# 2016–17 Swiss Promotion League

The 2016–17 Promotion League season is the fifth season of this league. It had previously been called 1. Liga Promotion but underwent a name change before in 2014. The Promotion League is the third highest tier in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.
The season started on 3 August 2016 and finished on 27 May 2017. The league was won by FC Rapperswil-Jona while FC Tuggen were relegated to the 1. Liga.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

The 2016–17 season saw three new clubs in the league, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, FC Bavois and FC United Zürich who were all promoted from the 1. Liga Classic. No club was relegated from the Challenge League as FC Biel-Bienne was stripped of their league licence by the Swiss Football Association and subsequently declared bankrupt.
| Club | Location | Stadium | 2015/16 Position |
| Basel U-21 | Basel | Youth Campus Basel | 4th in Promotion League |
| FC Bavois | Bavois | Stade des Peupliers | 3rd in 1. Liga Classic Group 1 |
| FC Breitenrain | Bern | Spitalacker | 8th in Promotion League |
| SC Brühl | St. Gallen | Paul-Grüninger-Stadion | 9th in Promotion League |
| SC Cham | Cham | Stadion Eizmoos | 2nd in Promotion League |
| FC Köniz | Köniz | Sportplatz Liebefeld | 13th in Promotion League |
| SC Kriens | Kriens | Stadion Kleinfeld | 3rd in Promotion League |
| FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Stade Charrière | 2nd in 1. Liga Classic Group 1 |
| BSC Old Boys Basel | Basel | Stadion Schützenmatte | 5th in Promotion League |
| FC Rapperswil-Jona | Rapperswil | Stadion Grünfeld | 6th in Promotion League |
| Sion U-21 | Sion | Stade Tourbillon | 14th in Promotion League |
| FC Stade Nyonnais | Nyon | Centre sportif de Colovray | 7th in Promotion League |
| FC Tuggen | Tuggen | Linthstrasse | 12th in Promotion League |
| FC United Zürich | Zürich | Sportanlage Buchlern | 3rd in 1. Liga Classic Group 3 |
| SC Young Fellows Juventus | Zürich | Utogrund | 10th in Promotion League |
| Zürich U-21 | Zürich | Sportanlage Heerenschürli | 11th in Promotion League |

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 62 | Swiss Promotion League Champion Promotion to Challenge League |
| 2 | SC Kriens | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 57 | |
| 3 | Basel U-21 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 55 | |
| 4 | FC Stade Nyonnais | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 49 | |
| 5 | Zürich U-21 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 48 | |
| 6 | FC Breitenrain | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 45 | |
| 7 | SC Brühl | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 40 | |
| 8 | FC Köniz | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 40 | |
| 9 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (P) | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 39 | |
| 10 | Sion U-21 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 39 | |
| 11 | SC Cham | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 37 | |
| 12 | BSC Old Boys Basel | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 34 | |
| 13 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 33 | |
| 14 | FC Bavois (P) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 31 | |
| 15 | FC United Zürich (P) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 27 | |
| 16 | FC Tuggen | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to 2017–18 1. Liga Classic |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mychell Ruan Silva | FC Rapperswil-Jona | 22 |
| 2 | Nico Siegrist | SC Kriens | 17 |
| 3 | Anto Franjic | FC Breitenrain | 15 |
| 3 | Shpetim Sulejmani | FC Zürich U-21 | 15 |
| 5 | Skumbim Sulejmani | SC Kriens | 14 |
| 6 | Marco Colocci | SC Young Fellows Juventus | 13 |
| 6 | Severin Dätwyler | SC Cham | 13 |
| 6 | Qendrim Makshana | FC Bavois | 13 |
| 9 | Roman Herger | SC Cham | 11 |
| 9 | Neftali Manzambi | FC Basel U-21 | 11 |
| 9 | Samel Šabanović | SC Brühl | 11 |