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2005–06 Swiss 1. Liga

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.

1. Liga
Season2005–06
ChampionsGroup 1:
Servette
Group 2:
Biel-Bienne
Group 3:
Tuggen
PromotedServette
Delémont
RelegatedGroup 1:
Signal Bernex
Grand-Lancy
Group 2:
Schötz
Buochs
Group 3:
Altstetten
Frauenfeld
Matches played720 + 12

Format

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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

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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 their 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

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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

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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
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off

Group 2

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Last season's bottom two clubs FC Alle and FC Langenthal had suffered relegation. They were replaced by FC Kickers Luzern and SV Muttenz who had both been promoted after winning their 2. Liga Interregional groups respectively. FC Laufen were also promoted after being the best second placed team. Last season's group champions FC Biel-Bienne had missed promotion and remained in the group.

Teams

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Club Canton Stadium Capacity
Basel U-21 Basel-City Stadion Rankhof or
Leichtathletik-Stadion St. Jakob 		7,000
4,000
FC Biel-Bienne Bern Gurzelen Stadion 5,500
SC Buochs Nidwalden Stadion Seefeld 5,000
SR Delémont Jura La Blancherie 5,263
SC Dornach Solothurn Gigersloch 2,500
FC Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl 15,100
FC Kickers Luzern[3] Lucerne Stadion Auf Tribschen 2,950
FC Laufen Basel-Country Sportplatz Nau 3,000
Luzern U-21 Lucerne Stadion Allmend or
Allmend Süd 		13,000
2,000
FC Münsingen Bern Sportanlage Sandreutenen 1,400
SV Muttenz Basel-Country Sportplatz Margelacker 3,200
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

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Biel-Bienne 30 20 8 2 65 20 +45 68 Play-off to Challenge League
2 SR Delémont 30 14 10 6 56 40 +16 52
3 Basel U-21 30 14 7 9 78 48 +30 49
4 FC Kickers Luzern 30 13 10 7 49 41 +8 49
5 FC Solothurn 30 12 10 8 51 40 +11 46
6 SC Zofingen 30 10 10 10 52 55 −3 40
7 FC Grenchen 30 9 11 10 51 46 +5 38
8 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 10 8 12 51 55 −4 38
9 FC Laufen 30 9 9 12 37 45 −8 36
10 Young Boys U-21 30 8 11 11 44 45 −1 35
11 FC Münsingen 30 7 14 9 37 42 −5 35
12 SC Dornach 30 10 5 15 42 63 −21 35
13 SV Muttenz 30 9 8 13 43 67 −24 35
14 Luzern U-21 30 8 10 12 45 53 −8 34
15 FC Schötz 30 7 10 13 46 64 −18 31 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 SC Buochs 30 5 9 16 39 62 −23 24
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.

Group 3

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Last season's bottom two clubs FC Chur 97 and FC Gossau had suffered relegation. Last season's group winners FC Tuggen had missed promotion and remained in the group. However runner's-up Locarno had achieved promotion, winning the play-offs. Theses teams were replaced by FC Rapperswil-Jona who had been promoted after winning the 2. Liga Interregional group 5 the previous season. Further new to this group were SC Cham and Zug 94 who had played the previous season in group two.

Teams

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Club Canton Stadium Capacity
FC Altstetten[4] Zürich Buchlern 1,000
GC Biaschesi Ticino Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone" 2,850
FC Brugg Aargau Stadion Au 3,300
SC Cham Zug Stadion Eizmoos 1,800
FC Frauenfeld Thurgau Kleine Allmend 6,370
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 Mendrisio 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 Seefeld Zürich[5] Zürich Sportanlage Lengg 1,000
St. Gallen U-21 St. Gallen Espenmoos 11,000
FC Tuggen Schwyz Linthstrasse 2,800
Zug 94 Zug Herti Allmend Stadion 6,000
Zürich U-21 Zürich Sportplatz Heerenschürli 1,120

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Tuggen 30 21 4 5 76 35 +41 67 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Red Star Zürich 30 16 8 6 57 41 +16 56
3 FC Herisau 30 15 8 7 55 32 +23 53
4 FC Kreuzlingen 30 15 5 10 49 44 +5 50
5 Zürich U-21 30 13 10 7 52 32 +20 49
6 Zug 94 30 14 7 9 67 57 +10 49
7 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 13 6 11 60 41 +19 45
8 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 12 7 11 42 41 +1 43
9 GC Biaschesi 30 12 5 13 44 49 −5 41
10 SC Cham 30 10 10 10 50 49 +1 40
11 FC Brugg 30 11 6 13 37 39 −2 39
12 FC Rapperswil-Jona 30 10 6 14 46 55 −9 36
13 St. Gallen U-21 30 9 7 14 44 52 −8 34
14 FC Mendrisio 30 8 10 12 35 49 −14 34
15 FC Altstetten 30 6 6 18 36 74 −38 24 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Frauenfeld 30 1 3 26 29 89 −60 6
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.

Promotion play-off

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Qualification round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Herisau 1–3 Servette
Servette 3–0 Herisau

Servette win 6–1 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Delémont 3–0 Tuggen
Tuggen 0–4 Delémont

Delémont win 7–0 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Red Star 1–0 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 4–1 Red Star

Étoile Carouge win 4–2 on aggregate

Team 1  Score  Team 2
UGS 2–0 Biel-Bienne
Biel-Bienne 3–1 UGS

3–3 on aggregate UGS win on away goals

Final round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Delémont 1–0 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 1–1 Delémont

Delémont win 2–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
UGS 0–3 Servette
Servette 2–1 UGS

Servette win 5–1 on aggregate and are promoted to the 2006–07 Challenge League.

Summary

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Group 1 champions were Servette, who also achieved promotion in the play-off finals. Runners-up in this group were UGS, who missed their promotion attempt, being defeated by Servette in this play-off final. Group 2 champions were Biel-Bienne and runners-up were Delémont, who had been relegated two season before. Biel-Bienne failed in their promotion attempt, but Delémont achieved promotion winning against group 1 third placed team Étoile Carouge in the finals. In group 3 champions Tuggen, runners-up Red Star and third placed Herisau all failed in the play-off qualification. From group 1 Signal FC Bernex-Confignon and Grand-Lancy FC were relegated. From group 2 FC Schötz and SC Buochs and from group 3 FC Altstetten and FC Frauenfeld also suffered the same fate and continued the next season in the 2. Liga Interregional.

The remaining teams in the 1. Liga were to be joined in next season by Sion U-21, FC La Tour/Le Pâquier, FC Mendrisio-Stabio, FC Olten and FC Gossau, all of whom had won their 2. Liga Interregional groups. Winterthur U-21 as best second placed team also achieved promotion.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Final curtain for Servette". UEFA. 16 February 2005. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  2. ^ (red) (2023). "Signal FC Bernex-Confignon" (in German). acgf.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Kickers Luzern" (in German). ifv.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Altstetten" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ (red) (2023). "FC Seefeld Zürich" (in German). fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources

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Preceded by
2004–05 		Seasons in
Swiss 1. Liga 		Succeeded by
2006–07
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