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Vaduz
File:FC Vaduz.png
Full nameFußball Club Vaduz
Nickname(s)Residenzler (Resident)
Fürstenverein (Princely club)
Stolz von Liechtenstein (Pride of Liechtenstein)
Short nameFCV
Founded14 February 1932; 84 years ago
GroundRheinpark Stadion
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Capacity7,838 (5,873 seated)
Coordinates47°08′25″N 9°30′37″E / 47.1403°N 9.5103°E / 47.1403; 9.5103
OwnerPrincely Family of Liechtenstein
ChairmanRuth Ospelt
ManagerGiorgio Contini
LeagueSwiss Super League
2015–168th
Websitehttp://www.fcvaduz.li/

Fußball Club Vaduz (Template:Lang-en) is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz that plays in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838.[1] They currently play in the Swiss Super League following promotion from the Swiss Challenge League after winning its 2013–14 championship. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organizing its own league.

Vaduz have historically had many players from Liechtenstein, many of whom have played for the Liechtenstein national team, but nearly all these players have moved abroad, and now the majority of the first team squad are foreign players from different areas of the world. The signing of experienced goalkeeper Peter Jehle from Tours and Franz Burgmeier from Darlington boosted the Liechtensteiner contingent to six by the start of the 2009–10 season.[2]

History

Fußball Club Vaduz was founded on 14 February 1932 in Vaduz, and the club's first chairman was Johann Walser. FC Vaduz is the only professional football club in Liechtenstein. In its first training match, which Vaduz played in Balzers on 24 April of that year, the newly-born team emerged as 2–1 winners. The club played in Vorarlberger Football Association in Austria for the 1932–33 season. In 1933, Vaduz began playing in Switzerland. Over the years Vaduz struggled through various tiers of Swiss football and won its first Liechtensteiner Cup in 1949. Vaduz enjoyed a lengthy stay in the Swiss 1. Liga from 1960 to 1973, which is the third tier of the Swiss football league system.

Vaduz has been required to pay a fee to the Swiss Football Association in order to participate as a foreign club. There have been calls for this agreement to be revoked, but discussions have meant that a permanent arrangement has now taken place for a Liechtenstein representative to be allowed to participate in the Challenge League or Super League in future.[3]

From the 2001–02 season, Vaduz played in the Swiss Challenge League (formerly called Nationalliga B), the second tier of the Swiss league system. Since then, Vaduz have been one of the best teams in the Challenge League and gave serious challenges towards promotion to the Super League, especially in 2004 and 2005, playing two-leg play-offs in both cases. In the 2007–08 season, Vaduz secured promotion to the Swiss Super League on 12 May 2008 by winning the Challenge League on the final day of the season, giving Liechtenstein a representative at the highest level of Swiss football for the first time. Vaduz, however, were relegated back to the Challenge League after one season in the top flight. Vaduz finally returned to top level after five years in the Challenge League.

In 1992, Vaduz qualified for European football for the first time, entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Liechtenstein Cup winners, but lost 12–1 on aggregate to Chornomorets Odesa of Ukraine in the qualifying round. In 1996, Vaduz qualified for the first round proper with their first European victory, winning 5–3 on penalties against Universitate Riga of Latvia, after a 2–2 aggregate scoreline, although Vaduz lost their first round tie to Paris Saint-Germain of France 7–0 on aggregate.

After the Cup Winners' Cup was abolished, Vaduz have annually entered the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) as a result of winning the Liechtenstein Cup every year since 1998. However, they have never got past the qualifying rounds to date.

However, Vaduz did come within one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the aggregate scores level, and with opponents Livingston scheduled to go through on away goals, Vaduz won a late corner. The ball was sent into the box, and Marius Zarn hit a goal-bound shot. However, the referee blew the whistle for full-time just before the ball crossed over the line, and Livingston progressed through in controversial circumstances.

FC Vaduz started their European campaign in 2009–10 by beating Scottish side Falkirk in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. However, they lost 3–0 on aggregate[4][5] to Czech side Slovan Liberec in the third qualifying round.

In the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season, Vaduz survived for the first time in their history in the Swiss Super League. They finished in 9th place with 31 points won. They also won their 43rd Liechtenstein cup, becoming world record holders of a domestic cup in the process.

FC Vaduz started their European campaign in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League by beating S.P. La Fiorita from San Marino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. In the second round, Vaduz easily progressed against Nõmme Kalju FC to progress into the third qualifying of the Europa League where they were drawn against fellow Swiss Super League club FC Thun. The European campaign is over. FC Thun after the away goals passed away. FC Vaduz is so once again ended the European campaign but this time unbeaten with four wins and two draws.

Season 2015-16 was the best season in club history. They won, as usual, domestic cup, to their forty-fourth title, and were eighth in the strongest Swiss competition Swiss Super League. They won a record thirty-six points. Also, the season played 6 games in UEFA Europe League, they won four times, and twice played a draw. They even had a representative at the European Championships 2016, Albanian Armando Sadiku. He was the top scorer on the team with seven goals in sixteen games and he scored at the European Championship against Romania. It was the first and only goal that Albania has made European Championships.

Vaduz is one of several expatriate European football clubs, including Swansea City and Cardiff City playing in the English Football League, AS Monaco playing in France, San Marino Calcio playing in Italy and some other minor clubs doing likewise in different leagues. The difference between Vaduz and the aforementioned clubs is that its status in Switzerland is a "guest club", and as such it does not participate in the Swiss Cup and cannot represent Switzerland internationally, which makes Champions League qualification from league football impossible under current rules other than by winning the Europa League or the Champions League itself. Since Vaduz has never won the Swiss league and therefore could not be argued to have qualified, such a situation has not occurred.

Rheinpark Stadion

The Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz. It lies on the banks of the River Rhine, just metres from the border with Switzerland. The stadium has a fully seated capacity of 5,873, plus additional standing places, giving it a total capacity of 7,584. The building of the stadium cost roughly 19 million CHF.

The stadium was officially opened on 31 July 1998 with a match between FC Vaduz, the Liechtenstein Cup holders at the time, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the then Bundesliga champions. Kaiserslautern won the match 8–0.

On October 9. 2004, the Rheinpark Stadion and Liechtenstein hosted Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo, in a match that ended 2-2.

English football club Liverpool played Olympiacos of Greece here in a pre-season friendly in 2005.

Amongst the players who have scored at the Rheinpark Stadion are: David Beckham, Michael Owen, Luís Figo, Raúl, Fernando Torres, David Silva, David Villa, Fredrik Ljungberg, David Alaba, Edin Džeko, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski, Paco Alcácer, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Rheinpark Stadion

Supporters

Fans

FCV's most internationally famous fan is alpine ski racer Tina Weirather. Weirather is a Vaduz native and has supported the club since childhood. There are still also alpine ski racer Marco Büchel, Andreas Wenzel, Hanni Wenzel, Marina Nigg, tennis player Stephanie Vogt and swimmer Julia Hassler.

Current Sponsorship

Companies that FC Vaduz currently has sponsorship deals with include:

  • Liechtensteinische Landesbank – Main Sponsor
  • MBPI AG – Main Sponsor
  • Adidas – Kit Manufacturer
  • Accurata Treuhand und Revisions AG – Official Sponsor
  • Brauerei Schützengarten AG – Official Sponsor
  • Heim Bohrtechnik AG – Official Sponsor
  • Kibernetik AG – Official Sponsor
  • Hirslanden Private Hospital Group – Medical Partner
  • Orthopädie St. Gallen – Medical Partner

Honours

League

Winners (1): 1936
Best ranking: 8th place (2016)
Winners (3): 2003, 2008, 2014
Runners-up (2): 2004, 2005
Winners (2): 2000, 2001
Runners-up (2): 1984, 1999

Cups

(44) (World Record[6]) : 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
(13): 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2012

Europe Europe

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa 0–5 1–7 1–12
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Czechoslovakia Hradec Králové 0–5 1–9 1–14
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Latvia Universitate Riga 1–1 1–1 2–2 (4–2 p)
First round France Paris Saint-Germain 0–4 0–3 0–7
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Sweden Helsingborg 0–2 0–3 0–5
1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Norway Bodø/Glimt 0–1 1–2 1–3
2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Poland Amica Wronki 0–3 3–3 3–6
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Croatia Varteks Varaždin 3–3 1–6 4–9
2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Scotland Livingston 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–1 0–1 0–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Republic of Ireland Longford Town 1–0 3–2 4–2
Second qualifying round Belgium Beveren 1–3 1–2 2–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Moldova Dacia Chișinău 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second qualifying round Turkey Beşiktaş 0–1 1–5 1–6
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Hungary Újpest 0–1 4–0 4–1
Second qualifying round Switzerland Basel 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 0–2 0–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–2 0–3 1–5
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Scotland Falkirk 0–1 2–0 (aet) 2–1
Third qualifying round Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–1 0–2 0–3
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Denmark Brøndby 0–0 0–3 0–3
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Serbia Vojvodina 0–2 3–1 3–3 (a)
Third qualifying round Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 0–4 2–5
2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Gibraltar College Europa 3–0 1–0 4–0
Second qualifying round Poland Ruch Chorzów 0–0 2–3 2–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round San Marino La Fiorita 5–1 5–0 10–1
Second qualifying round Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3–1 2–0 5–1
Third qualifying round Switzerland Thun 2–2 0–0 2–2 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round North Macedonia Sileks 3–1 2–1 5–2
Second qualifying round Denmark Midtjylland 2–2 0–3 2–5


Competition Matches W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 10 0 2 8 4 40 −36
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 52 16 12 24 63 75 −12
Total 62 16 14 32 67 115 −48

Biggest win in UEFA competition:

Season Match Score
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
2006–07 Hungary Újpest FC – Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–4
2014–15 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – Gibraltar College Europa 3–0
2015–16 San Marino S.P. La Fiorita – Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–5
2015–16 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – San Marino S.P. La Fiorita 5–1

Records

Individual awards

Domestic

The player of the year in Liechtenstein has been announced as the season 1980/81 to 2007/08 as of the end of the season. The open for all election was organized by media house Vaduz. Since 2009, the Liechtenstein Football Association draws the title holder of its own. To this end, the LFV-Award has been launched, annually awarded a title in which professional bodies and public in three categories. The categories are Footballer of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

Rankings

Switzerland Swiss Super League History

Season Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Att.[8]
2008–09 10 36 5 7 24 28 85 22 2,177
2014–15 9 36 7 10 19 28 59 31 4,152
2015–16 8 36 7 15 14 44 60 36 4,006
2016–17 10 16 4 3 9 20 39 15 4,126
Total 124 23 35 66 120 243 104

Current squad

As of 24 October 2016.

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 Liechtenstein LIE Peter Jehle (3rd captain)
2 DF Switzerland SUI Marvin Pfründer
3 DF Switzerland SUI Simone Grippo (Vice-captain)
4 DF Germany GER Thomas Konrad
5 DF Germany GER Matthias Strohmaier
7 FW Albania ALB Albion Avdijaj
8 MF Switzerland SUI Diego Ciccone
9 FW Switzerland SUI Aldin Turkes
10 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Zárate
11 FW Liechtenstein LIE Franz Burgmeier Captain
12 MF Switzerland SUI Ramon Cecchini
13 MF Switzerland SUI Pascal Schürpf
15 GK Switzerland SUI Christian Baldinger
16 FW Switzerland SUI Moreno Costanzo (4rd captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Switzerland SUI Marco Mathys
20 MF Liechtenstein LIE Nicolas Hasler
21 DF Germany GER Axel Borgmann
22 GK Switzerland SUI Benjamin Siegrist
23 MF United States USA Caleb Stanko (on loan from Freiburg)
24 MF Switzerland SUI Maurice Brunner
25 MF Croatia CRO Stjepan Kukuruzović
27 MF Switzerland SUI Philipp Muntwiler
29 DF Switzerland SUI Mario Bühler
30 FW Denmark DEN Yones Felfel
33 DF Liechtenstein LIE Maximilian Göppel
36 FW Morocco MAR Ali Messaoud
37 MF Serbia SRB Dejan Janjatović
40 GK Switzerland SUI Gion Chande (on loan from Basel U21)

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 Liechtenstein LIE Daniel Kaufmann (on loan at Chiasso until the end of the 2016–17 season)
— MF Switzerland SUI Robin Kamber (on loan at Winterthur until the end of the 2016–17 season)

Technical staff

Current technical staff

FC Vaduz II

FC Vaduz II is the second most successful football club team from Liechtenstein. Competing in 2. Liga (Swiss 6th tier), also competing in the Liechtenstein Football Cup.

Current squad

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 Liechtenstein LIE Armin Tuhčić
2 DF Liechtenstein LIE Elias Quaderer
3 DF Liechtenstein LIE Manuel Mikus
4 DF Switzerland SUI Hamza Šljivar
13 DF Switzerland SUI Cedric Chevalley
21 DF Switzerland SUI Argjend Shabani
36 DF Liechtenstein LIE Tolga Ünlü
37 DF Liechtenstein LIE Dario Kaiser
8 MF North Macedonia MKD Mentor Memeti
10 MF Switzerland SUI Jonas Baydar
12 MF Switzerland SUI Suad Gerzić
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Slovenia SVN Ramon Solinger
16 MF Switzerland SUI Manuel Kalberer Captain
17 MF Turkey TUR Aydin Oguzhan
25 MF Switzerland SUI David Spiess
29 MF Switzerland SUI Serafin Bundi
7 FW Liechtenstein LIE Philipp Ospelt
20 FW Liechtenstein LIE Mathias Christen
24 FW North Macedonia MKD Arbes Dervishi
27 FW Liechtenstein LIE Moritz Eidenbenz
33 FW Switzerland SUI Sascha Bless

Technical staff

Current technical staff

Transfers

FCV-TV

FC Vaduz has an official YouTube channel (FC Vaduz). On it you can see all the interesting events with home matches. You can also follow developments in the club and on the official Facebook page (FC Vaduz), Twitter (FC Vaduz) and Instagram (FC Vaduz).

FC Vaduz All Stars

The FC Vaduz All Stars.
Name Pos Nat Years
Yann Sommer GK Switzerland 2007-2009
Franz Burgmeier RB Liechtenstein 2000-2005, 2009-present
Simone Grippo CB Switzerland 2013-present
Steve Gohouri CB Ivory Coast 2003-2005
Naser Aliji LB Albania 2015
Stjepan Kukuruzović CM Croatia 2015-present
Markus Neumayr CM Germany 2013-2015
Moreno Costanzo CM Switzerland 2015-present
Moreno Merenda RW Switzerland 2001-2002, 2010-2012
Armando Sadiku CF Albania 2016
Gaspar LW Brazil 2005-2009


Former players

Main page: List of FC Vaduz players

Former managers

FC Vaduz Red Pride Rugby

See also: Rugby union in Liechtenstein

On 12 March 2012 the new club FC Vaduz Rugby was founded. The rugby union club is involved in the grassroots of the FC Vaduz. Rugby union in Liechtenstein is a minor but growing sport. Liechtenstein has no national governing body of its own, but comes under the Swiss Rugby Federation.

References

  1. ^ Facts & Figures FC Vaduz
  2. ^ Squad FC Vaduz
  3. ^ "FCV is still playing in Swiss League (German)". Volksblatt. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  4. ^ FC Vaduz – FC Slovan Liberec : 0–1 Match report from Scorespro.com
  5. ^ FC Slovan Liberec – FC Vaduz : 2–0 Match report from Scorespro.com
  6. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cuprec.html
  7. ^ UEFA Team Ranking 2015 (http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert)
  8. ^ Attendance data at World Football
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