2007–08 Swiss Challenge League

The 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League was the fifth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 20 July 2007 and ended on 12 May 2008. The champions of this season, FC Vaduz, earned promotion to the 2008–09 Super League. The runners-up AC Bellinzona won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2007–08 Super League, FC St. Gallen. The bottom four teams, SC Kriens, SR Delémont, FC Chiasso and SC Cham, were relegated to the 1. Liga. Teams Club City Stadium 2006–07 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 Stadion Rankhof 5th in Challenge League SR Delémont Delémont La Blancherie 15th in Challenge League FC Gossau Gossau, St. Gallen Sportanlage Buechenwald 1. Liga play-offs round finalists SC Kriens Kriens Stadion 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 Stadion Niedermatten 16th in Challenge League FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains Stade Municipal 12th in Challenge League League table main WDL 5 PR VAD Vaduz BEL Bellinzona WIL Wil WOH Wohlen WIN Winterthur SHA Schaffhausen CCB Concordia Basel SER Servette LUG Lugano YS Yverdon-Sport GOS Gossau LCF Chaux-de-Fonds LS Lausanne-Sport LOC Locarno KRI Kriens DEL Delémont CHI Chiasso CHA Cham 21 7 6 75 40 C,P 21 6 7 74 39 P 20 8 6 63 35 16 8 10 65 46 14 9 11 59 56 13 10 11 53 40 13 10 11 55 54 12 10 12 55 46 12 10 12 61 63 10 13 11 39 35 11 10 13 50 54 12 7 15 53 63 11 9 14 46 47 12 5 17 37 61 8 14 12 43 54 R 10 7 17 42 58 R 8 9 17 43 68 R 4 4 26 31 85 R green1 Promotion to 2008–09 Swiss Super League P green2 Qualification for Promotion play-off and UEFA Cup first qualifying round Since Swiss Cup winners, Basel, qualified for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup berth was given to finalists Bellinzona. QPP red1 Relegation to 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga R R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Promotion/relegation play-offs FC St. Gallen as 9th-placed team in the 2007–08 Swiss Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona. 17 May 2008 17:45 CEST Bellinzona 3–2 St. Gallen Pouga 4Taljević 61Lulić 89 Ural 71 Gelabert 76 Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona 7,000 René Rogalla 20 May 2008 19:45 CEST St. Gallen 0–2 Bellinzona Neri 36Lulić 90+2 Espenmoos, St. Gallen 11,300 Jérôme Laperrière Bellinzona won 5–2 on aggregate and achieve promotion. St. Gallen are relegated to the Swiss Challenge League. Top goal scorers Only players with at least 10 goals PlaceScorerGoalsAppearancesTeam1.Brazil Gaspar3134LIE Vaduz2.Serbia Samel Šabanović2534Wil3.Switzerland Pascal Renfer2025LuganoSwitzerland Alain Schultz30Wohlen5.Cameroon Christian Pouga1832BellinzonaSwitzerland Safet Etemi33Gossau7.Switzerland Rainer Bieli1733Concordia Basel8.Zimbabwe Newton Ben Katanha1626SchaffhausenPortugal Bruno Valente30Chaux-de-Fonds10.Switzerland Önder Çengel1426Winterthur11.Brazil Leandro Fonseca1330Yverdon-Sport12.Brazil Silvio Carlos1116Wil13.Brazil Neri1016BellinzonaSwitzerland Yane Bugnard23Lausanne-SportLiechtenstein Benjamin Fischer28Liechtenstein VaduzGermany Ifet Taljević30BellinzonaBIH Senad Lulić33Bellinzona External links de fr Swiss League Competitions Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) seasons Category:2007–08 in Swiss football Swiss