FC Lugano
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| Full name | Football Club Lugano | |||
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| Founded | 1908 (FC Lugano) 2004 (AC Lugano) 2008 (FC Lugano) |
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| Ground | Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano, Switzerland (Capacity: 15,000) |
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| Chairman |  Luido Bernasconi |
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| Manager | Mauro Notari |
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| League | Challenge League | |||
| 2008-09 | Challenge League, 2nd | |||
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FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was founded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and financial situatioln of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted back to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the Stadio Cornaredo.
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[edit] History
Football Club Lugano was born 28 July 1908 under the leadership of the then President Ernesto Corsini. The rise in the highest Swiss League came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of adjustment, the team conquered its first Swiss Cup in 1931. The decade following, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949).
During the first fifty years, Lugano played on the grounds at the Campo Marzio - which opened on 13 September 1908 - but successful results were pushing the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, was the inauguration of Cornaredo Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000.
In 1968, the Lugano won the Swiss Cup and the victory allowed the participation in the Cup Winners' Cups, and two years after the team participated in the UEFA Cup. In 1993, Lugano won its third Cup against the Grasshoppers, participating after the Cup Winners' Cup, which took the second qualifying round. In the 1995-96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup eliminating Jeunesse in the first round and in the second, Inter Milan.
After the declaration of bankruptcy in 2003, on June 30 2004, Lugano fused with Malcantone Agno, and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss Football scene in the Swiss Challenge league, as AC Lugano. Morotti Joseph, the president of Malcantone Agno, was entrusted with the leadership of the new association, which he was able to continue for several years in the way of the cadet championship.
In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello. Luid Bernasconi became the new president. On 04 June 2008 the general meeting of shareholders voted on changing the company - which returned to historical Football Club Lugano, in the year of its 100 year anniversary.
[edit] Honours
- Swiss Super League 1938, 1941, 1949
- Swiss Cup 1931, 1968, 1993
[edit] Notable former players and coaches
[edit] Players
- See also Cat:FC Lugano players.
Ottmar Hitzfeld - played for the club between 1978 and 1980.
[edit] Coaches
[edit] Current squad
As of 9 August, 2009
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[edit] External links
- Official website (Italian)
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