The 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League) was the 11th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 13 July 2013 and ended on 18 May 2014.
Teams 2012–13 Challenge League champions Aarau were promoted to the 2013–14 Super League. Due to financial irregularities, Bellinzona was ultimately relegated at the end of the season and later dissolved. Locarno was spared from relegation.
The bottom five teams – Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl – were relegated to the newly formed 1. Liga Promotion. No teams replaced them due to the Challenge League being reduced from 16 to 10 teams.
Team Coach Stadium Capacity FC Biel-Bienne Hans-Peter Zaugg Stadion Gurzelen 3,000 FC Chiasso Ryszard Komornicki Stadio Communale 11,168 FC Locarno Stefano Maccoppi Stadio Lido 6,600 FC Lugano Sandro Salvioni Stadio Cornaredo 6,900 FC Schaffhausen1 Maurizio Jacobacci Stadion Breite 7,300 Servette FC2 Jean-Michel Aeby Stade de Genève 30,000 FC Vaduz Giorgio Contini Rheinpark Stadion 6,078 FC Winterthur Boro Kuzmanovic Schützenwiese 8,500 FC Wil 1900 Axel Thoma Sportpark Bergholz 6,000 FC Wohlen David Sesa Niedermatten 3,624
1 Promoted from the 1. Liga Promotion
2 Relegated from the Raiffeisen Super League
League table
Results Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 36 matches per team.
First and Second Round
Third and Fourth Round
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Patrick RossiniSchaffhausen222 João PaivaWohlen163 Marco AratoreWinterthur144 Gianluca FrontinoSchaffhausen135 Ivan AudinoWil12 Manuel SutterVaduz126 Markus NeumayrVaduz11 Pak Kwang-RyongVaduz11 Igor TadićServette11 Geoffrey TréandServette11
Source:
Awards +Swiss Football League Awards 2013AwardWinnerClubBest Player Patrick RossiniFC Schaffhausen«Mon joueur» Fans' Player of the Year Roman BuessFC Locarno +Brack.ch Challenge League Dream Team 2013PositionPlayerClubGoalkeeper Peter JehleFC WilDefender Nick von NiederhäusernFC WinterthurDefender Granit LekajFC WilDefender Niklas DamsFC WohlenDefender Pascal CeroneFC LuganoMidfielder Geoffrey TréandFC LuganoMidfielder Gianluca FrontinoFC SchaffhausenMidfielder Markus NeumayrFC AarauMidfielder Marco AratoreFC AarauForward Patrick RossiniFC LocarnoForward Armando SadikuFC Lugano
References
External links
Soccerway