FC St. Gallen

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 2022–23 season, the team competes in the Swiss Super League.

St. Gallen
FC St. Gallen logo
Full nameFussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded19 April 1879 (1879-04-19)
GroundKybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity19,694
PresidentMatthias Hüppi
Head coachPeter Zeidler
LeagueSwiss Super League
2022–23Swiss Super League, 6th of 10
WebsiteClub website

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 end of the 2000s, the strength of the club continually declined. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. Since promotion back to the Swiss Super League, they have been in the top division for the last ten years with the club finishing as runners up in the 2019–20 season. In 2016, FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.[1]

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

League

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
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
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 Denmark BK Frem 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Second round Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–0 0–4 0–4
1983–84 UEFA Cup First round Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 1–2 0–3 1–5
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round Italy Inter Milan 0–0 1–5 1–5
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Estonia Viljandi JK Tulevik 3–2 6–1 9–3
Second round Austria Austria Salzburg 1–0 1–3 2–3
2000–01 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Turkey Galatasaray 1–2 2–2 3–4
UEFA Cup First round England Chelsea 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second round Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 1–2 2–3
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round North Macedonia Pelister 2–3 2–0 4–3
First round Romania Steaua București 2–1 1–1 3–2
Second round Germany Freiburg 1–4 1–0 2–4
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Faroe Islands B68 Toftir 5–1 6–0 11–1
Second round Netherlands Willem II 1–1 (aet) 0–1 1–2
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round Moldova Dacia Chişinău 0–1 (aet) 1–0 1–1 (0–3p)
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off Russia Spartak Moscow 1–1 4–2 5–3
Group A Spain Valencia 2–3 1–5 4th place
Wales Swansea City 1–0 0–1
Russia Kuban Krasnodar 2–0 0–4
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Norway Sarpsborg 08 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Greece AEK Athens 0–1 — —

Players
St. Gallen squad in 1881

Current squad
As of 14 February 2024[2]

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 Ghana GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3 DF Ghana GHA Musah Nuhu
4 DF Croatia CRO Jozo Stanić
5 DF Germany GER Justin Janitzek (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
6 DF Switzerland SUI Patrick Sutter
7 FW Austria AUT Fabian Schubert
8 MF Spain ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW France FRA Willem Geubbels
10 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Chadrac Akolo
11 FW Switzerland SUI Julian von Moos
13 MF Switzerland SUI Gregory Karlen
15 DF Mali MLI Abdoulaye Diaby
16 MF Germany GER Lukas Görtler
18 FW Switzerland SUI Felix Mambimbi
19 FW Sweden SWE Nikolaj Möller
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Austria AUT Albert Vallci
23 DF Kosovo KOS Betim Fazliji
24 MF Switzerland SUI Bastien Toma
25 GK Germany GER Lukas Watkowiak
30 MF Spain ESP Víctor Ruiz
31 MF Netherlands NED Richard van der Venne
33 DF Switzerland SUI Isaac Schmidt
35 GK Germany GER Bela Dumrath
36 DF Germany GER Chima Okoroji
37 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Witzig
46 DF Italy ITA Mattia Zanotti (on loan from Inter)
61 FW Switzerland SUI Albin Krasniqi
64 MF Serbia SRB Mihailo Stevanović
90 FW Serbia SRB Jovan Milošević (on loan from Stuttgart)

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 Switzerland SUI Leonidas Stergiou (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2024)

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 Switzerland SUI Marc Zellweger (1994–2001, 2003–2010)

Club officials
As of 1 July 2018
Position Staff
ChairmanSwitzerland Matthias Hüppi
MemberSwitzerland Peter Germann
Sporting directorSwitzerland Alain Sutter
First-team managerSwitzerland Peter Zeidler
First-Team Assistant ManagerSwitzerland Frank Baumann
First-Team CoachSwitzerland Moritz Fünfschmidt
First-Team Goalkeeper CoachSwitzerland Rolf Neuhaus
Fitness CoachSwitzerland Thomas Wyss
Athletic CoachSwitzerland Alois Baumgartner
Chief scoutSwitzerland Manuel Kühn
MasseurSwitzerland Stephan Oberli
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinatorSwitzerland Alex Nussbaumer
Team managerSwitzerland Heinz Hofmann
Switzerland Adrian Zingg

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

Former players
  • Switzerland Paul Friberg

References
  1. "Know About FC Saint Gallen". www.asmonaco.com.
  2. "1. Mannschaft | Saison 2022/23" [First team | 2022/23 season] (in German). FC St. Gallen. 2 August 2022.
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