FC St. Gallen
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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] after Kjøbenhavns Boldklub. The team competes in the Swiss Super League, the top tier of Swiss football.
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. 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
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 in the east.
Honours
Domestic
League
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 1 January 2025
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Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
Players
Current squad
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Out on loan
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Retired numbers
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Club officials
| Position | Staff |
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| Chairman | Template:Flagicon Matthias Hüppi |
| Member | Template:Flagicon Peter Germann |
| Sporting director | Template:Flagicon Alain Sutter |
| First-team manager | Template:Flagicon Enrico Maaßen |
| First-Team Assistant Manager | Template:Flagicon Jakob von Horst |
| First-Team Coach | Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Reichert |
| First-Team Goalkeeper Coach | Template:Flagicon Dietmar Haun |
| Fitness Coach | Template:Flagicon Klaus Daumann |
| Athletic Coach | Template:Flagicon Markus Frieden |
| Chief scout | Template:Flagicon Steffen Wörler |
| Masseur | Template:Flagicon Marc Heidegger |
| Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator | Template:Flagicon Bastian Kempf |
| Team manager | Template:Flagicon Marcel Schulz Template:Flagicon Felix Unterhagger |
Coaches
- Template:Flagicon Jack Reynolds (1912–14)
- Template:Flagicon William Townley (1920)
- Template:Flagicon Leopold Grundwald (1922)
- Template:Flagicon William Townley (1923–25)
- Template:Flagicon Jimmy Townley (1945–49)
- Template:Flagicon Robert Kelly (1949–51)
- Template:Flagicon Fritz Kerr (1952–54)
- Template:Flagicon Otto Pfister (1963–66)
- Template:Flagicon Virgil Popescu (1966–67)
- Template:Flagicon René Brodmann (1967–68)
- Template:Flagicon Albert Sing (1968–70)
- Template:Flagicon Željko Perušić (1970–74)
- Template:Flagicon Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
- Template:Flagicon Werner Olk (1985–86)
- Template:Flagicon Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1986 – 1 March 1987)
- Template:Flagicon Kurt Jara (1 July 1988 – 1 October 1991)
- Template:Flagicon Uwe Rapolder (1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Werner Zünd (interim) (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996)
- Template:Flagicon Roger Hegi (26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Marcel Koller (1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Gérard Castella (20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Staub (interim) (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Heinz Peischl (1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Werner Zünd (interim) (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005)
- Template:Flagicon René Weiler (interim) (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Werner Zünd (interim) (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Rolf Fringer (12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Uli Forte (1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Giorgio Contini / Template:Flagicon Roger Zürcher (interim) (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015)
- Template:Flagicon Josef Zinnbauer (16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Giorgio Contini (4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Zeidler (18 June 2018–)
Former players
References
External links
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