2025–26 Promotion League

Promotion League

Season	2025–26
Dates	August 2025 – May 2026
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Promotion League season (known as the Hoval Promotion League for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th edition (12th under its current name) of the 3rd tier of the Swiss football league system under its current format.

Overview

Eighteen teams competed in the league, consisting of the teams in positions 2 to 16 from the previous season, one team relegated from the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League and two teams who were promoted from the 2024–25 Swiss 1. Liga Classic.

Team changes

Outgoing

Promoted to 2025–26 Challenge League

• FC Rapperswil-Jona

Relegated to 2025–26 1. Liga Classic

• FC Baden
• SR Delémont

Incoming

Relegated from 2024-2025 Swiss Challenge League

• FC Schaffhausen

Promoted from 1st League Classic

• FC Kreuzlingen
• FC Lausanne-Sport II

Teams

Basel II

Bavois

Biel-Bienne

Breitenrain

Bulle

Brühl

Cham

Grand-Saconnex

Kreuzlingen

Kriens

Lausanne-Sport II

Lugano II

Luzern II

Paradiso

Schaffhausen

Vevey-Sports

Young Boys II

Zürich II

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Location of the 2025–26 Promotion League teams

Club	Canton	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel II	Basel-City	Stadion Rankhof or Youth Campus Basel	7,000 1,000
FC Bavois	Vaud	Terrain des Peupliers	659
FC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	Tissot Arena	5,200
FC Breitenrain Bern	Bern	Spitalacker	1,450
SC Brühl	St. Gallen	Paul-Grüninger-Stadion	4,200
FC Bulle	Fribourg	Stade de Bouleyres	7,000
SC Cham	Zug	Stadion Eizmoos	1,800
Grand-Saconnex	Geneva	Stade du Blanché	1,000
SC Kriens	Lucerne	Stadion Kleinfeld	5,360
FC Kreuzlingen	Thurgau	Sportplatz Hafenareal	1,200
Lausanne-Sport II	Vaud	Stade du Bois-Gentil	3,500
FC Lugano II	Ticino	Cornaredo Stadium	6,330
FC Luzern II	Lucerne	Swissporarena or Allmend Süd	16,800 2,000
FC Paradiso	Ticino	Campo Pian Scairolo	1,000
FC Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Berformance Arena	8,200
Vevey-Sports	Vaud	Stade de Copet	4,000
Young Boys U-21	Bern	Stadion Wankdorf	32,000
FC Zürich II	Zürich	Sportplatz Heerenschürli	1,120

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Basel II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ineligible for promotion
2	Bavois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to Challenge League and qualification for Swiss Cup
3	Biel-Bienne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for Swiss Cup
4	Breitenrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brühl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Bulle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Cham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Grand-Saconnex	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Kreuzlingen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Kriens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lausanne-Sport II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Ineligible for promotion
12	Lugano II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Luzern II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Paradiso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Schaffhausen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Vevey-Sports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Young Boys II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to the 1. Liga Classic
18	Zürich II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on August 2025. Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BAV	BIE	BRE	BRU	BUL	CHA	GSA	KRE	KRI	LS	LUG	LUZ	PAR	FCS	VEV	YB	ZUR
Basel II	—
Bavois		—
Biel-Bienne			—
Breitenrain				—
Brühl					—
Bulle						—
Cham							—
Grand-Saconnex								—
Kreuzlingen									—
Kriens										—
Lausanne-Sport II											—
Lugano II												—
Luzern II													—
Paradiso														—
Schaffhausen															—
Vevey-Sports																—
Young Boys II																	—
Zürich II																		—

Updated to match(es) played on August 2025. Source: Erste Liga - Match center
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.