The 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) was the 16th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The season started on 20 July 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019. The winter break was scheduled between 16 December 2018 and 1 February 2019.
Participating teams A total of 10 teams participated in the league. 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League champions Neuchâtel Xamax were promoted to the 2018–19 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Lausanne-Sport, who got relegated after finishing last-placed in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League. FC Wohlen was relegated after finishing 10th. They were replaced by SC Kriens, who won promotion from the 2017–18 Swiss Promotion League.
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity FC Aarau Aarau Stadion Brügglifeld 8,000 FC Chiasso Chiasso Stadio Comunale Riva IV 5,000 SC Kriens Kriens Stadion Kleinfeld 5,360 FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Stade olympique de la Pontaise 15,850 FC Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona Stadion Grünfeld 2,500 Servette FC Geneva Stade de Genève 30,084 FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen LIPO Park Schaffhausen 8,200 FC Vaduz Vaduz Rheinpark Stadion 7,584 FC Wil 1900 Wil IGP Arena 6,958 FC Winterthur Winterthur Schützenwiese 8,550
Personnel Team Manager Aarau Patrick Rahmen Chiasso Alessandro Mangiarratti (1ª-13ª) Andrea Manzo (14ª-) Kriens Bruno Berner Lausanne Giorgio Contini Rapperswil-Jona Urs Meier Schaffhausen Boris Smiljanić Servette Alain Geiger Vaduz Mario Frick Wil Konrad Fünfstück Winterthur Ralf Loose
League table
Results
First and Second Round
Third and Fourth Round
Awards +Swiss Football League Awards 2018AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Miroslav StevanovićServette FC +Brack.ch Challenge League Dream Team 2018PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoalkeeperJérémy Frick SwitzerlandServette FCDefenderPer-Egil Flo NorwayFC Lausanne-SportDefenderNikki Havenaar JapanFC WilDefenderSteve Rouiller SwitzerlandServette FCDefenderAnthony Sauthier SwitzerlandServette FCMidfielderDavide Callà SwitzerlandFC WinterthurMidfielderPhilipp Muntwiler SwitzerlandFC VaduzMidfielderMiroslav Stevanović Bosnia and HerzegovinaServette FCMidfielderSébastien Wüthrich SwitzerlandServette FCForwardMiguel Castroman SwitzerlandFC SchaffhausenForwardNico Siegrist SwitzerlandSC Kriens
Promotion play-offs Ninth placed team of 2018–19 Swiss Super League, Xamax, faced Aarau, the runner-up of 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League.
First leg
Second leg
Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate and will stay in the Swiss Super League.
References
External links
Soccerway