The 2015–16 Promotion League season is the fourth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before the previous season. The Promotion League is the third highest level in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.
The season started on 5 August 2015 and finished on 28 May 2016. The league was won by Servette FC who made an immediate return to the Challenge League while FC St. Gallen U-21 and Étoile Carouge were relegated to the 1. Liga Classic.
Teams Last season Xamax had been division champions and were promoted to the 2015–16 Challenge League. Locarno and Delémont had ended the season in the two last positions and were therefore relegated. Thus the 2015–16 season saw three new clubs in the league, SC Cham and SC Kriens had both been promoted from the 1. Liga Classic and Servette FC had suffered relegation from the Challenge League.
ClubCantonStadiumCapacityBasel U-21Basel-CityStadion Rankhof orYouth Campus BaselFC Breitenrain BernBernSpitalackerSC BrühlSt. GallenPaul-Grüninger-StadionSC ChamZugStadion EizmoosÉtoile Carouge FCGenevaStade de la FontenetteFC KönizBernSportplatz Liebefeld-HessgutSC KriensLucerneStadion KleinfeldBSC Old BoysBasel-CityStadion SchützenmatteFC Rapperswil-JonaSt. GallenStadion GrünfeldServette FC GenevaStade de GenèveSion U-21ValaisStade de TourbillonSt. Gallen U-21St. GallenEspenmoos orKybunparkFC Stade NyonnaisVaudStade de ColovrayFC TuggenSchwyzLinthstrasseSC YF JuventusZürichUtogrundZürich U-21ZürichSportplatz Heerenschürli
Final league table
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers for the season: RankPlayerClubGoals1 Samel SabanovicSC Brühl162 Severin DätwylerSC Cham143Altin OsmaniFC Köniz12Tibert PontServette FCAldin TurkesFC Zürich U-21
Promotion round The best eight teams of the three divisions of the 1. Liga Classic competed for three spots in the 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion: Semi-finals
Finals
Decider for third promotion spot
First number, the Roman numeral, indicates division, second number indicates final position in division.
References
External links
Switzerland 2015/16 at RSSSF