2016–17 1. Liga Promotion

The 2016–17 season of the 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of the Swiss football league system, was the fifth season of the league.

1. Liga Promotion
Season2016–17
ChampionsFC Rapperswil-Jona
PromotedFC Rapperswil-Jona
RelegatedFC Tuggen
Matches played240
Goals scored767 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Mychell Ruan Silva

The season started on 3 August 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017. The league was won by FC Rapperswil-Jona while FC Tuggen were relegated to the 1. Liga Promotion.

Teams

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion teams

The 2016–17 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bavois and FC United Zürich who were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Biel-Bienne was stripped of their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently declared bankrupt.

Club Location Stadium 2015/16 Position
FC Basel II Basel Nachwuchs-Campus Basel[1] 4th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Bavois Bavois Stade des Peupliers[2] 3rd in 1. Liga Classic Group 1
FC Breitenrain Bern Spitalacker[3] 8th in 1. Liga Promotion
SC Brühl St. Gallen Paul-Grüninger-Stadion[4] 9th in 1. Liga Promotion
SC Cham Cham Stadion Eizmoos[5] 2nd in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Köniz Köniz Sportplatz Liebefeld[6] 13th in 1. Liga Promotion
SC Kriens Kriens Stadion Kleinfeld[7] 3rd in 1. Liga Promotion
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds Stade Charrière[8] 2nd in 1. Liga Classic Group 1
BSC Old Boys Basel Basel Stadion Schützenmatte[9] 5th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil Stadion Grünfeld[10] 6th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Sion II Sion Stade Tourbillon[11] 14th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Stade Nyonnais Nyon Centre sportif de Colovray[12] 7th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Tuggen Tuggen Linthstrasse[13] 12th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC United Zürich Zürich Sportanlage Buchlern[14] 3rd in 1. Liga Classic Group 3
SC Young Fellows Juventus Zürich Utogrund[15] 10th in 1. Liga Promotion
FC Zürich II Zürich Sportanlage Heerenschürli[16] 11th in 1. Liga Promotion

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 18 8 4 60 29 +31 62 Swiss Promotion League Champion
Promotion to Challenge League
2 SC Kriens 30 17 6 7 65 31 +34 57
3 FC Basel II 30 16 7 7 64 37 +27 55
4 FC Stade Nyonnais 30 14 7 9 51 39 +12 49
5 FC Zürich II 30 13 9 8 54 52 +2 48
6 FC Breitenrain 30 13 6 11 46 49 −3 45
7 SC Brühl 30 11 7 12 56 54 +2 40
8 FC Köniz 30 11 7 12 40 43 −3 40
9 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (P) 30 10 9 11 44 46 −2 39
10 FC Sion II 30 11 6 13 48 58 −10 39
11 SC Cham 30 9 10 11 47 46 +1 37
12 BSC Old Boys Basel 30 9 7 14 47 48 −1 34
13 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 8 9 13 44 53 −9 33
14 FC Bavois (P) 30 8 7 15 37 69 −32 31
15 FC United Zürich (P) 30 8 3 19 32 61 −29 27
16 FC Tuggen 30 6 8 16 37 57 −20 26 Relegation to 2017–18 1. Liga Classic
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points
(P) Promoted

Season statistics

Top scorers

[17]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Mychell Ruan Silva FC Rapperswil-Jona 22
2 Switzerland Nico Siegrist SC Kriens 17
3 Switzerland Anto Franjic FC Breitenrain 15
Switzerland Shpetim Sulejmani FC Zürich II
5 North Macedonia Skumbim Sulejmani SC Kriens 14
6 Switzerland Marco Colocci SC Young Fellows Juventus 13
Switzerland Severin Dätwyler SC Cham
Switzerland Qendrim Makshana FC Bavois
9 Switzerland Roman Herger SC Cham 11
Switzerland Neftali Manzambi FC Basel II
Montenegro Samel Šabanović SC Brühl

References
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  2. "FC Bavois". el-pl.ch (in German). Erste Liga. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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  12. "FC Stade Nyonnais". el-pl.ch (in German). Erste Liga. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  13. "FC Tuggen". el-pl.ch (in German). Erste Liga. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  14. "FC United Zürich". el-pl.ch (in German). Erste Liga. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  15. "SC Young Fellows Juventus". el-pl.ch (in German). Erste Liga. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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  17. "Top scorers – 2016". Erste Liga (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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