The 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) was the 17th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The season started on 20 July 2019 and was scheduled to end on 20 May 2020. The league was on winter break between 15 December 2019 and 24 January 2020.
On 28 February Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches of matchdays 24, 25 and 26. Postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak. On 13 March Super and Challenge League football was halted at least until the end of April. The league eventually resumed on 19 June. The last regular games were played on 2 August 2020.
Participating teams A total of 10 teams participated in the league. 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League champions Servette FC were promoted to the 2019–20 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by Grasshopper Club Zürich, who got relegated after finishing last-placed in the 2018–19 Swiss Super League. Rapperswil-Jona was relegated after finishing 10th. They were replaced by FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy, who won promotion from the 2018–19 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 Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Letzigrund 26,104 SC Kriens Kriens Stadion Kleinfeld 5,360 FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Stade olympique de la Pontaise 15,850 FC Schaffhausen Schaffhausen LIPO Park Schaffhausen 8,200 FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Nyon Centre Sportif de Colovray 7,200 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 Stephan Keller Chiasso Alessandro Mangiarratti (1ª-13ª) Andrea Manzo (14ª-) Alessandro Lupi (24ª-) Grasshoper Zoltán Kádár Kriens Bruno Berner Lausanne Giorgio Contini Lausanne-Ochy Urs Meier Stefano Maccoppi Schaffhausen Murat Yakin Vaduz Mario Frick Wil Ciriaco Sforza Winterthur Ralf Loose
League table
Results
First and Second Round
Third and Fourth Round
Awards +Swiss Football League Awards 2019AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Andi ZeqiriFC Lausanne-Sport +Brack.ch Challenge League Dream Team 2019PositionPlayerNationalityClubGoalkeeperThomas Castella SwitzerlandFC Lausanne-SportDefenderMarko Bašić CroatiaGrasshopper Club ZürichDefenderNikola Boranijašević SerbiaFC Lausanne-SportDefenderPer-Egil Flo NorwayFC Lausanne-SportDefenderNoah Loosli SwitzerlandFC Lausanne-SportMidfielderMohamed Doumbia Ivory CoastFC WinterthurMidfielderStjepan Kukuruzović SwitzerlandFC Lausanne-SportMidfielderMarkus Neumayr GermanyFC AarauMidfielderPetar Pusic SwitzerlandGrasshopper Club ZürichForwardAldin Turkes SwitzerlandFC Lausanne-SportForwardAndi Zeqiri SwitzerlandFC Lausanne-Sport
Promotion play-offs
References
External links
Soccerway