The 2007–08 Swiss 1. Liga was the 76th 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 49 teams in this division this season, including eight U-21 teams which were 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, group 1 with 17 teams, group 2 and group 3 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 three teams in group 1 and the last two placed teams in the other two groups would be relegated. The third last team in group 2 and group 3 were to have a play-off, the loser of which would also be relegated.
Group 1 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BaulmesVaudStade Sous-VilleFC BexVaudRelaisFC EchallensVaudSportplatz 3 SapinsFC BulleFribourgStade de BouleyresÉtoile Carouge FCGenevaStade de la FontenetteSC DüdingenFribourgStadion BirchhölzliFC FribourgFribourgStade UniversitaireFC La Tour/Le PâquierFribourgStade de BouleyresFC Martigny-SportsValaisStade d'OctodureES FC MalleyVaudCentre Sportif de la TuilièreFC MeyrinGenevaStade des ArbèresFC NatersValaisSportanlage StapfenFC Stade NyonnaisVaudStade de ColovrayFC SavièseValaisStade St-GermainFC SerrièresNeuchâtelPierre-à-BotSion U-21ValaisStade de TourbillonUrania Genève SportGenevaStade de Frontenex
Final league table
Group 1 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityBasel U-21Basel-CityStadion Rankhof orLeichtathletik-Stadion St. JakobFC Biel-BienneBernTissot ArenaFC GrenchenSolothurnStadium BrühlFC LaufenBasel-CountrySportplatz NauLuzern U-21LucerneSwissporarena orAllmend SüdSV LyssBernSportzentrum GrienFC MünsingenBernSportanlage SandreutenenSV MuttenzBasel-CountrySportplatz MargelackerBSC Old BoysBasel-CityStadion SchützenmatteFC OltenSolothurnSportanlagen KleinholzFC SchötzLucerneSportplatz WissenhusenFC SolothurnSolothurnStadion FC SolothurnFC Wangen bei OltenSolothurnSportplatz ChrüzmattYoung Boys U-21BernStadion Wankdorf orAllmend BernSC ZofingenAargauSportanlagen TrinermattenZug 94ZugHerti Allmend Stadion
Final league table
Group 3 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BadenAargauEsp StadiumGC BiaschesiTicinoCampo Sportivo "Al Vallone"FC BruggAargauStadion AuGrasshopper Club U-21ZürichGC/Campus NiederhasliFC HerisauAppenzell AusserrhodenEbnetFC KreuzlingenThurgauSportplatz HafenarealFC KüsnachtZürichSportanlage HeslibachFC Mendrisio-StabioTicinoCentro 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
Promotion play-off Qualification round
Nyonnais win on away goals
Finals
Biel-Bienne win on away goals Stade Nyonnais (declared champion) and Biel-Bienne are promoted to 2008–09 Challenge League.
Relegation play-out The play-out was one match only and played at Sportplatz Wissenhusen in Schötz.
FC Brugg is relegated
See also 2006–07 Swiss Super League 2006–07 Swiss Challenge League 2006–07 Swiss Cup
References
Sources Switzerland 2007/08 at RSSSF Season 2007–08 at the official website