The 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga was the 77th season of this league and at this time was the third tier of the Swiss football league system. The 1. Liga was the highest level of amateur football, although a number of teams had professional or semi-professional players in their ranks.
Format There were 48 teams in this division, including eight U-21 teams, the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the Super League and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their positions in the league. The three groups winners and three runners-up, together with the two best third placed teams, then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams are not eligible for promotion. The last placed two teams in each group would be relegated.
Group 1 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BaulmesVaudStade Sous-VilleFC BulleFribourgStade de BouleyresCS ChênoisGenevaStade des Trois-ChêneSC DüdingenFribourgStadion BirchhölzliFC EchallensVaudSportplatz 3 SapinsÉtoile Carouge FCGenevaStade de la FontenetteFC FribourgFribourgStade UniversitaireFC La Tour/Le PâquierFribourgStade de BouleyresFC Le MontVaudCentre Sportif du ChâtaignierES FC MalleyVaudCentre Sportif de la TuilièreFC Martigny-SportsValaisStade d'OctodureFC MeyrinGenevaStade des ArbèresFC NatersValaisSportanlage StapfenSion U-21ValaisStade de TourbillonUrania Genève SportGenevaStade de FrontenexYoung Boys U-21BernStadion Wankdorf orAllmend Bern
Final league table
Group 2 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityBasel U-21Basel-CityStadion Rankhof orLeichtathletik-Stadion St. JakobSC ChamZugStadion EizmoosSR DelémontJuraLa BlancherieFC EmmenbrückeLucerneStadion GersagFC GrenchenSolothurnStadium BrühlSC KriensLucerneStadion KleinfeldLuzern U-21LucerneSwissporarena orAllmend SüdFC MünsingenBernSportanlage SandreutenenSV MuttenzBasel-CountrySportplatz MargelackerBSC Old BoysBasel-CityStadion SchützenmatteFC OltenSolothurnSportanlagen KleinholzFC SchötzLucerneSportplatz WissenhusenFC SolothurnSolothurnStadion FC SolothurnFC Wangen bei OltenSolothurnSportplatz ChrüzmattSC ZofingenAargauSportanlagen TrinermattenZug 94ZugHerti Allmend Stadion
Final league table
Group 3 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BadenAargauEsp StadiumGC BiaschesiTicinoCampo Sportivo "Al Vallone"FC ChiassoTicinoStadio Comunale Riva IVUSV Eschen/Mauren Sportpark Eschen-MaurenGrasshopper Club U-21ZürichGC/Campus NiederhasliSV HönggZürichHönggerbergFC KreuzlingenThurgauSportplatz HafenarealFC MendrisioTicinoCentro Sportivo ComunaleFC Rapperswil-JonaSt. GallenStadion GrünfeldFC Red Star ZürichZürichAllmend BrunauFC SchaffhausenSchaffhausenStadion BreiteSt. Gallen U-21St. GallenEspenmoos orKybunparkFC TuggenSchwyzLinthstrasseWinterthur U-21ZürichSchützenwieseorSchützenwiese SportplätzeSC YF JuventusZürichUtogrundZürich U-21ZürichSportplatz Heerenschürli
Final league table
Note: The game between Grasshopper Club Zurich U-21 and FC St. Gallen U-21 was abandoned while the score was still 0-0 due to fan riots and was not counted.
Play-offs Qualification round
Finals
SC Kriens and FC Le Mont are promoted to Challenge League.
See also 2008–09 Swiss Super League 2008–09 Swiss Challenge League 2008–09 Swiss Cup
References
Sources Switzerland 2008/09 at RSSSF Season 2008–09 at the official website