The 2016–17 Promotion League season is the fifth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before in 2014. The Promotion League is the third highest tier in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.
The season started on 3 August 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017. The league was won by FC Rapperswil-Jona while FC Tuggen were relegated to the 1. Liga.
Teams Stadia and locations
The 2016–17 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bavois and FC United Zürich who were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Biel-Bienne was stripped of their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently declared bankrupt. ClubLocationStadium2015/16 PositionBaselYouth Campus BaselBavoisStade des PeupliersBernSpitalackerSt. GallenPaul-Grüninger-StadionChamStadion EizmoosKönizSportplatz LiebefeldKriensStadion KleinfeldLa Chaux-de-FondsStade Charrière BaselStadion SchützenmatteRapperswilStadion GrünfeldSionStade TourbillonNyonCentre sportif de ColovrayTuggenLinthstrasseZürichSportanlage BuchlernZürichUtogrundZürichSportanlage Heerenschürli
Final league table
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mychell Ruan SilvaFC Rapperswil-Jona222 Nico SiegristSC Kriens173 Anto FranjicFC Breitenrain15 Shpetim SulejmaniFC Zürich U-215 Skumbim SulejmaniSC Kriens146 Marco ColocciSC Young Fellows Juventus13 Severin DätwylerSC Cham Qendrim MakshanaFC Bavois9 Roman HergerSC Cham11 Neftali ManzambiFC Basel U-21 Samel ŠabanovićSC Brühl
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