2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga

1. Liga
Season	2006–07
Champions	Group 1:; Étoile Carouge; Group 2:; Basel U-21; Group 3:; Red Star
Promoted	Cham; Gossau
Relegated	Group 1:; Martigny; Chênois; Group 2:; Dornach; Kickers Luzern; Group 3:; Seefeld; Chur
Matches played	3 times 240; plus 12 play-offs
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Swiss 1. Liga was the 75th season of this league and, at this time, was the third tier of the Swiss football league system. The 1. Liga was the highest level of amateur football, although a number of teams had professional or semi-professional players in their ranks.

Format

There were 48 teams in this division this season, including eight U-21 teams which were the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the Super League and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their positions in the league. The three groups winners and three runners-up, together with the two best third placed teams, then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams were not eligible for promotion and could not compete the play-offs. The two last placed teams in each group was relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.

Group 1

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Bex	Vaud	Relais	2,000
FC Bulle	Fribourg	Stade de Bouleyres	7,000
CS Chênois	Geneva	Stade des Trois-Chêne	8,000
SC Düdingen	Fribourg	Stadion Birchhölzli	3,000
FC Echallens	Vaud	Sportplatz 3 Sapins	2,000
Étoile Carouge FC	Geneva	Stade de la Fontenette	3,690
FC Fribourg	Fribourg	Stade Universitaire	9,000
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier^[1]	Fribourg	Stade de Bouleyres	7,000
ES FC Malley	Vaud	Centre Sportif de la Tuilière	1,500
FC Martigny-Sports	Valais	Stade d'Octodure	2,500
FC Meyrin	Geneva	Stade des Arbères	9,000
FC Naters	Valais	Sportanlage Stapfen	3,000
FC Serrières	Neuchâtel	Pierre-à-Bot	1,700
Sion U-21	Valais	Stade de Tourbillon	20,200
FC Stade Nyonnais	Vaud	Stade de Colovray	7,200
Urania Genève Sport	Geneva	Stade de Frontenex	4,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Étoile Carouge FC	30	18	10	2	60	13	+47	64	Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
2	Urania Genève Sport	30	18	7	5	60	32	+28	61
3	FC Stade Nyonnais	30	17	6	7	54	34	+20	57
4	Sion U-21	30	15	7	8	49	37	+12	52
5	ES FC Malley	30	13	8	9	54	45	+9	47
6	FC Naters	30	13	4	13	52	55	−3	43
7	FC Fribourg	30	9	14	7	43	39	+4	41
8	FC Echallens	30	10	10	10	40	38	+2	40
9	FC Bex	30	10	6	14	44	54	−10	36
10	FC La Tour/Le Pâquier	30	8	9	13	51	58	−7	33
11	SC Düdingen	30	9	5	16	31	53	−22	32
12	FC Bulle	30	8	7	15	43	48	−5	31
13	FC Meyrin	30	7	10	13	35	48	−13	31
14	FC Serrières	30	7	10	13	32	50	−18	31
15	FC Martigny-Sports	30	7	9	14	33	47	−14	30	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	CS Chênois	30	6	8	16	34	64	−30	26	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
Basel U-21	Basel-City	Stadion Rankhof or Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob	7,000 4,000
FC Biel-Bienne	Bern	Tissot Arena	5,200
SC Cham	Zug	Stadion Eizmoos	1,800
SC Dornach	Solothurn	Gigersloch	2,500
FC Grenchen	Solothurn	Stadium Brühl	15,100
FC Kickers Luzern^[2]	Lucerne	Stadion Auf Tribschen	2,950
FC Laufen	Basel-Country	Sportplatz Nau	3,000
Luzern U-21	Lucerne	Stadion Allmend or Allmend Süd	11,000 2,000
FC Münsingen	Bern	Sportanlage Sandreutenen	1,400
SV Muttenz	Basel-Country	Sportplatz Margelacker	3,200
FC Olten^[3]	Solothurn	Sportanlagen Kleinholz	8,000
FC Solothurn	Solothurn	Stadion FC Solothurn	6,750
FC Wangen bei Olten	Solothurn	Sportplatz Chrüzmatt	3,000
Young Boys U-21	Bern	Stadion Wankdorf or Allmend Bern	32,000 2,000
SC Zofingen	Aargau	Sportanlagen Trinermatten	2,000
Zug 94	Zug	Herti Allmend Stadion	6,000

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel U-21	30	23	6	1	100	23	+77	75	Not eligible to Play-off
2	FC Biel-Bienne	30	19	8	3	60	18	+42	65	Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
3	FC Solothurn	30	18	8	4	55	22	+33	62
4	SC Cham	30	16	6	8	46	33	+13	54
5	SC Zofingen	30	13	6	11	49	49	0	45
6	Luzern U-21	30	11	8	11	48	51	−3	41
7	FC Wangen bei Olten	30	12	5	13	48	58	−10	41
8	SV Muttenz	30	11	8	11	53	54	−1	41
9	Young Boys U-21	30	10	8	12	42	51	−9	38
10	Zug 94	30	9	9	12	37	40	−3	36
11	FC Laufen	30	8	10	12	39	39	0	34
12	FC Olten	30	9	7	14	38	56	−18	34
13	FC Grenchen	30	9	5	16	43	65	−22	32
14	FC Münsingen	30	7	11	12	33	40	−7	32
15	SC Dornach	30	5	4	21	33	72	−39	19	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	FC Kickers Luzern	30	3	5	22	32	85	−53	14	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Baden	Aargau	Esp Stadium	7,000
GC Biaschesi	Ticino	Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone"	2,850
FC Brugg	Aargau	Stadion Au	3,300
FC Chur 97	Grisons	Ringstrasse	2,820
FC Gossau	Gossau, St. Gallen	Sportanlage Buechenwald	3,500
Grasshopper Club U-21	Zürich	GC/Campus Niederhasli	2,000
FC Herisau	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Ebnet	2,000
FC Kreuzlingen	Thurgau	Sportplatz Hafenareal	1,200
FC Mendrisio	Ticino	Centro Sportivo Comunale	4,000
FC Rapperswil-Jona	St. Gallen	Stadion Grünfeld	2,500
FC Red Star Zürich	Zürich	Allmend Brunau	2,000
FC Seefeld Zürich^[4]	Zürich	Sportanlage Lengg	1,000
St. Gallen U-21	St. Gallen	Espenmoos	11,000
FC Tuggen	Schwyz	Linthstrasse	2,800
Winterthur U-21	Zürich	Schützenwiese or Schützenwiese Sportplätze	8,550 1,500
Zürich U-21	Zürich	Sportplatz Heerenschürli	1,120

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Red Star Zürich	30	18	5	7	55	27	+28	59	Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
2	Zürich U-21	30	18	3	9	53	32	+21	57	Not eligible to Play-off
3	FC Gossau	30	16	6	8	61	35	+26	54	Promotion play-offs to 2007–08 Challenge League
4	GC Biaschesi	30	14	9	7	46	34	+12	51
5	St. Gallen U-21	30	14	6	10	43	36	+7	48
6	FC Tuggen	30	13	6	11	44	48	−4	45
7	Grasshopper Club U-21	30	12	9	9	64	43	+21	45
8	FC Herisau	30	11	8	11	42	36	+6	41
9	Winterthur U-21	30	11	8	11	51	46	+5	41
10	FC Rapperswil-Jona	30	12	4	14	53	52	+1	40
11	FC Mendrisio-Stabio	30	8	9	13	34	47	−13	33
12	FC Brugg	30	8	7	15	41	59	−18	31
13	FC Baden	30	9	4	17	25	49	−24	31
14	FC Kreuzlingen	30	8	7	15	36	54	−18	31
15	FC Seefeld Zürich	30	7	9	14	33	55	−22	30	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	FC Chur 97	30	8	6	16	32	60	−28	30	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: RSSSF
Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SC Cham	1–1	Étoile Carouge FC
Étoile Carouge FC	2–2	SC Cham

Aggregate 3–3, Cham win on away goals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Urania Genève Sport	3–2	Red Star Zürich
Red Star Zürich	2–2	Urania Genève Sport

Urania win 5–4 on aggregate

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Gossau	1–2	FC Solothurn
FC Solothurn	0–3	FC Gossau

Gossau win 4–2 on aggregate

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Stade Nyonnais	1–1	Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne	1–0	FC Stade Nyonnais

Biel-Bienne win 2–1 on aggregate

Final round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SC Cham	1–1	Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne	1–2	SC Cham

Cham win 3–2 on aggregate

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Gossau	1 – 0	Urania Genève Sport
Urania Genève Sport	2 – 5	FC Gossau

Gossau win 6–2 on aggregate

SC Cham and FC Gossau are promoted in Challenge League.

Summary

Group 1 champions were Étoile Carouge and runners-up were Urania Genève Sport. Group 2 champions were Basel U-21, but they were not eligible to the play-offs, this right was passed down to second and third placed Biel-Bienne and FC Solothurn. Group 3 champions were Red Star Zürich. Runners-up were Zürich U-21, but too they were not eligible to the play-offs and this right was passed down to second placed FC Gossau. The best two third placed teams were Stade Nyonnais from group 1 and SC Cham from group 2. In the play-offs Cham and Gossau achieved promotion to the Challenge League.

From group 1 Martigny and Chênois were relegated. From group 2 Dornach and Kickers Luzern suffered relegation and from group 3 Seefeld and Chur suffered relegation too. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in next season by FC Savièse, SV Lyss, FC Küsnacht, SV Schaffhausen, FC Schötz and BSC Old Boys, these beings the five 2. Liga Interregional group winners and by the best placed runners-up. They were also joined by FC Baulmes and SC YF Juventus who had just suffered relegation after the 2003–04 Challenge League.^[5]

References

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^ (red) (2023). "FC Kickers Luzern" (in German). ifv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ (red) (2023). "FC Olten" (in German). sofv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ (red) (2023). "FC Seefeld Zürich" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

Preceded by 2005–06	Seasons in Swiss 1. Liga	Succeeded by 2007–08

[aff-ffv.ch-2023-FC_La_Tour/Le_Pâquier-1] (red) (2023). "FC La Tour/Le Pâquier" (in German). aff-ffv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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[fvrz.ch-2023-FC_Seefeld_Zürich-4] (red) (2023). "FC Seefeld Zürich" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-5] Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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