Swiss Challenge League

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Established
1898 (128 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-07-20

Current Season
2026-2027

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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		Upcoming
24 Jul 26	NeuchâteNeuchâtel Xamax	5:30pm	KriensKriens
24 Jul 26	RapperswRapperswil-Jona	5:30pm	WilWil
24 Jul 26	Stade LaStade Lausanne Ouchy	5:30pm	Stade NyStade Nyonnais
24 Jul 26	WinterthWinterthur	6:15pm	Yverdon Yverdon Sport
24 Jul 26	Étoile CÉtoile Carouge	6:15pm	AarauAarau
31 Jul 26	WilWil	5:30pm	NeuchâteNeuchâtel Xamax
31 Jul 26	Stade NyStade Nyonnais	5:30pm	RapperswRapperswil-Jona
31 Jul 26	Yverdon Yverdon Sport	5:30pm	Étoile CÉtoile Carouge
31 Jul 26	KriensKriens	6:15pm	WinterthWinterthur
01 Aug 26	AarauAarau	4:00pm	Stade LaStade Lausanne Ouchy

		Results
15 May 26	WilWil	1 - 3	VaduzVaduz
15 May 26	RapperswiRapperswil-Jona	2 - 1	Stade NyoStade Nyonnais
15 May 26	Stade LauStade Lausanne Ouchy	2 - 1	NeuchâtelNeuchâtel Xamax
15 May 26	Étoile CaÉtoile Carouge	2 - 2	BellinzonBellinzona
15 May 26	AarauAarau	2 - 2	Yverdon SYverdon Sport
11 May 26	Yverdon SYverdon Sport	3 - 1	RapperswiRapperswil-Jona
11 May 26	NeuchâtelNeuchâtel Xamax	3 - 0	Étoile CaÉtoile Carouge
11 May 26	VaduzVaduz	1 - 2	AarauAarau
11 May 26	Stade NyoStade Nyonnais	1 - 3	Stade LauStade Lausanne Ouchy
11 May 26	BellinzonBellinzona	2 - 4	WilWil

Description

The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the bottom-placed team is relegated to the Promotion League.

The Challenge League is played over 36 rounds from the end of July to May, with a winter break from mid-December to the first week of February. Each team plays each other four times, twice at home and twice away, in a round-robin.

The bottom team will be relegated to the Promotion League and replaced by the respective champion for the next season. The club finishing in 2nd place will compete against the ninth-placed team of the Super League in a promotion play-off over two games, home and away, for a spot in the succeeding tournament.

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