FC St. Gallen Frauen

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FC St. Gallen Frauen
FC St. Gallen logo.svg
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded2017
Ground Espenmoos
Capacity5,700
ChairmanMatthias Hüppi
ManagerMarisa Wunderlin
League Swiss Women's Super League
2022–20234th

FC St. Gallen Frauen (formerly known as FC St.Gallen-Staad) is a women's football club from Switzerland. The club was founded in 2017 and was created through the merger of the women's football departments of FC St. Gallen and FC Staad. After the team was already integrated into the organization of FC St. Gallen in February 2021, the name "FC St.Gallen-Staad" was changed to "FC St. Gallen Frauen" in Summer 2022. The team currently competes in the Swiss Women's Super League, the highest division of the Swiss football pyramid.

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History

The women's division of FC Staad has existed since 1992. In 2001, it was promoted to the National League A for the first time. After two more relegations and re-promotions in 2003 and 2009, the team slipped again into the National League B in 2017. [1] The women of FC St. Gallen were relegated to National League B in 2016.

With the relegation of the women of FC Staad, no team from Eastern Switzerland was represented in the top division of Swiss women's football, so the two clubs decided to join forces and merge their women's departments. The first joint training session was in July 2017. This merger, which had already been preceded by a certain cooperation at youth levels, also affected the U15, U17 and U19 teams, which have all competed under the name FC St. Gallen-Staad since then. [2]

In its first season of 2017/18, FC St. Gallen-Staad landed in third place and just missed promotion from National League B. The club started the 2018/19 season under head coach Federico D'Aloia and went on to win promotion to National League A. [3] In the Swiss Cup, St. Gallen-Staad reached the semifinals. [4]

Marco Zwyssig replaced D'Aloia as head coach. The 2019/20 season was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the time of cancellation, after 16 rounds, FC St. Gallen-Staad stood in 7th place on 11 points. [5]

Before the start of the 20/21 season, the cooperation between FC St. Gallen and FC Staad was extended until 2023. [6]

On August 13, St. Gallen-Staad won the season opening game of the newly founded Women's Super League in Kybunpark, which was broadcast live by SRF2, against Grasshopper Club Zürich, 2–0. [7] It was the first game in the top division of Swiss women's football that SRF had ever shown. [8] [9]

In March 2021 it was announced that the club would part with Marco Zwyssig as head coach at the end of the season, with Marisa Wunderlin presented as successor. [10]

In the cup, the team reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated at home against Basel. [11]

The name "FC St. Gallen-Staad" was changed to "FC St.Gallen Frauen" in 2022 after the club was already a part of the FC St. Gallen organization since February 2021. [12]

Players

Current squad

As of 3 March 2024.

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Kim Bollmann
4 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Aline Christen
5 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Naja Glanzmann
6 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Chantal Wyser
7 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Geraldine Ess
9 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Adelisa Hafizovic
10 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Stephanie Brecht
11 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Franziska Gaus
13 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Karin Bernet
14 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jana Brunner
15 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Alessandra de Freitas
16 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Larina Baumann
17 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Yael Aeberhard
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Jasmin Colombo
21 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Fabienne Dörig
22 GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Fabienne Oertle
23 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Serena Li Puma
24 MF Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  LIE Katharina Risch
25 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Anna Sutter
26 DF Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  LIE Fiona Batliner
28 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Noa Schärz
30 GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Nadine Böhi
33 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Nerina Waldhart

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References

  1. ↑ "Frauen" fcstaad.ch, retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fusion: FCSG und Staad blasen zum Angriff" FM1 Today, 22 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "St.Galler Frauen steigen in Nati A auf" FM1 Today, 2 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Statistik und Resultate" football.ch, retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Saison 2019/2020 - Nationalliga A (Frauen)" football.ch, retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Verlängerung Zusammenarbeit mit FC St. Gallen 1879 Archived 2020-10-08 at the Wayback Machine " fcstaad.ch
  7. ↑ "Bischof schiesst St. Gallen-Staad zum Auftaktsieg" srf.ch, retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ticker" srf.ch, retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Saisonstart der AXA Women's Super League mit neuem Auftritt" awsl.ch, 13 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Marisa Wunderlin wird neue Cheftrainerin" dieostschweiz.ch, 15 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "FC St. Gallen-Staad - FC Basel 1893" Schweizer Cup (Frauen), 1 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Frauenteam und Juniorinnen neu unter dem Namen FC St. Gallen 1879" dieostschweiz.ch, 5 July 2022.
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