The 2008–09 Swiss Challenge League was the sixth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 25 July 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The champions of this season, FC St. Gallen, earned promotion to the 2009–10 Super League. The two teams, FC Concordia Basel and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, were administratively relegated to the 1. Liga due to the financial reasons.
Teams Club City Stadium 2007–08 season FC Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne, Bern Gurzelen Stadium 1. Liga play-offs round finalists FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel Centre Sportif de la Charrière 13th in Challenge League FC Concordia Basel Basel Rankhof 7th in Challenge League FC Gossau Gossau, St. Gallen Buechenwald 11th in Challenge League FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne, Vaud Stade Olympique de la Pontaise 13th in Challenge League FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido 14th in Challenge League AC Lugano Lugano, Ticino Stadio comunale Cornaredo 9th in Challenge League FC St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos 9th in Super League FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 6th in Challenge League Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 8th in Challenge League FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon, Vaud Colovray 1. Liga play-offs round finalists FC Thun Thun, Bern Stadion Lachen 10th in Super League FC Wil 1900 Wil, St. Gallen Bergholz Stadium 3rd in Challenge League FC Winterthur Winterthur, Zürich Schützenwiese 5th in Challenge League FC Wohlen Wohlen, Aargau Niedermatten 4th in Challenge League FC Yverdon-Sport Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud Stade Municipal 10th in Challenge League
League table
Promotion/relegation play-offs Luzern as 9th-placed team of the 2008–09 Swiss Super League played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Lugano for a spot in the 2009–10 Super League.
Luzern won 5–1 on aggregate and remained in the Swiss Super League. Lugano remained in the Swiss Challenge League
Top goal scorers 24 goals Vincenzo Rennella (Lugano) 22 goals Moreno Merenda (St. Gallen) 17 goals Franck Madou (Biel-Bienne) 15 goals Rainer Bieli (Concordia) Kamel Boughanem (Lausanne) 14 goals Moreno Costanzo (St. Gallen) 13 goals
Dante Senger (FC Locarno) 12 goals David Blumer (Thun) Mbala Mbuta Biscotte (Yverdon-Sport) 11 goals Allmir Ademi (Schaffhausen) Tomo Barlecaj (Winterthur) Alain Schultz (Wohlen, until January) Bruno Valente (Lugano) 10 goals Milaim Rama (Thun) Silvio Carlos (Wil) Carlos da Silva (Lugano)
External links Swiss League Competitions