2023–24 Promotion League

The 2023–24 Swiss Promotion League season (known as the Hoval Promotion League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th edition (10th under its current name) of the 3rd tier of the Swiss football league system under its current format.

Swiss Promotion League

Season	2023–24
Dates	5 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
Champions	Étoile Carouge
Promoted	Étoile Carouge
Relegated	St. Gallen II Servette II
Swiss Cup	Étoile Carouge Rapperswil-Jona Biel-Bienne Paradiso Delémont Kriens Brühl
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,012 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	18 goals: Labinot Bajrami (FC Zürich II)
Biggest home win	Zürich II 6–0 Breitenrain
Biggest away win	Brühl 0–5 Étoile Carouge
Highest scoring	9 goals: Bulle 5–4 Basel II Bavois 7–2 Young Boys II
Longest winning run	SC Brühl (7 wins)
Longest unbeaten run	Étoile Carouge Rapperswil-Jona (10 games)
Longest winless run	FC Bavois St. Gallen II (9 games)
Longest losing run	FC Zürich II (6 losses)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Overview

FC Basel II

FC Bavois

Biel-Bienne

Breitenrain

SC Brühl

FC Bulle

SC Cham

SR Delémont

Étoile Carouge

SC Kriens

Lugano II

Luzern II

FC Paradiso

Rapperswil-Jona

Servette II

St. Gallen II

Young Boys II

FC Zürich II

Location of the 2023–24 Promotion League teams

The eighteen teams of the previous season are joined by Servette FC II, SR Delémont, FC Paradiso and FC Lugano II, who were promoted from the 1. Liga Classic and no team relegated from the Challenge League, replaced last season's runner-up and third place Stade Nyonnais and FC Baden. Furthermore, the number of under-21 teams allowed in the Promotion League is no longer restricted to four, starting with this season. This season features seven U21 teams.

The season started on 5 August 2023 and the final matchday was on 25 May 2024.

Teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
Basel U-21	Basel-City	Stadion Rankhof or Youth Campus Basel	7,000 1,000
FC Bavois	Vaud	Terrain des Peupliers	659
FC Biel-Bienne	Bern	Gurzelen Stadion	5,500
FC Breitenrain Bern	Bern	Spitalacker	1,450
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion	4,200
FC Bulle	Fribourg	Stade de Bouleyres	7,000
SC Cham	Zug	Stadion Eizmoos	1,800
SR Delémont	Jura	La Blancherie	5,263
Étoile Carouge FC	Geneva	Stade de la Fontenette	3,690
SC Kriens	Lucerne	Stadion Kleinfeld	5,360
Lugano U-21	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	6,330
Luzern U-21	Lucerne	Swissporarena or Allmend Süd	16,800 2,000
FC Paradiso	Ticino	Campo Pian Scairolo	1,000
FC Rapperswil-Jona	St. Gallen	Stadion Grünfeld	2,500
Servette U-21	Geneva	Stade de Genève or Stade de la Fontenette	30,000 3,690
St. Gallen U-21	St. Gallen	Espenmoos or Kybunpark	3,000 19,264
Young Boys U-21	Bern	Stadion Wankdorf	32,000
Zürich U-21	Zürich	Sportplatz Heerenschürli	1,120

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Étoile Carouge FC (C, P)	34	24	4	6	72	38	+34	76	Promotion to Swiss Challenge League and qualification for Swiss Cup
2	FC Rapperswil-Jona	34	22	5	7	74	44	+30	71	Qualification for Swiss Cup
3	FC Biel-Bienne	34	18	5	11	61	35	+26	59
4	FC Paradiso	34	16	8	10	38	32	+6	56
5	SR Delémont	34	16	5	13	56	62	−6	53
6	SC Kriens	34	13	10	11	50	58	−8	49
7	SC Brühl	34	15	5	14	53	60	−7	50
8	SC Cham	34	12	8	14	69	62	+7	44
9	FC Zürich II	34	13	6	15	58	56	+2	45
10	FC Bavois	34	12	7	15	66	58	+8	43
11	FC Breitenrain	34	10	9	15	48	61	−13	39
12	BSC Young Boys II	34	12	8	14	51	63	−12	44
13	FC Luzern II	34	11	10	13	61	68	−7	43
14	FC Bulle	34	10	9	15	47	58	−11	39
15	FC Basel II	34	10	8	16	54	63	−9	38
16	FC Lugano II	34	12	4	18	51	65	−14	40
17	FC St. Gallen II (R)	34	10	7	17	56	61	−5	37	Relegation to the 1. Liga Classic
18	Servette FC II (R)	34	6	10	18	47	68	−21	28

Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BAV	BIE	BRE	BRÜ	BUL	CHA	DEL	ETC	KRI	LUG	LUZ	PAR	RAP	SER	STG	BYB	ZÜR
FC Basel II	—	0–2	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	5–1	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–3
FC Bavois	1–0	—	2–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	5–2	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–2	7–2	4–1
FC Biel-Bienne	5–1	4–0	—	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1
FC Breitenrain	2–2	4–2	3–2	—	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–2
SC Brühl	1–0	0–2	1–6	3–2	—	0–1	4–1	4–1	0–5	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–0
FC Bulle	5–4	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	—	3–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	3–2	4–4	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	1–0
SC Cham	2–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	—	1–2	2–4	1–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	6–2	2–2
SR Delémont	3–0[a]	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	—	3–2	2–2	5–2	3–2	1–1	2–4	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–2
Étoile Carouge FC	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	0–1	—	4–0	3–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	2–1	3–2
SC Kriens	3–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	6–2	1–3	—	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–5	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–0
FC Lugano II	2–4	2–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	—	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	1–0
FC Luzern II	4–1	4–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	4–4	—	0–1	1–2	4–2	3–1	4–1	2–2
FC Paradiso	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1
FC Rapperswil-Jona	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–3[b]	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	2–3	2–0	—	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–4
Servette FC II	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	—	1–5	3–2	2–3
FC St. Gallen II	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–4	4–2	—	0–1	0–1
BSC Young Boys II	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–4	1–0	3–4	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	—	2–0
FC Zürich II	1–0	0–4	2–1	6–0	3–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–4	0–0	2–3	4–3	—

Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Original result 0–4. Delémont were awarded a 3–0 forfeit win, because Basel II fielded an ineligible player.^[1]
2. Original result 2–0. Brühl were awarded a 3–0 forfeit win, as Rapperswil-Jona had fielded an unregistered player.^[2]

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