The 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League was the eighth season of the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League 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 ...

, the second tier of the

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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,

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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 FC Gossau is a Swiss football club from the city of Gossau in the canton of St. Gallen. It currently plays in the Challenge League, the second-highest level of Swiss football. History After its foundation in 1906, FC Gossau spent the first 65 ...

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

Results

Top goalscorers

''Including matches played on 21 May 2011; Source
Swiss Football League
' ;18 goals * Michaël Rodriguez ( SR Delémont) ;17 goals *

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(

) ;16 goals *

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( FC Lugano) ;15 goals * Silvio Carlos ( FC Lausanne-Sport) * Eudis (

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

) ;14 goals * Jocelyn Roux ( FC Lausanne-Sport) ;13 goals * Marcos De Azevedo (

) ;12 goals * Frédéric Besseyre ( FC Stade Nyonnais) *

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( FC Biel-Bienne) ;11 goals * Dzengis Cavusevic ( FC Wil 1900) * Sabiá ( FC Vaduz) *

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( FC Vaduz) * Alain Schultz (

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) * Aco Stojkov ( FC Aarau)

References

External links

Official site
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Swiss Challenge League Swiss Challenge League seasons 2010–11 in Swiss football

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