FC St. Gallen

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. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice, at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. Since their promotion back to the Swiss Super League, they have remained in the top division for the past twelve years, establishing themselves again as a midtable club. In the 2019–20 season, the club finished as runners-up. Despite being based in a relatively small city, St. Gallen are known for their excellent support at both home and away games. In 2016, FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.

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 in the east.

Honours

Domestic

League

• Swiss Super League
  • Winners: 1903–04, 1999–2000
  • Runners-up: 2019–20
• Swiss Challenge League
  • Winners: 1970–71, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 1967–68

Cup

• Swiss Cup
  • Winners: 1968–69
  • Runners-up: 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners: 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1981–82

Others

• Anglo Cup
  • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

:Accurate as of 1 January 2025

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

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

Club officials

Coaches

• England Jack Reynolds (1912–14)
• England William Townley (1920)
• Austria Leopold Grundwald (1922)
• England William Townley (1923–25)
• England Jimmy Townley (1945–49)
• England Robert Kelly (1949–51)
• Germany Fritz Kerr (1952–54)
• Germany Otto Pfister (1963–66)
• Romania Virgil Popescu (1966–67)
• Switzerland René Brodmann (1967–68)
• Germany Albert Sing (1968–70)
• Yugoslavia Željko Perušić (1970–74)
• Germany Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
• Germany Werner Olk (1985–86)
• Germany Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1986 – 1 March 1987)
• Austria Kurt Jara (1 July 1988 – 1 October 1991)
• Germany Uwe Rapolder (1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996)
• Switzerland Werner Zünd (interim) (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996)
• Switzerland Roger Hegi (26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998)
• Switzerland Marcel Koller (1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001)
• Switzerland Gérard Castella (20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002)
• Switzerland Thomas Staub (interim) (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002)
• Austria Heinz Peischl (1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005)
• Switzerland Werner Zünd (interim) (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005)
• Switzerland René Weiler (interim) (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005)
• Germany Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006)
• Switzerland Werner Zünd (interim) (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006)
• Austria Rolf Fringer (12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007)
• Bulgaria Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008)
• Switzerland Uli Forte (1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011)
• Switzerland Giorgio Contini / Switzerland Roger Zürcher (interim) (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011)
• Luxembourg Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015)
• Germany Josef Zinnbauer (16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017)
• Switzerland Giorgio Contini (4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018)
• Germany Peter Zeidler (18 June 2018–)

Former players

• SUI Paul Friberg
• CHI Iván Zamorano

References

References

1. "Jakob Rudolf Forster: Schwul und laut im 19. Jahrhundert".
2. "Know About FC Saint Gallen".
3. (2 August 2022). "1. Mannschaft {{!}} Saison 2022/23". FC St. Gallen.