2007–08 Swiss Challenge League

The 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League was the fifth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 20 July 2007 and ended on 12 May 2008. The champions of this season, FC Vaduz, earned promotion to the 2008–09 Super League. The runners-up AC Bellinzona won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2007–08 Super League, FC St. Gallen. The bottom four teams, SC Kriens, SR Delémont, FC Chiasso and SC Cham, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

class="wikitable"

! Club

! City

! Stadium

! 2006–07 season

AC Bellinzona

| Bellinzona

| Stadio comunale Bellinzona

| 2nd in Challenge League

SC Cham

| Cham

| Herti Allmend, Zug

| 1. Liga play-offs round finalists

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds

| La Chaux-de-Fonds

| Centre Sportif de la Charrière

| 10th in Challenge League

FC Chiasso

| Chiasso

| Stadio comunale Chiasso

| 4th in Challenge League

FC Concordia Basel

| Basel

| Stadion Rankhof

| 5th in Challenge League

SR Delémont

| Delémont

| La Blancherie

| 15th in Challenge League

FC Gossau

| Gossau, St. Gallen

| Sportanlage Buechenwald

| 1. Liga play-offs round finalists

SC Kriens

| Kriens

| Stadion Kleinfeld

| 3rd in Challenge League

FC Lausanne-Sport

| Lausanne

| Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

| 14th in Challenge League

FC Locarno

| Locarno

| Stadio comunale Lido

| 11th in Challenge League

AC Lugano

| Lugano

| Stadio comunale Cornaredo

| 13th in Challenge League

FC Schaffhausen

| Schaffhausen

| Stadion Breite

| 10th in Super League

Servette FC

| Geneva

| Stade de Genève

| 7th in Challenge League

FC Vaduz

| Vaduz, Liechtenstein

| Stadion Rheinpark

| 9th in Challenge League

FC Wil 1900

| Wil

| Bergholz Stadium

| 8th in Challenge League

FC Winterthur

| Winterthur

| Schützenwiese

| 6th in Challenge League

FC Wohlen

| Wohlen, Aargau

| Stadion Niedermatten

| 16th in Challenge League

FC Yverdon-Sport

| Yverdon-les-Bains

| Stade Municipal

| 12th in Challenge League

League table

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|team2=BEL|name_BEL=Bellinzona

|team3=WIL|name_WIL=Wil

|team4=WOH|name_WOH=Wohlen

|team5=WIN|name_WIN=Winterthur

|team6=SHA|name_SHA=Schaffhausen

|team7=CCB|name_CCB=Concordia Basel

|team8=SER|name_SER=Servette

|team9=LUG|name_LUG=Lugano

|team10=YS |name_YS =Yverdon-Sport

|team11=GOS|name_GOS=Gossau

|team12=LCF|name_LCF=Chaux-de-Fonds

|team13=LS |name_LS =Lausanne-Sport

|team14=LOC|name_LOC=Locarno

|team15=KRI|name_KRI=Kriens

|team16=DEL|name_DEL=Delémont

|team17=CHI|name_CHI=Chiasso

|team18=CHA|name_CHA=Cham

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to 2008–09 Swiss Super League

|result1=P

|col_QPP=green2|text_QPP=Qualification for Promotion play-off

|result2=QPP

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 2008–09 Swiss 1. Liga

|result15=R|result16=R|result17=R|result18=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=complete

|source=

}}

Promotion/relegation play-offs

FC St. Gallen as 9th-placed team in the 2007–08 Swiss Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona.

{{football box

|date = 17 May 2008

|time = 17:45 CEST

|team1 = Bellinzona

|score = 3–2

|report =

|team2 = St. Gallen

|goals1 = Pouga {{goal|4}}
Taljević {{goal|61}}
Lulić {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Ural {{goal|71}}
Gelabert {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = René Rogalla

}}

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{{football box

|date = 20 May 2008

|time = 19:45 CEST

|team1 = St. Gallen

|score = 0–2

|report =

|team2 = Bellinzona

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Neri {{goal|36}}
Lulić {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Espenmoos, St. Gallen

|attendance = 11,300

|referee = Jérôme Laperrière

}}

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Bellinzona won 4–3 on aggregate and achieve promotion. St. Gallen are relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

Top goal scorers

Only players with at least 10 goals

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Place !Scorer !Goals !Appearances !Team
1. \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Gaspar \|align=center\|31 \|align=center\|34 \|{{flagicon\|LIE}} Vaduz
2. \|{{flagicon\|Serbia}} Samel Šabanović \|align=center\|25 \|align=center\|34 \|Wil
rowspan=2\|3. \|{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Pascal Renfer \|rowspan=2 align=center\|20 \|align=center\|25 \|Lugano
{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Alain Schultz \|align=center\|30 \|Wohlen
rowspan=2\|5. \|{{flagicon\|Cameroon}} Christian Pouga \|rowspan=2 align=center\|18 \|align=center\|32 \|Bellinzona
{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Safet Etemi \|align=center\|33 \|Gossau
7. \|{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Rainer Bieli \|align=center\|17 \|align=center\|33 \|Concordia Basel
rowspan=2\|8. \|{{flagicon\|Zimbabwe}} Newton Ben Katanha \|rowspan=2 align=center\|16 \|align=center\|26 \|Schaffhausen
{{flagicon\|Portugal}} Bruno Valente \|align=center\|30 \|Chaux-de-Fonds
10. \|{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Önder Çengel \|align=center\|14 \|align=center\|26 \|Winterthur
11. \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Leandro Fonseca \|align=center\|13 \|align=center\|30 \|Yverdon-Sport
12. \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Silvio Carlos \|align=center\|11 \|align=center\|16 \|Wil
rowspan=5\|13. \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Neri \|rowspan=5 align=center\|10 \|align=center\|16 \|Bellinzona
{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Yane Bugnard \|align=center\|23 \|Lausanne-Sport
{{flagicon\|Liechtenstein}} Benjamin Fischer \|align=center\|28 \|{{flagicon\|Liechtenstein}} Vaduz
{{flagicon\|Germany}} Ifet Taljević \|align=center\|30 \|Bellinzona
{{flagicon\|BIH}} Senad Lulić \|align=center\|33 \|Bellinzona

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Place

!Scorer

!Goals

!Appearances

!Team

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Gaspar

|align=center|31

|align=center|34

|{{flagicon|LIE}} Vaduz

|{{flagicon|Serbia}} Samel Šabanović

|align=center|25