FC St. Gallen

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. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League.

St. Gallen
Full nameFussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded19 April 1879 (1879-04-19)
GroundKybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity19,694
PresidentMatthias Hüppi
Head coachPeter Zeidler
LeagueSwiss Super League
2021–22Swiss Super League, 5th of 10
WebsiteClub website

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. During the last decade, the strength of the club continually declined and this eventually resulted in the transformation to a yo-yo club. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons.

In 2016 FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.

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 stadium in the east.

Honours

League

Cup

Others
  • Anglo Cup
    • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record
Accurate as of 30 July 2018
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
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 23 8 4 11 28 40 −12 034.78
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 6 1 3 24 10 +14 060.00
Total 39 15 7 17 57 60 −3 038.46

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 — —

Players
St. Gallen squad in 1881

Current squad
As of 26 January 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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  SUI Leonidas Stergiou
5 DF  CRO Matej Maglica
6 MF  SUI Basil Stillhart
7 FW  AUT Fabian Schubert
8 MF  ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW  SUI Jérémy Guillemenot
10 FW  COD Chadrac Akolo
11 FW  SUI Julian von Moos
13 MF  GER Leonhard Münst (on loan from Stuttgart II)
16 MF  GER Lukas Görtler
20 DF  AUT Albert Vallci
22 FW  CIV Emmanuel Latte Lath (on loan from Atalanta)
23 MF  SUI Gregory Karlen
24 DF  PHI Michael Kempter
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK  GER Lukas Watkowiak
27 MF  SUI Randy Schneider
28 MF  SUI Ricardo Azevedo Alves
29 DF  SUI Alessandro Kräuchi
30 DF  SUI Patrick Sutter
31 FW  SUI Alessio Besio
32 MF  SUI David Jacovic
33 DF  SUI Isaac Schmidt
34 MF  SUI Stefano Guidotti
35 GK  GER Bela Dumrath
37 MF  SUI Christian Witzig
50 FW  SUI Fabrizio Cavegn
56 MF  KOS Edis Bytyqi
69 FW  FRA Willem Geubbels
77 FW  GER Leon Dajaku (on loan from Sunderland)
93 FW  FRA Noha Ndombasi

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. Nation Player
— DF  SUI Nicolas Lüchinger (at Thun until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  FRA Élie Youan (at Hibernian until 30 June 2023)

Retired numbers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 1 July 2018
Position Staff
Chairman Matthias Hüppi
Member Peter Germann
Sporting Director Alain Sutter
First-Team Manager Peter Zeidler
First-Team Assistant Manager Boro Kuzmanović
First-Team Coach Orest Shala
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach Stefano Razzetti
Fitness Coach Thomas Wyss
Athletic Coach Simon Storm
Chief Scout Nnamdi Aghanya
Masseur Stephan Oberli
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator Alex Nussbaumer
Team Manager Ramin Pandji
Adrian Zingg

Coaches

References
  1. "1. Mannschaft | Saison 2022/23" [First team | 2022/23 season] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 2 August 2022.
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