FC St. Gallen
association football club in Switzerland
Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879 is a Swiss professional football club from the city of St. Gallen. The team plays in the Swiss Super League. FC St. Gallen play their home games at the Kybunpark.
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| Full name | Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Espen | ||
| Founded | 19 April 1879 | ||
| Ground | Kybunpark, St. Gallen | ||
| Capacity | 19,694 | ||
| President | Matthias Hüppi | ||
| Head coach | Peter Zeidler | ||
| League | Swiss Super League | ||
| 2022–23 | 6th of 10 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
History
The club was founded on 19 April 1879. It is the oldest club still in existence in Swiss football. The team has little success in comparison to other clubs. They won the Swiss championship twice (1904 and 2000) and the Cup once (1969). Mostly they were in the middle of the table. In the 21st century St. Gallen was relegeted twice (2008 and 2011). In 2016 FC St. Gallen became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers[1] as the oldest football club of Switzerland.
Honours
Domestic
League
- Swiss Super League
- Winners: 1903–04, 1999–2000
- Swiss Challenge League
- Winners: 1970–71, 2008–09, 2011–12
Cup
- Swiss Cup
- Winners: 1968–69
- Runners-up: 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Swiss League Cup
- Winners: 1977–78
- Runners-up: 1981–82
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 August 2022[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaches
Jack Reynolds (1912–14)- William Townley (1920)
Leopold Grundwald (1922)- William Townley (1923–25)
- Jimmy Townley (1945–49)
- Robert Kelly (1949–51)
Fritz Kerr (1952–54)- Otto Pfister (1963–66)
Virgil Popescu (1966–67)
René Brodmann (1967–68)- Albert Sing (1968–70)
Željko Perušić (1970–74)- Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
- Werner Olk (1985–86)
- Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1986 – 1 March 1987)
- Kurt Jara (1 July 1988 – 1 October 1991)
- Uwe Rapolder (1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996)
- Werner Zünd (interim) (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996)
- Roger Hegi (26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998)
- Marcel Koller (1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001)
- Gérard Castella (20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002)
- Thomas Staub (interim) (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002)
- Heinz Peischl (1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005)
- Werner Zünd (interim) (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005)
- René Weiler (interim) (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005)
- Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006)
- Werner Zünd (interim) (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006)
- Rolf Fringer (12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007)
Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008)- Uli Forte (1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011)
- Giorgio Contini / Roger Zürcher (interim) (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011)
Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015)- Josef Zinnbauer (16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017)
- Giorgio Contini (4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018)
- Peter Zeidler (18 June 2018–)
References
Other Websites
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