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.

St. Gallen
FC St. Gallen logo
Full nameFussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded19 April 1879 (1879-04-19)
GroundKybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity19,694
PresidentMatthias Hüppi
Head coachPeter Zeidler
LeagueSwiss Super League
2022–23Swiss Super League, 6th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

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. 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

League

Cup

Others

  • Anglo Cup
    • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

Accurate as of 30 July 2018
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
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 23 8 4 11 28 40 −12 034.78
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 6 1 3 24 10 +14 060.00
Total 39 15 7 17 57 60 −3 038.46

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
Wales 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

Players

St. Gallen squad in 1881

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.

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 Germany GER Justin Janitzek (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
6 DF Switzerland SUI Patrick Sutter
7 FW Austria AUT Fabian Schubert
8 MF Spain ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW France FRA Willem Geubbels
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Chadrac Akolo
11 FW Switzerland SUI Julian von Moos
13 MF Switzerland SUI Gregory Karlen
15 DF Mali MLI Abdoulaye Diaby
16 MF Germany GER Lukas Görtler
18 FW Switzerland SUI Felix Mambimbi
19 FW Sweden SWE Nikolaj Möller
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Austria AUT Albert Vallci
23 DF Kosovo KOS Betim Fazliji
24 MF Switzerland SUI Bastien Toma
25 GK Germany GER Lukas Watkowiak
31 MF Netherlands NED Richard van der Venne
33 DF Switzerland SUI Isaac Schmidt
34 MF Switzerland SUI Stefano Guidotti
35 GK Germany GER Bela Dumrath
36 DF Germany GER Chima Okoroji
37 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Witzig
46 DF Italy ITA Mattia Zanotti (on loan from Inter)
50 DF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Lüchinger
61 FW Switzerland SUI Albin Krasniqi
64 MF Switzerland SUI Mihailo Stevanovic

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Switzerland SUI Leonidas Stergiou (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2024)

Retired numbers

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

As of 1 July 2018
Position Staff
ChairmanSwitzerland Matthias Hüppi
MemberSwitzerland Peter Germann
Sporting directorSwitzerland Alain Sutter
First-team managerSwitzerland Peter Zeidler
First-Team Assistant ManagerSwitzerland Frank Baumann
First-Team CoachSwitzerland Moritz Fünfschmidt
First-Team Goalkeeper CoachSwitzerland Rolf Neuhaus
Fitness CoachSwitzerland Thomas Wyss
Athletic CoachSwitzerland Alois Baumgartner
Chief scoutSwitzerland Manuel Kühn
MasseurSwitzerland Stephan Oberli
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinatorSwitzerland Alex Nussbaumer
Team managerSwitzerland Heinz Hofmann
Switzerland Adrian Zingg

Coaches

Former players

References

  1. "Know About FC Saint Gallen". www.asmonaco.com.
  2. "1. Mannschaft | Saison 2022/23" [First team | 2022/23 season] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 2 August 2022.
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