FF Lugano 1976

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FF Lugano 1976
Full nameFootball Femminile Lugano 1976
Founded1976
Ground Stadio di Cornaredo
Capacity6,330 [1]
ChairmanEmanuele Gaiarin
ManagerMassimo Migliorini [2]
League Nationalliga A
2018–192nd
Website https://www.fflugano.com

Football Femminile Lugano 1976 known as FF Lugano 1976 or simply Lugano are a Swiss women's football team from Lugano, Ticino who play domestically in the Frauen Nationalliga A. [3]

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Since 2015 and through their chairman Emanuele Gaiarin, encourage young American footballers who have played NCAA soccer to play for them by providing free accommodation and classes in Italian. [4] Through this approach, they finished second in the 2018–19 season and made their European debut in the 2019–20 Women's Champions League. The majority of the current squad are American.

History

The club was founded in 1976 by Andrea Incerti, originally as AS Armonia Lugano but later, in 1983, the club was incorporated into Rapid Lugano  [ it ] and renamed to FCF Rapid Lugano. [5] They won their first league title in the 1988–89 season.

From 1978 to 2009, the club organised an internationally renowned Easter tournament [5] containing both domestic and international teams. Lugano won this tournament nine times, including three tournament wins in a row between 2005 and 2007. [6] At the end of the 2006–07 season, FC Rapid Lugano finished in the last place and was relegated to the Nationalliga B. In the 2015–16 season, after its return to the Nationalliga A, the club changed its name and became Football Femminile Lugano 1976.

Players

Current squad

As of 25 September 2020 [7]

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.NationPlayer
12 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Miriam Ubaldi
28 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Bertsch
6 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Sara Tonelli
14 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Nathalie Polledri
20 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Mia Von Ballmoos
24 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelly Chicerking
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Curtin
8 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Stella Suter
16 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Mathilda Andreoli
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Kosovo.svg  KOS Anila Bytyqi
22 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Sofia Pedrazzini
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kat McDonald
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tori Baliatico
10 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Lina Granados
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Christina Bellero
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Samantha DePinho
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaela Dickerman
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Herndon

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:FF Lugano 1976 players.

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Lugano made their Champions League debut in the 2019–20 season, losing in the round of 32 to Manchester City. [8]

SeasonRoundOpponentHomeAway Agg
2019–20 Round of 32 Flag of England.svg Manchester City 1–7 [9] 0–4 [10] 1–11

References

  1. ↑ "Lugano - Cornaredo Stadium". www.myfootygrounds.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Lugano 1976, F. F. (1 October 2019). "A huge congratulations to @MassimoMiglio for signing on as our new head coach! We are excited for what's ahead pic.twitter.com/NMxOtgiPUX". @FFLugano_1976. Retrieved 12 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  4. ↑ Goff, Steven. "16 U.S. soccer players find a home in Switzerland — and in the Champions League". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. 1 2 "FF Lugano 1976 - Home". luganosport (in Italian). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Torneo Internazionale Femminile di Lugano (Switzerland)". RSSSF . Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Lugano - UWCL - Squad". UEFA . Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Man. City-Lugano | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA . Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Lugano-Man. City | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA .
  10. ↑ "Man. City-Lugano | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA . Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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