FC St. Gallen
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. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League.
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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 | Swiss Super League, 6th of 10 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History
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. During the end of the 2000s, the strength of the club continually declined. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. Since promotion back to the Swiss Super League, they have been in the top division for the last ten years with the club finishing as runners up in the 2019–20 season. In 2016, FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.[1]
Stadium
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
Cup
- Swiss Cup
- Swiss League Cup
- Winners: 1977–78
- Runners-up: 1981–82
Others
- Anglo Cup
- Runners-up: 1910
European record
Overall record
- Accurate as of 30 July 2018
| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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| European Cup / Champions League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 25.00 |
| UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 34.78 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 60.00 |
| Total | 39 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 38.46 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
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Players
Current squad
- As of 7 September 2023[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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Out on loan
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Retired numbers
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Club officials
- As of 1 July 2018
| Position | Staff |
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| Chairman | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Matthias Hüppi |
| Member | Peter Germann |
| Sporting director | Alain Sutter |
| First-team manager | Peter Zeidler |
| First-Team Assistant Manager | Frank Baumann |
| First-Team Coach | Moritz Fünfschmidt |
| First-Team Goalkeeper Coach | Rolf Neuhaus |
| Fitness Coach | Thomas Wyss |
| Athletic Coach | Alois Baumgartner |
| Chief scout | Manuel Kühn |
| Masseur | Stephan Oberli |
| Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator | Alex Nussbaumer |
| Team manager | Heinz Hofmann Adrian Zingg |
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)
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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–)
Former players
References
- "Know About FC Saint Gallen". www.asmonaco.com.
- "1. Mannschaft | Saison 2022/23" [First team | 2022/23 season] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 2 August 2022.
