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
Full nameFussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)Espen
Founded19 April 1879 (1879-04-19)
GroundKybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity19,694
PresidentMatthias Hüppi
Head coachEnrico Maaßen
LeagueSwiss Super League
2023–24Swiss Super League, 5th of 12
WebsiteClub website

History

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

Others
  • Anglo Cup
    • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record
Accurate as of 30 July 2018
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
European Cup / Champions League 201134−1000.00
Cup Winners' Cup 411226−4025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 2384112840−12034.78
UEFA Intertoto Cup 106132410+14060.00
Total 39157175760−3038.46

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

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 — 0-1
2024–25 UEFA Conference League Second qualifying round

Players

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  GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3 DF  GHA Musah Nuhu
4 DF  CRO Jozo Stanić
5 DF  GER Justin Janitzek (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
6 DF  SUI Patrick Sutter
7 FW  AUT Fabian Schubert
8 MF  ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW  FRA Willem Geubbels
10 FW  COD Chadrac Akolo
11 FW  SUI Julian von Moos
13 MF  SUI Gregory Karlen
15 DF  MLI Abdoulaye Diaby
16 MF  GER Lukas Görtler
18 FW  SUI Felix Mambimbi
19 FW  SWE Nikolaj Möller
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  AUT Albert Vallci
23 DF  KOS Betim Fazliji
24 MF  SUI Bastien Toma
25 GK  GER Lukas Watkowiak
30 MF  ESP Víctor Ruiz
31 MF  NED Richard van der Venne
33 DF  SUI Isaac Schmidt
35 GK  GER Bela Dumrath
36 DF  GER Chima Okoroji
37 MF  SUI Christian Witzig
46 DF  ITA Mattia Zanotti (on loan from Inter)
61 FW  SUI Albin Krasniqi
64 MF  SRB Mihailo Stevanović
90 FW  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  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  SUI Marc Zellweger (1994–2001, 2003–2010)

Club officials
As of 1 July 2018
Position Staff
Chairman Matthias Hüppi
Member Peter Germann
Sporting director Alain Sutter
First-team manager Peter Zeidler
First-Team Assistant Manager Frank Baumann
First-Team Coach Moritz Fünfschmidt
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach Rolf Neuhaus
Fitness Coach Thomas Wyss
Athletic Coach Alois Baumgartner
Chief scout Manuel Kühn
Masseur Stephan Oberli
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator Alex Nussbaumer
Team manager Heinz Hofmann
Adrian Zingg

Coaches

Former players

References
  1. "Know About FC Saint Gallen". 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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