18 May Le Mont - Aarau 1-0 Schaffhausen - Xamax 2-1 Wohlen - Chiasso 0-1 With Xamax's loss to Schaffhausen, FCZ is promoted. Congrats to them, they were far and away the best team in the BCL. FCZ 79 Xamax 69 Servette 53 Schaffhausen 48 Aarau 42 Winterthur 38 Wohlen 36 Chiasso 33 Le Mont 33 Wil 28 20 May FCZ - Wil 21 May Aarau - Chiasso Servette - Wohlen Winterthur - Schaffhausen 22 May Xamax - Le Mont
20 May FCZ - Wil 0-2 21 May Aarau - Chiasso 2-3 Servette - Wohlen 2-0 Winterthur - Schaffhausen 1-3 22 May Xamax - Le Mont 2-2 Xamax was in complete control in the 1st half. It was totally different 2nd half. FCZ 79 Xamax 70 Servette 56 Schaffhausen 51 Aarau 42 Winterthur 38 Wohlen 36 Chiasso 36 Le Mont 34 Wil 31
Leading Goalscorers: 22 - Jean-Pierre Nsame Servette 18 - Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 17 - Shkelqim Demhasaj Schaffhausen 16 - Gaëtan Karlen Xamax 16 - Moussa Kone FCZ 14 - Carlos Silvio Winterthur 14 - Steven Lang Schaffhausen Assist Leaders: 13 - Antonio Marchesano FCZ 12 - Gianluca Frontino Schaffhausen 12- Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 10 - Marco Schönbächler FCZ 9 - Matias Vitkieviez Servette 9 - Adrian Winter FCZ 9 - Andrea Padula Chiasso Attendance: FCZ (17) 9,432 Aarau (17) 3,612 Winterthur (17) 3,594 Xamax (17) 2,994 Servette (17) 2,468 Schaffhausen (17) 2,067 Wohlen (17) 1,213 Wil (17) 1,208 Chiasso (17) 676 Le Mont (17) 648
27 May Chiasso - Le Mont 2-2 Schaffhausen - FCZ 0-4 Servette - Aarau 1-0 Wohlen - Wil 2-1 Xamax - Winterthur 4-1 Most matches went as planned FCZ 82 Xamax 73 Servette 59 Schaffhausen 51 Aarau 42 Wohlen 39 Winterthur 38 Le Mont 35 Wil 31
Final decisions on Wohlen and Chiasso are expected on Wednesday. Last I heard, Chiasso would be able to get new lights, but not until September at the earliest. Wohlen hasn't had much to report, so it's tough to see where they stand.
Leading Goalscorers: 22 - Jean-Pierre Nsame Servette 18 - Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 18 - Gaëtan Karlen Xamax 17 - Shkelqim Demhasaj Schaffhausen 16 - Moussa Kone FCZ 15 - Carlos Silvio Winterthur 14 - Steven Lang Schaffhausen Assist Leaders: 15 - Antonio Marchesano FCZ 12 - Gianluca Frontino Schaffhausen 12- Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 11 - Marco Schönbächler FCZ 9 - Matias Vitkieviez Servette 9 - Adrian Winter FCZ 9 - Andrea Padula Chiasso Attendance: FCZ (17) 9,423 Aarau (17) 3,612 Winterthur (17) 3,594 Xamax (18) 2,932 Servette (18) 2,445 Schaffhausen (18) 2,329 Wil (17) 1,208 Wohlen (18) 1,171 Chiasso (18) 666 Le Mont (17) 648
Last week of matches: 3 June Aarau - Xamax FCZ - Wohlen Le Mont - Servette Wil - Schaffhausen Winterthur - Chiasso Last match for Le Mont, and possible Wohlen and Chiasso in the BCL for a while. Le Mont may end up down in the 3rd Division!
Both Wohlen and Chiasso received their license on the 2nd go around. So only Rapperswil-Jona will be promoted and Le Mont will be relegated.
3 June Aarau - Xamax 2-0 FCZ - Wohlen 2-0 Wil - Schaffhausen 2-1 How did the worst team from the spring round defeat the Schaffhausen ??? Winterthur - Chiasso 3-1 Le Mont - Servette 0-1 Final Standings FCZ 85 Xamax 73 Servette 62 Schaffhausen 51 Aarau 45 Winterthur 41 Wohlen 39 Chiasso 37 Le Mont 35 Wil 34 Congratulations to FCZ. Aurevoir to Le Mont. Who know where they will end up. Leading Goalscorers: 23 - Jean-Pierre Nsame Servette 18 - Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 18 - Gaëtan Karlen Xamax 17 - Shkelqim Demhasaj Schaffhausen 16 - Moussa Kone FCZ 16 - Carlos Silvio Winterthur 14 - Steven Lang Schaffhausen Assist Leaders: 15 - Antonio Marchesano FCZ 12 - Gianluca Frontino Schaffhausen 12- Raphaël Nuzzolo Xamax 11 - Marco Schönbächler FCZ 10 - Andrea Padula Chiasso 9 - Matias Vitkieviez Servette 9 - Adrian Winter FCZ Attendance: FCZ (18) 9,702 Aarau (18) 3,506 Winterthur (18) 3,495 Xamax (18) 2,932 Servette (18) 2,445 Schaffhausen (18) 2,329 Wil (18) 1,181 Wohlen (18) 1,171 Chiasso (18) 666 Le Mont (18) 637
I am looking forward to next season. Servette, Vaduz, Xamax, Aarau and Schaffhausen all playing for promotion should be lots of fun.
SCHEDULE RELEASE TODAY!! The dates and times for the first 9 rounds have been announced. Most of the Challenge League rounds will now be played over 4 days (Friday-Monday). All games on Fridays and Mondays are televised on pay TV channel Teleclub Sport in Switzerland, but since they are produced for Teleclub, that means that you can find a stream for them (through less than perfectly legitimate means, and if you need links, PM me, and I can direct you to them). Season kicks off on Friday, July 21. Round 1 FRI 20.00 - Xamax - Aarau SAT 19.00 - Servette - Chiasso SAT 19.00 - Winterthur - Wohlen SUN 16.00 - Wil - Vaduz MON 20.00 - Schaffhausen - Rapperswil-Jona Here's the full TV schedule for the first 9 weeks FRI 7/21 - Xamax - Aarau MON 7/24 - Schaffhausen - Rapperswil-Jona FRI 7/28 - Chiasso - Xamax MON 7/31 - Wohlen - Schaffhausen FRI 8/4 - Rapperswil-Jona - Servette MON 8/7 - Winterthur - Aarau WED 8/9 - Servette - Wil THU 8/10 - Vaduz - Winterthur FRI 8/18 - Xamax - Schaffhausen MON 8/21 - Winterthur - Servette FRI 8/25 - Servette - Aarau MON 8/28 - Xamax - Rapperswil-Jona FRI 9/8 - Aarau - Wohlen MON 9/11 - Wil - Xamax WED 9/20 - Xamax - Servette THU 9/21 - Schaffhausen - Winterthur MON 9/25 - Wil - Schaffhausen Looks like the broadcasters are focusing on Xamax, Servette, and Schaffhausen in the early going since they look like favorites.