Challenge League
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second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system
Key facts
- Founded
- 1898 ; 128 years ago ( 1898 ) , as Swiss Serie B , 1944 ; 82 years ago ( 1944 ) , as Nationalliga B
- Country
- Switzerland (9 teams)
- Other club from
- Liechtenstein (1 team)
- Confederation
- UEFA
- Promotion to
- Super League
- Relegation to
- Promotion League
- Domestic cup
- Swiss Cup
- Current champions
- Thun , ( 2024–25 )
- Website
- sfl.ch/challengeleague
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the bottom-placed team is relegated to the Promotion League.
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Challenge League” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.