FC St. Gallen

St. Gallen

Full name	Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)	Espen
Founded	19 April 1879
Ground	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity	19,694
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Manager	Peter Zeidler
League	Swiss Super League
2019–20	Swiss Super League, 2nd of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC St. Gallen 1879 (Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879) is a Swiss football club based in St. Gallen, in the Canton of St. Gallen. In the 2019–20 season the club plays in the Swiss Super League.

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 last decade, the strength of the club continually declined and this eventually resulted in the transformation to a yo-yo club. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. St. Gallen has recently seen a remarkable surge in performance over the last 2 years and now has solidified itself as one of Switzerland's better clubs.

In 2016 FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.

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

Domestic

League

• Swiss Super League
  • Winners (2): 1903–04, 1999–2000
  • Runners-up: 2019–20
• Swiss Challenge League
  • Winners (3): 1970–71, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 1967–68

Cup

• Swiss Cup
  • Winners: 1968–69
  • Runners-up (3): 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners: 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1981–82

Others

• Anglo Cup
  • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

Accurate as of 30 July 2018

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	BK Frem	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Second round	Levski Sofia	0–0	0–4	0–4
1983–84	UEFA Cup	First round	Radnički Niš	1–2	0–3	1–5
1985–86	UEFA Cup	First round	Inter Milan	0–0	1–5	1–5
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Viljandi JK Tulevik	3–2	6–1	9–3
		Second round	Austria Salzburg	1–0	1–3	2–3
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Galatasaray	1–2	2–2	3–4
	UEFA Cup	First round	Chelsea	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second round	Club Brugge	1–1	1–2	2–3
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Pelister	2–3	2–0	4–3
		First round	Steaua București	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Second round	Freiburg	1–4	1–0	2–4
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	B68 Toftir	5–1	6–0	11–1
		Second round	Willem II	1–1 (aet)	0–1	1–2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round	Dacia Chişinău	0–1 (aet)	1–0	1–1 (0–3p)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Play-off	Spartak Moscow	1–1	4–2	5–3
		Group A	Valencia	2–3	1–5	4th place
			Swansea City	1–0	0–1
			Kuban Krasnodar	2–0	0–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Sarpsborg 08	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	AEK Athens	0–1	N/A	N/A

Players

Current squad

St. Gallen squad in 1881

As of 1 February, 2021^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi 3 DF GHA Musah Nuhu 4 DF SUI Leonidas Stergiou 6 MF SUI Basil Stillhart 8 MF ESP Jordi Quintillà 9 FW SUI Jérémy Guillemenot 10 MF ESP Víctor Ruiz 11 MF POR André Ribeiro 15 DF POR Euclides Cabral 16 MF GER Lukas Görtler 18 GK GER Lukas Watkowiak 19 FW SUI Lorenzo González 20 FW FRA Élie Youan (on loan from Nantes) 21 MF SUI Miro Muheim

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF SUI Adonis Ajeti 23 DF KVX Betim Fazliji 24 MF SUI Kwadwo Duah 25 FW SEN Boubacar Traorè 26 MF SUI Tim Staubli 27 MF SUI Fabio Solimando 29 MF SUI Alessandro Kräuchi 34 FW SUI Boris Babic 40 GK SUI Nico Strübi 50 DF SUI Nicolas Lüchinger 52 FW SUI Angelo Campos 53 GK SUI Armin Abaz 55 MF BFA Salifou Diarrassouba 98 DF FRA Yannis Letard

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 — FW SUI Patrick Sutter (at SC Brühl until 30 June 2020) — DF SUI Silvan Gönitzer (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020) 7 FW ALB Florian Kamberi (at Aberdeen until 30 June 2021)

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 SUI Marc Zellweger (1994–01, 2003–10)

Managers

References

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