FC St. Gallen

St. Gallen

Full name	Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)	Espen
Founded	19 April 1879;145 years ago (1879-04-19)
Ground	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity	19,694
President	Matthias Hüppi
Head coach	Enrico Maaßen
League	Swiss Super League
2023–24	Swiss Super League, 5th of 12
Website	www.fcsg.ch
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. It is the oldest football club in continental Europe. ^[1] The team competes 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. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice, at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. Since their promotion back to the Swiss Super League, they have remained in the top division for the past twelve years, establishing themselves again as a midtable club. In the 2019–20 season, the club finished as runners-up. Despite being based in a relatively small city, St. Gallen are known for their excellent support at both home and away games. In 2016, FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland. ^[2]

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 in the east.

Honours

Domestic

League

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

Cup

• Swiss Cup
  • Winners: 1968–69
  • Runners-up: 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners: 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1981–82

Others

• Anglo Cup
  • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

Accurate as of 7 November 2024

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
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	25	8	4	13	28	42	−14	032.00
UEFA Conference League	9	4	2	3	16	16	+0	044.44
UEFA Intertoto Cup	10	6	1	3	24	10	+14	060.00
Total	47	18	9	20	67	67	+0	038.30

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	—	0–1
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round	FC Tobol	4–1	1–0	5–1
		Third qualifying round	Śląsk Wrocław	2–0	2–3	4–3
		Play-off	Trabzonspor	0–0	1–1 (aet)	1–1 (5–4p)
		League phase	Fiorentina	2-4	—
			1. FC Heidenheim	—
			Vitória de Guimarães		—
			Cercle Brugge	—	2-6
			TSC		—
			Larne	—	2–1

Players

Current squad

As of 7 February 2025 ^[3]

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   GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi 3 DF   GHA Musah Nuhu 4 DF   CRO Jozo Stanić 5 DF   GHA Stephan Ambrosius 7 MF   SUI Christian Witzig 8 MF   ESP Jordi Quintillà 9 FW   FRA Willem Geubbels 10 FW   COD Chadrac Akolo 11 FW   GUI Moustapha Cissé (on loan from Atalanta ) 13 MF   SUI Gregory Karlen 14 MF   CMR Noah Yannick 15 DF   MLI Abdoulaye Diaby 16 MF   GER Lukas Görtler (captain) 18 FW   SUI Felix Mambimbi 19 MF   GER Lukas Daschner (on loan from Bochum )

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   AUT Albert Vallçi 22 DF   GER Konrad Faber 23 MF   KOS Betim Fazliji 24 MF   SUI Bastien Toma 25 GK   GER Lukas Watkowiak 28 DF   FRA Hugo Vandermersch 30 MF   ESP Víctor Ruiz 33 FW   CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame (on loan from Como ) 35 GK   GER Bela Dumrath 36 DF   GER Chima Okoroji 47 FW   ITA Enoch Owusu (on loan from Inter Milan ) 63 MF   SUI Corsin Konietzke 64 MF   SRB Mihailo Stevanović 70 MF   SUI Noah Probst 77 FW   HUN Kevin Csoboth

Out on loan

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 — MF   KOS Behar Neziri(at Wil until 30 June 2025) — MF   SUI Jason Parente(at Wil until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   SUI Lindon Ibishi(at Linth 04 until 31 December 2024) — FW   SWE Nikolaj Möller (at Strømsgodset until 30 June 2025)

Retired numbers

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 17 DF   SUI Marc Zellweger (1994–2001, 2003–2010)

Club officials

As of 30 November 2024

Position	Staff
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Member	Peter Germann
Sporting director	Alain Sutter
First-team manager	Enrico Maaßen
First-Team Assistant Manager	Jakob von Horst
First-Team Coach	Wolfgang Reichert
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach	Dietmar Haun
Fitness Coach	Klaus Daumann
Athletic Coach	Markus Frieden
Chief scout	Steffen Wörler
Masseur	Marc Heidegger
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator	Bastian Kempf
Team manager	Marcel Schulz Felix Unterhagger

Coaches

• Jack Reynolds (1912–14)
• William Townley (1920)
• Leopold Grundwald (1922)
• William Townley (1923–25)
• Jimmy Townley (1945–49)
• Robert Kelly (1949–51)
• Fritz Kerr (1952–54)
• Otto Pfister (1963–66)
• Virgil Popescu (1966–67)
• René Brodmann (1967–68)
• Albert Sing (1968–70)
• Željko Perušić (1970–74)
• Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
• Werner Olk (1985–86)
• Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1986 – 1 March 1987)
• Kurt Jara (1 July 1988 – 1 October 1991)
• Uwe Rapolder (1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996)
• Roger Hegi (26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998)
• Marcel Koller (1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001)
• Gérard Castella (20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002)
• Thomas Staub (interim) (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002)
• Heinz Peischl (1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005)
• René Weiler (interim) (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005)
• Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006)
• Rolf Fringer (12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007)
• Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008)
• Uli Forte (1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011)
• Giorgio Contini / Roger Zürcher (interim) (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011)
• Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015)
• Josef Zinnbauer (16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017)
• Giorgio Contini (4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018)
• Peter Zeidler (18 June 2018–)

Former players

• Paul Friberg

References

1. "Jakob Rudolf Forster: Schwul und laut im 19. Jahrhundert". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
2. "Know About FC Saint Gallen". asmonaco.com.
3. "1. Mannschaft | Saison 2022/23" [First team | 2022/23 season] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 2 August 2022.

External links

• Official website