuell/sport/fussball/fussball-international/Trainerentlassung-beim-FC-Wil;art129480,4400852 dead October 31, 2015 24 October 2015 Thurgauer Zeitung 23 October 2015Sofortige Trennung vom Trainerduo http://www.fcwil.ch/node/1098 fcwil.ch 24 October 2015 SUI Philipp Dux (Interim) 23 October 2015 Wil SUI Philipp Dux (Interim) 4 November 2015 ENG Kevin Cooper 4 November 2015Kevin Cooper neuer Wil-Trainer http://www.fm1today.ch/kevin-cooper-neuer-wil-trainer/64299 8 November 2015 FM1 Today 4 November 2015 Winterthur GER Jürgen Seeberger 26 November 2015Schifferli Hansjörg Jürgen Seeberger muss gehen http://www.landbote.ch/sport/fussball/juergen-seeberger-muss-gehen/story/29023725 15 February 2016 Der Landbote 26 November 2015 SUI Dario Zuffi (interim)Schifferli Hansjörg Zwei Spiele für eine neue Basis http://www.landbote.ch/sport/fussball/zwei-spiele-fuer-eine-neue-basis/story/14826622 15 February 2016 Der Landbote 26 November 2015 26 November 2015 Winterthur SUI Dario Zuffi (interim) 28 December 2015 SUI Sven Christ 28 December 2015Dubach Matthias Sven Christ zu Winterthur http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/challengeleague/zweite-chance-im-profifussball-sven-christ-zu-winterthur-id4503548.html 15 February 2016 Blick 28 December 2015 Biel-Bienne SUI Patrick Rahmen 24 FebruaryPatrick Rahmen quitte son poste d'entraîneur, Petar Alexandrov prend la relève http://www.journaldujura.ch/sport/fc-bienne/actualites/patrick-rahmen-quitte-son-poste-dentraineur-petar-alexandrov-prend-la 10 April 2016 25 February 2016 Journal du Jura BUL Petar Aleksandrov (interim) 25 February Biel-Bienne BUL Petar Aleksandrov (interim) 29 March CRO Zlatko Petričević 29 MarchZlatko Petričević ist neuer Trainer des FC Biel http://www.bielertagblatt.ch/sport/fc-biel/aktuell/zlatko-petricevic-ist-neuer-trainer-des-fc-biel 10 April 2016 Bieler Tagblatt 29 March 2016 League table main WDL 5 complete Swiss Challenge League LAS NEU WIL AAR SHA WIN CHI WOH LMT BB pro rel 12 14 8 44 39 5 22 7 28 30 -21 R 7 16 11 39 44 19 8 7 61 39 CP 7 11 16 36 50 15 9 10 53 42 14 5 15 43 45 14 11 9 60 49 12 7 15 40 49 9 9 16 35 52 Aarau Biel-Bienne Chiasso Lausanne-Sport Le Mont Neuchâtel Xamax Schaffhausen Wil Winterthur Wohlen 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) drawhttp://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=99&view=rules Challenge League:Season Rules scoresway.com 17 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20180226043121/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer 26 February 2018 dead PR green1 Promotion to 2016–17 Swiss Super League red1 Relegation to 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion FC Biel-Bienne were deducted one point for licence violation.Punktabzug für den FC Biel http://www.tagblatt.ch/sport/fussball/challengeleague1/Punktabzug-fuer-den-FC-Biel;art49219,4548596 20 March 2016 German On 22 April Biel-Bienne were deducted four more points.FC Biel verliert definitiv 4 weitere Punkte http://www.sfl.ch/news/news/artikel/fc-biel-verliert-definitiv-4-weitere-punkte/ 25 April 2016 German On 27 April licence committee of the Swiss Football League stripped Biel-Bienne of their league licence. Results of Biel-Bienne's second half of the season were converted to 0-0 draws that award no points.Die aktuelle BCL-Tabelle nach dem Biel-Entscheid http://www.sfl.ch/news/news/artikel/die-aktuelle-bcl-tabelle-nach-dem-biel-entscheid/ Swiss Football League 2 May 2016Disziplinarkommission entzieht FC Biel die Lizenz http://www.sfl.ch/news/news/artikel/disziplinarkommission-entzieht-fc-biel-die-lizenz/ Swiss Football League 2 May 2016 Results First and Second Round main FBR grey AAR BB CHI LAS LMT NEU SHA WIL WIN WOH Aarau 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 Biel-Bienne 3–1 1–1 0–3 Lausanne was awarded a 3–0 w/o win due to Biel-Bienne fielding more foreign players (5) than allowed (4). Match originally ended in a 3–2 win for Lausanne.Forfait-Niederlage für FC Biel http://www.sfl.ch/news/news/artikel/forfait-niederlage-fuer-fc-biel/ 20 February 2016 Swiss Football League 15 December 2015 3–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 5–1 0–3 Chiasso 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 5–4 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 Le Mont 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 Neuchâtel 2–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 Schaffhausen 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–4 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 Wil 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–3 3–1 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–3 Winterthur 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 Wohlen 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 3–2 complete Swiss Challenge League Third and Fourth Round main FBR grey AAR BB CHI LAS LMT NEU SHA WIL WIN WOH Aarau 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 Biel-Bienne 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Chiasso 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 Le Mont 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 Neuchâtel 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 4–0 Schaffhausen 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 4–1 Wil 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 Winterthur 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–4 Wohlen 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 complete Swiss Challenge League Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1SUI Jocelyn RouxWil / Lausanne-Sport202SUI Antonio MarchesanoBiel-Bienne13SUI Charles-André DoudinNeuchâtel Xamax4AUT Deniz MujicSchaffhausen115SUI Patrick RossiniAarau10PRK Pak Kwang-ryongLausanne-Sport / Biel-Bienne 27 May 2016http://www.sfl.ch/statistik-archiv/challenge-league-20152016/spieler/torschuetzen/ Torschützenliste 2015/16 Swiss Challenge League 28 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150715223858/http://www.sfl.ch/statistik-archiv/challenge-league-20152016/spieler/torschuetzen/ 2015-07-15 dead Awards +Swiss Football League Awards 2015Wall of Fame Swiss Football League https://sfl.ch/wall-of-fame-swiss-football-league 2026-06-01 sfl.ch enAwardWinnerClubPlayer of the SeasonSwitzerland Antonio MarchesanoFC Biel-Bienne +Brack.ch Challenge League Dream Team 2015PositionPlayerClubGoalkeeperSwitzerland David von BallmoosFC WinterthurDefenderSwitzerland Numa LavanchyFC Le MontDefenderTurkey Egemen KorkmazFC WilDefenderSwitzerland Arnaud BühlerFC WilDefenderNorth Macedonia Ezgjan AlioskiFC SchaffhausenMidfielderSwitzerland Alexandre PascheFC Lausanne-SportMidfielderSwitzerland Olivier CustodioFC Lausanne-SportMidfielderSwitzerland Antonio MarchesanoFC Biel-BienneMidfielderPortugal André SantosFC WohlenForwardSwitzerland Jocelyn RouxFC Lausanne-SportForwardCroatia Igor TadićFC Schaffhausen References External links http://www.sfl.ch/ de fr Soccerway Swiss Challenge League Category:2015–16 in Swiss football Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) seasons