UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen

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UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen
Full nameUHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen
Nickname(s)UHC WaSa
Short nameUHC WaSa
Founded1997
Ground Tal der Demut
Capacity1500
Chairman Joe P. Stöckli
Manager Fabian Arvidsson
League National League A
Website Club website

UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen is a Swiss floorball team out of Waldkirch and St. Gallen, which plays in the highest Swiss league. [1]

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History

The club was founded in 1997 through the fusion of the club UHC St.Gallen and the TSV Waldkirch. In the season 2002/03 WaSa were promoted to the national league A for the first time in the club's history. After two season the club out of the Eastern part of Switzerland were relegated to the league B.

Another two years later in 2007/08 they were promoted again. WaSa won the Best-of-five series against the last of the league a Club, Basel Magic, with 3:0. The last game of this series was attempted by more than a thousand visitors.

In 2017 the women team advanced to the highest Swiss league.

Squad 2015/2016

PosNrNameNationality
T1Ruven GruberSwitzerland
T39Dominic JudSwitzerland
V15Stefan MeierSwitzerland
V21Manuel BüsserSwitzerland
V22Moreno SondereggerSwitzerland
V23Patrick ObristSwitzerland
V24Andrin FlüelerSwitzerland
V44Thomas MittelholzerSwitzerland
V53Markus Olavi LajunenFinland
V99Jeanot EschbachSwitzerland
C11Louis PfauSwitzerland
C12Dario LöhrerSwitzerland
C13Gustav KroonaSweden
S14Andrin ZellwegerSwitzerland
S5Manuel RüeggSwitzerland
S10Chris EschbachSwitzerland
S17Sandro BüchelSwitzerland
S19Silas LienertSwitzerland
S20Maurin RüeggSwitzerland
S27Roman MittelholzerSwitzerland
S72Riku LaaksonenFinland
Coaches
HCFabian ArvidssonSweden
ACJérôme BaumannSwitzerland
ACBenjamin ZölligSwitzerland
GCKornelius BirrerSwitzerland

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References

  1. "Club History – UHC Waldkirch – St. Gallen". UHC Waldkirch – St. Gallen. Retrieved 16 January 2016.