FC Lausanne-Sport

Lausanne-Sport

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Full name	Football Club Lausanne-Sport
Founded	1896 (1860)
Ground	Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity	15,850
President	Alain Joseph
Manager	Laurent Roussey
League	Swiss Super League
2012–13	Swiss Super League, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Lausanne-Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss sports club based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is most famous for its football department (FC Lausanne-Sport), but the club also had athletics, sport rowing, and rink hockey departments until they split in 2009 over a row about the construction of a new stadium that will be built by 2015.

History

The football-section was founded in 1896 under the name of Montriond Lausanne. However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians. The club took the name Lausanne-Sports FC in 1920 after the football section merged with the Club Hygiénique de Lausanne, a physical education club. The club plays at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, a 15,850 all-seater stadium used for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They played in Swiss First Division between 1906-1931 and 1932-2002.

After the 2001–02 season, Lausanne-Sports were relegated because the club did not obtain a first level license for the 2002–03 season. Following the 2002–03 season in the second division, Lausanne-Sports FC were again relegated due to bankruptcy. They were reformed as FC Lausanne-Sport for the 2003–04 season and had to begin play at the fourth tier. The team was promoted in consecutive seasons from the fourth division after the 2003–04 season and the third division after the 2004–05 season. After an additional six years in the second tier of Swiss football, the club was promoted to the Super League for the 2011–12 season.

Lausanne-Sport qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after they lost the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel. They progressed through the second and third qualifying rounds as well as the play-off round to book their place in the group stage, though they would not move on from there.

Lausanne-Sport has won the Swiss First Division seven times and the Swiss Cup nine times.

Honours

• Ligue Nationale A/Super League
  • Winners (7): 1912–13, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1943–44, 1950–51, 1964–65
  • Runners-up (8): 1946–47, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1989–90, 1999–2000

• Ligue Nationale B/Challenge League
  • Winners: 2010–11

• 1. Liga Promotion
  • Winners: 2004–05

• 1. Liga Classic
  • Winners: 2003–04

• Swiss Cup
  • Winners (9): 1935, 1939, 1944, 1950, 1962, 1964, 1981, 1998, 1999
  • Runners-up (8): 1937, 1946, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1984, 2000, 2010

• Swiss League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1981

Current squad

As of 11 July 2013

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	SUI	Kevin Fickentscher (on loan from Sion)
3	DF	SUI	Mickaël Facchinetti
4	MF	SVN	Miha Mevlja
5	MF	ESP	Gabri (captain)
6	DF	SUI	Guillaume Katz
7	MF	SUI	Salim Khelifi
8	MF	SUI	Fabrizio Zambrella
9	FW	POR	Luís Pimenta
10	FW	ISR	Ohad Kadousi
11	FW	FRA	Yannis Tafer
13	MF	SUI	Michel Avanzini
14	DF	SUI	Sébastien Meoli
15	MF	SUI	Numa Lavanchy

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	TUN	Wajdi Bouazzi
18	GK	SUI	Thomas Castella
19	FW	SUI	Bashkim Sukaj
20	MF	CMR	Patrick Ekeng
21	MF	SUI	Yang Ming
22	GK	SUI	Signori Antonio
23	DF	MAR	Abdelouahed Chakhsi
24	DF	FRA	Jérôme Sonnerat
25	FW	SEN	Matar Coly
26	DF	SUI	Adriano De Pierro
28	MF	SUI	Romain Dessarzin
29	FW	CGO	Matt Moussilou
30	MF	SUI	Olivier Custódio

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
—	FW	BIH	Mehmed Begzadić (at Locarno until 30 June 2014)

Famous former players

See also Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players.

Max Abegglen Charles Antenen Umberto Barberis Georges Bregy Martin Brunner Arnaud Bühler Eric Burgener Fabio Celestini Pierre-Albert Chapuisat Stéphane Chapuisat Alexandre Comisetti Richard Dürr Olivier Eggimann

Norbert Eschmann Lucien Favre Jean-Pierre Friedländer André Grobéty André Gross Erich Hänzi Dominique Herr Robert Hosp Marc Hottiger Stefan Huber Wilhelm Jäggi Fritz Künzli Ludovic Magnin

Xavier Margairaz Yves Mauron Remo Meyer Blaise Nkufo Christophe Ohrel Heinz Schneiter Georges Stuber Ely Tacchella Léonard Thurre Roger Vonlanthen Pierre-André Zappella Reto Ziegler

Lorik Cana Gabriel Calderón Javier Mazzoni Armen Shahgeldyan Eli Sabiá Leandro Lassina Diabaté Jan Lala Lionel Charbonnier Roger Courtois Giancarlo Antognoni Tomas Danilevičius

Mustapha El Haddaoui Smahi Triki Bram Appel Pierre Kerkhoffs Frank Verlaat Jacek Dembiński Marcin Kuźba Pavel Badea Pape Thiaw Marko Pantelić Stefan Rehn Yevhen Lutsenko

Former coaches

Billy Hunter (1922–23) Jimmy Hogan (1925) Fred Spiksley (1928) Robert Pache (1931–32) Jimmy Hogan (1933–34) Alv Riemke (1934–35) Friedrich Kerr (1939) Frank Séchehaye (1942–43) Fritz Leonhardt and Georg Baumgartner (1943–45) Louis Maurer (1945–50) Béla Volentik (1950–51) Jacques Spagnoli (1951–53) Joseph Schaefer (1953–54) Bram Appel (1954–55) Fernand Jaccard (1955–57) Walter Presch (1957–60) Albert Châtelain (1960–61) Charles Marmier and Frank Séchehaye (1961–62)

Jean Luciano (1962–64) Roger Reymond and Roger Bocquet (1964) Roger Reymond (1964–65) Kurt Linder (1965–66) Wilhelm Hahnemann (1966–67) Roger Vonlanthen (1967–72) Louis Maurer (1972–74) Paul Garbani (1974–76) Miroslav Blažević (1976–79) Charly Hertig (1979–82) Péter Pázmándy (1982–84) Radu Nunweiller (1984–87) Umberto Barberis (1987–93) Marc Duvillard (1993–94) Martin Trümpler (1994–95) Georges Bregy (1995–98) Radu Nunweiller and Pierre-André Schürmann (1998) Pierre-André Schürmann (1998–01)

Victor Zvunka (July 2000–June 1) Radu Nunweiller (July 2001–Dec 01) Umberto Barberis (2002) Pablo Iglesias (2002–03) Gabriel Calderón (Jan 2003–June 3) Jochen Dries (2003–04) Gérard Castella (July 2005–May 6) Alain Geiger (June 2006–Nov 06) Paul Garbani and Patrick Isabella (2006–07) Stéphane Hunziker and Patrick Isabella (2007) Umberto Barberis (July 2007–Dec 07) Thierry Cotting (Dec 2007–June 9) John Dragani (July 2008–June 10) Árpád Soós (March 2010–June 10) Martin Rueda (July 2010–June 12) Laurent Roussey (July 2012–)

Lausanne-Sports Rowing

Main article: Lausanne-Sports Aviron

Lausanne-Sports Aviron is the rowing club of Lausanne-Sport.

External links

• Football department
• Athletics department
• Roller hockey department
• Rowing department