The 2014-15 Swiss Challenge League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League, was the 12th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 19 July 2014 and was scheduled to end on 30 May 2015. The league was on winter break between 8 December 2014 and 7 February 2015. Servette were forcibly relegated at the end of the season after their failure to acquire a license for the 2015-16 season.
Participating teams Stadia and locations
Team Venue Capacity FC Biel-Bienne Gurzelen Stadion 3,000 FC Chiasso Stadio Comunale 5,000 FC Lausanne-Sport Pontaise 8,500 FC Lugano Stadio Cornaredo 10,500 FC Schaffhausen Stadion Breite 4,200 Servette FC Stade de Genève 30,084 FC Wil Stadion Bergholz 6,958 FC Winterthur Schützenwiese 8,550 FC Wohlen Stadion Niedermatten 3,624 FC Le Mont Terrain du Châtaignier 4,000
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsor FC Biel-Bienne Jean-Michel Aeby Nike Fors FC Chiasso Marco Schällibaum Primato Caffè Chicco D'Oro FC Lausanne-Sport Marco Simone (sacked after round 25) Fabio Celestini (from round 26 on) Adidas BCV FC Lugano Livio Bordoli Acerbis AIL KatalTherm Service FC Schaffhausen Maurizio Jacobacci Spard Ersparnikasse Schaffhausen Methabau Servette FC Kevin Cooper 14Fourteen GHI FC Wil Francesco Gabriele Nike Hans Eisenring FC Winterthur Jürgen Seeberger Spard Keller FC Wohlen Ciriaco Sforza Adidas IBW FC Le Mont Claude Gross Roduit SA
League table
Results
First and Second Round
Third and Fourth Round
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Igor TadićSchaffhausen192 Patrick BengondoWinterthur163 João PaivaWinterthur154 Cristian IanuLausanne135 Davide MarianiSchaffhausen12 Simone RappWohlen
Awards +Swiss Football League Awards 2014AwardWinnerClubBest Player Cristian IanuFC Luzern / FC Lausanne-Sport +Brack.ch Challenge League Dream Team 2014PositionPlayerClubGoalkeeper Francesco RussoFC ChiassoDefender Anthony SauthierServette FCDefender Niklas DamsFC WohlenDefender Orlando UrbanoFC WohlenDefender Ezgjan AlioskiFC SchaffhausenMidfielder Mërgim BrahimiFC WilMidfielder Kevin PezzoniFC AarauMidfielder Marko BašićFC LuganoMidfielder Johan VonlanthenServette FCForward Patrick BengondoFC Le MontForward Cristian IanuFC Wohlen
References
External links
Soccerway