FC Ruggell

FC Ruggell

Full name	Fußballclub Ruggell
Founded	9 March 1958;67 years ago (9 March 1958)
Ground	Freizeitpark Widau Ruggell, Liechtenstein
Capacity	500
Chairman	Sandro Cudazzo
Manager	Michael Mäder
League	2. Liga
2017–18	2. Liga, Group 1 (OFV), 4th
Website	https://fcruggell.li/
Home colours Away colours

FC Ruggell is a Liechtensteiner amateur football team that plays in Ruggell. They currently play in the Swiss Football League, in 2. Liga, which is the sixth tier of Swiss football. Like all Liechtensteiner clubs, they play in the Swiss football pyramid.

They have reached the final of the Liechtenstein Football Cup on 7 occasions, most recently in 2019, where they lost 3–2 against FC Vaduz.

History

Formation and early years (1958–1970)

The club was founded after 10 sports enthusiasts from Ruggell met at the Gasthaus Rössle - a local Inn - at midday of 9 March 1958. The first match played under the name FC Ruggell was in the Liechtenstein Junior Tournament in Triesen, which Ruggell's Youth C-Team took place in, with their first match happening on 7 September 1958. The following year the club competed in a senior league match for the first time, spending the 1959/60 season in the Swiss 4. Liga. In 1963 the club reached the final of the Liechtenstein Cup for the first time, losing 3:1 against FC Schaan. The team won its first honour in 1970, winning the league title in 4. Liga but losing the promotion playoffs to FC Gams.

3. Liga (1970–1983)

In 1973 Ruggell won their league once again, however this time they won their playoff matches against FC Buchs and FC Untervaz, promoting them to the 3. Liga for the first time in their history. The club remained in the 3. Liga for several years after, never getting into any promotion playoffs, however did have some success in the Swiss Cup (which clubs from Liechtenstein were allowed to participate in at the time. In 1975, they beat the second division teams of Altstätten and Rorschach but were knocked out in the third round by FC Triesen. During the 1980s Ruggell's youth teams had more success, with the youth C, D and E teams winning their competitions, however the senior team wasn't performing as well, typically finishing in the lower end of the 3. Liga table. In 1981 they reached the Liechtenstein Cup Final for the fourth time, after a 5–0 victory over Vaduz in the semi-final, but lost to FC Balzers 3–0 after extra time.

Playoffs and decline (1983–2000)

1983 was the 25th anniversary of the founding of FC Ruggell, with several sporting events done in celebration. At the end of the 1984–85 season, the club was joint on points with the league leaders FC Diepoldsau, after winning a crucial final day match against local rivals FC Schann. This meant that a final match between the two teams was scheduled to decide who had won the division, with Ruggell winning the match, giving them their first 3. Liga title and their first time in the playoffs for promotion to the 2. Liga, however they failed to get promoted. In the 1988–89 season, the club had a women's team for the first time.

In the 1994–95 season, the club was relegated back to the 4. Liga, however was promoted back to the 3. Liga the following season. The club was then promoted and relegated between these two divisions until the new millennium.

Recent history (2000–present)

In 2001 Ruggell reached the Final of the Liechtenstein Cup for the first time in 20 years, but once again they lost, this time in a 9–0 defeat to FC Vaduz. On 31 August 2002, the club's new ground - the Freizeitpark Widau - was officially opened. In 2007 the club reached the Liechtenstein Cup final for the 6th time but lost 8–0 to FC Vaduz. The team remained consistently in the 3 Liga for the rest of the 2000s and 2010s until the end of the 2015–16 season, when the club was promoted the 2. Liga for the first time. ^[1] The team were the runners up of the Liechtenstein cup in 2019, having lost to FC Vaduz 3–2. ^[2] On April 9, 2020, the club announced that starting from next season Michael Mäder would the club's new head coach. ^[3]

Honours

FC Ruggell's former crest

Domestic competitions

• Liechtenstein Football Cup
  • Runners-up (7): 1963, 1973, 1978, 1981, 2001, 2007, 2019

Switzerland competitions

• Swiss 3. Liga
  • Winners (3): 1984–85, 2015–2016
• Swiss 4. Liga
  • Winners (4): 1969–70, 1972–73, 1995–96, 1998–99

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   LIE Andrin Dietsche 2 DF   LIE Simon Maag 4 DF   LIE Stefan Maag 5 DF   AUT Marc Kühne 6 DF   LIE Jonas Hilti 7 MF   SUI Michael Giger 8 MF   LIE Michael Scherer 9 FW   SVN Andrej Dursun 10 FW   LIE Philipp Ospelt 11 MF   AUT Tamer Özcan 12 GK   LIE Gian Andri Bischof 13 MF   LIE Collin Haas 14 MF   LIE Nicola Kollmann

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   LIE Stefan Sonderegger 16 DF   LIE Matthias Hoop 17 MF   LIE Philippe Erne 18 MF   LIE Rainer Fischer 20 MF   TUR Anil Arslan 23 MF   LIE Florian Allgauer 24 DF   ESP Ramon Adejumo 25 MF   LIE Giuseppe Bellisario 26 MF   SRB Asllan Behluli 27 MF   SUI Mattia Sbocchi 34 GK   AUT Reuf Duraković 77 FW   KOS Agim Zeqiri

Staff

Coach

• Vito Troisio

Assistant coach

• Walter Büchel

Goalkeeper coach

• Markus Marty

Physio

• Martina Augsburger

References

1. "Der Vorstand - FC Ruggell". www.fcruggell.li. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
2. "Spielbericht". www.lfv.li (in German). 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
3. "Michael Mäder wird neuer Trainer beim FC Ruggell - FC Ruggell". www.fcruggell.li. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

External links

• Official web site