Swiss Challenge League

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Established
1898 (128 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-07-20

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
9

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
09 Oct 26	NeuchâteNeuchâtel Xamax	5:30pm	WinterthWinterthur
09 Oct 26	RapperswRapperswil-Jona	5:30pm	Stade LaStade Lausanne Ouchy
09 Oct 26	KriensKriens	5:30pm	WilWil
09 Oct 26	Stade NyStade Nyonnais	6:15pm	AarauAarau
09 Oct 26	Étoile CÉtoile Carouge	6:15pm	Yverdon Yverdon Sport
23 Oct 26	WilWil	5:30pm	RapperswRapperswil-Jona
23 Oct 26	Stade LaStade Lausanne Ouchy	5:30pm	NeuchâteNeuchâtel Xamax
23 Oct 26	WinterthWinterthur	6:15pm	Stade NyStade Nyonnais
24 Oct 26	AarauAarau	4:00pm	Étoile CÉtoile Carouge
25 Oct 26	Yverdon Yverdon Sport	3:30pm	KriensKriens

		Results
20 Sep 26	Yverdon SYverdon Sport	0 - 0	Stade LauStade Lausanne Ouchy
18 Sep 26	WinterthuWinterthur	2 - 1	AarauAarau
18 Sep 26	KriensKriens	4 - 1	Étoile CaÉtoile Carouge
18 Sep 26	WilWil	5 - 0	Stade NyoStade Nyonnais
18 Sep 26	NeuchâtelNeuchâtel Xamax	0 - 3	RapperswiRapperswil-Jona
12 Sep 26	AarauAarau	2 - 2	KriensKriens
11 Sep 26	Étoile CaÉtoile Carouge	0 - 1	WinterthuWinterthur
11 Sep 26	Stade NyoStade Nyonnais	1 - 3	NeuchâtelNeuchâtel Xamax
11 Sep 26	Stade LauStade Lausanne Ouchy	4 - 0	WilWil
11 Sep 26	RapperswiRapperswil-Jona	2 - 0	Yverdon SYverdon Sport

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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