FC St. Gallen

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.

St. Gallen
Full nameFussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded19 April 1879 (1879-04-19)
GroundKybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity19,694
ChairmanMatthias Hüppi
ManagerPeter Zeidler
LeagueSwiss Super League
2019–20Swiss Super League, 2nd of 10
WebsiteClub website

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

League

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
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
European Cup / Champions League 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 23 8 4 11 28 40 −12 034.78
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 6 1 3 24 10 +14 060.00
Total 39 15 7 17 57 60 −3 038.46

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
  1. "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
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