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FC St. Gallen

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St. Gallen
FC St. Gallen logo
Full nameFussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded19 April 1879; 145 years ago (1879-04-19)
GroundKybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity19,694
PresidentMatthias Hüppi
Head coachEnrico Maaßen
LeagueSwiss Super League
2023–24Swiss Super League, 5th of 12
Websitehttps://www.fcsg.ch/
Current season

Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. It is the oldest football club in continental Europe.[1] The team competes in the Swiss Super League.

History

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Chart of FC St. Gallen table positions in the Swiss football league system

Founded on 19 April 1879, FC St. Gallen is the oldest club still in existence in Swiss football. However, the team has had relatively little success in comparison to other clubs. Despite the fact that St. Gallen won the Swiss championship twice in the 1903–04 and 1999–2000 seasons, the team has mostly been a mid-table side. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice, at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. Since their promotion back to the Swiss Super League, they have remained in the top division for the past twelve years, establishing themselves again as a midtable club. In the 2019–20 season, the club finished as runners-up. Despite being based in a relatively small city, St. Gallen are known for their excellent support at both home and away games. In 2016, FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.[2]

Stadium

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FC St. Gallen play their home games at the Kybunpark. The stadium has a capacity of 19,694 and it is on the west side of town. The stadium replaced the former Espenmoos stadium in the east.

Honours

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Domestic

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League

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Cup

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Others

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  • Anglo Cup
    • Runners-up: 1910

European record

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Overall record

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Accurate as of 7 November 2024
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 25 8 4 13 28 42 −14 032.00
UEFA Conference League 9 4 2 3 16 16 +0 044.44
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 6 1 3 24 10 +14 060.00
Total 47 18 9 20 67 67 +0 038.30

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

St. Gallen 2013
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Denmark BK Frem 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Second round Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–0 0–4 0–4
1983–84 UEFA Cup First round Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 1–2 0–3 1–5
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round Italy Inter Milan 0–0 1–5 1–5
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Estonia Viljandi JK Tulevik 3–2 6–1 9–3
Second round Austria Austria Salzburg 1–0 1–3 2–3
2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Turkey Galatasaray 1–2 2–2 3–4
UEFA Cup First round England Chelsea 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second round Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 1–2 2–3
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round North Macedonia Pelister 2–3 2–0 4–3
First round Romania Steaua București 2–1 1–1 3–2
Second round Germany Freiburg 1–4 1–0 2–4
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Faroe Islands B68 Toftir 5–1 6–0 11–1
Second round Netherlands Willem II 1–1 (aet) 0–1 1–2
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round Moldova Dacia Chişinău 0–1 (aet) 1–0 1–1 (0–3p)
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off Russia Spartak Moscow 1–1 4–2 5–3
Group A Spain Valencia 2–3 1–5 4th place
England Swansea City 1–0 0–1
Russia Kuban Krasnodar 2–0 0–4
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Norway Sarpsborg 08 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Greece AEK Athens 0–1 0–1
2024–25 UEFA Conference League Second qualifying round Kazakhstan FC Tobol 4–1 1–0 5–1
Third qualifying round Poland Śląsk Wrocław 2–0 2–3 4–3
Play-off Turkey Trabzonspor 0–0 1–1 (aet) 1–1 (5–4p)
League phase Italy Fiorentina 2-4
Germany 1. FC Heidenheim
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães
Belgium Cercle Brugge 2-6
Serbia TSC
Northern Ireland Larne 2–1

Players

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Current squad

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As of 30 August 2024[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ghana GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3 DF Ghana GHA Musah Nuhu
4 DF Croatia CRO Jozo Stanić
5 DF Ghana GHA Stephan Ambrosius
7 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Witzig
8 MF Spain ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW France FRA Willem Geubbels
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Chadrac Akolo
11 FW Guinea GUI Moustapha Cissé (on loan from Atalanta)
13 MF Switzerland SUI Gregory Karlen
14 MF Cameroon CMR Noah Yannick
15 DF Mali MLI Abdoulaye Diaby
16 MF Germany GER Lukas Görtler (captain)
18 FW Switzerland SUI Felix Mambimbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Austria AUT Albert Vallçi
22 DF Germany GER Konrad Faber
23 MF Kosovo KOS Betim Fazliji
24 MF Switzerland SUI Bastien Toma
25 GK Germany GER Lukas Watkowiak
28 DF France FRA Hugo Vandermersch
30 MF Spain ESP Víctor Ruiz
35 GK Germany GER Bela Dumrath
36 DF Germany GER Chima Okoroji
63 MF Switzerland SUI Corsin Konietzke
64 MF Serbia SRB Mihailo Stevanović
70 MF Switzerland SUI Noah Probst
77 FW Hungary HUN Kevin Csoboth
90 FW Serbia SRB Jovan Milošević (on loan from Stuttgart)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Kosovo KOS Behar Neziri (at Wil until 30 June 2025)
MF Switzerland SUI Jason Parente (at Wil until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Lindon Ibishi (at Linth 04 until 31 December 2024)
FW Sweden SWE Nikolaj Möller (at Strømsgodset until 30 June 2025)

Retired numbers

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Switzerland SUI Marc Zellweger (1994–2001, 2003–2010)

Club officials

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As of 30 November 2024
Position Staff
Chairman Switzerland Matthias Hüppi
Member Switzerland Peter Germann
Sporting director Switzerland Alain Sutter
First-team manager Germany Enrico Maaßen
First-Team Assistant Manager Switzerland Jakob von Horst
First-Team Coach Switzerland Wolfgang Reichert
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Dietmar Haun
Fitness Coach Switzerland Klaus Daumann
Athletic Coach Switzerland Markus Frieden
Chief scout Switzerland Steffen Wörler
Masseur Switzerland Marc Heidegger
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator Switzerland Bastian Kempf
Team manager Switzerland Marcel Schulz
Switzerland Felix Unterhagger

Coaches

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Former players

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References

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  1. ^ "Jakob Rudolf Forster: Schwul und laut im 19. Jahrhundert". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Know About FC Saint Gallen". asmonaco.com.
  3. ^ "1. Mannschaft | Saison 2022/23" [First team | 2022/23 season] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 2 August 2022.
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