FC Vaduz

Vaduz

Full name

Fußball Club Vaduz

Nickname(s)

Residenzler (Resident)
Fürstenverein (Princely club)

Short name

FCV

Founded

14 February 1932; 84 years ago

Ground

Rheinpark Stadion
Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Capacity

7,838

Coordinates

47°08′25″N 9°30′37″W / 47.1403°N 9.5103°W

Owner

Princely Family of Liechtenstein

Chairman

Ruth Ospelt

Manager

Giorgio Contini

League

Swiss Super League

2014–15

9th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Fußball Club Vaduz (English: Football Club Vaduz) is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz that plays in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 6,127 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838.^[1] They currently play in the Swiss Super League following promotion from the Swiss Challenge League after winning its 2013–14 championship.

Vaduz have historically had many players from Liechtenstein, many of whom have played for the Liechtenstein national team, but nearly all these players have moved abroad, and now the majority of the first team squad are foreign players from different areas of the world. The signing of experienced goalkeeper Peter Jehle from Tours and Franz Burgmeier from Darlington boosted the Liechtensteiner contingent to six by the start of the 2009-10 season.^[2]

History

Fußball Club Vaduz was founded on 14 February 1932 in Vaduz, and the club's first chairman was Johann Walser. FC Vaduz is the only professional football club in Liechtenstein. In its first training match, which Vaduz played in Balzers on 24 April of that year, the newly-born team emerged as 2–1 winners. The club played in Vorarlberger Football Association in Austria for the 1932–33 season. In 1933, Vaduz began playing in Switzerland. Over the years Vaduz struggled through various tiers of Swiss football and won its first Liechtensteiner Cup in 1949. Vaduz enjoyed a lengthy stay in the Swiss 1. Liga from 1960 to 1973, which is the third tier of the Swiss football league system.

Vaduz has been required to pay a fee to the Swiss Football Association in order to participate as a foreign club. There have been calls for this agreement to be revoked, but discussions have meant that a permanent arrangement has now taken place for a Liechtenstein representative to be allowed to participate in the Challenge League or Super League in future.^[3]

From the 2001–02 season, Vaduz played in the Swiss Challenge League (formerly called Nationalliga B), the second tier of the Swiss league system. Since then, Vaduz have been one of the best teams in the Challenge League and gave serious challenges towards promotion to the Super League, especially in 2004 and 2005, playing two-leg play-offs in both cases. In the 2007–08 season, Vaduz secured promotion to the Swiss Super League on 12 May 2008 by winning the Challenge League on the final day of the season, giving Liechtenstein a representative at the highest level of Swiss football for the first time. Vaduz, however, were relegated back to the Challenge League after one season in the top flight. Vaduz finally returned to top level after five years in the Challenge League.

In 1992, Vaduz qualified for European football for the first time, entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Liechtenstein Cup winners, but lost 12–1 on aggregate to Chornomorets Odesa of Ukraine in the qualifying round. In 1996, Vaduz qualified for the first round proper with their first European victory, winning 5–3 on penalties against Universitate Riga of Latvia, after a 2–2 aggregate scoreline, although Vaduz lost their first round tie to Paris Saint-Germain of France 7–0 on aggregate.

After the Cup Winners' Cup was abolished, Vaduz have annually entered the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) as a result of winning the Liechtenstein Cup every year since 1998. However, they have never got past the qualifying rounds to date.

However, Vaduz did come within one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the aggregate scores level, and with opponents Livingston scheduled to go through on away goals, Vaduz won a late corner. The ball was sent into the box, and Marius Zarn hit a goal-bound shot. However, the referee blew the whistle for full-time just before the ball crossed over the line, and Livingston progressed through in controversial circumstances.

FC Vaduz started their European campaign in 2009–10 by beating Scottish side Falkirk in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. However, they lost 3–0 on aggregate^[4]^[5] to Czech side Slovan Liberec in the third qualifying round.

In the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season, Vaduz survived for the first time in their history in the Swiss Super League. They finished in 9th place with 31 points won. They also won their 43rd Liechtenstein cup, becoming world record holders of a domestic cup in the process.

FC Vaduz started their European campaign in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League by beating S.P. La Fiorita from San Marino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. In the second round, Vaduz easily progressed against Nõmme Kalju FC to progress into the third qualifying of the Europa League where they were drawn against fellow Swiss Super League club FC Thun. The European campaign is over. FC Thun after the away goals passed away. FC Vaduz is so once again ended the European campaign but this time unbeaten with four wins and two draws.

Rheinpark Stadion

The Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz.

The stadium was officially opened on 31 July 1998 with a match between FC Vaduz, the Liechtenstein Cup holders at the time, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the then Bundesliga champions. 1. FC Kaiserslautern won the match 8-0. It lies on the banks of the River Rhine, just metres from the border with Switzerland. The stadium has a fully seated capacity of 5,873. The stadium has additional standing places giving it a total capacity of 7,584. The building of the stadium cost roughly 19 million CHF.

9. October 2004, on the Rheinpark Stadion, Liechtenstein has welcomed Portugal for which played Cristiano Ronaldo, the best scorer of the team and one of the best players of all time. The match finished 2:2.

English football club Liverpool played Olympiacos of Greece here in a pre-season friendly in 2005.

All football stars who have achieved the goal of the Rheinpark Stadion: David Beckham, Michael Owen, Luís Figo, Raúl, Fernando Torres, David Silva, David Villa, Fredrik Ljungberg, David Alaba, Edin Džeko, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski, Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Rheinpark Stadion

Honours

League

Liechtenstein Football Championship

Winners (1): 1936

Swiss Super League (1st tier)

Best ranking: 9th place (2015)

Swiss Challenge League (2nd tier)

Winners (3): 2003, 2008, 2014

Runners-up (2): 2004, 2005

1. Liga Promotion (3rd tier)

Winners (2): 2000, 2001

Runners-up (2): 1984, 1999

Cups

Liechtenstein Football Cup

(44) (World Record^[6]) : 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

(13): 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2012

Europe

UEFA Europa League:
- (3): Third qualifying round: 2009-10, 2011-12, 2015-16

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1992–93	European Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Chornomorets Odesa	0–5	1–7	1–12
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Hradec Králové	0–5	1–9	1–14
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Universitate Riga	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4–2 p)
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–3	0–7
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Helsingborg	0–2	0–3	0–5
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Bodø/Glimt	0–1	1–2	1–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Amica Wronki	0–3	3–3	3–6
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Varteks Varaždin	3–3	1–6	4–9
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Livingston	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–1	0–1	0–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Longford Town	1–0	3–2	4–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Beveren	1–3	1–2	2–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Dacia Chișinău	2–0	0–1	2–1
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Beşiktaş	0–1	1–5	1–6
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Újpest	0–1	4–0	4–1
2006–07	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Basel	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	0–2	0–2
2008–09	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Zrinjski Mostar	1–2	0–3	1–5
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Falkirk	0–1	2–0 (aet)	2–1
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Slovan Liberec	0–1	0–2	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Brøndby	0–0	0–3	0–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Vojvodina	0–2	3–1	3–3 (a)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2−1	0−4	2−5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Chikhura Sachkhere	1−1	0−0	1−1 (a)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	College Europa	3–0	1–0	4–0
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Ruch Chorzów	0–0	2–3	2–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	S.P. La Fiorita	5–1	5–0	10–1
		Second qualifying round	Nõmme Kalju	3–1	2–0	5–1
		Third qualifying round	Thun	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	10	0	2	8	4	40	-36
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	48	14	11	23	56	68	-12
Total	58	14	13	31	60	108	-48

Biggest win in UEFA competition:

Season	Match	Score
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
2005–06	FC Vaduz – FC Dacia Chișinău	2–0
2006–07	Újpest FC - FC Vaduz	0–4
2011–12	FK Vojvodina - FC Vaduz	1–3
2014–15	FC Vaduz – College Europa	3–0
2015–16	S.P. La Fiorita - FC Vaduz	0–5
2015–16	FC Vaduz - S.P. La Fiorita	5–1
2015–16	FC Vaduz - Nõmme Kalju FC	3–1
2015–16	Nõmme Kalju FC - FC Vaduz	0–2

Rankings

UEFA ranking

Rank	Team	Points
270	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	4.925
271	PFC Litex Lovech	4.875
272	FC Vaduz	4.850
273	Vålerenga Fotball	4.850
274	FC Kairat Almaty	4.825

UEFA ranking (Liechtenstein)

Rank	Team	Points
272	FC Vaduz	4.850
367	USV Eschen/Mauren	2.350

Ranking since 2010

Year	Rank	Points
2010-11	313	2.300
2011-12	286	3.300
2012-13	312	3.200
2013-14	319	3.650
2014-15	321	3.450
2015-16	272	4.850

Club world ranking

Rank	Team	Points
434	Philadelphia Union	1537
435	Club Atlético Patronato	1525
436	FC Vaduz	1521
437	FC Zbrojovka Brno	1518
438	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz	1507

Swiss Super League History

Season	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Att.^[8]
2008–09	10	36	5	7	24	28	85	22	2,177
2014–15	9	36	7	10	19	28	59	31	4,152
2015–16	9	31	5	14	12	38	54	29	3,951
Total		103	17	31	55	94	198	82

Current squad

As of 19 April 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	Peter Jehle (3rd captain)
3	DF	Simone Grippo (vice-captain)
4	DF	Daniel Kaufmann
5	DF	Levent Gülen (on loan from Grasshopper)
7	FW	Albion Avdijaj
8	MF	Diego Ciccone
9	FW	Manuel Sutter
10	MF	Ali Messaoud
11	MF	Franz Burgmeier
13	MF	Pascal Schürpf
14	DF	Thomas Fekete (on loan from Young Boys)
15	GK	Christian Baldinger
16	FW	Moreno Costanzo (on loan from Young Boys)
17	DF	Joel Untersee (on loan from Juventus)

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Nick von Niederhäusern
20	MF	Nicolas Hasler
21	DF	Axel Borgmann
22	DF	Florian Stahel
25	MF	Stjepan Kukuruzović
27	MF	Philipp Muntwiler
29	DF	Mario Bühler
30	FW	Yones Felfel
32	FW	Armando Sadiku (on loan from Zürich)
33	FW	Mauro Caballero (on loan from Porto)
35	GK	Oliver Klaus
36	MF	Robin Kamber
37	MF	Dejan Janjatović

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
12		MF	Ramon Cecchini (on loan at Winterthur until 30 June 2016)

Technical staff

**Current technical staff**
Manager: Giorgio Contini Assistant Manager/Coach: Daniel Hasler Goalkeeping Coach: Sebastian Selke Fitness Coach: Harry Körner Doctor: Dr. Alexander Gohm Director of football: Bernt Haas

FC Vaduz II (U23)

FC Vaduz U23 is the second most successful football club team from Liechtenstein. Competing in 2. Liga (Swiss 6th tier), also competing in the Liechtenstein Football Cup.

Current squad

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	Carlos Silva
18	GK	Niklas Pfelger

3	DF	Dario Kaiser
4	DF	Hamza Sljivar
6	DF	Manuel Kalberer
13	DF	Eric Weixlbaumer
15	DF	Tolgahan Ünlü

10	MF	Aydin Oguzhan

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Ramon Solinger
17	MF	Jonas Baydar
21	MF	Mentor Memeti
31	MF	Leugzim Rullani

7	FW	Sascha Bless
9	FW	Mathias Christen
20	FW	Yones Felfel
22	FW	Adnan Mutapcija

Technical staff

**Current technical staff**
Manager: Daniele Polverino Assistant Manager/Coach: Marcel Müller Goalkeeping Coach: Carlos Silva

FCV-TV

FC Vaduz has an official YouTube channel (FC Vaduz). On it you can see all the interesting events with home matches. You can also follow developments in the club and on the official Facebook page (FC Vaduz) and Twitter (FC Vaduz).

Former players

Yann Sommer

During the summer of 2007, he signed a new contract, dated until 2011, and was loaned out to Liechtensteiner club Vaduz to gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than the reserves in the Swiss 1. Liga. He was made the first-choice goalkeeper and played 33 matches over the course of the 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League season, playing a major part in Vaduz's promotion to the Swiss Super League. His loan deal was extended, lasting until January 2009. He made his Super League debut for Vaduz on 20 July 2008 in the 2–1 away win against Luzern. Sommer was recalled to Basel on 7 January 2009 because their first choice goalie, Costanzo, was injured.

Liechtenstein

Europe

Americas

Asia

Pak Kwang-Ryong

Africa

Oceania

Mark Rudan

Former managers

Otto Pfister (1961–63)
Uwe Wegmann (1999–June 30, 2002)
Walter Hörmann (March 12, 2002–Dec 31, 2003)
Martin Andermatt (July 1, 2003 – June 1, 2005)
Ignaz Good (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006)
Mats Gren (2006)
Maurizio Jacobacci (July 1, 2006–Jan 9, 2007)
Hans-Joachim Weller (Jan 15, 2007–June 30, 2007)
Heinz Hermann (July 1, 2007–Nov 4, 2008)
Pierre Littbarski (Nov 4, 2008–April 12, 2010)
Eric Orie (April 12, 2010–Nov 12, 2012)
Sebastian Selke (Nov 13, 2012–Nov 15, 2012)
Giorgio Contini (Nov 15, 2012–)

References

↑ Facts & Figures FC Vaduz
↑ Squad FC Vaduz
↑ "FCV is still playing in Swiss League (German)". Volksblatt. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
↑ FC Vaduz – FC Slovan Liberec : 0–1 Match report from Scorespro.com
↑ FC Slovan Liberec – FC Vaduz : 2–0 Match report from Scorespro.com
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cuprec.html
↑ UEFA Team Ranking 2015 (http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert)
↑ data at World Football

External links

FC Vaduz Official website (German)
Erster offizieller Fanclub 04 (German)
FC Vaduz Ostschweizer Fussballverband (Swiss Football League) (German)

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

Liechtenstein Football Clubs

FC Balzers USV Eschen/Mauren FC Ruggell FC Schaan FC Triesen FC Triesenberg FC Vaduz

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