FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy

The club is the result of a merger between FC Ouchy-Olympic and FC Stade Lausanne in 2001.

Table rankings of Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in the Swiss football league system

FC Ouchy-Olympic's story began in 1895 as FC La Villa Ouchy. As founding members of the Swiss Football Association, they competed in the first Serie A season during 1897–98, but later mostly played in the lower divisions.[1] The initial forerunner to the latter club was founded in 1901 as FC Signal Lausanne, which became Stade Lausanne in 1926, also introducing athletics, field hockey and shooting sports departments.[2][3][4] They competed in the second division and narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the Serie A in 1929.[1] Henri Guisan acted as president between 1929 and 1939, when his position became honorary as he led the Swiss army's mobilization during World War II. He emphasized the importance of sport to stay healthy, for civilians but especially soldiers.[4][5] They continued to compete in the lower divisions following his departure, playing in the 1. Liga as late as 1963–64.[6]

After the two clubs combined, the were eventually promoted to the 2. Liga Interregional in 2005, where they stayed until 2014.[1] They reached the Promotion League by 2017, where they had a notable cup run in the 2017–18 season, beating first division side FC Sion to reach the round of 16.[7] After promotion to the Challenge League, the club was forced to relocate outside the city to Nyon as their previous pitch failed to meet the requirements for professional football,[8] but now play at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.[9]

In the 2022–23 season, following a strong season that had the team in the top half of the table for the majority of the time, they managed to jump to third place in the final rounds and qualified for the promotion play-off against FC Sion. They won the first leg in Sion with 2–0 and won the second leg at home with 4–2 and thus with an aggregate score of 6–2, secured promotion to the Swiss Super League for the first time in history from next season.[10]

Stade Lausanne Ouchy play in Stade Olympique Pontaise for Super League matches from 2023–24 season since 2020.

• Swiss Promotion League
  • Winners (1): 2019

As of 19 September 2023

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  SUI Dany da Silva 4 DF  USA Lucas Pos 5 DF  KOS Lavdrim Hajrulahu 6 MF  ANG Giovani Bamba 7 FW  FRA Charles Abi 8 MF  FRA Romain Bayard 9 FW  FRA Zachary Hadji 10 MF  KOS Mergim Qarri 11 MF  FRA Maxence Renoud 14 MF  ESP Ismaël Gharbi (on loan from PSG) 15 MF  GHA Emmanuel Essiam (on loan from Basel) 16 MF  SUI Mischa Eberhard 17 MF  KOS Alban Ajdini 18 MF  SUI Liridon Mulaj 19 DF  BFA Dylan Ouédraogo

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  SUI Nathan Garcia 21 DF  SUI Linus Obexer 22 DF  SUI Marc Tsoungui 23 DF  FRA Rayan Kadima 24 MF  CIV Edmond Akichi 27 DF  SEN Lamine Gassama 28 MF  FRA Elies Mahmoud 29 DF  COM Abdallah Ali Mohamed 30 GK  SUI Tristan Zesiger 31 FW  FRA Florian Danho 49 DF  FRA Sahmkou Camara 74 GK  FRA Jérémy Vachoux 76 MF  KOS Valon Hamdiu 77 DF  SUI Michael Heule

• Richard Durr, Swiss international capped 29 times, worked as player, manager, and president of Stade Lausanne
• Norbert Eschmann, Swiss international capped 15 times, played in the youth team 1949–50
• Henri Guisan, acted as president 1929–1939
• Blaise Nkufo played in the youth teams 1988–1992.[1]

As of 1 July 2022

Position	Name
Head Coach	Anthony Braizat
Assistant Head Coach	Dalibor Stevanović
Goalkeeper Coach	Zoran Lemajić
Fitness Coach	Anthony Garnie
Assistant Fitness Coach	Théo Chevrier
Video Analyst	Stéphane Cruz
Physiotherapist	Joao Vieira Fernando Loureiro
Team Manager	Levon Ohanessian

• Official website (in French)