2023–24 Swiss Promotion League

The 2023–24 Swiss Promotion League season (known as the Hoval Promotion League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition (10th under its current name) of the 3rd tier of the Swiss football league system under its current format.

Swiss Promotion League
Season2023–24
Dates5 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsÉtoile Carouge
PromotedÉtoile Carouge
RelegatedSt. Gallen II
Servette II
Swiss CupÉtoile Carouge
Rapperswil-Jona
Biel-Bienne
Paradiso
Delémont
Kriens
Brühl
Matches played306
Goals scored1,012 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer18 goals:
Labinot Bajrami (FC Zürich II)
Biggest home winZürich II 6–0 Breitenrain
Biggest away winBrühl 0–5 Étoile Carouge
Highest scoring9 goals:
Bulle 5–4 Basel II
Bavois 7–2 Young Boys II
Longest winning runSC Brühl (7 wins)
Longest unbeaten runÉtoile Carouge
Rapperswil-Jona
(10 games)
Longest winless runFC Bavois
St. Gallen II
(9 games)
Longest losing runFC Zürich II (6 losses)

Overview

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The eighteen teams of the previous season are joined by Servette FC II, SR Delémont, FC Paradiso and FC Lugano II, who were promoted from the 1. Liga Classic and no team relegated from the Challenge League, replaced last season's runner-up and third place Stade Nyonnais and FC Baden. Furthermore, the number of under-21 teams allowed in the Promotion League is no longer restricted to four, starting with this season. This season features seven U21 teams.

The season started on 5 August 2023 and the final matchday was on 25 May 2024.

Teams

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Club Canton Stadium Capacity
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Youth Campus Basel
7,000
1,000
FC Bavois Vaud Terrain des Peupliers 659
FC Biel-Bienne Bern Gurzelen Stadion 5,500
FC Breitenrain Bern Bern Spitalacker 1,450
SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion 4,200
FC Bulle Fribourg Stade de Bouleyres 7,000
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie 5,263
Étoile Carouge FC Geneva Stade de la Fontenette 3,690
SC Kriens Lucerne Stadion Kleinfeld 5,360
Lugano U-21 Ticino Cornaredo Stadium 6,330
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Swissporarena or
Allmend Süd
16,800
2,000
FC Paradiso Ticino Campo Pian Scairolo 1,000
FC Rapperswil-Jona St. Gallen Stadion Grünfeld 2,500
Servette U-21 Geneva Stade de Genève or
Stade de la Fontenette
30,000
3,690
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos or
Kybunpark
3,000
19,264
Young Boys U-21 Bern Stadion Wankdorf 32,000
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportplatz Heerenschürli 1,120

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Étoile Carouge FC (C, P) 34 24 4 6 72 38 +34 76 Promotion to Swiss Challenge League and qualification for Swiss Cup
2 FC Rapperswil-Jona 34 22 5 7 74 44 +30 71 Qualification for Swiss Cup
3 FC Biel-Bienne 34 18 5 11 61 35 +26 59
4 FC Paradiso 34 16 8 10 38 32 +6 56
5 SR Delémont 34 16 5 13 56 62 −6 53
6 SC Kriens 34 13 10 11 50 58 −8 49
7 SC Brühl 34 15 5 14 53 60 −7 50
8 SC Cham 34 12 8 14 69 62 +7 44
9 FC Zürich II 34 13 6 15 58 56 +2 45
10 FC Bavois 34 12 7 15 66 58 +8 43
11 FC Breitenrain 34 10 9 15 48 61 −13 39
12 BSC Young Boys II 34 12 8 14 51 63 −12 44
13 FC Luzern II 34 11 10 13 61 68 −7 43
14 FC Bulle 34 10 9 15 47 58 −11 39
15 FC Basel II 34 10 8 16 54 63 −9 38
16 FC Lugano II 34 12 4 18 51 65 −14 40
17 FC St. Gallen II (R) 34 10 7 17 56 61 −5 37 Relegation to the 1. Liga Classic
18 Servette FC II (R) 34 6 10 18 47 68 −21 28
Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Results

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Home \ Away BAS BAV BIE BRE BRÜ BUL CHA DEL ETC KRI LUG LUZ PAR RAP SER STG BYB ZÜR
FC Basel II 0–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 5–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–3
FC Bavois 1–0 2–3 4–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–3 1–1 3–1 5–2 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 7–2 4–1
FC Biel-Bienne 5–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
FC Breitenrain 2–2 4–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2
SC Brühl 1–0 0–2 1–6 3–2 0–1 4–1 4–1 0–5 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–0
FC Bulle 5–4 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 3–2 4–4 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–0
SC Cham 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 5–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 4–3 2–1 6–2 2–2
SR Delémont 3–0[a] 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–2 2–2 5–2 3–2 1–1 2–4 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–2
Étoile Carouge FC 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 5–1 2–1 3–2
SC Kriens 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 6–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–5 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–0
FC Lugano II 2–4 2–1 0–3 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 1–0
FC Luzern II 4–1 4–3 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 4–4 0–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 4–1 2–2
FC Paradiso 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1
FC Rapperswil-Jona 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–3[b] 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–4
Servette FC II 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–5 3–2 2–3
FC St. Gallen II 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–4 4–2 0–1 0–1
BSC Young Boys II 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 3–4 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 2–0
FC Zürich II 1–0 0–4 2–1 6–0 3–2 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–4 0–0 2–3 4–3
Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Original result 0–4. Delémont were awarded a 3–0 forfeit win, because Basel II fielded an ineligible player.[1]
  2. ^ Original result 2–0. Brühl were awarded a 3–0 forfeit win, as Rapperswil-Jona had fielded an unregistered player.[2]

Top scorers

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References

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  1. ^ "4:0-Sieg in Delémont wird zur 0:3-Forfaitniederlage". FC Basel. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Nun ist es fix: Brühl gewinnt forfait". SC Brühl. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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