2017–18 Swiss Promotion League
The 2017–18 Promotion League season is the 6th edition of the 3rd division of Swiss Football and is the third level of the football hierarchy in Switzerland, behind the Super League and the Challenge League. The Championship has 16 teams and each team plays 30 games.
FC Le Mont LS, which he had not received the license III in the1st instance, has decided not to appeal. The club also decides that the team will also not play in Promotion League. FC United Zurich, 15th in the 2016-2017 season, is maintained in Promotion League. The 2017-2018 season started on 2 August 2017 and will finish on 26 May 2018.
Teams
The 2017–18 season saw two new clubs in the league, Yverdon Sport FC and FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy which were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Le Mont didn't get their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently relegated.Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity | 2016-2017 season results |
SC Kriens | Lucerne | Stadion Kleinfeld | 2nd | |
FC Bâle M21 | Bâle-Ville | Rankhof | 3rd | |
FC Stade Nyonnais | Vaud | Stade de Colovray | 4th | |
FC Zürich M21 | Zurich | Sportplatz Heerenschürli | 5th | |
FC Breitenrain | Berne | Spitalacker | 6th | |
SC Brühl Saint-Gall | Saint-Gall | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion | 7th | |
FC Köniz | Berne | Liebefeld | 8th | |
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | Neuchâtel | Stade de la Charrière | 9th | |
FC Sion M21 | Valais | Stade de Tourbillon | 10th | |
SC Cham | Zoug | Stadion Eizmoos | 11th | |
BSC Old Boys | Bâle-Ville | Schützenmatte | 12th | |
SC YF Juventus | Zurich | Utogrund | 13th | |
FC Bavois | Vaud | Terrain des Peupliers | 14th | |
FC United Zürich | Zurich | Sportanlage Buchlern | 15th | |
Yverdon-Sport | Vaud | Stade municipal | winner of group 1 of 1. Liga Classic | |
FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | Vaud | Centre sportif de Vidy | runner up of group 1 of 1. Liga Classic |