2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga Explained

Competition:1. Liga
Season:2006–07
Winners:Group 1:
Étoile Carouge
Group 2:
Basel U-21
Group 3:
Red Star
Promoted:Cham
Gossau
Relegated:Group 1:
Martigny
Chênois
Group 2:
Dornach
Kickers Luzern
Group 3:
Seefeld
Chur
Matches:3 times 240
plus 12 play-offs
Prevseason:2005–06
Nextseason:2007–08

The 2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga was the 75th 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 48 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, 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 were not eligible for promotion and could not compete the play-offs. The two last placed teams in each group was relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.

Group 1

Teams

ClubCantonStadiumCapacity
FC BexVaudRelais
FC BulleFribourgStade de Bouleyres
CS ChênoisGenevaStade des Trois-Chêne
SC DüdingenFribourgStadion Birchhölzli
FC EchallensVaudSportplatz 3 Sapins
Étoile Carouge FCGenevaStade de la Fontenette
FC FribourgFribourgStade Universitaire
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier[1] FribourgStade de Bouleyres
ES FC MalleyVaudCentre Sportif de la Tuilière
FC Martigny-SportsValaisStade d'Octodure
FC MeyrinGenevaStade des Arbères
FC NatersValaisSportanlage Stapfen
FC SerrièresNeuchâtelPierre-à-Bot
Sion U-21ValaisStade de Tourbillon
FC Stade NyonnaisVaudStade de Colovray
Urania Genève SportGenevaStade de Frontenex

Final league table

Group 2

Teams

ClubCantonStadiumCapacity
Basel U-21Basel-CityStadion Rankhof or
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob

FC Biel-BienneBernTissot Arena
SC ChamZugStadion Eizmoos
SC DornachSolothurnGigersloch
FC GrenchenSolothurnStadium Brühl
FC Kickers Luzern[2] LucerneStadion Auf Tribschen
FC LaufenBasel-CountrySportplatz Nau
Luzern U-21LucerneStadion Allmend or
Allmend Süd

FC MünsingenBernSportanlage Sandreutenen
SV MuttenzBasel-CountrySportplatz Margelacker
FC Olten[3] SolothurnSportanlagen Kleinholz
FC SolothurnSolothurnStadion FC Solothurn
FC Wangen bei OltenSolothurnSportplatz Chrüzmatt
Young Boys U-21BernStadion Wankdorf or
Allmend Bern

SC ZofingenAargauSportanlagen Trinermatten
Zug 94ZugHerti Allmend Stadion

Final league table

Group 3

Teams

ClubCantonStadiumCapacity
FC BadenAargauEsp Stadium
GC BiaschesiTicinoCampo Sportivo "Al Vallone"
FC BruggAargauStadion Au
FC Chur 97GrisonsRingstrasse
FC GossauGossau, St. GallenSportanlage Buechenwald
Grasshopper Club U-21ZürichGC/Campus Niederhasli
FC HerisauAppenzell AusserrhodenEbnet
FC KreuzlingenThurgauSportplatz Hafenareal
FC MendrisioTicinoCentro Sportivo Comunale
FC Rapperswil-JonaSt. GallenStadion Grünfeld
FC Red Star ZürichZürichAllmend Brunau
FC Seefeld Zürich[4] ZürichSportanlage Lengg
St. Gallen U-21St. Gallen
FC TuggenSchwyzLinthstrasse
Winterthur U-21ZürichSchützenwiese or
Schützenwiese Sportplätze

Zürich U-21ZürichSportplatz Heerenschürli

Final league table

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Aggregate 3–3, Cham win on away goals Urania win 5–4 on aggregate Gossau win 4–2 on aggregate Biel-Bienne win 2–1 on aggregate

Final round

Cham win 3–2 on aggregate Gossau win 6–2 on aggregate

SC Cham and FC Gossau are promoted in Challenge League.

Summary

Group 1 champions were Étoile Carouge and runners-up were Urania Genève Sport. Group 2 champions were Basel U-21, but they were not eligible to the play-offs, this right was passed down to second and third placed Biel-Bienne and FC Solothurn. Group 3 champions were Red Star Zürich. Runners-up were Zürich U-21, but too they were not eligible to the play-offs and this right was passed down to second placed FC Gossau. The best two third placed teams were Stade Nyonnais from group 1 and SC Cham from group 2. In the play-offs Cham and Gossau achieved promotion to the Challenge League.

From group 1 Martigny and Chênois were relegated. From group 2 Dornach and Kickers Luzern suffered relegation and from group 3 Seefeld and Chur suffered relegation too. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in next season by FC Savièse, SV Lyss, FC Küsnacht, SV Schaffhausen, FC Schötz and BSC Old Boys, these beings the five 2. Liga Interregional group winners and by the best placed runners-up. They were also joined by FC Baulmes and SC YF Juventus who had just suffered relegation after the 2003–04 Challenge League.[5]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (red) . 2023 . FC La Tour/Le Pâquier . aff-ffv.ch . de . 2023-11-16.
  2. Web site: (red) . 2023 . FC Kickers Luzern . ifv.ch . de . 2023-11-16.
  3. Web site: (red) . 2023 . FC Olten . sofv.ch . de . 2023-11-16.
  4. Web site: (red) . 2023 . FC Seefeld Zürich . fvrz.ch . de . 2023-11-16.
  5. Web site: Erste Liga (SFV) . 2018 . Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018 . PDF Seite 15 . First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 . Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV . de . 2023-11-16.