| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aarau |
| Promoted | Aarau |
| Relegated | Bellinzona |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 523 (2.91 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Armando Sadiku (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Bellinzona 8–0 Wil |
| Biggest away win | Locarno 0–5 Winterthur |
| Highest scoring | Vaduz 5–3 Aarau Aarau 5–3 Wohlen Bellinzona 8–0 Wil Locarno 2–6 Bellinzona |
| Longest winning run | 6 games Aarau |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Bellinzona |
| Longest winless run | 10 games Lugano |
| Longest losing run | 7 games Locarno |
| Highest attendance | 6,100 Aarau 3–3 Wohlen |
| Lowest attendance | 203 Biel-Bienne 7–0 Wohlen |
| Average attendance | 1,454[1] |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → | |
The 2012–13 Swiss Challenge League was the tenth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 14 July 2012[2] and ended on 2 June 2013.
Teams
2011–12 Challenge League champions St. Gallen were promoted to the 2012–13 Super League. They weren't replaced by another team due to Neuchâtel Xamax being demoted to the 4th tier of Swiss football for financial irregularities. 2011–12 Challenge League runners-up Aarau had to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against 9th-placed Super League team Sion and remained in the Challenge League after losing 3–1 on aggregate.
The bottom five teams – Stade Nyonnais, Étoile Carouge, Delémont, Kriens and Brühl – were relegated to the newly formed 1. Liga Promotion with no teams replaced them due to the Challenge League reducing from 16 to 10 teams.
Locations of the 2012–13 Challenge League clubs
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aarau (C) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 78 | Promotion to 2013–14 Swiss Super League |
| 2 | Bellinzona (D, R) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 64 | Relegation to 2013–14 1. Liga Promotion[lower-alpha 1] |
| 3 | Winterthur | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 62 | |
| 4 | Wil | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 51 | |
| 5 | Biel-Bienne | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 47 | |
| 6 | Chiasso | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 47 | |
| 7 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Wohlen | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 39 | |
| 9 | Vaduz | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 37 | |
| 10 | Locarno | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 68 | −36 | 24 |
Source: Swiss Challenge League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ↑ Due to financial irregularities, AC Bellinzona was discounted seven points and were ultimately relegated at the end of the season. FC Locarno was thus not relegated in spite of their last-place finish.
Results
Teams played each other four times (twice home and twice away) 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
|
Season statistics
Top scorers
|
Assists
|
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Matar Coly | Biel-Bienne | Vaduz | 4–2[5] | 19 August 2012 |
 Adis Jahović | Wil | Chiasso | 4–1[5] | 19 August 2012 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Davide Callà | Aarau | Wohlen | 5–3[6] | 28 October 2012 |
 Kristian Kuzmanović | Winterthur | Bellinzona | 5–1[7] | 4 November 2012 |
 Giuseppe Morello | Biel-Bienne | Aarau | 5–1 | 5 November 2012 |
 Landry Mouangue | Wil | Winterthur | 4–0[8] | 2 December 2012 |
| Silvan Widmer | Aarau | Wohlen | 3–1 | 1 April 2013 |
| Pascal Schürpf | Bellinzona | Wil | 8–0 | 18 April 2013 |
 Sani Emmanuel | Biel-Bienne | Wohlen | 7–0 | 12 May 2013 |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Gezim Shalaj for Lugano against Wil (14 July 2012)
- Fastest goal of the season: Mirko Facchinetti for Chiasso against Bellinzona (27 August 2012)
- Largest winning margin: 8 goals
- Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013)
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- Vaduz 5–3 Aarau (6 August 2012)
- Aarau 5–3 Wohlen (28 October 2012)
- Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013)
- Locarno 2–6 Bellinzona (8 May 2013)
- Most goals scored by a single team: 8 goals
- Bellinzona 8–0 Wil (18 April 2013)
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals
- Vaduz 5–3 Aarau (6 August 2012)
- Aarau 5–3 Wohlen (28 October 2012)
- Lugano 4–3 Bellinzona (2 June 2013)
Clean sheets
- Most clean sheets: 15
- Bellinzona
- Fewest clean sheets: 4
- Locarno
Discipline
- Most yellow cards (club): 86
- Chiasso
- Most yellow cards (player): 14
- Pietro Di Nardo (Biel-Bienne)
- Most red cards (club): 10
- Chiasso
- Most red cards (player): 2
- Marko Bašić (Lugano)
- Igor Djuric (Chiasso)
- Cha Jong-Hyok (Wil)
- Charles-André Doudin (Biel-Bienne)
- Emiliano Dudar (Chiasso)
- Pavel Pergl (Bellinzona)
- Mirko Quaresima (Chiasso)
References
- ↑ "Zuschauerzahlen – Challenge League". Swiss Challenge League (in German). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ "Challenge League - Results and fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ↑ "Torschützenliste – Challenge League". Swiss Challenge League (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ "Assistliste – Challenge League". Swiss Challenge League (in German). Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- 1 2 "Lugano setzt sich an die Spitze". Swiss Challenge League (in German). 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ "Aarau zum zehnten Mal in Folge ungeschlagen". Swiss Challenge League (in German). 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ "Bellinzona mit kapitalem Fehltritt". Swiss Challenge League (in German). 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ "Aarau überwintert auf Platz 1". Swiss Challenge League. 2 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
External links
- Official website (in German and French)
- Soccerway
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