2012–13 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League 2012–13 Aarau Aarau Bellinzona Armando Sadiku(20 goals) Bellinzona 8–0 Wil Locarno 0–5 Winterthur Vaduz 5–3 AarauAarau 5–3 WohlenBellinzona 8–0 WilLocarno 2–6 Bellinzona 180 523 6 gamesAarau 14 gamesBellinzona 10 gamesLugano 7 gamesLocarno 6,100Aarau 3–3 Wohlen 203Biel-Bienne 7–0 Wohlen 1,454http://www.sfl.ch/de/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-419/2369_read-11964/ Zuschauerzahlen – Challenge League Swiss Challenge League 4 November 2012 German https://archive.today/20130116011841/http://www.sfl.ch/de/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-419/2369_read-11964/ 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 Swiss Challenge League was the tenth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 14 July 2012Challenge League - Results and fixtures https://int.soccerway.com/national/switzerland/challenge-league/20122013/regular-season/ Soccerway 5 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. Teams 2011–12 Challenge League champions St. Gallen were promoted to the 2012–13 Super League. They weren't replaced by another team due to Neuchâtel Xamax being demoted to the 4th tier of Swiss football for financial irregularities. 2011–12 Challenge League runners-up Aarau had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team Sion and remained in the Challenge League after losing 3–1 on aggregate. The bottom five teams – Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl – were relegated to the newly formed 1. Liga Promotion with no teams replaced them due to the Challenge League reducing from 16 to 10 teams. Switzerland 400 right Map of Switzerland with the locations of the sixteen Challenge League clubs Locations of the 2012–13 Challenge League clubs Switzerland 47 24 08 03 #FFFFFF left Aarau Switzerland 47 08 07 15 #FFFFFF Biel/Bienne Switzerland 45 50 09 02 #FFFFFF Chiasso Switzerland 46 12 09 01 #FFFFFF Bellinzona Switzerland 46 10 08 48 #FFFFFF left Locarno Switzerland 46 00 08 57 #FFFFFF Lugano Switzerland 47 08 09 31 #FFFFFF Vaduz Switzerland 47 28 09 03 #FFFFFF Wil Switzerland 47 30 08 45 #FFFFFF left Winterthur Switzerland 47 21 08 17 #FFFFFF Wohlen Club City Stadium 2011–12 season FC Aarau Aarau, Aargau Stadion Brügglifeld 2nd in Challenge League AC Bellinzona Bellinzona, Ticino Stadio Comunale 3rd in Challenge League FC Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne, Bern Gurzelen Stadion 10th in Challenge League FC Chiasso Chiasso, Ticino Stadio Comunale 7th in Challenge League FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio del Lido 9th in Challenge League FC Lugano Lugano, Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 5th in Challenge League FC Vaduz Vaduz, Liechtenstein Rheinpark Stadion 8th in Challenge League FC Wil 1900 Wil, St. Gallen Stadion Bergholz 6th in Challenge League FC Winterthur Winterthur, Zürich Stadion Schützenwiese 4th in Challenge League FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 11th in Challenge League League table main WDL 5 QR AAR Aarau BEL Bellinzona WIN Winterthur Wil Wil BB Biel-Bienne CHI Chiasso LUG Lugano WOH Wohlen VAD Vaduz LOC Locarno 24 6 6 76 40 C 21 8 7 62 37 -7 DR 19 5 12 61 43 15 6 15 59 65 13 8 15 59 59 13 8 15 42 51 11 11 14 52 50 9 12 15 39 58 10 7 19 41 52 5 9 22 32 68 green1 Promotion to 2013–14 Swiss Super League P blue1 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round EL1Q red1 Relegation to 2013–14 1. Liga Promotion Due to financial irregularities, AC Bellinzona was discounted seven points and were ultimately relegated at the end of the season. FC Locarno was thus not relegated in spite of their last-place finish. R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Swiss Challenge League de Results Teams played each other four times (twice home and twice away) over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 36 matches per team. First and Second Round main FBR grey AAR BEL BB CHI LOC LUG VAD WIL WIN WOH Aarau 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 5–3 Bellinzona 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–5 1–0 Biel-Bienne 5–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 Chiasso 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 Locarno 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 0–5 1–0 Lugano 3–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 Vaduz 5–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 Wil 0–3 0–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 0–1 Winterthur 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 Wohlen 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 complete Swiss Challenge League de Third and Fourth Round main FBR grey AAR BEL BB CHI LOC LUG VAD WIL WIN WOH Aarau 0–1 6–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–3 Bellinzona 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 8–0 3–1 2–2 Biel-Bienne 0–2 0–1 5–2 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–4 7–0 Chiasso 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 Locarno 0–3 2–6 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 Lugano 0–2 4–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–3 0–2 2–0 Vaduz 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 Wil 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 Winterthur 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 Wohlen 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 complete Swiss Challenge League de Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/Statistik-Challenge-League/Torschuetzenliste-Challenge-League.aspx Torschützenliste – Challenge League Swiss Challenge League 4 November 2012 German https://archive.today/20130115224122/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/Statistik-Challenge-League/Torschuetzenliste-Challenge-League.aspx 2013-01-15 dead 1ALB Armando SadikuLugano202SUI Davide CallàAarau193POR Luís PimentaChiasso144CMR Patrick BengondoWinterthur12SRB Kristian KuzmanovićWinterthur126SUI Charles-André DoudinBiel-Bienne11SUI Sven LüscherWinterthur / Aarau11ITA Giuseppe MorelloBiel-Bienne11ALB Drilon PacariziLocarno1110SEN Matar ColyBiel-Bienne9SUI Stefano MilaniWohlen9CMR Landry MouangueWil9 Assists RankPlayerClubAssistshttp://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/Statistik-Challenge-League/Assistliste-Challenge-League.aspx Assistliste – Challenge League Swiss Challenge League 4 November 2012 German https://archive.today/20130115202439/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/Statistik-Challenge-League/Assistliste-Challenge-League.aspx 15 January 2013 dead dmy-all 1GER Markus NeumayrBellinzona152SUI Sven LüscherWinterthur / Aarau143SUI Davide CallàAarau134SUI Charles-André DoudinBiel-Bienne11ARG Dante SengerAarau11SUI Alain SchultzAarau117SUI Pascal CerroneWil9SEN Matar ColyBiel-Bienne9SUI Steven UkohBiel-Bienne910POR Carlos da SilvaLugano8SUI Martin SteubleWil8 Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateSEN Matar Coly Biel-Bienne Vaduz 4–2Lugano setzt sich an die Spitze http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League/Lugano-setzt-sich-an-die-Spitze.aspx Swiss Challenge League 19 August 2012 4 November 2012 German https://archive.today/20130116044533/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League/Lugano-setzt-sich-an-die-Spitze.aspx 16 January 2013 dead dmy-all dmy 2012 8 19MKD Adis Jahović Wil Chiasso 4–1 dmy 2012 8 19SUI Davide Callà Aarau Wohlen 5–3Aarau zum zehnten Mal in Folge ungeschlagen http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League/Aarau-zum-zehnten-Mal-in-Folge-ungeschlagen.aspx Swiss Challenge League 28 October 2012 4 November 2012 German https://archive.today/20130115225658/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League/Aarau-zum-zehnten-Mal-in-Folge-ungeschlagen.aspx 15 January 2013 dead dmy-all dmy 2012 10 28SRB Kristian Kuzmanović Winterthur Bellinzona 5–1Bellinzona mit kapitalem Fehltritt http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League/Bellinzona-mit-kapitalem-Fehltritt.aspx Swiss Challenge League 4 November 2012 4 November 2012 German https://archive.today/20130115203134/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League/Bellinzona-mit-kapitalem-Fehltritt.aspx 15 January 2013 dead dmy-all dmy 2012 11 04ITA Giuseppe Morello Giuseppe Morello (footballer) Biel-Bienne Aarau 5–1 dmy 2012 11 05CMR Landry Mouangue Wil Winterthur 4–0Aarau überwintert auf Platz 1 http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League.aspx Swiss Challenge League 2 December 2012 3 December 2012 https://archive.today/20130115213525/http://www.sfl.ch/de/Challenge-League/News-Challenge-League.aspx 2013-01-15 dead dmy 2012 12 02SUI Silvan Widmer Aarau Wohlen 3–1 dmy 2013 4 1SUI Pascal Schürpf Bellinzona Wil 8–0 dmy 2013 4 18NGA Sani Emmanuel Biel-Bienne Wohlen 7–0 dmy 2013 5 12 Scoring First goal of the season: Gezim Shalaj for Lugano against Wil (14 July 2012) Fastest goal of the season: Mirko Facchinetti for Chiasso against Bellinzona (27 August 2012) Largest winning margin: 8 goals Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013) Highest scoring game: 8 goals Vaduz 5–3 Aarau (6 August 2012) Aarau 5–3 Wohlen (28 October 2012) Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013) Locarno 2–6 Bellinzona (8 May 2013) Most goals scored by a single team: 8 goals Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013) Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals Vaduz 5–3 Aarau (6 August 2012) Aarau 5–3 Wohlen (28 October 2012) Lugano 4–3 Bellinzona (2 June 2013) Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 15 Bellinzona Fewest clean sheets: 4 Locarno Discipline Most yellow cards (club): 86 Chiasso Most yellow cards (player): 14 Pietro Di Nardo (Biel-Bienne) Most red cards (club): 10 Chiasso Most red cards (player): 2 Marko Bašić (Lugano) Igor Djuric (Chiasso) Cha Jong-Hyok (Wil) Charles-André Doudin (Biel-Bienne) Emiliano Dudar (Chiasso) Pavel Pergl (Bellinzona) Mirko Quaresima (Chiasso) References External links http://www.football.ch/sfl/de/News-CL.aspx de fr Soccerway Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) seasons Category:2012–13 in Swiss football Swiss de:Schweizer Fussballmeisterschaft 2012/13#Challenge League