FC St. Gallen

St. Gallen

Full name	Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)	Espen
Founded	19 April 1879 (1879-04-19)
Ground	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity	19,694
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Manager	Peter Zeidler
League	Swiss Super League
2021–22	Swiss Super League, 5th of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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 2020–21 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League.

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

Domestic

League

• Swiss Super League
  • Winners: 1903–04, 1999–2000
  • Runners-up: 2019–20
• Swiss Challenge League
  • Winners: 1970–71, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 1967–68

Cup

• Swiss Cup
  • Winners: 1968–69
  • Runners-up: 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners: 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1981–82

Others

• Anglo Cup
  • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

Accurate as of 30 July 2018

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
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

Current squad

St. Gallen squad in 1881

As of 31 January 2022

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GHA	Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3	DF	GHA	Musah Nuhu
4	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou
6	MF	SUI	Basil Stillhart
7	FW	AUT	Fabian Schubert
8	MF	ESP	Jordi Quintillà
9	FW	SUI	Jérémy Guillemenot
10	MF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
11	MF	SUI	Kwadwo Duah
13	MF	GER	Leonhard Münst (on loan from Stuttgart II)
14	DF	CRO	Matej Maglica (on loan from Stuttgart II)
15	DF	POR	Euclides Cabral
16	MF	GER	Lukas Görtler
18	GK	GER	Lukas Watkowiak
19	FW	SUI	Julian Von Moos
23	DF	KOS	Betim Fazliji

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	PHI	Michael Kempter
27	GK	SUI	Armin Abaz
28	FW	SUI	Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus)
29	MF	SUI	Alessandro Kräuchi
30	MF	SUI	Patrick Sutter
31	FW	SUI	Alessio Besio
32	MF	SUI	David Jacovic
33	MF	SUI	Isaac Schmidt
34	FW	SUI	Boris Babic
37	MF	SUI	Christian Witzig
44	FW	SUI	Logan Clément
45	MF	SUI	Alexandre Jankewitz (on loan from Young Boys)
50	DF	SUI	Nicolas Lüchinger
55	MF	BFA	Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas)
72	MF	SUI	Bastien Toma (on loan from Genk)

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
—	MF	SUI	Miro Muheim (at Hamburger SV until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	SUI	Tim Staubli (at Vaduz until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	SUI	Angelo Campos (at SC Brühl until 31 December 2021)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Lorenzo González (at Ústí nad Labem until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	SUI	Florian Kamberi (at Sheffield Wednesday until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	FRA	Élie Youan (at Mechelen until 30 June 2022)

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 (1994–01, 2003–10)

Managers

• Jack Reynolds (1912–14)
• William Townley (1920)
• Leopold Grundwald (1922)
• William Townley (1923–25)
• Jimmy Townley (1945–49)
• Robert Kelly (1949–51)
• Fritz Kerr (1952–54)
• Otto Pfister (1963–66)
• Virgil Popescu (1966–67)
• René Brodmann (1967–68)
• Albert Sing (1968–70)
• Željko Perušić (1970–74)
• Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
• Werner Olk (1985–86)
• Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1986 – 1 March 1987)
• Kurt Jara (1 July 1988 – 1 October 1991)
• Uwe Rapolder (1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996)
• Roger Hegi (26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998)
• Marcel Koller (1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001)
• Gérard Castella (20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002)
• Thomas Staub (interim) (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002)
• Heinz Peischl (1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005)
• René Weiler (interim) (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005)
• Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006)
• Rolf Fringer (12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007)
• Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008)
• Uli Forte (1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011)
• Giorgio Contini / Roger Zürcher (interim) (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011)
• Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015)
• Josef Zinnbauer (16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017)
• Giorgio Contini (4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018)
• Peter Zeidler (18 June 2018–)