Swiss Challenge League

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Established
1898 (128 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-07-20

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
36

Level Above
Swiss Super League

Level Below
Swiss Promotion League

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Switzerland

Gender
Male

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Results
15 May	WilWil	1 - 3	VaduzVaduz
15 May	RapperswRapperswil-Jona	2 - 1	Stade NyStade Nyonnais
15 May	Stade LaStade Lausanne Ouchy	2 - 1	NeuchâtNeuchâtel Xamax
15 May	Étoile Étoile Carouge	2 - 2	BellinzoBellinzona
15 May	AarauAarau	2 - 2	Yverdon Yverdon Sport
11 May	Yverdon Yverdon Sport	3 - 1	RapperswRapperswil-Jona
11 May	NeuchâtNeuchâtel Xamax	3 - 0	Étoile Étoile Carouge
11 May	VaduzVaduz	1 - 2	AarauAarau
11 May	Stade NyStade Nyonnais	1 - 3	Stade LaStade Lausanne Ouchy
11 May	BellinzoBellinzona	2 - 4	WilWil

Description

The Swiss Challenge League or Brack.ch Challenge League is the second highest tier of the Swiss football league system. Ten teams play in the Challenge League. The winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the bottom team is relegated to the 1. Liga Promotion.

As of 2018, Liechtenstein's FC Vaduz plays in the Challenge League, as Liechtenstein clubs play in the Swiss league structure.

The Challenge League is partially professional. In 2011, about half the players in the Challenge League worked additional jobs in addition to playing football. Unlike other countries, Switzerland does not have a distinction between professional and semi-professional football.

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