# 2015–16 Swiss Promotion League

The 2015–16 Promotion League season is the fourth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before the previous season. The Promotion League is the third highest level in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.
The season started on 5 August 2015 and finished on 28 May 2016. The league was won by Servette FC who made an immediate return to the Challenge League while FC St. Gallen U-21 and Étoile Carouge were relegated to the 1. Liga Classic.

## Teams

Last season Xamax had been division champions and were promoted to the 2015–16 Challenge League. Locarno and Delémont had ended the season in the two last positions and were therefore relegated. Thus the 2015–16 season saw three new clubs in the league, SC Cham and SC Kriens had both been promoted from the 1. Liga Classic and Servette FC had suffered relegation from the Challenge League.
| Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| Basel U-21 | Basel-City | Stadion Rankhof or Youth Campus Basel | 7,000 1,000 |
| FC Breitenrain Bern | Bern | Spitalacker | 1,450 |
| SC Brühl | St. Gallen | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion | 4,200 |
| SC Cham | Zug | Stadion Eizmoos | 1,800 |
| Étoile Carouge FC | Geneva | Stade de la Fontenette | 3,690 |
| FC Köniz | Bern | Sportplatz Liebefeld-Hessgut | 2,600 |
| SC Kriens | Lucerne | Stadion Kleinfeld | 5,100 |
| BSC Old Boys | Basel-City | Stadion Schützenmatte | 8,000 |
| FC Rapperswil-Jona | St. Gallen | Stadion Grünfeld | 2,500 |
| Servette FC | Geneva | Stade de Genève | 30,084 |
| Sion U-21 | Valais | Stade de Tourbillon | 20,200 |
| St. Gallen U-21 | St. Gallen | Espenmoos or Kybunpark | 3,000 3,000 |
| FC Stade Nyonnais | Vaud | Stade de Colovray | 7,200 |
| FC Tuggen | Schwyz | Linthstrasse | 2,800 |
| SC YF Juventus | Zürich | Utogrund | 2,850 |
| Zürich U-21 | Zürich | Sportplatz Heerenschürli | 1,120 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Servette FC (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 66 | Promotion to Challenge League |
| 2 | SC Cham | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 56 | |
| 3 | SC Kriens | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 54 | |
| 4 | Basel U-21 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 50 | |
| 5 | BSC Old Boys Basel | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 49 | |
| 6 | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 46 | |
| 7 | Stade Nyonnais | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 39 | |
| 8 | FC Breitenrain | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 39 | |
| 9 | SC Brühl | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 38 | |
| 10 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 36 | |
| 11 | Zürich U-21 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 35 | |
| 12 | FC Tuggen | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 35 | |
| 13 | FC Köniz | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 34 | |
| 14 | Sion U-21 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 31 | |
| 15 | St. Gallen U-21 (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 30 | Relegation to 1. Liga Classic |
| 16 | Étoile Carouge (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 25 | Relegation to 1. Liga Classic |

## Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Samel Sabanovic | SC Brühl | 16 |
| 2 | Severin Dätwyler | SC Cham | 14 |
| 3 | Altin Osmani | FC Köniz | 12 |
| 3 | Tibert Pont | Servette FC | 12 |
| 3 | Aldin Turkes | FC Zürich U-21 | 12 |

## Promotion round

The best eight teams of the three divisions of the 1. Liga Classic competed for three spots in the 2016–17 1. Liga Promotion:

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC United Zürich (III/3) | 2–2 (a) | FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (I/1) | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| FC Bavois (I/3) | 3–1 | FC Münsingen (II/1) | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| SR Delémont (II/2) | 2–3 | FC Baden (III/1) | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Grasshopper Club U-21 (III/2) | 4–8 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (I/2) | 1–4 | 3–4 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Bavois (I/3) | 1-0 | FC Baden (III/1) | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (I/2) | 3-1 | FC United Zürich (III/3) | 1–0 | 2–1 |
    Decider for third promotion spot
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Baden (III/1) | 0–2 | FC United Zürich (III/3) |
* (I/1) First number, the Roman numeral, indicates division, second number indicates final position in division.