2022–23 Swiss Challenge League

The 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League (referred to as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsoring reasons) is the 125th season of the second tier of competitive football in Switzerland and the 20th season under its current name.

Overview
Ten teams will compete in the league: eight teams of the previous season will participate in the league again. They are joined by FC Lausanne-Sport, the last-placed team of the 2021–22 Swiss Super League, who replace previous seasons champions FC Winterthur. Last season's last-placed team SC Kriens were relegated and are replaced by AC Bellinzona, who were promoted from the 2021-22 Swiss Promotion League. FC Schaffhausen, the losers of the 2021-22 relegation/promotion playoff, rejoined the league.

Due to the format change and increased number of teams in the 2023–24 Swiss Super League, this season will function as a transition season. As a result, the top two teams will be directly promoted and no teams will be relegated at the end of the season. Furthermore, the third-placed team will play a promotion playoff against the last placed team of the 2022–23 Swiss Super League, so a total of three teams may gain promotion to the Super League. Two teams of the 2022–23 Swiss Promotion League will be promoted and the third will play a relegation playoff with the last-placed Challenge League team.

Schedule
The schedule was announced on 17 June 2022. The first matchday will start on Friday 15 July 2022.

Unlike the Super League, the Challenge League will not start the winter break early due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in November and December 2022. As such, the 18th matchday will clash with matches of the World Cup. Restart of the league after the winter break will begin on 27 January 2023 and the season will conclude on the 27 May 2023. Following the end of the season, the two legs of the Relegation Play-off will be played on 31 May and 3 June 2023, respectively. The Promotion Play-off is scheduled for 3 and 6 June 2023, respectively.

Promotion play-off
The relegation play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last place team of the Super League and the third placed team of the Challenge League. The first leg will be held on 3 June 2023, with the representative of the Super League hosting. The second leg will be held on 6 June 2023.

Second leg

 * Lausanne-Ouchy wins 6–2 on aggregate.

Relegation play-off
The relegation/promotion play-off will be played in a two-legged game between the last placed team of the Challenge League and the third placed team of the Promotion League. The first leg will be held on 31 May 2023, with the representative of the Promotion League hosting. The second leg will be held on 3 June 2023.

Second leg

 * Xamax wins 6–1 on aggregate

Player of the Round
The best player of the Super League and Challenge League for each matchday is voted for by the viewers from among a selection of players.

Player of the Month
The best player of the month in the Super League and Challenge League is chosen by the viewers from among five nominees. The following table shows the winner (in dark grey) and the other nominees for each month where a Player of the Month was chosen.

Fair Play
On 14 June 2023, FC Vaduz was awarded the Fair Play Trophy for the dieci Challenge League.

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 * align=left|Vaduz
 * 82||1||1||90
 * align=left|Yverdon
 * 92||1||0||95
 * align=left|Aarau
 * 88||2||1||99
 * align=left|Wil
 * 82||3||3||106
 * align=left|Schaffhausen
 * 93||5||0||108
 * align=left|Thun
 * 101||1||1||109
 * align=left|Bellinzona
 * 104||4||1||121
 * align=left|Lausanne
 * 90||6||3||123
 * align=left|Xamax
 * 100||4||3||127
 * align=left|Lausanne-Ouchy
 * 121||3||3||145