Promotion League 2015/16

Promotion League 2015/16
master	Servette FC Genève
Climbers	Servette FC Genève
Relegated	FC St. Gallen II Étoile Carouge FC
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	787  (ø 3.28 per game)
Top scorer	Samel Šabanović ( SC Brühl ) (16)
← Promotion League 2014/15 Promotion League 2016/17 →
↑ Challenge League 2015/16 1st league ↓

The Promotion League 2015/16 was the fourth season of the third highest Swiss division in men's football. Sixteen teams took part in the Promotion League, including four U-21 teams. With ten points ahead of the runner-up SC Cham , at the end of the season Servette FC Genève was in first place and was promoted to the Challenge League . The second team of FC St. Gallen and the Étoile Carouge FC were relegated to the top two in the first division .

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FC Sion II FC Breitenrain YF Juventus FC Zurich II FC Rapperswil-Jona FC Köniz FC Basel II BSC Old Boys Nyonnais Stadium Etoile Carouge SC Brühl FC St. Gallen II FC Tuggen Servette SC Kriens SC Cham

Qualifying teams' venues

The Promotion League was held for the fifth time, of which the third time under the current name.

The sixteen clubs in the Promotion League each competed twice against each opponent, once in the home stadium and once away. In total, each team played 30 games. The top-ranked team that was not a U-21 team rose to the Challenge League at the end of the season, while the last two teams were relegated to the first division.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Servette FC Genève (A)	30th	20th	6th	4th	061:260	+35	66
2.	SC Cham (N)	30th	16	8th	6th	072:480	+24	56
3.	SC Kriens (N)	30th	17th	3	10	047:360	+11	54
4th	FC Basel II	30th	15th	5	10	065:520	+13	50
5.	BSC Old Boys Basel	30th	15th	4th	11	060:490	+11	49
6th	FC Rapperswil-Jona	30th	12	10	8th	041:330	+8	46
7th	Nyonnais Stadium	30th	11	6th	13	046:450	+1	39
8th.	FC Breitenrain	30th	9	12	9	048:490	−1	39
9.	SC Brühl St. Gallen	30th	10	8th	12	052:520	± 0	38
10.	SC Young Fellows Juventus	30th	9	9	12	047:550	−8	36
11.	FC Zurich II	30th	10	5	15th	057:650	−8	35
12.	FC Tuggen	30th	9	8th	13	042:590	−17	35
13.	FC Köniz	30th	8th	10	12	049:520	−3	34
14th	FC Sion II	30th	8th	7th	15th	027:470	−20	31
15th	FC St. Gallen II	30th	8th	6th	16	040:510	−11	30th
16.	Étoile Carouge FC	30th	6th	7th	17th	033:680	−35	25th

Legend
	Promotion to the Challenge League
	Relegation to the 1st division
(A)	Relegated in the 2014/15 season
(N)	Newcomers of the 2014/15 season

1st league - promotion games

A maximum of four U-21 teams can play in the Promotion League. Accordingly, a maximum of as many U-21 teams take part in the promotion games to the Promotion League as there are free places. In two rounds, the two best teams from each of the three groups in the 1st league and the two best thirds in the group determine two promoted teams to the Promotion League.

Intermediate round

The first legs will be played on June 1, 2016, the second legs on 4/5. June. The matches did not have to be drawn because the regulations stipulate which teams meet.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC United Zurich	( a ) 2: 2(a)	FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy	0-0	2: 2
FC Bavois	4: 2	FC Münsingen	1: 2	3-0
SR Delémont	2: 3	FC Baden	1: 1	1: 2 a.d.
Grasshopper Club Zurich II	4: 8	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1: 4	3: 4

Promotion lap

The winners from the two rounds of promotion will take part in the Promotion League in the 2016/17 season . The first leg will take place on June 8, 2016, the second leg on 11/12. June. The matches were drawn on May 28, 2016.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Bavois	1-0	FC Baden	0-0	1-0
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	3: 1	FC United Zurich	1-0	2: 1

Barrage

Since bankruptcy proceedings have been opened against FC Biel-Bienne , their starting place in the Promotion League has to be filled again. The option of not relegating FC St. Gallen II (15th place, Promotion League) was discarded, as Grasshopper Club Zurich II, due to the restriction of the U-21 teams to four teams, only thanks to their relegation was allowed to participate in the promotion games. Instead, a third team is promoted from the first division. For this purpose, the defeated two teams of the promotion round competed against each other on June 16, 2016 in a barrage game on neutral terrain ( Düdingen ).

	Result
FC Baden	0: 2	FC United Zurich

Stages

city	Residents	society	Stadion	capacity	spectator	cut	± to 2014/15
Basel	174 4910	FC Basel II	Rankhof stadium	07 600	02,790	0 186	- 05.10%
Basel	174 4910	BSC Old Boys	Stadium shooting mat	08,000	03 609	0 241	+ 30.27%
Bern	128 8480	FC Breitenrain	Hospital field	01,200	06 140	0 409	+ 00.74%
Carouge	020 6300	Étoile Carouge FC	Stade de la Fontenette	07 200	06 774	0 484	+ 92.83%
Cham ZG	015 3750	SC Cham	Eizmoss	01,800	05 089	0 339	+ 08.31%
Geneva	191 5570	Servette FC Genève	Stade de Genève	30 084	22 833	1 522	-63.09%
Koeniz	039 7940	FC Köniz	Liebefeld-Hessgut sports field	02,000	04 760	0 340	+ 00.59%
Kriens	026 9570	SC Kriens	Kleinfeld Stadium	05 100	08 010	0 534	+ 04.50%
Nyon	019 0160	Nyonnais Stadium	Center sportif de Colovray	07 200	05 130	0 366	+ 22.00%
Rapperswil-Jona	026 5420	FC Rapperswil-Jona	Grünfeld Stadium	03,000	07 040	0 503	- 09.21%
Manners	032 7970	FC Sion II	Tourbillon Stadium	16 500	01 678	0 120	- 06.98%
St. Gallen	074 5810	SC Brühl St. Gallen	Paul Grüninger Stadium	04,200	10 310	0 687	- 07.79%
St. Gallen	074 5810	FC St. Gallen II	Aspen moss	05 700	03 280	0 219	+ 28.07%
Tuggen	003 0650	FC Tuggen	Linthstrasse	02,800	05 354	0 382	+ 12.02%
Zurich	404 7830	SC Young Fellows Juventus	Sports facility Juchhof 1	01,000	02 412	0 172	+ 47.01%
Zurich	404 7830	FC Zurich II	Heerenschürli sports facility	01,500	03,570	0 238	+ 42.51%
Source: viewers 2015/16 transfermarkt.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ el-pl.ch: competition regulations of the first division