The 2010–11 Swiss 1. Liga was the 79th season of this league and the third tier of the Swiss football league system, the highest level of amateur football, but many teams at that time had professional or semi-professional players in their ranks.
Format The 1. Liga had 48 teams, of which 10 were the eldest youth teams (U-21) of the professional clubs. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups. 16 teams compete in each group, playing each other twice over the course of the season. The top two teams in each group and the two best teams in third position then compete a play-off for two promotion places. The U-21 teams are not eligible for promotion. The last two teams in each group are relegated.
Group 1 Teams
ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BaulmesVaudStade Sous-VilleCS ChênoisGenevaStade des Trois-ChêneSC DüdingenFribourgStadion BirchhölzliFC EchallensVaudSportplatz 3 SapinsFC FribourgFribourgStade UniversitaireÉtoile Carouge FCGenevaStade de la FontenetteGrand-Lancy FCGenevaStade de MarignacFC Le MontVaudCentre Sportif du ChâtaignierES FC MalleyVaudCentre Sportif de la TuilièreFC Martigny-SportsValaisStade d'OctodureFC MeyrinGenevaStade des ArbèresFC NatersValaisSportanlage StapfenSion U-21ValaisStade de TourbillonUS Terre SainteVaudCentre Sportif des RojaletsUrania Genève SportGenevaStade de FrontenexYoung Boys U-21BernStadion Wankdorf orAllmend Bern
Final group table
Group 2 Teams
ClubCantonStadiumCapacityBasel U-21Basel-CityStadion Rankhof orYouth Campus BaselFC Breitenrain BernBernSpitalackerSC Bümpliz 78BernBodenweidSC DornachSolothurnGigerslochGrasshopper Club U-21ZürichGC/Campus NiederhasliFC GrenchenSolothurnStadium BrühlFC LaufenBasel-CountrySportplatz NauFC MünsingenBernSportanlage SandreutenenSV MuttenzBasel-CountrySportplatz MargelackerBSC Old BoysBasel-CityStadion SchützenmatteFC SchötzLucerneSportplatz WissenhusenFC SolothurnSolothurnStadion FC SolothurnThun U-21BernStadion LachenFC Wangen bei OltenSolothurnSportplatz ChrüzmattSC ZofingenAargauSportanlagen TrinermattenZürich U-21ZürichSportplatz Heerenschürli
Final group table
Group 3 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BadenAargauEsp StadiumGC BiaschesiTicinoCampo Sportivo "Al Vallone"SC BrühlSt. GallenPaul-Grüninger-StadionSC BuochsNidwaldenStadion SeefeldSC ChamZugStadion EizmoosUSV Eschen/Mauren Sportpark Eschen-MaurenFC GossauSt. GallenSportanlage BuechenwaldLugano U-21TicinoCornaredo StadiumLuzern U-21LucerneStadion Allmend orAllmend SüdFC MendrisioTicinoCentro Sportivo ComunaleRapperswil-JonaSt. GallenStadion GrünfeldSt. Gallen U-21St. GallenEspenmoos orKybunparkFC TuggenSchwyzLinthstrasseWinterthur U-21ZürichSchützenwieseorSchützenwiese SportplätzeSC YF JuventusZürichUtogrundZug 94ZugHerti Allmend Stadion
Final group table
Play-offs Qualification round
Brühl win 3–1 on aggregate and advance to Finals
Étoile Carouge win 5–1 on aggregate advance to Finals
FC Baden win 4–1 on aggregate advance to Finals
Malley win 7–4 on aggregate advance to Finals
Final round
Étoile Carouge win 1–0 on aggregate and achieve promotion
Brühl win 5–3 on aggregate and achieve promotion
See also 2010–11 Swiss Super League 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League 2010–11 Swiss Cup
References
Sources Switzerland 2010/11 at RSSSF Season 2010–11 at the official website