FC Lugano

Lugano

Full name

Football Club Lugano

Founded

1908

Ground

Lugano Field,
Lugano, Switzerland

Capacity

6,330

Chairman

Angelo Renzetti

Manager

Zdeněk Zeman

League

Super League

2014–15

Challenge League, 1st
(promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was founded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the Stadio Cornaredo. They played in present Swiss Super League during periods of 1922–1953, 1954–1960, 1961–1963, 1964–1976, 1979–1980, 1988–1997, 1998–2002, and from 2015.

History

Football Club Lugano was formed on 28 July 1908 under the leadership of the then President Ernesto Corsini. Promotion to the highest Swiss Super League came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of going up and down, the team won its first Swiss Cup in 1931. The following decade, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949).

During the first fifty years, Lugano played on the ground at the Campo Marzio – which opened on 13 September 1908 – but its success prompted the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, the Cornaredo Stadium was inaugurated, which has a capacity of 15,000.

In 1968, Lugano won the Swiss Cup and hence the team participated in the Cup Winners' Cups. Two years later the team took part in the UEFA Cup.

In 1993, Lugano won its third Cup against the Grasshoppers, later participating in the Cup Winners' Cup, which took it to the second qualifying round. In the 1995–96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup eliminating Jeunesse Hautcharage in the first round and in the second, Inter Milan.

After the declaration of bankruptcy in 2003, on 30 June 2004, Lugano merged with Malcantone Agno, and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss Football scene in the Swiss Challenge League, as AC Lugano. Morotti Joseph, the president of Malcantone Agno, was entrusted with the leadership of the new club.

In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello. Luid Bernasconi became the new president. On 4 June 2008 the general meeting of shareholders voted on changing the name of the club – which returned to the historical name of Football Club Lugano, in its centenary year. In 2015 FC Lugano was promoted into Swiss Super League anew.

Current squad

As of 29 January 2016^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alex Valentini (on loan from Spezia)
3	DF	Goran Jozinović
4	DF	Marco Padalino
5	DF	Igor Djuric
6	DF	Orlando Urbano
7	DF	Ezgjan Alioski (on loan from Schaffhausen)
8	MF	Domagoj Pušić
9	MF	Antonini Čulina
10	MF	Mattia Bottani
11	FW	Karim Rossi
12	DF	Matías Malvino
13	DF	Freddie Veseli

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Jonathan Sabbatini
16	MF	Christos Donis (on loan from Panathinaikos)
17	MF	Matteo Tosetti (on loan from Young Boys)
18	MF	Mario Piccinocchi (on loan from Vicenza)
19	MF	Antoine Rey
20	DF	Niko Datković (on loan from Rijeka)
21	MF	Nikola Milosavljevic
22	FW	Anastasios Donis (on loan from Juventus)
23	GK	Mirko Salvi (on loan from Basel)
25	GK	Alessio Bellante
33	MF	Domen Črnigoj
99	FW	Đorđe Šušnjar

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
30		GK	Francesco Russo (at Aarau)
—		FW	Patrick Rossini (at Aarau)

Honours

Swiss Super League: 1937–38, 1940–41, 1948–49
Swiss Cup: 1930–31, 1967–68, 1992–93

Notable former coaches

Alfredo Foni, 1974–75, 1976–77
Albert Sing, 1970–71
Otto Luttrop, 1971–73, 1973–74, 1983–85
Istvan Szabo, 1979–80

References

↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.club.lugano.2014-2015.490..en.html

External links

Official website (Italian)

Swiss Super League

2015–16 teams	Basel Grasshopper Lugano Luzern Sion St. Gallen Thun Vaduz Young Boys Zürich

Former teams	Aarau Bellinzona Lausanne-Sport Neuchâtel Xamax Schaffhausen Servette Wil Yverdon-Sport

Associated competitions	Swiss Cup Swiss Challenge League

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Seasons of Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944

Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Super League era, 2003–present

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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