The 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) was the 16th season of the

Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) 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 wi ...

, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The season started on 20 July 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019. The winter break was scheduled between 16 December 2018 and 1 February 2019.

Participating teams

A total of 10 teams participated in the league.

2017–18 Swiss Challenge League The 2017–18 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Brack.ch Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) is the 15th season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland, under its current name. The seas ...

champions

Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has ap ...

were promoted to the

2018–19 Swiss Super League The 2018–19 Swiss Super League (referred to as the '' Raiffeisen Super League'' for sponsoring reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 16th under its current name and format. A total of 10 teams ...

. They were replaced by

FC Lausanne-Sport Football Club Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss Association football, football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2022–23 Swiss Challeng ...

, who got relegated after finishing last-placed in the

2017–18 Swiss Super League The 2017–18 Swiss Super League (referred to as the '' Raiffeisen Super League'' for sponsoring reasons) was the 121st season of top-tier competitive football in Switzerland and the 15th under its current name and format. Basel were the defend ...

FC Wohlen FC Wohlen is a Swiss football club based in the town Wohlen in Canton Aargau. They play in the Swiss 1. Liga, the fourth tier of football in the country. The club was founded in May 1904 and holds the honour of being the oldest football club i ...

was relegated after finishing 10th. They were replaced by

SC Kriens SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, that currently competing in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football. The club uses Stadion Kleinfeld as home ground, and form a local rivalry with FC Luzern. SC Kriens ...

, who won promotion from the 2017–18

Swiss Promotion League The Promotion League, named the Hoval 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 course of the season. The champions are prom ...

Stadia and locations

Personnel

League table

Results

First and Second Round

Third and Fourth Round

Promotion play-offs

Ninth placed team of

, Xamax, faced

Aarau Aarau (, ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital of the northern Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau. The List of towns in Switzerland, town is also the capital of the d ...

, the runner-up of 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League.

First leg

Second leg

''Neuchâtel Xamax won on penalties after drawing 4–4 on aggregate and will stay in the Swiss Super League.''

References

External links

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2 Swiss Challenge League seasons