2016–17 Swiss Promotion League Explained

Competition:Promotion League
Season:2016–17
Winners:FC Rapperswil-Jona
Promoted:FC Rapperswil-Jona
Relegated:FC Tuggen
Matches:240
Total Goals:767
League Topscorer: Mychell Ruan Silva
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 Promotion League season is the fifth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before in 2014.[1] The Promotion League is the third highest tier in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.

The season started on 3 August 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017. The league was won by FC Rapperswil-Jona while FC Tuggen were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

Stadia and locations

The 2016–17 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bavois and FC United Zürich who were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Biel-Bienne was stripped of their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently declared bankrupt.

ClubLocationStadium2015/16 Position
BaselYouth Campus Basel[2]
BavoisStade des Peupliers[3]
BernSpitalacker[4]
St. GallenPaul-Grüninger-Stadion[5]
ChamStadion Eizmoos[6]
KönizSportplatz Liebefeld[7]
KriensStadion Kleinfeld[8]
La Chaux-de-FondsStade Charrière[9]
BaselStadion Schützenmatte[10]
RapperswilStadion Grünfeld[11]
SionStade Tourbillon[12]
NyonCentre sportif de Colovray[13]
TuggenLinthstrasse[14]
ZürichSportanlage Buchlern[15]
ZürichUtogrund[16]
ZürichSportanlage Heerenschürli[17]

Final league table

Season statistics

Top scorers

[18]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mychell Ruan SilvaFC Rapperswil-Jona22
2 Nico SiegristSC Kriens17
3 Anto FranjicFC Breitenrain15
Shpetim SulejmaniFC Zürich U-21
5 Skumbim SulejmaniSC Kriens14
6 Marco ColocciSC Young Fellows Juventus13
Severin DätwylerSC Cham
Qendrim MakshanaFC Bavois
9 Roman HergerSC Cham11
Neftali ManzambiFC Basel U-21
Samel ŠabanovićSC Brühl

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (si) . 28 October 2013 . Promotion League: Neuer Name . Walliser Bote . de-ch . Promotion League: New name . 2023-11-16.
  2. Web site: FC Basel II. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 6 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190506171502/http://www.al-la.ch/de/Amateur-Liga/Verband-Amateur-Liga/Vereine-Amateur-Liga/Verein-AL.aspx/v-777819/. dead.
  3. Web site: FC Bavois. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 7 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190607025001/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/erste-liga/organisation-el/vereine-erste-liga/verein-1l.aspx/v-1039/. dead.
  4. Web site: FC Breitenrain. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 5 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505064300/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1362/. dead.
  5. Web site: SC Brühl. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 3 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170603042008/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1727. dead.
  6. Web site: SC Cham. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 7 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170607014457/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-395/. dead.
  7. Web site: FC Köniz. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German.
  8. Web site: SC Kriens. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 3 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170603055839/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-359. dead.
  9. Web site: FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 6 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606215817/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-899/. dead.
  10. Web site: BSC Old Boys Basel. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German.
  11. Web site: FC Rapperswil-Jona. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 7 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170607203611/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1718/. dead.
  12. Web site: FC Sion II. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German.
  13. Web site: FC Stade Nyonnais. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 7 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170607122239/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1106/. dead.
  14. Web site: FC Tuggen. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 6 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170506131036/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1638/. dead.
  15. Web site: FC United Zürich. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 8 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170608112927/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1617/. dead.
  16. Web site: SC Young Fellows Juventus. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German. 25 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525150457/http://www.el-pl.ch/de/Erste-Liga/Organisation-EL/Vereine-Erste-Liga/Verein-1L.aspx/v-1599. dead.
  17. Web site: FC Zürich II. el-pl.ch. Erste Liga. 24 May 2017. German.
  18. Web site: Top scorers – 2016 . Erste Liga. German. 5 June 2017.