DateRHjemme v Ude-
05/04 13:00 31 Biel Bienne v Lugano II View
05/04 14:00 31 Breitenrain v Servette II View
05/04 14:00 31 FC Zürich II v Etoile Carouge View
05/04 14:00 31 FC Rapperswil-Jona v Bavois View
05/04 14:00 31 Lucerne II v Delemont View
05/04 14:00 31 FC Paradiso v Kriens View
05/04 15:00 31 Basel II v SC Bruhl View
05/04 15:30 31 Young Boys II v SC Cham View
05/05 12:00 31 St Gallen II v FC Bulle View
05/08 17:30 32 SC Cham v FC Rapperswil-Jona View
05/11 14:00 32 SC Bruhl v Breitenrain View
05/11 14:00 32 Lugano II v Basel II View
05/11 14:00 32 Bavois v St Gallen II View
05/11 14:00 32 FC Bulle v FC Paradiso View
05/11 15:00 32 Etoile Carouge v Young Boys II View
05/11 15:30 32 Kriens v Biel Bienne View
05/12 12:30 32 Delemont v FC Zürich II View
05/12 14:00 32 Servette II v Lucerne II View
05/18 14:00 33 Lucerne II v SC Bruhl View
05/18 14:00 33 Breitenrain v Lugano II View
05/18 14:00 33 FC Zürich II v Servette II View
05/18 14:00 33 FC Rapperswil-Jona v Etoile Carouge View
05/18 14:00 33 St Gallen II v SC Cham View
05/18 14:00 33 Young Boys II v Delemont View
05/18 14:00 33 Basel II v Biel Bienne View
05/18 14:00 33 FC Paradiso v Bavois View
05/18 14:00 33 FC Bulle v Kriens View
05/25 14:00 34 Biel Bienne v Breitenrain View
05/25 14:00 34 SC Bruhl v FC Zürich II View
05/25 14:00 34 SC Cham v FC Paradiso View

The Promotion League, named the Hoval Promotion League for sponsorship reasons, is the third tier of the Swiss football league system. Eighteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice over the course of the season. The champions are promoted to the second tier, the Challenge League, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the 1. Liga.

The league forms the semi-professional bridge to amateur football.

History

The league was introduced as the 1. Liga Promotion beginning with the 2012–13 season as part of a restructuring that saw the Challenge League reduced from 16 to 10 teams. This was done to decrease the competitive gap between it and the Super League by converting it to a purely professional league. The Promotion League would therefore serve as the semi-professional link to amateur football. The 1. Liga was consequently renamed to 1. Liga Classic, before reverting again in 2013 when the former adopted its current name. For its maiden season, six teams were relegated from the Challenge League, while the rest joined from the division below. In March 2020, the ongoing season was canceled after 17 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020–21 season suspended until further notice.

The league was expanded to 18 teams for the 2022–23 season and the number of allowed U21 teams is unrestricted.

**Schweiz – 1. Liga Promotion**

Schweiz' tredjebedste fodboldliga, 1. Liga Promotion, er en spændende og konkurrencedygtig division, der byder på nogle af landets mest talentfulde spillere og klubber.

**Format:**

Ligaen består af 16 hold, der spiller en dobbeltturnering. De to bedste hold rykker op til Challenge League (den næstbedste division), mens de to nederste rykker ned til 1. Liga Classic.

**Hold:**

Ligaen har en række stærke hold, herunder traditionsrige klubber som FC Aarau, FC Schaffhausen og SC Kriens. Der er også lovende hold som Yverdon-Sport FC og FC Wil, som stræber efter at komme tilbage til de højere rækker.

**Spillestil:**

1. Liga Promotion er kendt for sit hurtige og angrebsbetonede spil. Holdene spiller med en høj intensitet og skaber mange chancer.

**Spillere:**

Ligaen er et springbræt for unge spillere, der ønsker at bryde igennem til de højere rækker. Flere schweiziske landsholdsspillere har tidligere spillet i 1. Liga Promotion.

**Stemning:**

Stemningen ved kampene er elektrisk, med passionerede fans, der støtter deres hold. Stadionerne er mindre og mere intime, hvilket giver en unik og tæt atmosfære.

Følg med i Schweiz' 1. Liga Promotion for at opleve spændende fodbold, opadgående stjerner og en ægte schweizisk fodboldoplevelse.