FC Lausanne-Sport

Lausanne-Sport

Full name	Football Club Lausanne-Sport
Founded	1896 (1860)
Ground	Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity	15,850
President	Alain Joseph
Manager	Fabio Celestini
League	Swiss Challenge League
2014–15	6th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Lausanne-Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne.

History

The club was founded in 1896 under the name of Montriond Lausanne. However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians. The club took the name Lausanne-Sports FC in 1920 after the football section merged with the Club Hygiénique de Lausanne, a physical education club. The club plays at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, a 15,850 all-seater stadium used for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They played in Swiss First Division between 1906–1931 and 1932–2002.

After the 2001–02 season, Lausanne-Sports were relegated because the club did not obtain a first level license for the 2002–03 season. Following the 2002–03 season in the second division, Lausanne-Sports FC were again relegated due to bankruptcy. They were reformed as FC Lausanne-Sport for the 2003–04 season and had to begin play at the fourth tier. The team was promoted in consecutive seasons from the fourth division after the 2003–04 season and the third division after the 2004–05 season. After an additional six years in the second tier of Swiss football, the club was promoted to the Super League for the 2011–12 season.

Lausanne-Sport qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after they reached the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel. In the 2010–11 Europa League, while still playing in the second tier Challenge League, they performed a shock getting to the group stages beating favourites Lokomotiv Moscow on the way.

Lausanne-Sport has won the Swiss First Division seven times and the Swiss Cup nine times.

Honours

• Ligue Nationale A/Super League
  • Winners (7): 1912–13, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1943–44, 1950–51, 1964–65
  • Runners-up (8): 1946–47, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1989–90, 1999–2000
• Ligue Nationale B/Challenge League
  • Winners: 2010–11
• 1. Liga Promotion
  • Winners: 2004–05
• 1. Liga Classic
  • Winners: 2003–04
• Swiss Cup
  • Winners (9): 1935, 1939, 1944, 1950, 1962, 1964, 1981, 1998, 1999
  • Runners-up (8): 1937, 1946, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1984, 2000, 2010
• Swiss League Cup
  • Runners-up: 1981

Current squad

As of 8 July 2015 ^[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 Thomas Castella 4 MF Gianmarco Paulis 5 MF Xavier Margairaz 6 DF Elton Monteiro 7 FW Walter Pandiani 8 MF Helios Sessolo 9 FW Pak Kwang-Ryong 10 MF Santiago Feuillassier 11 DF David Marazzi 12 MF Jordan Lotomba 13 FW Quentin Rushenguziminega 14 MF Alexandre Pasche 15 DF Arnaud Bühler 16 DF Nicolas Gétaz

No. Position Player 17 MF Olivier Custodio 18 GK Mathieu Descloux 19 DF Numa Lavanchy 20 MF Ali Kabacalman 21 MF Ming Yang 22 GK Kevin Martin 23 MF Romain Dessarzin 24 DF Jérémy Manière 26 DF Fabio Carvalho 29 MF Kevin Méndez 27 DF Jetmir Krasniqi 30 FW Andi Zeqiri 35 GK Dany da Silva

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

Famous former players

See also Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players.

Former coaches

Billy Hunter (1922–23) Jimmy Hogan (1925) Fred Spiksley (1928) Robert Pache (1931–32) Jimmy Hogan (1933–34) Alv Riemke (1934–35) Friedrich Kerr (1939) Frank Séchehaye (1942–43) Fritz Leonhardt and Georg Baumgartner (1943–45) Louis Maurer (1945–50) Béla Volentik (1950–51) Jacques Spagnoli (1951–53) Joseph Schaefer (1953–54) Bram Appel (1954–55) Fernand Jaccard (1955–57) Walter Presch (1957–60) Albert Châtelain (1960–61) Charles Marmier and Frank Séchehaye (1961–62) Jean Luciano (1962–64)

Roger Reymond and Roger Bocquet (1964) Roger Reymond (1964–65) Kurt Linder (1965–66) Wilhelm Hahnemann (1966–67) Roger Vonlanthen (1967–72) Louis Maurer (1972–74) Paul Garbani (1974–76) Miroslav Blažević (1976–79) Charly Hertig (1979–82) Péter Pázmándy (1982–84) Radu Nunweiller (1984–87) Umberto Barberis (Aug 1, 1987 – June 20, 1993) Marc Duvillard (1993–94) Martin Trümpler (July 1, 1994 – June 30, 1995) Georges Bregy (July 1, 1995 – Sept 30, 1997) Radu Nunweiller and Pierre-André Schürmann (1998) Pierre-André Schürmann (Oct 24, 1998 – Dec 11, 2000) Victor Zvunka (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001) Radu Nunweiller (July 1, 2001 – Dec 5, 2001)

Umberto Barberis (Feb 20, 2002 – May 8, 2002) Pablo Iglesias (2002–03) Gabriel Calderón (Jan 1, 2003 – June 30, 2003) Jochen Dries (2003–04) Gérard Castella (July 1, 2005 – May 24, 2006) Alain Geiger (June 1, 2006 – Nov 21, 2006) Paul Garbani and P. Isabella (interim) (Nov 24, 2006 – Dec 11, 2006) Stéphane Hunziker and Patrick Isabella (Feb 17, 2007 – May 30, 2007) Umberto Barberis (July 1, 2007 – Dec 17, 2007) Thierry Cotting (Dec 15, 2007 – June 30, 2009) John Dragani (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010) Árpád Soós (March 19, 2010 – June 30, 2010) Martin Rueda (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2012) Laurent Roussey (July 1, 2012 – October 21, 2013) Alexandre Comisetti (October 22, 2013 – November 7, 2013) Henri Atamaniuk (November 8, 2013 – June 20, 2014) Francesco Gabriele (July 1, 2014 – October 9, 2014) Marco Simone (October 13, 2014–present)

Lausanne-Sports Rowing

Lausanne-Sports Aviron is the rowing club of Lausanne-Sport.

References

1. [team=4&tx_sfl_teams[action]=show&tx_sfl_teams[controller]=Team&cHash=21982e15670aa07e0ba3b1235f960462 "List du Cadre" [Squad list]]. Swiss Football League (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 6 February 2014.

External links

• Football department
• Athletics department
• Roller hockey department
• Rowing department