De Challenge League 2011/12 was de negende editie van de strijd in de tweede klasse van het Zwitserse betaald voetbal. De competitie begon op 22 juli 2011 en eindigde op 23 mei 2012. Middels een competitiehervorming was dit het laatste seizoen dat er zestien clubs speelden in de Challenge League. Vanaf volgend seizoen zou er worden verder gespeeld met tien clubs, waardoor dit seizoen maar liefst zes clubs moesten degraderen naar de nieuw gevormde Promotion League. Uiteindelijk degradeerden vijf ploegen naar de Promotion League, omdat Neuchâtel Xamax uit de Super League failliet ging en naar de amateurklassen werd teruggezet.
Het was dit seizoen tevens de laatste keer dat er barrages werden afgewerkt tussen de nummer twee van de Challenge League en de nummer negen van de Super League. Pas in het seizoen 2018/19 werden er opnieuw barragewedstrijden gespeeld.
Clubs
Clubs in de Challenge League 2011/12
| Club | Plaats | Stadion |
|---|---|---|
| FC Aarau | Aarau | Stadion Brügglifeld |
| AC Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
| FC Biel-Bienne | Biel/Bienne | Stadion Gurzelen |
| SC Brühl | Sankt Gallen | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion |
| FC Chiasso | Chiasso | Stadio Comunale di Chiasso |
| SR Delémont | Delémont | La Blancherie |
| Étoile Carouge FC | Carouge | Stade de la Fontenette |
| FC St. Gallen | Sankt Gallen | AFG Arena |
| SC Kriens | Kriens | Stadion Kleinfeld |
| FC Locarno | Locarno | Stadio Lido |
| FC Lugano | Lugano | Cornaredo Stadium |
| Stade Nyonnais | Nyon | Centre sportif de Colovray |
| FC Vaduz | Vaduz | Rheinparkstadion |
| FC Wil | Wil | Stadion Bergholz |
| FC Winterthur | Winterthur | Schützenwiese |
| FC Wohlen | Wohlen | Stadion Niedermatten |
Uitslagen
| AAR | BEL | BIE | BRU | CHI | DEL | ETO | GAL | KRI | LOC | LUG | NYO | VAD | WIL | WIN | WOH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Aarau | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| AC Bellinzona | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| FC Biel-Bienne | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| SC Brühl | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–2 | |
| FC Chiasso | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| SR Delémont | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Etoile Carouge FC | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| FC St. Gallen | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| SC Kriens | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| FC Locarno | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| AC Lugano | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Stade Nyonnais | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| FC Vaduz | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| FC Wil 1900 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| FC Winterthur | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| FC Wohlen | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
Eindstand
| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC St. Gallen | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 64 |
| 2 | FC Aarau | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 59 |
| 3 | AC Bellinzona | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 59 |
| 4 | FC Winterthur | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 53 |
| 5 | FC Lugano | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 49 |
| 6 | FC Wil 1900 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 46 |
| 7 | FC Chiasso | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 45 |
| 8 | FC Vaduz | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 45 |
| 9 | FC Locarno | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 45 |
| 10 | FC Biel-Bienne | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 43 |
| 11 | FC Wohlen | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 36 |
| 12 | Stade Nyonnais | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 |
| 13 | Étoile Carouge FC | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 30 |
| 14 | SR Delémont | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 20 |
| 15 | SC Kriens | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 17 |
| 16 | SC Brühl | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 78 | −48 | 16 |
Play-offs
Promotie/degradatie
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| 26 mei 14:30 uur |
FC Sion | 3 – 0 | FC Aarau | Stade de Tourbillon, Sion Toeschouwers: 10.800 Scheidsrechter: Stéphan Studer |
| Dragan Mrdja 58' Xavier Margairaz 67' Dragan Mrdja 81' |
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| 28 mei 16:00 uur |
FC Aarau | 1 – 0 | FC Sion | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau Toeschouwers: 8.800 Scheidsrechter: Patrick Graf |
| Shkëlzen Gashi 54' | ||||
Statistieken
Scheidsrechters
| Naam | Geboren | Duels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Erlachner | 01.02.1980 | 17 | 69 | 2 | 1 |
| Luca Gut | 27.06.1983 | 17 | 76 | 3 | 3 |
| Roland Huwiler | 01.02.1978 | 16 | 70 | 5 | 1 |
| Sébastien Pache | 04.03.1975 | 16 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
| Fedayi San | 11.11.1981 | 16 | 83 | 3 | 2 |
| Patrick Winter | 16 | 71 | 2 | 1 | |
| Nicolas Jancevski | 18.12.1983 | 15 | 66 | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Amhof | 04.03.1980 | 12 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
| Ludovic Gremaud | 01.11.1979 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Carrell | 21.05.1982 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 3 |
| Adrien Jaccottet | 19.07.1983 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 0 |
| Lukas Fähndrich | 26.08.1984 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephan Klossner | 30.05.1981 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| Sandro Schärer | 06.06.1988 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| Alain Bieri | 13.03.1979 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Graf | 09.01.1973 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Hänni | 02.03.1976 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| Sascha Kever | 24.04.1975 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| Daniel Wermelinger | 18.03.1971 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| Cyril Zimmermann | 26.01.1976 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Jérôme Laperrière | 23.10.1969 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Stéphan Studer | 09.10.1975 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Fahad Jaber Al-Marri | 1986 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Martínez Munuera | 13.07.1982 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Urs Schnyder | 17.04.1986 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totaal | 240 | 1011 | 36 | 22 | |