1. Liga Promotion is a men’s football league in Switzerland, also known in imported data as the Swiss Promotion League. The Xtra-Stats competition page brings together live scores, fixtures, results and standings, alongside player and team statistics for each recorded season from 2017 to 2025.
Upcoming matches, 1. Liga Promotion
Regular Season - 8
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- Regular Season - 8
Basel II
Bulle
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- Regular Season - 8Breitenrain
Biel-Bienne
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- Regular Season - 8
FC Schaffhausen
Lugano II
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- Regular Season - 8
Cham
Brühl
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- Regular Season - 8
Paradiso
YF Juventus
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- Regular Season - 8
Grand-Saconnex
Bellinzona
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- Regular Season - 8
Amical Saint-Prex
Young Boys II
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- Regular Season - 8
Kreuzlingen
Zürich II
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- Regular Season - 8
Bavois
Luzern II
Regular Season - 9
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- Regular Season - 9
Brühl
Paradiso
Latest played matches, 1. Liga Promotion
Regular Season - 7
Regular Season - 6
1. Liga Promotion Standings
1 Liga Promotion
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Biel-Bienne | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 16 | WLDWW |
| 2 |
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Bulle | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 14 | WLDWW |
| 3 |
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Paradiso | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 13 | WWWDL |
| 4 |
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FC Schaffhausen | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 13 | DLLWW |
| 5 |
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Cham | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 13 | LWDWW |
| 6 |
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Grand-Saconnex | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 | WWLLL |
| 7 |
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Brühl | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | DLWDL |
| 8 | Breitenrain | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | LWLWW | |
| 9 |
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Young Boys II | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 10 | WWDLL |
| 10 |
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Zürich II | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 10 | LLWWW |
| 11 |
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Basel II | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 9 | LWWLW |
| 12 |
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YF Juventus | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 9 | WWLLW |
| 13 |
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Lugano II | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 9 | WLWLW |
| 14 |
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Amical Saint-Prex | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 9 | LWLWL |
| 15 |
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Bavois | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | LWLDL |
| 16 |
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Kreuzlingen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 7 | LLWDL |
| 17 |
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Luzern II | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 4 | LLDLL |
| 18 |
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Bellinzona | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 4 | WLDLL |
1. Liga Promotion Statistics
Top scorers 2026
| # | Player | Goals |
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Top assists 2026
| # | Player | Assists |
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
1. Liga Promotion teams participation since 2017
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Bavois | 9 |
| Cham | 9 |
| Basel II | 9 |
| Breitenrain | 9 |
| Brühl | 9 |
| Zürich II | 9 |
| Rapperswil | 6 |
| Stade Nyonnais | 6 |
| YF Juventus | 6 |
| SC Kriens | 5 |
| Étoile Carouge | 5 |
| Sion II | 5 |
| Young Boys II | 5 |
| Biel-Bienne | 5 |
| Bellinzona | 4 |
| Bulle | 4 |
| Yverdon Sport | 4 |
| Köniz | 4 |
| Luzern II | 4 |
| Black Stars | 3 |
| Münsingen | 3 |
| Paradiso | 3 |
| Lugano II | 3 |
| FC Chiasso | 2 |
| Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | 2 |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 2 |
| Vevey Sports | 2 |
| Baden | 2 |
| Delémont | 2 |
| St. Gallen II | 2 |
| Grand-Saconnex | 2 |
| FC Schaffhausen | 1 |
| FC Wohlen | 1 |
| Old Boys | 1 |
| United Zürich | 1 |
| Lausanne Sport II | 1 |
| Kreuzlingen | 1 |
| Servette II | 1 |
1. Liga Promotion top scorer teams
1. Liga Promotion About
1. Liga Promotion is the former name of Switzerland’s national Swiss Promotion League, a men’s league and the third tier of the Swiss football pyramid. It occupies the important space between the professional Challenge League and the regionalised 1. Liga Classic, combining ambitious traditional clubs with the development teams of leading Swiss professional sides.
A national bridge between amateur and professional football
Established in its current form in 2012, the competition was created to make the transition from regional amateur football to the professional game more structured. It is the highest level of amateur football in Switzerland, although several participating clubs operate with professional or semi-professional structures. The league gives established regional teams a route towards the Challenge League while providing Under-21 sides with a demanding national environment in which young players can gain experience against senior opposition.
The competition is governed by the Première Ligue, a sub-organisation of the Swiss Football Association (SFV/ASF). Its place in the Swiss system makes it more than a conventional third division: it is both a destination for clubs moving down from the professional tiers and a proving ground for players seeking to progress into them. The competition’s recorded history on this platform extends from the 2017 season through 2025.
Entry, club eligibility and academy teams
Clubs can reach the Swiss Promotion League through promotion from the 1. Liga Classic or relegation from the Challenge League. Continued participation depends on sporting performance and the applicable regulations, while clubs seeking promotion must satisfy the relevant licensing and structural requirements for the professional level.
The league is composed of 18 clubs. Professional clubs from the Swiss top flight may field Under-21 or academy teams, subject to the regulations governing the number of such sides permitted in the division. These teams compete for league points and player development, but they cannot be promoted to the professional tier if that would place them in the same division as their parent club. Their presence gives the competition a distinctive blend of experienced senior football and emerging talent.
A 34-match double round-robin season
The standard format is a single league table played over a double round-robin schedule. Each team meets every other club twice, once at home and once away, giving each side 34 league fixtures across the campaign. There is no separate group stage in the regular competition: the table records the outcome of the full season and determines the principal promotion and relegation consequences.
Matches are played under the Laws of the Game, with two 45-minute halves. The standard points system awards three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. Extra time and penalty shoot-outs do not form part of ordinary league matches; they may apply in particular promotion play-off circumstances when required by the regulations for that season.
How league positions are decided
When clubs finish level on points, the recorded ranking hierarchy is:
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[*]overall goal difference;
[*]goals scored;
[*]head-to-head results.
Seasonal competition regulations remain decisive in any exceptional case, including disciplinary or fair-play provisions that may be used as a final separating factor. This means that a club’s position is determined not only by its points total, but also by its efficiency in attack, defensive record and results against directly competing teams.
Promotion, relegation and sporting purpose
The main sporting reward is promotion to the Challenge League. The champion earns that opportunity subject to the required licensing and eligibility conditions, marking the step from the semi-professional environment into fully professional football. Winning the league therefore represents both a national title and a practical route to a higher level of competition.
For Under-21 sides, the objective is different. They cannot use the competition to advance into the same professional division as their parent club, so their central achievement is maintaining a place in a high-quality national league and preparing players for senior football. For other clubs, the campaign may be a launchpad towards the professional game, a chance to consolidate national status or a fight to avoid returning to regional competition.
The clubs at the bottom of the standings face relegation to the 1. Liga Classic under the relevant season’s regulations. Relegation therefore changes the scale and character of a club’s football, replacing a unified national schedule with a regionalised amateur programme. At the other end of the table, the promotion race connects the league directly with the Challenge League and its licensing demands.
The Swiss autumn-to-spring calendar
The season normally follows Switzerland’s European football calendar. It begins in the summer, typically in August, pauses for a substantial winter break from December into late February and resumes for the decisive spring programme. The campaign generally concludes in May or early June, when promotion and relegation outcomes across the upper levels of the Swiss system are also being settled.
That calendar reflects both sporting convention and Swiss weather conditions. The winter interruption separates the opening phase from the final run-in, when promotion ambitions, academy objectives and the battle against relegation are resolved. Under its former 1. Liga Promotion identity and its current Swiss Promotion League name, the competition has remained a key national link between regional football, elite player development and the professional Swiss game.