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2015–16 Swiss Challenge League

Swiss Challenge League
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Season 2015–16
Champions Lausanne-Sport
Promoted Lausanne-Sport
Top goalscorer Jocelyn Roux
(20 goals)
Highest scoring Lausanne-Sport 5–4 Biel-Bienne
(18 July 2015)

The 2015-16 Brack.ch Challenge League is the 13th season of the Brack.ch Challenge League, the second tier in the Swiss football pyramid. It began on 18 July 2015 and ended on 27 May 2016. After the 18th matchday the league will be on winter break between 7 December 2015 and 6 February 2016.

2014–15 Swiss Challenge League champions FC Lugano were promoted to the 2015–16 Swiss Super League. They were replaced by FC Aarau, who were relegated after last place finish in the 2014–15 Swiss Super League. Last placed team of the 2014–15 Challenge League season FC Biel-Bienne were spared from relegation as Servette FC failed to obtain a license for the 2015-16 season and were relegated to the 1. Liga Promotion. Servette were replaced by 1. Liga Promotion champion Neuchâtel Xamax.

Lausanne was awarded a 3–0 w/o win due to Biel-Bienne fielding more foreign players (5) than allowed (4). Match originally ended in a 3–2 win for Lausanne.


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