Challenge League 2017/18

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Brack.ch Challenge League
master Neuchâtel Xamax
Europa League
qualification		 FC Vaduz
( Liechtenstein Cup Winner )
Climbers Neuchâtel Xamax
Relegated FC Wohlen
(voluntary relegation)
Teams 10
Games 180
Gates 548  (ø 3.04 per game)
spectator 313 047  (ø 1739 per game)
Top scorer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Raphaël Nuzzolo
(Neuchâtel Xamax) (26)
← Challenge League 2016/17
↑ Super League 2017/18

The Brack.ch Challenge League 2017/18 was the 120th season of the second highest Swiss division in men's football. Ten teams took part in the Challenge League. It began on July 21, 2017 with Neuchâtel Xamax's home game against FC Aarau (2-1) and ended on May 21, 2018 with the 36th matchday. From December 9, 2017 to February 1, 2018, it was interrupted by a winter break. Already after the 30th matchday, Neuchâtel Xamax was certain as champion and promoted player. The FC Wohlen decided already during the season for a voluntary descent for financial reasons.

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Challenge League 2017/18 (Switzerland)
FC Vaduz
FC Vaduz
Neuchâtel Xamax
Neuchâtel Xamax
FC Schaffhausen
FC Schaffhausen
Servette FC
Servette FC
FC Aarau
FC Aarau
FC Wohlen
FC Wohlen
FC Winterthur
FC Winterthur
FC Chiasso
FC Chiasso
FC Wil
FC Wil
FC Rapperswil-Jona
FC Rapperswil-Jona
Qualifying teams' venues

The Challenge League was held for the sixth time with ten teams. Ten clubs competed four times against each opponent, twice at home and twice away. In total, each team played 36 games. The first placed rose to the Super League at the end of the season , the last placed into the Promotion League .

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Neuchâtel Xamax  36  26th  7th  3 082:390 +43 85
 2. FC Schaffhausen  36  21st  1  14th 070:510 +19 64
 3. Servette FC Genève  36  17th  11  8th 056:380 +18 62
 4th LiechtensteinLiechtenstein FC Vaduz (A)  36  16  11  9 066:500 +16 59
 5. FC Rapperswil-Jona (N)  36  16  8th  12 053:450  +8 56
 6th FC Aarau  36  12  8th  16 053:620  −9 44
 7th FC Wil  36  9  12  15th 040:500 −10 39
 8th. FC Chiasso 1  36  11  6th  19th 042:600 −18 36
 9. FC Winterthur  36  7th  11  18th 045:600 −15 32
10. FC Wohlen 2  36  3  9  24 041:930 −52 18th
1 3 points deduction for violating the SFL license regulations.
2 On January 3, 2018, FC Wohlen announced that they would not apply for a license in the Challenge League for the coming season for financial reasons and will therefore be relegated voluntarily.
  • Promotion to the Super League
  • Relegation to the Promotion League
    • At the end of the 2016/17 season:
    (A) Relegated from the Super League
    (N) Newcomers from the Promotion League

    Table history

    1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 34 35 36
    FC Vaduz 4th 3 5 4th 4th 5 4th 5 4th 4th 5 7th 6th 5 4th 5 5 5 5 4th 4th 5 4th 5 4th 3 3 4th 3 3 4th 2 4th 4th 4th 4th
    Neuchâtel Xamax 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Servette FC Genève 5 6th 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4th 4th 3 4th 3 2 2 3
    FC Schaffhausen 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4th 4th 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2
    FC Aarau 7th 7th 8th 9 9 10 8th 9 8th 8th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 6th
    FC Winterthur 9 10 9 10 10 7th 7th 8th 8th 10 9 9 10 9 8th 8th 9 9 9 8th 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
    FC Wohlen 2 4th 6th 7th 8th 8th 10 7th 7th 6th 8th 8th 8th 8th 9 9 8th 8th 8th 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
    FC Chiasso 5 9 10 6th 5 4th 6th 4th 5 7th 7th 5 5 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 6th 7th 8th 8th 8th 7th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th
    FC Wil 8th 8th 4th 5 7th 9 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8th 8th 7th 8th 7th 7th 7th 8th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th
    FC Rapperswil-Jona 10 5 7th 8th 6th 6th 5 6th 6th 5 4th 4th 4th 4th 5 4th 4th 4th 4th 5 5 4th 5 4th 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

    League leader

    Bottom of the table

    Color legend
  • FC Schaffhausen
  • Neuchâtel Xamax
  • FC Rapperswil-Jona
  • FC Winterthur
  • FC Chiasso
  • FC Aarau
  • FC Wohlen
  • FC Wil
    		•

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the middle column and the visiting team in the top row.

    First round (rounds 1–18) 2017/18 Second half of the season (rounds 19-36)
    FC Aarau FC Chiasso Neuchâtel Xamax FC Rapperswil-Jona FC Schaffhausen Servette FC Genève FC Wil FC Winterthur FC Wohlen FC Vaduz society FC Aarau FC Chiasso Neuchâtel Xamax FC Rapperswil-Jona FC Schaffhausen Servette FC Genève FC Wil FC Winterthur FC Wohlen FC Vaduz
    3-0 2-0 0-0 1: 2 0-0 2: 2 3: 3 2-0 0: 2 FC Aarau 4: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1 4: 2 4: 1
    1-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 4-0 0: 1 FC Chiasso 0: 2 0: 3 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 6
    2: 1 4: 1 2-0 0: 1 3: 2 3: 1 2: 1 4: 2 3: 1 Neuchâtel Xamax 3: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 6: 3 3: 3 4: 1 3: 1
    2-0 1: 1 2: 2 5-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 3: 2 2-0 FC Rapperswil-Jona 2: 3 3: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 1: 2
    4: 1 2-0 1: 2 6-0 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 FC Schaffhausen 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 4 0: 1 1: 2 3: 1 4-0 3: 3
    3-0 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 5: 1 2-0 Servette FC Genève 4-0 1: 1 0-0 0: 3 1: 4 1: 1 4: 2 1: 1 0: 1
    1: 3 2: 3 0: 1 1-0 2: 3 0-0 0: 2 3: 1 0: 1 FC Wil 1-0 1-0 2: 3 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 1
    1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 1: 3 0: 1 FC Winterthur 2-0 2: 1 4: 4 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 0: 3 2-0 1-0
    1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 4 0: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 FC Wohlen 1: 3 3: 4 0: 3 1: 2 2: 5 1: 3 0-0 1: 4 2: 2
    4: 1 1-0 0: 5 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 FC Vaduz 5: 1 5: 2 3: 3 4-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 5: 1

    Stadiums and spectators

    city Residents society Stadion capacity total cut ± to 2016/17
    Aarau 021 1910 FC Aarau Brügglifeld Stadium 08,0000 47 1720 2 6210 - 025.01%
    Chiasso 008 3310 FC Chiasso Stadio Comunale 11 1680 08 6120 04780 - 028.17%
    Geneva 201 8130 Servette FC Genève Stade de Genève 30 0840 39 7000 2 2060 - 009.78%
    Neuchâtel NE 033 7720 Neuchâtel Xamax Stade de la Maladière 12 5000 62 5420 3,4750 + 018.51%
    Rapperswil-Jona 026 9620 FC Rapperswil-Jona Grünfeld Stadium 02 7000 24 1380 1 3410 + 122.39%
    Schaffhausen 036 1480 FC Schaffhausen LIPO Park 08,0000 022 3300 1 2410 - 046.72%
    Vaduz 005 4500 FC Vaduz Rheinpark Stadium 007 8380 029 4610 1 6370 - 058.02%
    Wil SG 023 7510 FC Wil Bergholz Stadium 06,0000 017 0800 09490 - 019.62%
    Winterthur 109 7750 FC Winterthur Schützenwiese stadium 09 4000 050 7000 2,8170 - 019.65%
    Well 016 0040 FC Wohlen Niedermatten Stadium 03 7340 011 3120 06280 - 046.32%
    Source: Spectators 2017/18 sfl.ch

    List of goalscorers

    If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Raphaël Nuzzolo Neuchâtel Xamax 26th
    02. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Tunahan Çiçek FC Schaffhausen 21st
    03. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Helios Sessolo FC Schaffhausen 16
    04th BrazilBrazil Mychell Chagas 1 Servette FC Genève (6)
    FC Rapperswil-Jona (9)     		15th
    05. UkraineUkraine Marko Devic FC Vaduz 13
    06th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gianluca Frontino 2 FC Aarau (11)
    FC Winterthur (1)     		12
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patrick Rossini FC Aarau
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Igor Tadić FC Wohlen
    09. BrazilBrazil Silvio FC Winterthur 11
    FranceFrance Geoffrey Tréand Neuchâtel Xamax
    Status: end of season
    1Mychell Chagas played at FC Rapperswil-Jona until the winter break .
    2Gianluca Frontino played for FC Winterthur until September 2017 .

    Change of coach

    date society Table position Trainer reason successor source
    4th June 2017 FC Wil FC Wil Summer break ItalyItaly Maurizio Jacobacci End of contract GermanyGermany Konrad five piece
    June 6, 2017 FC Aarau FC Aarau SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Schällibaum Termination of contract SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marinko Jurendic
    June 6, 2017 FC Chiasso FC Chiasso ItalyItaly Baldo Raineri End of contract SpainSpain Guillermo Abascal
    15th June 2017 FC Wohlen FC Wohlen ItalyItaly Francesco Gabriele End of contract Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Ranko Jakovljevic
    August 25, 2017 FC Schaffhausen FC Schaffhausen 1. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Murat Yakin Termination of contract SwitzerlandSwitzerland Boris Smiljanić
    January 3, 2018 FC Winterthur FC Winterthur 9. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Umberto Romano Discharge SwitzerlandSwitzerland Livio Bordoli
    March 8, 2018 Servette FC Genève Servette FC Genève 2. Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Meho Kodro Discharge SerbiaSerbia Bojan Dimic (interim)
    March 21, 2018 FC Aarau FC Aarau 6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marinko Jurendic Discharge SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stephan Keller (interim)
    April 16, 2018 6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stephan Keller End of the interim period NetherlandsNetherlands Sound Verkerk
    3rd April 2018 FC Chiasso FC Chiasso 8th. SpainSpain Guillermo Abascal Discharge ItalyItaly Baldo Raineri

    useful information

    As of May 1, 2018

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ SFL schedule. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 31, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sfl.ch  
    2. ↑ Match schedules for the 2017/18 season with new opening times. sfl.ch, June 20, 2017, accessed on July 31, 2017 .
    3. ↑ FC Chiasso definitely loses 3 points. sfl.ch, September 18, 2017, accessed on September 22, 2017 .
    4. ↑ FC Wohlen is relegated voluntarily. srf.ch, January 3, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2018 .
    5. ↑ Top scorers list Challenge League 2017/18. sfl.ch, accessed on May 22, 2018 .
    6. ↑ Jacobacci has to leave Wil. sfl.ch, June 4, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    7. ↑ Konrad Fünfstück becomes the new coach of FC Wil. sfl.ch, June 18, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    8. ↑ Aarau dismisses Schällibaum two months after the contract was extended. sfl.ch, June 6, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    9. ↑ Marinko Jurendic takes over in Aarau. sfl.ch, June 7, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    10. ↑ Chiasso is planning a major change. sfl.ch, June 6, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    11. ↑ A 28-year-old Spaniard is the coach of Chiasso. sfl.ch, June 12, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    12. ↑ Francesco Gabriele leaves FC Wohlen and becomes junior national coach. Aargauer Zeitung , May 16, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    13. ↑ Wohlen brings Jakovljevic as head coach. sfl.ch, June 15, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
    14. ^ Coach castling at Grasshopper and FC Schaffhausen. Homepage of the Grasshopper Club Zurich, August 25, 2017, accessed on August 25, 2017 .
    15. ↑ A Ticino should fix it. Landbote.ch, January 3, 2018, accessed on March 8, 2018 .
    16. ^ Communiqué du Servette Football Club. servettefc.ch, accessed on March 8, 2018 (French).
    17. ↑ Servette separates from coach Kodro - Dimic takes over. In: sfl.ch. Retrieved March 22, 2018 .
    18. ↑ Head coach gone, conditioning coach gone - now the goal coach is leaving FC Aarau. aargauerzeitung.ch, March 29, 2018, accessed on April 2, 2018 .
    19. ↑ Sound Verkerk. (No longer available online.) In: fcaarau.ch. FC Aarau , formerly in the original ; accessed on April 17, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / fcaarau.ch  
    20. ↑ Comunicato della società. fcchiasso.ch, April 3, 2018, accessed April 4, 2018 (Italian).
    21. ↑ Brack.ch Challenge League - 2017/18 season statistics. sfl.ch, accessed on May 1, 2017 .