2010–11 Swiss Challenge League

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Season 2010–11 Biggest home win Biel-Bienne 7–0 Kriens Dates 23 Jul 2010 – 25 May 2011 Goals scored 743 Promoted FC Lausanne-Sport		Top goalscorer Michael Rodriguez (18) Biggest away win Lugano 0–6 Servette Location Switzerland Matches played 240

Champions FC Lausanne-Sport1st Challengue League title Highest scoring Biel-Bienne 7–1 AarauAarau 5–3 Biel-BienneServette 6-2 Schaffhausen Relegated FC Schaffhausen, Yverdon Sport FC People also search for 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League

The 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League was the eighth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 25 May 2011. The champions of this season, FC Lausanne-Sport, earned promotion to the 2011–12 Super League. The runners-up Servette won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2010–11 Super League, AC Bellinzona. The bottom two teams, FC Schaffhausen and Yverdon-Sport FC, were relegated to the 1. Liga.

Teams

2009–10 Challenge League champions FC Thun were promoted to the 2010–11 Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after finishing the 2009–10 Super League in last place. 2009–10 Challenge League runners-up FC Lugano had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team AC Bellinzona and eventually retained their league spot after losing 1–2 on aggregate.

FC Le Mont as 15th-placed team and last-placed FC Gossau were relegated after the 2009–10 season. They were replaced by FC Chiasso and SR Delémont, who emerged victorious from the eight-team 1. Liga promotion playoff.

League table

Source: Swiss Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Vaduz as winners of the 2010–11 Liechtenstein Cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Updated to games played on 25 May 2011.
Source: Swiss Football League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.