2005–06 Swiss 1. Liga
| Season | 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Group 1: Servette Group 2: Biel-Bienne Group 3: Tuggen |
| Promoted | Servette Delémont |
| Relegated | Group 1: Signal Bernex Grand-Lancy Group 2: Schötz Buochs Group 3: Altstetten Frauenfeld |
| Matches played | 720 + 12 |
← 2004–05 2006–07 → | |
The 2005–06 Swiss 1. Liga was the 74th season of this league and was, at this time, the third tier of the Swiss football league system. The 1. Liga was the highest level of amateur football, although an ever-increasing number of teams had professional or semi-professional players in their ranks, this also included the U-21 teams, the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs.
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 were relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional.
Group 1
Last season's group winners Lausanne-Sport had achieved promotion to the second tier. Further, ES FC Malley and Stade Lausanne Ouchy had been relegated and were no longer represented in this division. New clubs in this season were Signal FC Bernex-Confignon and SC Düdingen who had both been promoted after winning thier 2. Liga Interregional groups. FC Bulle joined the group after being relegated following the 2004–05 Challenge League season. Also new to the group was Servette. During February 2005, the parent company of the club was declared bankrupt and as a consequence their U-21 team took over the club name playing two divisions below the original Servette team.[1]
Teams
| Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Bex | Vaud | Relais | 2,000 |
| FC Bulle | Fribourg | Stade de Bouleyres | 7,000 |
| Étoile Carouge FC | Geneva | Stade de la Fontenette | 3,690 |
| CS Chênois | Geneva | Stade des Trois-Chêne | 8,000 |
| SC Düdingen | Fribourg | Stadion Birchhölzli | 3,000 |
| FC Echallens | Vaud | Sportplatz 3 Sapins | 2,000 |
| FC Fribourg | Fribourg | Stade Universitaire | 9,000 |
| Grand-Lancy FC | Geneva | Stade de Marignac | 1,500 |
| FC Martigny-Sports | Valais | Stade d'Octodure | 2,500 |
| ES FC Malley | Vaud | Centre Sportif de la Tuilière | 1,500 |
| FC Naters | Valais | Sportanlage Stapfen | 3,000 |
| FC Stade Nyonnais | Vaud | Stade de Colovray | 7,200 |
| FC Serrières | Neuchâtel | Pierre-à-Bot | 1,700 |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| Signal FC Bernex-Confignon[2] | Geneva | Stade municipal de Bernex | 1,000 |
| 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 | Servette FC | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 82 | 32 | +50 | 68 | Play-off to Challenge League |
| 2 | Étoile Carouge FC | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 56 | |
| 3 | Urania Genève Sport | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 55 | |
| 4 | ES FC Malley | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 54 | |
| 5 | FC Stade Nyonnais | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 48 | |
| 6 | FC Echallens | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 44 | |
| 7 | CS Chênois | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 41 | |
| 8 | FC Bulle | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 40 | |
| 9 | FC Fribourg | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 39 | |
| 10 | FC Serrières | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 38 | |
| 11 | FC Martigny-Sports | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 37 | |
| 12 | FC Bex | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 37 | |
| 13 | SC Düdingen | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 31 | |
| 14 | FC Naters | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 28 | |
| 15 | Signal FC Bernex-Confignon | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional |
| 16 | Grand-Lancy FC | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 72 | −42 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off
- ^ "Final curtain for Servette". UEFA. 16 February 2005. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ (red) (2023). "Signal FC Bernex-Confignon" (in German). acgf.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.