The 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Brack.ch Challenge League) was the 11th 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 in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 13 July 2013 and ended on 18 May 2014.

Teams

2012–13 Challenge League champions Aarau were promoted to the 2013–14 Super League. Due to financial irregularities,

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was ultimately relegated at the end of the season and later dissolved.

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was spared from relegation. The bottom five teams –

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, Étoile Carouge,

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and Brühl – were relegated to the newly formed

1. Liga Promotion The Promotion League, named the YAPEAL Promotion League for sponsorship reasons, is the third tier of the Swiss football league system. Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice over the course of the season. The champions ar ...

. No teams replaced them due to the Challenge League being reduced from 16 to 10 teams. ¹ Promoted from the

² Relegated from the Raiffeisen Super League

League table

Results

Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, home and away, for a total of 36 matches per team.

First and Second Round

Third and Fourth Round

Top scorers

Source:

References

External links

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2 Swiss Challenge League seasons