Helvécia Futsal Club

London Helvecia Futsal Club is a futsal club based in London, England (United Kingdom). Founded in 2007, they compete in the FA National Futsal Series, the top division of English Futsal.

London Helvecia Futsal Club
Nickname(s)Helvecia
Founded2007
GroundLondon, England
ChairmanAndrew De Santana
ManagerDiego Pagliuso

Captain = Raoni Medina

Sports Director = Renato Silva

Director of Academy = Diego Pagliuso
LeagueNational Futsal Series
2019/20201st
WebsiteClub website

Helvecia are the most successful Futsal club in England, having won 7 league titles, 6 FA cups and have represented England in the UEFA Futsal cup / Champions League more times than any other English club.

Helvecia won their first major honour in 2008, complete a league and FA Futsal cup double. During the 2008/09 season Helvecia qualified for the then UEFA Futsal Cup (now Champions League) for their first time. Though Helvecia have yet to proceed past the Preliminary rounds they have represented England 5 times in the competition.

Helvecia home kit colours are blue and white. The club's crest changed during the 2019/20 season so that it better represented the origins of the club. The club's local rivals are Southend and Sussex.

History

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Crest and colours

Crest

Helvecia have had two, which all underwent minor variations. The most recent change came in 2019, where the colours of the crest were amended to reflect the origins of the club along with the style and size of the central ball.

Colours

Helvecia has always worn blue and white kits. Often these colours would be solid or a mixture of both colours. Home kits featured a dominant blue, with away kits always in white.

Helvecia Women

Helvecia also operate a women's Futsal team, London Helvecia Women's Futsal Club. They have been affiliated to the men's team since 2018. They play their home games at Leyton Leisure Centre.

Helvecia Academy

Helvecia started its academy during the 2019/20 season. Initially created of upper phase age ranges the appointment at the end of the 2018/19 season was the start of the building of the academy. The academy has two centres; the primary camp in London and the other in the midlands. This allows Helvecia to attract the best young players from the widest spectrum throughout the UK. The academy caters for U6 to U16 players, and includes the community initiatives of the club.

Honours

League Titles
  • FA Futsal League: 7
    • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019

Cups

Doubles
  • FA Futsal League and FA Futsal Cup: 6
    • 2008: League and FA Futsal Cup
    • 2009: League and FA Futsal Cup
    • 2010: League and FA Futsal Cup
    • 2011: League and FA Futsal Cup
    • 2019: League and FA Futsal Cup

UEFA Futsal Cup / Champions League [1]

Appearances: 7

Season Competition Round Country Opponent Result Venue Qualified
2009-10 UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Round Roubaix Futsal 6–4 Tapiola Urheiluhalli, Espoo
2nd place
Golden Futsal Team 4–6
Fair City Santos 11–2
2010-11 UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Round FC Encamp 4–2 Magvassy Sportcsarnok, Győr
2nd place
MNK Croatia 97 3–2
Győri ETO FC 2–7
2011-12 UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Round Stella Rossa 7–3 Hollgasse Hall, Vienna
2nd place
Győri ETO FC 1–6
Anzhi Tallinn 5–0
2012-13 UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Round Edro Vlorë 2–1 Birkerød Iorietscenter, Birkerød
3rd place
Lidselmash Lida 1–2
København Futsal 2–7
2017-18 UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Round Transylvania 7–0 Sporthalle Weissenstein, Bern
2nd place
Lynx 6–1
Minerva 1–4
2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League Preliminary Round PYF Saltires 7-3 Sporthal De Opgang, Zwaag
2nd place
Lynx 9-4
Hovocubo 1-4
2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League Preliminary Round Differdange 03 0-6 Complexe Sportif, Cosnes-et-Romain

Current squad

Last Update: 29 November 2020[2]

# Position Name Nationality
1 Goalkeeper Mario Gazolli
20 Goalkeeper Renato Viana
2 Defender Carlos Muñoz
3 Defender Jonathan Alvarez
4 Defender João Mirabile
6 Defender Ivan Dju
8 Winger José Carlos
10 Winger Iván Lopez
11 Winger Fernando Malta
12 Winger Richard Ward
7 Pivot Claudio Ribeiro
9 Pivot Raoni Medina
14 Pivot Ryan Walsh
Coach
Carlos Rodrigues Pagliuso

Notable Players - Past and Present

Maximilian William Kilman

José Carlos Lopez Lozano

Carlos Muñoz Delgado

Eduardo Gomes

Ari Santos

Raoni Medina

Lucas Totti

See also

References
  1. "Bio". uefa.com.
  2. "Differdange-London Helvecia". UEFA. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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