SC Kriens

Chart of SC Kriens table positions in the Swiss football league system

The first club to be formed in Kriens was created in 1920 as Fussball Club Kriens, albeit folding in 1926, and succeeded by Rasensportclub Kriens between 1931 and 1939. The team as it exists today was founded on 14 June 1944. They initially played in Lucerne, before being granted a meadow at a site now named Kleinfeld in 1949, where they have played since.[1]

Their first years were unremarkable, but support from the local municipality, a new stadium, and the introduction of several junior teams helped them to promotion to the 2. Liga in 1958. By 1975 the team challenged for promotion to the Nationalliga B under Paul Wolfisberg , who later managed FC Lucerne and the Swiss national team, before succeeding a year later in the 1975–76 season.[2] As Wolfisberg left the team in 1978 and the core of homegrown players began to age, they fought against relegation, which became reality in 1981. They spent another single season in the second division in 1986–87, before achieving a more successful stint in 1990[3] that eventually led to two spells in the Nationalliga A in the 1993–94 and 1997–98 seasons. The team nearly achieved promotion on multiple occasions, albeit without success, under the leadership of managers such as Kudi Müller and Jürgen Seeberger.[1][4] However, they failed to make the cut after the second division was restructured from 16 to 10 teams in 2012 and spent several years in lower divisions until 2018.[5]

SC Kriens play at the Stadion Kleinfeld, which hosts a capacity of 5,370.[6] It was originally known as the Waisenhausmatte, which was first opened on 7 August 1949. It received its first floodlights in 1950, and by 1958, the stadium reopened under its current name with an expanded seating of 700. In 1969, two further pitches and the current main stand were added.[1]

As of 7 September 2022

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 Pascal Brügger 4 DF  SUI Elis Isufi 5 DF  SUI Fabrice Suter (on loan from Aarau) 6 MF  SUI Leandro Aversa 7 MF  SUI Lukas Riedmann 9 FW  SUI Carlo Manicone 10 MF  SUI Marco Rüedi 11 FW  KOS Mark Marleku (on loan from Luzern) 13 DF  SUI Loïc Lüthi (on loan from Winterthur) 14 DF  SUI Yannick Pauli 15 MF  SUI Ensar Huruglica 17 DF  SUI Mauro Bender

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  SUI Joel Russo 19 FW  SUI Rrezart Hoxha 20 FW  SUI Célien Wicht 21 FW  SUI Nikola Sukacev 22 GK  SUI Lars Hunn 23 MF  SUI Julian Hermann 24 MF  SUI Yan Britschgi 25 MF  SUI Leonardo Gubinelli 26 MF  SVN Dalibor Radujko 27 MF  SUI Nik Dubler (on loan from Aarau) 29 DF  SUI Mario Bühler

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 Liam Bollati (at Grasshoppers II until 30 June 2023)

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