The 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League was the eighth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 25 May 2011. The champions of this season, FC Lausanne-Sport, earned promotion to the 2011–12 Super League. The runners-up Servette won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2010–11 Super League, AC Bellinzona. The bottom two teams, FC Schaffhausen and Yverdon-Sport FC, were relegated to the 1. Liga.
Teams 2009–10 Challenge League champions FC Thun were promoted to the 2010–11 Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after finishing the 2009–10 Super League in last place. 2009–10 Challenge League runners-up FC Lugano had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team AC Bellinzona and eventually retained their league spot after losing 1–2 on aggregate.
FC Le Mont as 15th-placed team and last-placed FC Gossau were relegated after the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by FC Chiasso and SR Delémont, who emerged victorious from the eight-team 1. Liga promotion playoff.
Club City Stadium 2009–10 season FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld 10th in Super League FC Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne, Bern Gurzelen Stadion 7th in Challenge League FC Chiasso Chiasso, Ticino Stadio Comunale 1. Liga playoff winners SR Delémont Delémont, Jura La Blancherie 1. Liga playoff winners SC Kriens Kriens, Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 5th in Challenge League FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne, Vaud Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 10th in Challenge League FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio del Lido 13th in Challenge League FC Lugano Lugano, Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 2nd in Challenge League FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 11th in Challenge League Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 4th in Challenge League FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon, Vaud Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon 14th 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 3rd in Challenge League FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Stadion Niedermatten 12th in Challenge League FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud Stade Municipal 9th in Challenge League
League table
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs Bellinzona as 9th-placed team in the 2010–11 Swiss Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up Servette.
Servette won 3–2 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers Including matches played on 21 May 2011; Source: Swiss Football League
18 goals Michaël Rodriguez (SR Delémont)
17 goals Bruno Valente (FC Schaffhausen)
16 goals Dante Senger (FC Lugano)
15 goals Silvio Carlos (FC Lausanne-Sport) Eudis (Servette FC)
14 goals Jocelyn Roux (FC Lausanne-Sport)
13 goals Marcos De Azevedo (Servette FC)
12 goals Frédéric Besseyre (FC Stade Nyonnais) Franck Etoundi (FC Biel-Bienne)
11 goals Dzengis Cavusevic (FC Wil 1900) Sabiá (FC Vaduz) Moreno Merenda (FC Vaduz) Alain Schultz (FC Wohlen) Aco Stojkov (FC Aarau)
References
External links Official site (in German)
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