FC Lausanne-Sport
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Football Club Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League Season.
They play their home games at the 12,544-capacity Stade de la Tuilière. Previously Lausanne Sport had played at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, a 15,850 all-seater stadium used for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They played in Swiss First Division between 1906-1931, 1932–2002, 2011–2014, 2016–2018, 2020–2022 and 2023–present. The team has won seven league titles and the Swiss Cup nine times.
History
19th century
The club was founded in 1896 under the name of Montriond Lausanne. However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians.
20th century
The club took the name Lausanne-Sports FC in 1920 after the football section merged with the Club Hygiénique de Lausanne, a physical education club. The end of the 1950s and the whole of the 1960s were among the club's finest times. LS won the Swiss Cup twice (1962 and 1964), lost an additional Swiss Cup final to Basel by forfeit, won the Swiss championship (1965) and was runner-up four times (1961, 1962, 1963), as well as in 1969. The year 1965 was the year of the 7th and last Swiss championship title. It was probably the most successful, earning its protagonists the nickname of "Lords of the Night", a reference to some enchanting evenings. Since the advent of the floodlights in the new stadium, the matches have mainly taken place in the evenings which was at the time a unique feature.
21st century
After the 2001–02 season, Lausanne-Sports were relegated because the club did not obtain a first level license for the 2002–03 season. Following the 2002–03 season in the second division, Lausanne-Sports FC were again relegated due to bankruptcy. They were reformed as FC Lausanne-Sport for the 2003–04 season and had to begin play at the fourth tier. The team was promoted in consecutive seasons from the fourth division after the 2003–04 season and the third division after the 2004–05 season. After an additional six years in the second tier of Swiss football, the club was promoted to the Super League for the 2011–12 season for a three-season stay before being relegated in 2014. After two seasons in the second tier the team was promoted for a two-season stay in the top division in 2016 and survived relegation in their first season before being relegated back to the second tier again in 2018. Now somewhat of a yo-yo club the team were promoted to the top tier again in 2020.
Lausanne-Sport qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after they reached the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel. In the 2010–11 Europa League, while still playing in the second tier Challenge League, they performed a shock getting to the group stages beating favourites Lokomotiv Moscow on the way.
Lausanne-Sport were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League at the end of the 2013–14 Swiss Super League season.[1] Two years later, they finished first in the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League, which promoted them back to the top tier of Swiss football for the 2016–17 season.[2]
On 13 November 2017, the club was acquired by Ineos, a Swiss-based British petrochemicals company owned by Jim Ratcliffe, the nation's wealthiest person.[3] The first transfer under the new ownership was that of Enzo Fernández, son of Zinedine Zidane.[4] However, the season ended with relegation. Ratcliffe's brother Bob became club president in March 2019.[5] The club won promotion back to the top flight as champions of the 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League.[6] On 27 May 2023, Lausanne-Sport secure promotion to Super League from 2023 to 2024 after draw 2–2 against FC Aarau, finished in runner-up and return to top tier after one-year absence.[7] They currently sit 10th place in the Swiss Super League after recently losing out 1-0 to Servette.
Stadium
Lausanne Sport play in new stadium at Stade de la Tuiliere previously stadium Stade Olympique Pontaise.
Honours
League
- Ligue Nationale A/Super League
- Ligue Nationale B/Challenge League
- 1. Liga Promotion
- Winners: 2004–05
- 1. Liga Classic
- Winners: 2003–04
Cups
- Swiss Cup
- Swiss League Cup
- Runners-up: 1980–81
Players
Current squad
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Former players
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Manager | Template:Flagicon Ludovic Magnin |
| Assistant Managers | Template:Flagicon Hervé Le Goff |
| First-Team Coach | Template:Flagicon Loïc Perrin |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Template:Flagicon Anthony Favre |
Former coaches
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- Template:Flagicon Billy Hunter (1922–23)
- Template:Flagicon Jimmy Hogan (1925)
- Template:Flagicon Fred Spiksley (1928)
- Template:Flagicon Robert Pache (1931–32)
- Template:Flagicon Jimmy Hogan (1933–34)
- Template:Flagicon Alwin Riemke (1934–35)
- Template:Flagicon Friedrich Kerr (1939)
- Template:Flagicon Frank Séchehaye (1942–43)
- Template:Flagicon Fritz Leonhardt and Template:Flagicon Georg Baumgartner (1943–45)
- Template:Flagicon Louis Maurer (1945–50)
- Template:Flagicon Béla Volentik (1950–51)
- Template:Flagicon Jacques Spagnoli (1951–53)
- Template:Flagicon Joseph Schaefer (1953–54)
- Template:Flagicon Bram Appel (1954–55)
- Template:Flagicon Fernand Jaccard (1955–57)
- Template:Flagicon Walter Presch (1957–60)
- Template:Flagicon Albert Châtelain (1960–61)
- Template:Flagicon Charles Marmier and Template:Flagicon Frank Séchehaye (1961–62)
- Template:Flagicon Jean Luciano (1962–64)
- Template:Flagicon Roger Reymond and Template:Flagicon Roger Bocquet (1964)
- Template:Flagicon Roger Reymond (1964–65)
- Template:Flagicon Kurt Linder (1965–66)
- Template:Flagicon Wilhelm Hahnemann (1966–67)
- Template:Flagicon Roger Vonlanthen (1967–72)
- Template:Flagicon Louis Maurer (1972–74)
- Template:Flagicon Paul Garbani (1974–76)
- Template:Flagicon Miroslav Blažević (1976–79)
- Template:Flagicon Charly Hertig (1979–82)
- Template:Flagicon Péter Pázmándy (1982–84)
- Template:Flagicon Radu Nunweiller (1984–87)
- Template:Flagicon Umberto Barberis (1 August 1987 – 20 June 1993)
- Template:Flagicon Marc Duvillard (1993–94)
- Template:Flagicon Martin Trümpler (1 July 1994 – 30 June 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Georges Bregy (1 July 1995 – 30 September 1997)
- Template:Flagicon Radu Nunweiller and Template:Flagicon Pierre-André Schürmann (1998)
- Template:Flagicon Pierre-André Schürmann (24 October 1998 – 11 December 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Victor Zvunka (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Radu Nunweiller (1 July 2001 – 5 December 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Umberto Barberis (20 February 2002 – 8 May 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Iglesias (2002–03)
- Template:Flagicon Gabriel Calderón (1 January 2003 – 30 June 2003)
- Template:Flagicon Jochen Dries (2003–04)
- Template:Flagicon Gérard Castella (1 July 2005 – 24 May 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Alain Geiger (1 June 2006 – 21 November 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Paul Garbani and Template:Flagicon P. Isabella (interim) (24 November 2006 – 11 December 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Stéphane Hunziker and Template:Flagicon Patrick Isabella (17 February 2007 – 30 May 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Umberto Barberis (1 July 2007 – 17 December 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Thierry Cotting (15 December 2007 – 30 June 2009)
- Template:Flagicon John Dragani (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Árpád Soós (19 March 2010 – 30 June 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Martin Rueda (1 July 2010 – 30 June 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Laurent Roussey (1 July 2012 – 21 October 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Alexandre Comisetti (22 October 2013 – 7 November 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Henri Atamaniuk (8 November 2013 – 20 June 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Francesco Gabriele (1 July 2014 – 9 October 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Marco Simone (13 October 2014 – 24 March 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Fabio Celestini (24 March 2015 – 2018)[9][10]
- Template:Flagicon Giorgio Contini (2018 - 9 June 2021)[11]
- Template:Flagicon Ilija Borenović (10 June 2021 - 4 February 2022)[12]
Recent seasons
Recent season-by-season performance of the club:[13][14]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
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| 2005–06 | Challenge League | II | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | 13th | ||
| 2007–08 | 13th | ||
| 2008–09 | 7th | ||
| 2009–10 | 10th | ||
| 2010–11 | 1st ↑ | ||
| 2011–12 | Super League | I | 7th |
| 2012–13 | 9th | ||
| 2013–14 | 10th ↓ | ||
| 2014–15 | Challenge League | II | 5th |
| 2015–16 | 1st ↑ | ||
| 2016–17 | Super League | I | 9th |
| 2017–18 | 10th ↓ | ||
| 2018–19 | Challenge League | II | 3rd |
| 2019–20 | 1st | ||
| 2020–21 | Super League | I | 6th |
| 2021–22 | 10th ↓ | ||
| 2022–23 | Challenge League | II | 2nd ↑ |
| 2023–24 | Super League | I | 10 |
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Lausanne-Sports Rowing
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References
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External links
- Football department
- Athletics department
- Roller hockey department (archived 2 April 2002)
- Rowing department
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