Football league season
The 2007–08 Swiss 1. Liga was the 76th 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.
There were 49 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, group 1 with 17 teams, group 2 and group 3 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 are not eligible for promotion. The last placed three teams in group 1 and the last two placed teams in the other two groups would be relegated. The third last team in group 2 and group 3 were to have a play-off, the loser of which would also be relegated.
Group 1
Teams
Club
Canton
Stadium
Capacity
FC Baulmes
Vaud
Stade Sous-Ville
2,500
FC Bex
Vaud
Relais
2,000
FC Echallens
Vaud
Sportplatz 3 Sapins
2,000
FC Bulle
Fribourg
Stade de Bouleyres
7,000
Étoile Carouge FC
Geneva
Stade de la Fontenette
3,690
SC Düdingen
Fribourg
Stadion Birchhölzli
3,000
FC Fribourg
Fribourg
Stade Universitaire
9,000
FC La Tour/Le Pâquier [ 1]
Fribourg
Stade de Bouleyres
7,000
FC Martigny-Sports
Valais
Stade d'Octodure
2,500
ES FC Malley
Vaud
Centre Sportif de la Tuilière
1,500
FC Meyrin
Geneva
Stade des Arbères
9,000
FC Naters
Valais
Sportanlage Stapfen
3,000
FC Stade Nyonnais
Vaud
Stade de Colovray
7,200
FC Savièse [ 2]
Valais
Stade St-Germain
1,000
FC Serrières
Neuchâtel
Pierre-à-Bot
1,700
Sion U-21
Valais
Stade de Tourbillon
20,200
Urania Genève Sport
Geneva
Stade de Frontenex
4,000
Final league table
Group 1
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
FC Grenchen
Solothurn
Stadium Brühl
15,100
FC Laufen
Basel-Country
Sportplatz Nau
3,000
Luzern U-21
Lucerne
Swissporarena or Allmend Süd
16,800 2,000
SV Lyss [ 3]
Bern
Sportzentrum Grien
1,000
FC Münsingen
Bern
Sportanlage Sandreutenen
1,400
SV Muttenz
Basel-Country
Sportplatz Margelacker
3,200
BSC Old Boys
Basel-City
Stadion Schützenmatte
8,000
FC Olten [ 4]
Solothurn
Sportanlagen Kleinholz
8,000
FC Schötz
Lucerne
Sportplatz Wissenhusen
1,750
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
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
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 Küsnacht [ 5]
Zürich
Sportanlage Heslibach
2,300
FC Mendrisio-Stabio
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 Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen
Stadion Breite
7,300
St. Gallen U-21
St. Gallen
Espenmoos orKybunpark
3,000 19,264
FC Tuggen
Schwyz
Linthstrasse
2,800
Winterthur U-21
Zürich
Schützenwieseor Schützenwiese Sportplätze
8,550 1,500
SC YF Juventus
Zürich
Utogrund
2,850
Zürich U-21
Zürich
Sportplatz Heerenschürli
1,120
Final league table
Source:
Erste Liga official website Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
Qualification round
Nyonnais win on away goals
Finals
Biel-Bienne win on away goals
Stade Nyonnais (declared champion) and Biel-Bienne are promoted to 2008–09 Challenge League .
Relegation play-out
The play-out was one match only and played at Sportplatz Wissenhusen in Schötz .
FC Brugg is relegated
See also
References
^ (red) (2023). "FC La Tour/Le Pâquier" (in German). aff-ffv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
^ (red) (2023). "FC Savièse" (in German). avf-wfv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
^ (red) (2023). "SV Lyss" (in German). fvbj-afbj.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
^ (red) (2023). "FC Olten" (in German). sofv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
^ (red) (2023). "FC Küsnacht" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16 .
Sources
Domestic leagues Domestic cups International club competitions
Related to national teams
Club seasons
Super League
Aarau
Basel
Grasshopper Club
Luzern
Neuchâtel Xamax
Sion
St. Gallen
Thun
Young Boys
Zürich
Challenge League
Bellinzona
Cham
Chiasso
Concordia Basel
Delémont
Gossau
Kriens
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Lausanne-Sport
Locarno
Lugano
Schaffhausen
Servette
Stade Nyonnais
Vaduz
Wil
Winterthur
Wohlen
Yverdon-Sport