FC Stade Nyonnais

History

By 1924, the club moved away from Place Perdtemps and began to play their matches at a newly built ground in Marens, Nyon (the land is now in use by local secondary school Ecole Secondaire de Nyon-Marens). In 1925, the team earned promotion to the second tier of Swiss football after being crowned regional champions of Romandy (French-speaking region of Switzerland) and would proceed to remain in the league for the subsequent six years. The same year, they competed in the inaugural Swiss Cup tournament in which they reached the round of 16. In 1926, Jean Wirz, who was elected Stade Nyonnais president the following decade, formed a youth academy for the club.

By 1946, Stade Nyonnais gained promotion back to the third tier of Swiss football (Première Ligue) in which they survived for the subsequent four years. Relegation from the Première Ligue saw them compete in the fourth tier of Swiss football and the fans awaited 17 years to see their team back in the Première Ligue.

1991 marked the opening year of the club's current stadium Stade Colovray.

In 2001 the club had a big game against Real Madrid, in which they reached a record attendance of 6,800 spectators. High-profile players such as Zinedine Zidane participated in the match.

The club enjoyed their best ever Swiss Cup run in 2007 when they managed to reach the quarter-finals. The tournament came to an end for Les Nyonnais in a 2–0 defeat to top-tier side FC Basel.

Nyon had survived several seasons in the second tier of Swiss football, the Challenge League, until the 2011–12 season. Due to restructuring of the Swiss Football League, it was announced that the bottom 6 teams of the 10 team division would be relegated to a newly formed division in 2012, rather than the usual two teams being relegated. Nyon was close to survival but finished two points from safety, and were relegated to the Promotion League. They have remained in the league ever since.

They returned to the Swiss Challenge League for the 2023–24 season, gaining promotion as the third placed team in the 2022–23 Swiss Promotion League. It will be their first season in the second tier of Switzerland, after eleven years of absence.

Club colours

FC Stade Nyonnais' colours have been black and yellow ever since the club's foundation in 1905. It is established historically through archival documents that said colours were adopted by the founders as a tribute to BSC Young Boys who were crowned Swiss champions in 1903. The yellow and black also distinguished them from the colours of FC Nyon United (now defunct) who played their matches in the same city.

Misconceptions surrounding Jean Wirz

Bern-born Jean Wirz is often credited as the founder of Stade Nyonnais and the reason behind their yellow and black colour. This claim, however, is not supported by historical evidence. Wirz, who was involved in Nyon sports circles for almost half a century, only settled in Nyon in April 1920. He formed the youth section of the club in 1926 before taking up the role of vice-president in 1930. After a 5-year vice-presidency, he operated as club president from 1935 to 1937.

Stadium

Main article: Colovray Sports Centre

Current squad

Backroom staff and club committee members

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First team staff

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Central committee

FC Stade Nyonnais SA

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Former players

List of presidents

Source:

• 1905–1908 : Emile Aeby
• 1908–1910 : Célestin Bidal
• 1910–1912 : Henri Jonneret
• 1912 : Eugène Dorier
• 1912–1916 : Charles Memboury
• 1916–1919 : Henri Baillif
• 1919–1920 : Francis Lecomte
• 1920–1921 : Engène Alvasi
• 1921–1922 : Charles Memboury
• 1922–1924 : Emile Wirth
• 1924–1925 : Armand Froidevaux
• 1925–1931 : Emile Filletaz
• 1931–1933 : William Reguin
• 1933–1935 : Georges Favre
• 1935–1937 : Jean Wirz
• 1937–1939 : François Chaulmontet
• 1939–1940 : Georges Borlat
• 1940–1942 : Jean Pavillon
• 1942–1945 : Jean Wirz
• 1945–1949 : Robert Mayor
• 1949–1951 : Charles Rauss
• 1951–1953 : Robert Mayor
• 1953–1958 : Henri Wenger
• 1958–1959 : Roger Pelichet
• 1959–1971 : Gilbert Prodolliet
• 1971–1973 : Raymond Maget
• 1973–1976 : Bernard Bruch
• 1976–1981 : Marcel Gaille
• 1981–1984 : Bernard Bruch
• 1984–1990 : Gabriel Guillot
• 1990–1994 : Maurice Campiche
• 1994–2000 : Jean-François Kurz
• 2000–2001 : Gabriel Guillot
• 2001–2003 : Roland Brunner
• 2003–2009 : Daniel Perroud
• 2009–2010 : Giuseppe Luongo
• 2010–2012 : Didier Henriod
• 2012–2014 : Viviane Freymond
• 2014 : Claude Savioz
• 2014–2015 : Mirko Müller
• 2015 : Philippe Mortge
• 2015–2022 : Vartan Sirmakes
• 2022– : Varujan Symonov & Sassoun Simarkes (association)
• 2023- : Michel Palma (SA)

List of head coaches

Below is a list of current and former Stade Nyonnais head coaches since 1965.

• 1965 : Albert Cleusix
• 1965-1968 : Albert Tachet
• 1968 : Gérard Penel
• 1968-1973 : Pierrot Georgy
• 1973-1974 : Henri Briffod
• 1974 : Bernard Jeanprost
• 1974-1977 : Pierrot Georgy
• 1977-1978 : Henri Gillet
• 1978-1980 : Franco Baciocchi
• 1980-1984 : Pierrot Georgy
• 1984-1987 : Claude Marietan
• 1987-1989 : Michel Carluccio
• 1989-1990 : Roger Defago
• 1990 : Steve Malbaski
• 1990-1991 : Hansjörg "Joko" Pfister
• 1991-1995 : Peter Pazmandy
• 1995 : Pierre-Albert Tachet
• 1995-1997 : Marco Schällibaum
• 1997-2000 : Christophe Moulin
• 2000-2001 : Gustave Ostermann
• 2001-2002 : Patrice Roggli
• 2002-2003 : Pierre-Albert Tachet
• 2003 : Pablo Huigueras
• 2003-2005 : Luca Ippoliti
• 2005-2006 : Arpad Soos
• 2006-2007 : Christian Zermatten
• 2007-2009 : Arpad Soos
• 2009-2010 : Frantz Barriquand
• 2010-2011 : John Dragani
• 2011-2012 : Jean-Michel Aeby
• 2012-2015 : Bernardo Hernandez
• 2015-2016 : Sébastien Bichard
• 2016 : Vittorio Bevilacqua
• 2016-2018 : Oscar Londono
• 2018-2019 : John Dragani
• 2019 : Ricardo Dionisio
• 2020-2022 : Anthony Braizat
• 2022-2024 : Christophe Caschili
• 2025- : Andrea Binotto (current)

Honours

• Swiss Promotion League
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Footnotes

: From 1946 to 2003, 'Ligue National A' referred to the top tier of Swiss football, 'Ligue National B' referred to the second tier of Swiss football, and 'Première Ligue' referred to the third tier of Swiss football.

References

References

1. "Histoire du stade de 1905 à nos jours".
2. "Historique 1905-1919".
3. Fert, Marie-Christine. (9 September 2019). "La nouvelle place perdtemps va revolutioniser le coeur de Nyon". La Côte.
4. Guillot, Vincent. (30 October 2018). "Pourquoi le Stade Nyonnais joue-t-il en jaune et noir ?".
5. "Contacts & Organigramme". Stade Nyonnais.
6. "Entraîneurs".
7. (March 2024). "Stade Nyonnais: Ricardo Dionisio intronisé aves effect immédiat".
8. (16 January 2020). "Anthony Braizat, nouveau coach du Stade Nyonnais". La Côte.
9. (2 January 2025). "Andrea Binotto kehrt zurück in die dieci Challenge League". Swiss Football League.