SC Kriens

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SC Kriens
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Full nameSport Club Kriens
Founded1944;80 years ago (1944)
Ground Stadion Kleinfeld,
Kriens, Switzerland
Capacity5,360 (540 seated)
ChairmanPeter Glur
Manager Sven Lüscher
League Swiss Promotion League
2021–22 Swiss Challenge League, 10th of 10 (relegated)

SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, that currently competing in the Swiss Promotion League. The club uses Stadion Kleinfeld as home ground, and form a local rivalry with Lucerne.

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SC Kriens women's team has been participating in the Nationalliga A since 2008.

History

Chart of SC Kriens table positions in the Swiss football league system Kriens Performance Graph.png
Chart of SC Kriens table positions in the Swiss football league system

The first club to be formed in Kriens was created in 1920 as Fussball Club Kriens, albeit folding in 1926, and succeeded by Rasensportclub Kriens between 1931 and 1939. The team as it exists today was founded on 14 June 1944. They initially played in Lucerne, before being granted a meadow at a site now named Kleinfeld in 1949, where they have played since. [1]

Their first years were unremarkable, but support from the local municipality, a new stadium, and the introduction of several junior teams helped them to promotion to the 2. Liga in 1958. By 1975 the team challenged for promotion to the Nationalliga B under Paul Wolfisberg , who later managed FC Lucerne and the Swiss national team, before succeeding a year later in the 1975–76 season. [2] As Wolfisberg left the team in 1978 and the core of homegrown players began to age, they fought against relegation, which became reality in 1981. They spent another single season in the second division in 1986–87, before achieving a more successful stint in 1990 [3] that eventually led to two spells in the Nationalliga A in the 1993–94 and 1997–98 seasons. The team nearly achieved promotion on multiple occasions, albeit without success, under the leadership of managers such as Kudi Müller and Jürgen Seeberger. [1] [4] However, they failed to make the cut after the second division was restructured from 16 to 10 teams in 2012 and spent several years in lower divisions until 2018. [5]

Stadium

SC Kriens play at the Stadion Kleinfeld, which hosts a capacity of 5,370. [6] It was originally known as the Waisenhausmatte, which was first opened on 7 August 1949. It received its first floodlights in 1950, and by 1958, the stadium reopened under its current name with an expanded seating of 700. In 1969, two further pitches and the main stand were added. [1] In 2018 the stadium was completely rebuilt including a new main stand which includes a built-in sports centre and a photovoltaic system on its roof.

Current squad

As of 5 February 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 Pascal Brügger
3 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Flavio Caserta(on loan from Aarau )
4 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Manuel Fäh
5 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Fabrice Suter(on loan from Aarau )
6 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Leandro Aversa
7 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Lukas Riedmann
8 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Alejandro Willimann
10 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Marco Rüedi
11 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Diego Martin
14 FW Flag of Palestine.svg  PLE Saleh Chihadeh
15 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Ensar Huruglica
16 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Luka Frei
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Mauro Bender
18 GK Flag of Angola.svg  ANG Helder Moises
19 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Rrezart Hoxha
20 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Célien Wicht
21 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Jorge Facal
22 GK Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Lars Hunn
23 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Julian Hermann
24 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Moyo-Ola Uruejoma
25 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Leonardo Gubinelli
29 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Mario Bühler
30 FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Valentin Nushi
— FW Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Luka Slišković

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Liam Bollati(at Grasshopper until 30 June 2024)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geschichte". SC Kriens. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Wolfisberg von Kriens zu Luzern". Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 5 May 1978. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fussball: Kriens anstelle des Aufsteigers in der NLB". Thuner Tagblatt . 20 June 1990. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kudi Müller wird neuer Kriens-Trainer". Walliser Bote. 25 May 1998.
  5. ↑ Bucher, Turi. "Gezittert, getroffen, gefeiert: Kriens steigt in die Challenge League auf". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  6. ↑ "Stadion Kleinfeld - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

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