Fixtures

DateRHazai vs Vendég-
04/26 18:15 30 Delemont vs Breitenrain View
04/27 13:00 30 SC Cham vs FC Zürich II View
04/27 14:00 30 FC Paradiso vs St Gallen II View
04/27 14:00 30 SC Bruhl vs Biel Bienne View
04/27 14:00 30 Bavois vs Young Boys II View
04/27 14:00 30 FC Bulle vs FC Rapperswil-Jona View
04/27 15:00 30 Etoile Carouge vs Lucerne II View
04/27 15:30 30 Kriens vs Lugano II View
04/28 15:30 30 Servette II vs Basel II View
05/04 13:00 31 FC Paradiso vs Kriens View
05/04 13:00 31 Biel Bienne vs Lugano II View
05/04 13:30 31 Basel II vs SC Bruhl View

Results

Date R Hazai vs Vendég -
04/21 14:00 29 [16] Lugano II vs SC Bruhl [6] 4-0
04/21 13:00 29 [5] Biel Bienne vs Servette II [18] 2-0
04/20 15:00 29 St Gallen II vs Kriens 3-0
04/20 14:00 29 Breitenrain vs Etoile Carouge 0-1
04/20 14:00 29 Lucerne II vs SC Cham 3-2
04/20 14:00 29 FC Zürich II vs Bavois 0-4
04/20 14:00 29 FC Rapperswil-Jona vs FC Paradiso 2-0
04/20 13:30 29 Basel II vs Delemont 4-1
04/20 13:30 29 [13] Young Boys II vs FC Bulle [12] 2-0
04/17 18:30 28 [18] Servette II vs Lugano II [16] 2-2
04/17 18:00 28 [1] Etoile Carouge vs Basel II [15] 2-2
04/17 18:00 28 [14] FC Bulle vs FC Zürich II [8] 1-0

The Promotion League, named the Hoval Promotion League for sponsorship reasons, is the third tier of the Swiss football league system. Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice over the course of the season. The champions are promoted to the second tier, the Challenge League, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the 1. Liga.

The league forms the semi-professional bridge to amateur football.

History

The league was introduced as the 1. Liga Promotion beginning with the 2012–13 season as part of a restructuring that saw the Challenge League reduced from 16 to 10 teams. This was done to decrease the competitive gap between it and the Super League by converting it to a purely professional league. The Promotion League would therefore serve as the semi-professional link to amateur football. The 1. Liga was consequently renamed to 1. Liga Classic, before reverting again in 2013 when the former adopted its current name. For its maiden season, six teams were relegated from the Challenge League, while the rest joined from the division below. In March 2020, the ongoing season was canceled after 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020–21 season suspended until further notice.

The league was expanded to 18 teams for the 2022–23 season and the number of allowed U21 teams is unrestricted.

A svájci 1.Liga Promotion a svájci labdarúgó-bajnokság harmadik szintje. A bajnokság 16 csapatból áll, és két csoportra van osztva, mindegyik 8 csapattal. A csoportokban minden csapat kétszer találkozik egymással, egyszer otthon és egyszer idegenben. A szezon végén az első két helyezett feljut a svájci Challenge League-be, a harmadik helyezettek pedig a svájci 1.Liga Classic rájátszásán vehetnek részt a feljutásért. Az utolsó két helyezett kiesik a svájci 2.Liga Interregionalba.