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{{Short description|Swiss football club}}
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| fullname = Football Club Stade Nyonnais
| nickname = ''Les "Jaune et noir"'' (The Yellow and Blacks)<br /> ''Les Nyonnais''
| founded = {{start date and age|29 October 1905}} as ''Bluet''<ref name=NyonHistory>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadenyonnais.ch/histoire/ |title=Histoire du stade de 1905 à nos jours |website=Site Internet officiel du FC Stade Nyonnais |access-date=7 March 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=History of the Club from 1905 to Present |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216205618/http://www.stadenyonnais.ch/histoire/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| ground = [[Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon|Stade de Colovray]], [[Nyon]]
| capacity = 7,200 (860 seated)
| website = {{URL|https://stadenyonnais.ch/}}
| owner = Michael Palma
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Michael Palma 
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = Andrea Binotto
| league = [[Challenge League (Switzerland)|Challenge League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Challenge League (Switzerland)|2024–25]]
| position = 9th of 10
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'''FC Stade Nyonnais''' is an [[association football]] club based in the town of [[Nyon]], Switzerland. The team currently competes in the [[Swiss Challenge League|Challenge League]], the second tier of the [[Swiss football league system]] and plays its home matches at [[Colovray Sports Centre|Stade de Colovray]], where it has been since 1991. Founded in 1905, it is nicknamed the "jaune et noir" (which translates to "yellow and black") and affiliated to the Vaud Cantonal Football Association.

==History==

[[File:Nyon Performance Graph.png|260px|thumb|Chart of Stade Nyonnais table positions in the Swiss football league system from 1946 onwards]]FC Stade Nyonnais was founded in 1905 by then-teenagers Oscar Aeby, Edmond Delay, Emile Aeby and Pierre Robin as ''Bluet''.<ref name="history1905" /><ref name="NyonHistory" /> Football was rapidly popularising in Nyon and [[Switzerland]] at the start of the 20th Century and the club was one of many emerging football teams in the town along with FC Nyon (who were the first club in Nyon), Fortuna Nyon, Nyon-Sport, Nyon FC, and Rive.<ref name="history1905" /> They initially played their home games at a courtyard of a local [[Catholic]] church in [[Nyon]].<ref name="history1905">{{cite web |url=http://www.stadenyonnais.ch/histoire/historique-1905-1919.asp |title=Historique 1905-1919|trans-title=History 1905-1919|website=Site Officiel du FC Stade Nyonnais|language=fr |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184923/http://www.stadenyonnais.ch/histoire/historique-1905-1919.asp |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> The pitch dimensions, however, did not meet requirements and they therefore relocated to ''Place Perdtemps'' (now converted into a car park) in 1906.<ref name="NyonHistory" /><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.lacote.ch/articles/regions/district-de-nyon/la-nouvelle-place-perdtemps-va-revolutionner-le-coeur-de-nyon-865627 |title=La nouvelle place perdtemps va revolutioniser le coeur de Nyon |journal=La Côte|last=Fert |first=Marie-Christine |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=8 March 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=The new Place Perdtemps will Revolutionise the Heart of Nyon}}</ref> Their stay there ended swiftly as the local authorities took issue with allowing a group of boys (their oldest player was 18 at the time) playing football in a public space.<ref name="history1905" /> The club played their first 4 seasons in the ''Coup de Léman;'' a competition created by FC Nyon in which all clubs in [[Romandy]] competed in.<ref name="history1905" /> After undergoing several name changes, the club had eventually settled on ''FC Stade Nyonnais'' by 1907.<ref name="NyonHistory" /> 2 years later, Stade Nyonnais were admitted to the ''Association Cantonale Vaudoise de Football''; the regional football association of the [[Vaud Canton, Switzerland|Vaud]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] in which [[Nyon, Switzerland|Nyon]] is located.<ref name="NyonHistory" /> The club competed in the second tier of the competition and proceeded to win their first title when they were crowned champions of the division in 1910.<ref name="NyonHistory" /> ''Les Nyonnais'', as they are often referred as, joined the [[Swiss Football Association]] in 1918 following the end of [[World War I]].<ref name="NyonHistory" />

By 1924, the club moved away from ''Place Perdtemps'' and began to play their matches at a newly built ground in Marens, [[Nyon]] (the land is now in use by local secondary school ''Ecole Secondaire de Nyon-Marens'').<ref name=NyonHistory/> In 1925, the team earned promotion to the second tier of [[Swiss Football Association|Swiss football]] after being crowned regional champions of [[Romandy]] (French-speaking region of [[Switzerland]]) and would proceed to remain in the league for the subsequent six years.<ref name=NyonHistory/> The same year, they competed in the inaugural [[Swiss Cup]] tournament in which they reached the round of 16.<ref name=NyonHistory/> In 1926, Jean Wirz, who was elected Stade Nyonnais president the following decade, formed a youth academy for the club.<ref name=NyonHistory/>

By 1946, Stade Nyonnais gained promotion back to the third tier of [[Swiss Football Association|Swiss football]] (''Première Ligue''){{ref|SwissLeagueSystem|A}} in which they survived for the subsequent four years.<ref name=NyonHistory/> Relegation from the ''Première Ligue'' saw them compete in the fourth tier of [[Swiss Football Association|Swiss football]] and the fans awaited 17 years to see their team back in the ''Première Ligue''.<ref name=NyonHistory/>

1991 marked the opening year of the club's current stadium [[Colovray Sports Centre|Stade Colovray]].<ref name=NyonHistory/>

In 2001 the club had a big game against [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], in which they reached a record attendance of 6,800 spectators.<ref name=NyonHistory/> High-profile players such as [[Zinedine Zidane]] participated in the match.<ref name=NyonHistory/>

The club enjoyed their best ever [[Swiss Cup]] run in 2007 when they managed to reach the quarter-finals. The tournament came to an end for ''Les Nyonnais'' in a 2–0 defeat to top-tier side [[FC Basel]].<ref name=NyonHistory/>

Nyon had survived several seasons in the second tier of [[Swiss Football League|Swiss football]], the Challenge League, until the [[2011–12 Swiss Challenge League|2011–12 season]]. Due to restructuring of the [[Swiss Football League]], it was announced that the bottom 6 teams of the 10 team division would be relegated to a [[1. Liga Promotion|newly formed division]] in 2012, rather than the usual two teams being relegated. Nyon was close to survival but finished two points from safety, and were relegated to the [[Swiss Promotion League|Promotion League]]. They have remained in the league ever since.

They returned to the [[Swiss Challenge League]] for the 2023–24 season, gaining promotion as the third placed team in the [[2022–23 Swiss Promotion League]]. It will be their first season in the second tier of Switzerland, after eleven years of absence.

==Club colours==
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FC Stade Nyonnais' colours have been black and yellow ever since the club's foundation in 1905.<ref name=Y&B>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadenyonnais.ch/pourquoi-le-stade-nyonnais-joue-t-il-en-jaune-et-noir/ |title=Pourquoi le Stade Nyonnais joue-t-il en jaune et noir ? |last=Guillot |first=Vincent |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=8 March 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Why do Stade Nyonnais Play in Yellow and Black? |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021211949/https://www.stadenyonnais.ch/pourquoi-le-stade-nyonnais-joue-t-il-en-jaune-et-noir/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is established historically through archival documents that said colours were adopted by the founders as a tribute to [[BSC Young Boys]] who were crowned Swiss champions in 1903.<ref name=Y&B/> The yellow and black also distinguished them from the colours of FC Nyon United (now defunct) who played their matches in the same city.<ref name="Y&B" />

===Misconceptions surrounding Jean Wirz===
[[Bern]]-born Jean Wirz is often credited as the founder of Stade Nyonnais and the reason behind their yellow and black colour.<ref name=Y&B/> This claim, however, is not supported by historical evidence.<ref name=Y&B/> Wirz, who was involved in [[Nyon]] sports circles for almost half a century, only settled in Nyon in April 1920.<ref name=Y&B/> He formed the youth section of the club in 1926 before taking up the role of vice-president in 1930.<ref name=Y&B/> After a 5-year vice-presidency, he operated as club president from 1935 to 1937.<ref name=Y&B/>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Colovray Sports Centre}}

==Current squad==
{{updated|23 August 2024}}
{{Fs start|hidenote=yes}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=SUI|pos=GK|name=Tim Spycher|other={{small|on loan from [[FC Basel|Basel]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Ruben Correia}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Ivann Strohbach}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Quentin Gaillard}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Victor Petit}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=[[Nils Pédat]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=CIV|pos=MF|name=Leorat Bega}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Franck Koré]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Quentin Fouley}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Elias Pasche}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[[Adriano De Pierro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SUI|pos=MF|name=Fábio Gomes}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SEN|pos=MF|name=Souleymane N'Diaye|other={{small|on loan from [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Malik Deme|other={{small|on loan from [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=CAN|pos=GK|name=Panagiotis Papavasiliou}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Luca Gazzetta}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Lenda Vumbi|Belly Vumbi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=MAD|pos=DF|name=[[Robin Busset]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Jules Sylvestre-Brac]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Badara Diomandé}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Olatunde Olaniyi}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Darian Yana}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=SUI|pos=FW|name=Momodou Jaiteh}}
{{Fs player|no=72|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=Adam Ouattara}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Tiago Escorza]]}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Lenny Liénafa}}
{{Fs player|no=91|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Melvin Mastil|other={{small|on loan from [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]]}}}}
{{Fs end}}

==Backroom staff and club committee members==

Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadenyonnais.ch/contacts/ |title=Contacts & Organigramme |publisher=Stade Nyonnais |website=Site Officiel du FC Stade Nyonnais |access-date=7 March 2020 |language=fr |trans-title=Contacts & Organizational Chart |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216203105/http://www.stadenyonnais.ch/contacts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===First team staff===
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Name
|-
| Head coach
| Andrea Binotto 
|-
| Assistant head coach
| Gilles Dernier
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| Jean-Claude Richter
|-
| Club Masseuse
| Cédric Pouilly
|-
|Physiotherapist 
| Arnaud Chartier
|-
| Social Media Manager
| Florian Gardennot
|-
|}
|}

===Central committee===
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Name
|-
| President
| Michael Palma
|-
| General Manager
| Joseph Guyot
|-
| Academy manager
| Grégory Chardennet
|-
| Club secretary
| Mathieu Brunner
|-
| Sponsoring director
| Maurice Duval
|-
|}
|}

{|
|valign="top"|

|}

==Former players==
{{see also|Category:FC Stade Nyonnais players}}

==List of presidents==

Source:<ref name=NyonHistory/>
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* 1905–1908 : Emile Aeby 
* 1908–1910 : Célestin Bidal
* 1910–1912 : Henri Jonneret
* 1912 : Eugène Dorier
* 1912–1916 : Charles Memboury
* 1916–1919 : Henri Baillif
* 1919–1920 : Francis Lecomte
* 1920–1921 : Engène Alvasi
* 1921–1922 : Charles Memboury
* 1922–1924 : Emile Wirth
* 1924–1925 : Armand Froidevaux
* 1925–1931 : Emile Filletaz
* 1931–1933 : William Reguin
* 1933–1935 : Georges Favre
* 1935–1937 : Jean Wirz
* 1937–1939 : François Chaulmontet
* 1939–1940 : Georges Borlat
* 1940–1942 : Jean Pavillon
* 1942–1945 : Jean Wirz
* 1945–1949 : Robert Mayor
* 1949–1951 : Charles Rauss
* 1951–1953 : Robert Mayor
* 1953–1958 : Henri Wenger
* 1958–1959 : Roger Pelichet
* 1959–1971 : Gilbert Prodolliet
* 1971–1973 : Raymond Maget
* 1973–1976 : Bernard Bruch
* 1976–1981 : Marcel Gaille
* 1981–1984 : Bernard Bruch
* 1984–1990 : Gabriel Guillot
* 1990–1994 : Maurice Campiche
* 1994–2000 : Jean-François Kurz
* 2000–2001 : Gabriel Guillot
* 2001–2003 : Roland Brunner
* 2003–2009 : Daniel Perroud
* 2009–2010 : Giuseppe Luongo
* 2010–2012 : Didier Henriod
* 2012–2014 : Viviane Freymond
* 2014 : Claude Savioz
* 2014–2015 : Mirko Müller
* 2015 : Philippe Mortge
* 2015–2022 : [[Vartan Sirmakes]]
* 2022– : Varujan Symonov & Sassoun Simarkes
}}

==List of head coaches==
Below is a list of current and former Stade Nyonnais head coaches since 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stadenyonnais.ch/histoire/entraineurs.asp |title=Entraîneurs|trans-title=Head Coaches |language=fr |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193312/http://www.stadenyonnais.ch/histoire/entraineurs.asp |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stadenyonnais.ch/stade-nyonnais-ricardo-dionisio-intronise-avec-effet-immediat/ |website=Site Internet officiel du FC Stade Nyonnais |access-date=22 May 2020 |language=fr |title=Stade Nyonnais: Ricardo Dionisio intronisé aves effect immédiat |trans-title=Stade Nyonnais: Ricardo Dionisio Inducted with Immediate Effect }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=Braizat>{{cite journal |date= 16 January 2020|title= Anthony Braizat, nouveau coach du Stade Nyonnais|trans-title=Anthony Braizat, New Manager of Stade Nyonnais|url=https://www.lacote.ch/articles/sports/football/anthony-braizat-nouveau-coach-du-stade-nyonnais-894532 |language=fr |journal=La Côte |access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* 1965 : Albert Cleusix
* 1965-1968 : Albert Tachet
* 1968 : Gérard Penel
* 1968-1973 : Pierrot Georgy
* 1973-1974 : Henri Briffod
* 1974 : Bernard Jeanprost
* 1974-1977 : Pierrot Georgy
* 1977-1978 : Henri Gillet
* 1978-1980 : Franco Baciocchi
* 1980-1984 : Pierrot Georgy
* 1984-1987 : Claude Marietan
* 1987-1989 : Michel Carluccio
* 1989-1990 : Roger Defago
* 1990 : Steve Malbaski
* 1990-1991 : Hansjörg "Joko" Pfister
* 1991-1995 : Peter Pazmandy
* 1995 : Pierre-Albert Tachet
* 1995-1997 : [[Marco Schällibaum]]
* 1997-2000 : Christophe Moulin
* 2000-2001 : Gustave Ostermann
* 2001-2002 : Patrice Roggli
* 2002-2003 : Pierre-Albert Tachet
* 2003 : Pablo Huigueras
* 2003-2005 : Luca Ippoliti
* 2005-2006 : Arpad Soos
* 2006-2007 : [[Christian Zermatten]]
* 2007-2009 : Arpad Soos
* 2009-2010 : Frantz Barriquand
* 2010-2011 : [[John Dragani]]
* 2011-2012 : [[Jean-Michel Aeby]]
* 2012-2015 : Bernardo Hernandez
* 2015-2016 : Sébastien Bichard
* 2016 : Vittorio Bevilacqua
* 2016-2018 : [[Oscar Londono]]
* 2018-2019 : [[John Dragani]]
* 2019 : [[Ricardo Dionisio]]
* 2020-2022 : [[Anthony Braizat]] 
* 2022-2024 : Christophe Caschili
* 2025- : Andrea Binotto (current)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrea Binotto kehrt zurück in die dieci Challenge League |date=2 January 2025 |url=https://sfl.ch/de/articles/andrea-binotto-kehrt-in-die-dieci-challenge-league-zuruck|access-date=25 December 2024 |publisher=Swiss Football League |language=de-ch}}</ref>
}}

==Honours==
* '''[[Swiss Promotion League]]'''
** Runners-up (1): [[2022–23 Swiss Promotion League|2022–23]]

==Footnotes==
:{{note|SwissLeagueSystem|A}} From 1946 to 2003, 'Ligue National A' referred to the top tier of Swiss football, 'Ligue National B' referred to the second tier of Swiss football, and 'Première Ligue' referred to the third tier of Swiss football.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://stadenyonnais.ch// Official Website]

{{Football in Switzerland}}
{{Swiss Challenge League}}

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[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1905]]
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[[Category:1905 establishments in Switzerland]]