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2007–08 Swiss Challenge League
The 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League was the fifth season of the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league pyramid. It began on 20 July 2007 and ended on 12 May 2008. The champions of this season, FC Vaduz, earned promotion to the 2008–09 Super League. The runners-up AC Bellinzona won the promotion/relegation playoff against the 9th-placed team of the 2007–08 Super League, FC St. Gallen. The bottom four teams, SC Kriens, SR Delémont, FC Chiasso and SC Cham, were relegated to the 1. Liga.
Teams
| Club | City | Stadium | 2006–07 season |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Stadio comunale Bellinzona | 2nd in Challenge League |
| SC Cham | Cham | Herti Allmend, Zug | 1. Liga play-offs round finalists |
| FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Centre Sportif de la Charrière | 10th in Challenge League |
| FC Chiasso | Chiasso | Stadio comunale Chiasso | 4th in Challenge League |
| FC Concordia Basel | Basel | Stadion Rankhof | 5th in Challenge League |
| SR Delémont | Delémont | La Blancherie | 15th in Challenge League |
| FC Gossau | Gossau, St. Gallen | Sportanlage Buechenwald | 1. Liga play-offs round finalists |
| SC Kriens | Kriens | Stadion Kleinfeld | 3rd in Challenge League |
| FC Lausanne-Sport | Lausanne | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | 14th in Challenge League |
| FC Locarno | Locarno | Stadio comunale Lido | 11th in Challenge League |
| AC Lugano | Lugano | Stadio comunale Cornaredo | 13th in Challenge League |
| FC Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen | Stadion Breite | 10th in Super League |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 7th in Challenge League |
| FC Vaduz | Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Stadion Rheinpark | 9th in Challenge League |
| FC Wil 1900 | Wil | Bergholz Stadium | 8th in Challenge League |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | Schützenwiese | 6th in Challenge League |
| FC Wohlen | Wohlen, Aargau | Stadion Niedermatten | 16th in Challenge League |
| FC Yverdon-Sport | Yverdon-les-Bains | Stade Municipal | 12th in Challenge League |
League table
Promotion/relegation play-offs
FC St. Gallen as 9th-placed team in the 2007–08 Swiss Super League were played a two-legged play-off against Challenge League runners-up AC Bellinzona.
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Bellinzona won 5–2 on aggregate and achieve promotion. St. Gallen are relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.
Top goal scorers
Only players with at least 10 goals
| Place | Scorer | Goals | Appearances | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brazil Gaspar | 31 | 34 | LIE Vaduz |
| 2. | Serbia Samel Šabanović | 25 | 34 | Wil |
| 3. | Switzerland Pascal Renfer | 20 | 25 | Lugano |
| Switzerland Alain Schultz | 30 | Wohlen | ||
| 5. | Cameroon Christian Pouga | 18 | 32 | Bellinzona |
| Switzerland Safet Etemi | 33 | Gossau | ||
| 7. | Switzerland Rainer Bieli | 17 | 33 | Concordia Basel |
| 8. | Zimbabwe Newton Ben Katanha | 16 | 26 | Schaffhausen |
| Portugal Bruno Valente | 30 | Chaux-de-Fonds | ||
| 10. | Switzerland Önder Çengel | 14 | 26 | Winterthur |
| 11. | Brazil Leandro Fonseca | 13 | 30 | Yverdon-Sport |
| 12. | Brazil Silvio Carlos | 11 | 16 | Wil |
| 13. | Brazil Neri | 10 | 16 | Bellinzona |
| Switzerland Yane Bugnard | 23 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| Liechtenstein Benjamin Fischer | 28 | Liechtenstein Vaduz | ||
| Germany Ifet Taljević | 30 | Bellinzona | ||
| BIH Senad Lulić | 33 | Bellinzona |
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