2016–17 Promotion League
Football league season
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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.[1] The Promotion League is the third highest tier in the Swiss football league system, behind the Super League and the Challenge League.
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Rapperswil-Jona |
| Promoted | FC Rapperswil-Jona |
| Relegated | FC Tuggen |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 767 (3.2 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Mychell Ruan Silva |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → | |
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.
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(P) Promoted
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 |
| Shpetim Sulejmani |
FC Zürich U-21 | ||
| 5 |  Skumbim Sulejmani |
SC Kriens | 14 |
| 6 | Marco Colocci |
SC Young Fellows Juventus | 13 |
| Severin Dätwyler |
SC Cham | ||
| Qendrim Makshana |
FC Bavois | ||
| 9 | Roman Herger |
SC Cham | 11 |
| Neftali Manzambi |
FC Basel U-21 | ||
 Samel Šabanović |
SC Brühl |