FC Zürich

Zürich

Full name

Fussballclub Zürich

Founded

1896

Ground

Letzigrund, Zürich

Capacity

25,000

Chairman

Ancillo Canepa

Manager

Sami Hyypiä

League

Swiss Super League

2014–15

Swiss Super League, 3rd

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich, FCZ or simply Zürich, is a Swiss football club from the city of Zürich. The club was founded in 1896 and have won the Swiss Super League 12 times and the Swiss Cup 8 times. The club won the 2009 Swiss Super League and last won the Swiss Cup in 2014. They play their home games at the Letzigrund in Zürich, which seats 25,000.

History

1896–1924

The club was founded on 1 August 1896 by former members of the three local clubs (FC Turicum, FC Viktoria, and FC Excelsior). One of them was the FC Barcelona founder, Joan Gamper.

Zürich won its first title in the Swiss Super League in 1901–02, but did not win it again until 1923–24.

Until the 1930s, the club's sporting remit also included rowing, boxing, athletics, and handball, but later focused solely on football.

1925–1960

Between 1925 and 1960, Zürich were in the "wilderness years," devoid of success. The club struggled to keep in the top flight and were relegated from the Super League in 1933–34, playing in the Challenge League until 1941. In 1940–41, they returned to the Super League, where they stayed until their relegation in the 1945–46. They were back in the Super League in 1947–48 and stayed in the top flight until relegated once more in 1956–57. They were promoted from the Challenge League to contest the 1958–59 Swiss Super League, finishing in third place.

1960–1981

This period was known as the "Golden Years" by the FCZ faithful. At this time, the club was run by the legendary President Edwin Nägeli and had players such as Köbi Kuhn, Fritz Künzli, Ilija Katić, René Botteron, and many more. Zürich won seven championships in the years 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1981. They also won the Swiss Cup five times in 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, and in 1976. FCZ also had some success in Europe getting to the semi-finals of the European Cup 1963–64, before losing to Real Madrid and also reaching the semi-finals in the European Cup 1976–77, where they lost to Liverpool.

1981–2005

Following the club's league title in 1981, the club went into a decline and in 1988, the club was relegated to the Challenge League. Zürich returned to the top league in 1990. The club did make it to last 16 of the UEFA Cup 1998–99, but were beaten by Roma. The club won the Swiss Cup in 2000, beating Lausanne in the final and also in 2005 beating Luzern.

Recent years

On 13 May 2006, FCZ ended their 25 years wait for a league title with a dramatic final day victory against Basel to win the Super League. They won thanks to a goal scored in the 93rd minute by Iulian Filipescu. The goal gave FCZ a 2 – 1 victory and secured the title on goal difference over Basel. In 2006–07, they also won the league.

In the 2007–08 season, FCZ finished in third place. In the 2008–09 season, they won the league, edging out BSC Young Boys. In the 2010–11 season FCZ finished second.

Honours

Swiss Super League
- Winners (12): 1901–02, 1923–24, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09
Swiss Cup
- Winners (8): 1965–66, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14
Swiss League Cup
- Winners (1): 1980–81
European Champions Cup (UEFA Champions League)
- Semi-finalists (2): 1963–64, 1976–77
Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
- Fourth place: 1911

Rivalries

Letzigrund

Local club Grasshopper, along with Basel, are the main rivals of FCZ. Due to the intense rivalry, these matches are so-called "High Risk Games," with an increased police presence in and around the stadium.

Zürich

Since its inception, FCZ has always had a fiery relationship with neighbouring club Grasshopper over sporting supremacy in the city. Grasshoppers are known as the club of the elite and FCZ are known as the club of the workers. The matches between the two clubs are the only true local derby in the Swiss Super League.

Final vs. Basel, 13 May 2006

Before the last round of the 2005–06 Swiss Super League, Zürich were three points behind Basel in the league table. The last game of the season was contested by these two clubs vying for the league title at St. Jakob Park, Basel. Alhassane Keita scored the first goal for Zürich. In the second half, Mladen Petrić equalised. Basel were seconds away from the title when in the 93rd minute, Florian Stahel passed the ball to Iulian Filipescu, who scored and made it 2 – 1 for Zürich. Zürich won the league title due to their superior goal difference. After the final whistle, the field was stormed by Basel supporters who also attacked Zürich players (see 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident).

Players

Current squad

Updated 20 February 2016.

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	Yanick Brecher
4	FW	Moussa Koné
5	DF	Leonardo Sánchez
6	MF	Cabral
10	MF	Davide Chiumiento
13	DF	Alain Nef
14	FW	Franck Etoundi
15	MF	Oliver Buff
16	DF	Philippe Koch
17	DF	Vinícius Freitas
19	DF	Armin Alesevic
20	MF	Burim Kukeli
21	MF	Mike Kleiber

No.	Position	Player
22	MF	Anto Grgic
23	MF	Artem Simonyan
25	DF	Ivan Kecojević
26	MF	Cédric Brunner
27	MF	Marco Schönbächler
29	MF	Sangoné Sarr
30	FW	Aldin Turkes
31	GK	Novem Baumann
32	GK	Anthony Favre
33	MF	Kevin Bua
34	MF	Maxime Dominguez
37	MF	Gilles Yapi
72	FW	Aleksandr Kerzhakov

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
32		FW	Armando Sadiku (on loan at Vaduz until 30 June 2016)

Notable former players

See also Category:FC Zürich players.

Players and managers admitted to the FC Zurich Hall of Fame

Jakob Kuhn
Walter Bosshard
Urs Fischer
Fritz Künzli
Rosario Martinelli
Almen Abdi
Lucien Favre
Joan Gamper

source:^[1]

Players for the Swiss national football team

Players with World Cup appearances for their national teams

Player records

Most appearances
(Swiss Super League since 1965)
	Player	Apps
1	GrobKarl Grob	513
2	LandoltRuedi Landolt	353
3	KuhnJakob Kuhn	307
4	FischerUrs Fischer	303
5	MartinelliRosario Martinelli	272
6	StierliPirmin Stierli	251
7	LüdiHeinz Lüdi	244
8	TaroneDaniel Tarone	238
9	KundertRoger Kundert	228
10	Di JorioFranco Di Jorio	227

Top scorers
(Swiss Super League since 1965)
	Player	Goals
1	KünzliFritz Künzli	157
2	MartinelliRosario Martinelli	97
3	RisiPeter Risi	76
4	SeilerWalter Seiler	62
5	SahinErcument Sahin	60
6	KuhnJakob Kuhn	59
7	KeitaAlhassane Keita	58
8	AlphonseAlexandre Alphonse	55
9	JeandupeuxDaniel Jeandupeux	54
9	JerkovicJurica Jerković	54

Top scorers (all competitions)
	Player	Goals
1	KünzliFritz Künzli	219
2	MartinelliRosario Martinelli	130
3	RisiPeter Risi	108

source appearances:^[2]

source scorers:^[3]

Managers

See also Category:FC Zürich managers.

József "Csiby" Winkler (1920–22)
Johann Studnicka (1922–25)
Severino Minelli (1943–46)
Willy Iseli (1946–48)
Theodor Lohrmann (1948–53)
Joksch Fridl (1953–55)
Ossi Müller (1955–57)
Fernando Molina and Max Barras (1957–58)
Karl Rappan (1958–59)
Max Barras (1959–60)
Georg Wurzer (1960–62)
Louis Maurer (1962–66)
László Kubala (July 1966 – Feb 67)
René Brodmann (Feb 1967 – July 67)
Lev Mantula (1967–69)
Georg Gawliczek (1 July 1969 – 31 Dec 1970)
Juan Schwanner (Nov 1970 – July 71)

Friedhelm Konietzka (1971–78)
Zlatko Čajkovski (July 1978 – March 80)
Albert Sing and R. Martinelli (29 Feb 1980 – 30 June 1980)
Daniel Jeandupeux (1 July 1980 – March 83)
Heini Glättli (March 1983 – April 83)
Max Merkel (April 1983 – May 83)
Köbi Kuhn (May 1983 – July 83)
Hans Kodric (July 1983 – Nov 83)
Köbi Kuhn (Nov 1983 – July 84)
Vaclav Jezek (1984–86)
Hermann Stessl (1 July 1986 – 1 Nov 1987)
Friedhelm Konietzka (Sept 1987 – July 88)
Hans Bongartz (1 July 1988 – 30 June 1989)
Walter Iselin (July 1989 – Oct 89)
Herbert Neumann (Oct 1989–1 Oct 1991)
Kurt Jara (1 Oct 1991 – 1 April 1994)
Bob Houghton (April 1994 – March 95)

Raimondo Ponte (March 1995–16 April 2000)
Gilbert Gress (1 Jan 2000 – 31 Dec 2001)
Georges Bregy (1 July 2001 – 27 March 2003)
Walter Grüter (interim) (27 March 2003 – 30 July 2003)
Lucien Favre (1 July 2003 – 30 June 2007)
Bernard Challandes (13 June 2007 – 19 April 2010)
Urs Fischer (interim) (19 April 2010 – 30 June 2010)
Urs Fischer (1 July 2010 – 12 March 2012)
Harald Gämperle (interim) (13 March 2012 – 8 June 2012)
Urs Meier (interim) (14 April 2012 – 24 May 2012)
Rolf Fringer (1 July 2012 – 26 Nov 2012)
Urs Meier (interim) (26 Nov 2012 – 30 Dec 2012)
Urs Meier (1 Jan 2013 – 3 August 2015)
Massimo Rizzo (interim) (3 August 2015 – 31 August 2015)
Sami Hyypiä (31 August 2015 –)

FC Zürich in Europe

Q = Qualifying Round
1R = First Round
2R = Second Round
PO = Play-Off
1/8 = 1/8 Final
1/4 = Quarterfinal
1/2 = Semifinal

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
1963–64	European Cup	Q	Dundalk	3 – 0, 1 – 2
		1/8	Galatasaray	2 – 0, 0 – 2, 2 – 2
		1/4	PSV	0 – 1, 3 – 1
		1/2	Real Madrid	1 – 2, 0 – 6
1966–67	European Cup	1R	Celtic	0 – 2, 0 – 3
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Barcelona	3 – 1, 0 – 1
		2R	Nottingham Forest	1 – 2, 1 – 0
		1/8	Sporting CP	3 – 0, 0 – 1
		1/4	Dundee	0 – 1, 0 – 1
1968–69	European Cup	1R	AB	1 – 3, 2 – 1
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Kilmarnock	3 – 2, 1 – 3
1970–71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar	7 – 1, 7 – 0
		1/8	Club Brugge	0 – 2, 3 – 2
1972–73	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Wrexham	1 – 1, 1 – 2
1973–74	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Anderlecht	2 – 3, 1 – 0
		1/8	Malmö FF	0 – 0, 1 – 1
		1/4	Sporting CP	0 – 3, 1 – 1
1974–75	European Cup	1R	Leeds United	1 – 4, 2 – 1
1975–76	European Cup	1R	Újpest	0 – 4, 5 – 1
1976–77	European Cup	1R	Rangers	1 – 1, 1 – 0
		1/8	Turun Palloseura	2 – 0, 1 – 0
		1/4	Dynamo Dresden	2 – 1, 2 – 3
		1/2	Liverpool	1 – 3, 0 – 3
1977–78	UEFA Cup	1R	CSKA Sofia	1 – 0, 1 – 1
		2R	Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 3, 3 – 4
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1R	Kaiserslautern	1 – 3, 1 – 5
1981–82	European Cup	1R	Dynamo Berlin	0 – 2, 3 – 1
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Pezoporikos Larnaca	2 – 2, 1 – 0
		2R	Ferencváros	1 – 1, 1 – 0
		1/8	Benfica	1 – 1, 0 – 4
1983–84	UEFA Cup	1R	Antwerp	1 – 4, 2 – 4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	2Q	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 – 0, 2 – 3
		1R	Anorthosis Famagusta	4 – 0, 3 – 2
		2R	Celtic	1 – 1, 4 – 2
		1/8	Roma	0 – 1, 2 – 2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	Q	Sliema Wanderers	3 – 0, 1 – 0
		1R	Lierse	1 – 0, 4 – 3
		2R	Newcastle United	1 – 2, 1 – 3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Racing Genk	1 – 2, 0 – 2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2Q	Legia Warsaw	1 – 0, 4 – 1
		1R	Brøndby	0 – 2, 2 – 1
2006–07	Champions League	2Q	Red Bull Salzburg	2 – 1, 0 – 2
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	3Q	Beşiktaş	1 – 1, 0 – 2
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1R	Empoli	1 – 2, 3 – 0
		Group E	Sparta Prague	2–1
			Toulouse	2–0
			Spartak Moscow	0–1
			Bayer Leverkusen	0–5
		Round of 32	Hamburg	1 – 3, 0 – 0
2008–09	UEFA Cup	2Q	Sturm Graz	1 – 1, 1 – 1
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1R	Milan	1 – 3, 0 – 1
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	3Q	Maribor	2 – 3, 3 – 0
		PO	Ventspils	3 – 0, 2 – 1
		Group C	Real Madrid	2 – 5, 0 – 1
			Milan	1 – 0, 1 – 1
			Marseille	0 – 1, 1 – 6
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	3Q	Standard Liège	1 – 1, 1 – 0
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	PO	Bayern Munich	0 – 2, 0 – 1
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Group D	Sporting CP	0 – 2, 0 – 2
			FC Vaslui	2 – 2, 2 – 0
			S.S. Lazio	1 – 1, 0 – 1
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Slovan Liberec	1 – 2, 1 – 2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	PO	Spartak Trnava	3 – 1, 1 – 1
		Group A	Apollon Limassol	2 – 3, 3 – 1
			Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 1, 0 – 3
			Villareal CF	1 – 4, 3 – 2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Dinamo Minsk	0 – 1, 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)

References

↑ "Hall of Fame (Auswahl des FCZ-Museums)". dbfcz.ch. dbfcz. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
↑ "Top 10 Einsätze für den FCZ". dbfcz.ch. dbfcz. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
↑ "Top 10 Tore für den FCZ". dbfcz.ch. dbfcz. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

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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

FC Zürich – current squad

1 Brecher 4 Koné 5 Sánchez 6 Cabral 10 Chiumiento 13 Nef 14 Etoundi 15 Buff 16 Koch 17 Freitas 19 Alesevic 20 Kukeli 21 Kleiber 22 Grgic 23 Simonyan 25 Kecojević 26 Brunner 27 Schönbächler 29 Sarr 30 Turkes 31 Baumann 32 Favre 33 Bua 34 Dominguez 37 Yapi Yapo 72 Kerzhakov Manager: Hyypiä

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