# 2019–20 Swiss Promotion League

The 2019–20 Promotion League season was the 8th edition (the 6th since its name change). The Promotion League is the 3rd division of Swiss Football and the third highest level of the football hierarchy in Switzerland, behind the Super League and the Challenge League. The Championship had 16 teams and each team were to play 30 games in a round robin format.

## Corona

The season started as normal, but due to the corona-virus and the measures against the illness, suddenly things changed. On 28 February the Swiss Football League postponed all Super and Challenge League matches. The postponement came after the Swiss Federal Council banned all major events until 15 March due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Due to the corona-virus measures, the start of the second half of the Promotion League season, planned for the end of February 2020, was postponed. On 30 April the Swiss Football Association decided that all suspended championship and cup competitions in Switzerland will be cancelled (with the exception of the Super League, the Challenge League and the Swiss Cup). This meant that all competitions in the lower tiers (Promotion League, 1st League, qualification for the Swiss Cup for the next 2020/2021 season) have been cancelled. They were not counted and there were no promotions or relegations.

## Teams

In the previous season Stade Lausanne Ouchy became division champions and had been promoted. La Chaux-de-Fonds had ended the season in last position and Wohlen in second last position and they were both relegated. Therefore, the 2019–20 season saw three new clubs join the division, FC Black Stars Basel and Étoile Carouge FC had both been promoted from the 1. Liga Classic and Rapperswil-Jona joined the division, after suffering relegation from the 2018–19 Swiss Challenge League.
| Club | Canton | Stadium | Capacity |
| Basel U-21 | Basel-City | Stadion Rankhof or Youth Campus Basel | 7,000 1,000 |
| FC Bavois | Vaud | Terrain des Peupliers | 659 |
| AC Bellinzona | Ticino | Stadio Comunale Bellinzona | 5,000 |
| FC Black Stars Basel | Basel-City | Buschwilerhof | 1,200 |
| 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 | Liebefeld | 1,000 |
| FC Münsingen | Bern | Sportanlage Sandreutenen | 1,400 |
| FC Stade Nyonnais | Vaud | Stade de Colovray | 7,200 |
| Rapperswil-Jona | St. Gallen | Stadion Grünfeld | 2,500 |
| Sion U-21 | Valais | Stade de Tourbillon | 20,200 |
| SC Young Fellows Juventus | Zürich | Utogrund | 2,850 |
| Yverdon-Sport FC | Vaud | Stade Municipal | 8,200 |
| Zürich U-21 | Zürich | Sportplatz Heerenschürli | 1,120 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Yverdon-Sport | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 15 | +30 | 38 | No promotion |
| 2 | Rapperswil-Jona | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 31 | |
| 3 | Stade Nyonnais | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 30 | |
| 4 | Étoile Carouge FC | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 30 | |
| 5 | Black Stars | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 29 | |
| 6 | Bellinzona | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 27 | |
| 7 | Brühl | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Basel U-21 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 22 | |
| 9 | Breitenrain | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 22 | |
| 10 | Sion U-21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 20 | |
| 11 | Köniz | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 20 | |
| 12 | SC Cham | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 19 | |
| 13 | Zürich U-21 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 18 | |
| 14 | Bavois | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 16 | |
| 15 | YF Juventus | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 15 | No relegation |
| 16 | Münsingen | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 9 | No relegation |
NB: the season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic; there were no promotions or relegations