FC Lugano

FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the Stadio Cornaredo. They have played in what is now the Swiss Super League during the periods of 1922–53, 1954–60, 1961–63, 1964–76, 1979–80, 1988–97, 1998–02, and from 2015.

Lugano
Full nameFootball Club Lugano
Founded1908 (1908)
GroundCornaredo Stadium,
Lugano, Switzerland
Capacity6,330
ChairmanAngelo Renzetti
ManagerMaurizio Jacobacci
LeagueSwiss Super League
2019–20Swiss Super League, 5th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History
Former logo.
Chart of FC Lugano table positions in the Swiss football league system

Football Club Lugano was formed on 28 July 1908 under the leadership of the then President Ernesto Corsini. Promotion to the highest Swiss Super League came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of going up and down, the team won its first Swiss Cup in 1931. The following decade, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949).

During the first fifty years, Lugano played on the ground at the Campo Marzio – which opened on 13 September 1908 – but its success prompted the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, the Cornaredo Stadium was inaugurated, which has a capacity of 15,000.

In 1968, Lugano won the Swiss Cup and hence the team participated in the Cup Winners' Cups. Two years later the team took part in the UEFA Cup.

In 1993, Lugano won its third Cup against the Grasshoppers, later participating in the Cup Winners' Cup, which took it to the second qualifying round. In the 1995–96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup eliminating Jeunesse Hautcharage in the first round and in the second, Inter Milan.

After the declaration of bankruptcy in 2003, on 30 June 2004, Lugano merged with Malcantone Agno, and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss Football scene in the Swiss Challenge League, as AC Lugano. Morotti Joseph, the president of Malcantone Agno, was entrusted with the leadership of the new club.

In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello. Luido Bernasconi became the new president. On 4 June 2008 the general meeting of shareholders voted on changing the name of the club – which returned to the historical name of Football Club Lugano, in its centenary year. In 2015 FC Lugano was promoted into Swiss Super League .

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup First Round Barcelona 0–1 0–3 0–4
1971–72 UEFA Cup First Round Legia Warsaw 1–3 0–0 1–3
1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying Round Neman Grodno 5–0 1–2 6–2
First Round Real Madrid 1–3 0–3 1–6
1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary Round Jeunesse Esch 4–0 0–0 4–0
First Round Inter Milan 1–1 1–0 2–1
Second Round Slavia Prague 1–2 0–1 1–3
2001–02 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 0–3 2–4
2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying Round FK Ventspils 1–0 0–3 1–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group G Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–0 1–2 3rd
Steaua București 1–2 2–1
Viktoria Plzeň 3–2 1–4
2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group B Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–1 4th
Copenhagen 0–1 0–1
Malmö FF 0–0 1–2

Players

Current squad
As of 2 October 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  ESP Adrià Guerrero (on loan from Valencia)
4 DF  HUN Ákos Kecskés
5 DF   SUI Mijat Marić
6 MF  BIH Miroslav Čovilo
8 FW   SUI Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus)
10 FW   SUI Mattia Bottani
13 DF  NGA Lucky Opara (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
14 MF  URU Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
16 DF   SUI Numa Lavanchy
17 FW  POR Asumah Abubakar
18 FW  FRA Kévin Monzialo
19 FW  SWE Alexander Gerndt
20 MF   SUI Olivier Custodio
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   SUI Stefano Guidotti
23 FW  URU Joaquín Ardaiz
24 MF  SVN Sandi Lovrić
25 DF  LVA Mārcis Ošs (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
29 MF   SUI David Jovanovic
30 DF   SUI Fabio Daprelà
46 GK   SUI Noam Baumann
58 GK  NGA Sebastian Osigwe
76 GK   SUI Lucio Soldini
77 MF  CZE Roman Macek
80 DF   SUI Noah De Queiroz
91 DF   SUI Mickaël Facchinetti (on loan from Sion)

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
47 MF  GHA Ransford Selasi (at Kriens until 30 June 2021)
— FW  KVX Leotrim Kryeziu (at Prishtina until 30 June 2021)
— FW  HUN Filip Holender (at Partizan until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ITA Carlo Manicone (at Chiasso until 30 June 2021)
— FW  NGA Franklin Sasere (at Hamrun Spartans until 30 June 2021)

Honours

Swiss Super League

Swiss Cup

  • Winners: 1930–31, 1967–68, 1992–93

Swiss Challenge League

  • Winners: 2014–15

Notable former coaches

References
  1. "Giocatori" (in Italian). FC Lugano.
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