FC Zürich

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FC Zürich

Full name

Fussballclub Zürich

Founded

1896

Ground

Letzigrund, Zürich

Capacity

25,000

Chairman

Ancillo Canepa

Manager

Urs Meier

League

Swiss Super League

2011–12

Swiss Super League, 6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, 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 7 times. The club won the 2009 Swiss Super League and last won the Swiss Cup in 2005. 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). 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): 1902, 1924, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2006, 2007, 2009
Swiss Cup
- Winners (7): 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2000, 2005
Swiss League Cup
- Winners (1): 1981
European Champions Cup (UEFA Champions League)
- Semi-finalists, 1964 and 1977
Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
- Fourth place, 1911

Rivalries

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 Derby

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).

Current squad

Updated 4 January, 2014.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Da Costa
2	DF	Jorge Teixeira
3	DF	Loris Benito
4	DF	Raphael Koch
5	DF	Berat Djimsiti
6	MF	Stefan Glarner
7	FW	Mario Gavranović
8	MF	Stjepan Kukuruzović
9	FW	Amine Chermiti
10	MF	Pedro Henrique
11	FW	Armando Sadiku
13	DF	Alain Nef
14	FW	Franck Etoundi
15	MF	Oliver Buff

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Philippe Koch
17	MF	Yassine Chikhaoui
18	MF	Avi Rikan
20	MF	Burim Kukeli
22	MF	Asmir Kajević
23	DF	Leandro Di Gregorio
24	MF	Maurice Brunner
25	DF	Ivan Kecojević
27	FW	Marco Schönbächler
28	GK	Yanick Brecher
29	MF	Davide Chiumiento
31	GK	Andres Malloth
33	MF	Davide Mariani

Notable former players

See also Category:FC Zürich players.

Managers

See also Category:FC Zürich managers.

Joszef "Csibi" 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 (July 1, 1969–Dec 31, 1970)

Juan Schwanner (Nov 1970–July 71)
Friedhelm Konietzka (1971–78)
Zlatko Čajkovski (July 1978–March 80)
Albert Sing and R. Martinelli (Feb 29, 1980–June 30, 1980)
Daniel Jeandupeux (July 1, 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 (July 1, 1986–Nov 1, 1987)
Friedhelm Konietzka (Sept 1987–July 88)
Hans Bongartz (July 1, 1988–June 30, 1989)
Walter Iselin (July 1989–Oct 89)
Herbert Neumann (Oct 1989–Oct 1, 1991)

Kurt Jara (Oct 1, 1991–April 1, 1994)
Bob Houghton (April 1994–March 95)
Raimondo Ponte (March 1995–April 16, 2000)
Gilbert Gress (Jan 1, 2000–Dec 31, 2001)
Georges Bregy (July 1, 2001–March 27, 2003)
Walter Grüter (interim) (March 27, 2003–July 30, 2003)
Lucien Favre (July 1, 2003–June 30, 2007)
Bernard Challandes (June 13, 2007–April 19, 2010)
Urs Fischer (interim) (April 19, 2010–June 30, 2010)
Urs Fischer (July 1, 2010–March 12, 2012)
Harald Gämperle (interim) (March 13, 2012–June 8, 2012)
Urs Meier (interim) (April 14, 2012–May 24, 2012)
Rolf Fringer (July 1, 2012–Nov 26, 2012)
Urs Meier (interim) (Nov 26, 2012–Dec 30, 2012)
Urs Meier (Jan 1, 2013–)

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	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Wrexham	1 – 1, 1 – 2
1973–74	UEFA 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	Champions League	3Q	Beşiktaş	1 – 1, 0 – 2
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1R	Empoli	1 – 2, 3 – 0
		Group Stage	Sparta Prague	2 – 1
		Group Stage	Toulouse	2 – 0
		Group Stage	Spartak Moscow	0 – 1
		Group Stage	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 5
		1/16	Hamburg	1 – 3, 0 – 0
2008–09	UEFA Cup	2Q	Sturm Graz	1 – 1, 1 – 1
		1R	Milan	1 – 3, 0 – 1
2009–10	Champions League	3Q	Maribor	2 – 3, 3 – 0
		4Q	Ventspils	3 – 0, 2 – 1
		Group Stage	Real Madrid	2 – 5, 0 – 1
		Group Stage	Milan	1 – 0, 1 – 1
		Group Stage	Marseille	0 – 1, 1 – 6
2011–12	Champions League	3Q	Standard Liège	1 – 1, 1 – 0
2011–12	Champions League	PO	Bayern Munich	0 – 2, 0 – 1
2011–12	Europa League	Group Stage	Sporting CP	0 – 2, 0 – 2
		Group Stage	FC Vaslui	2 – 2, 2 – 0
		Group Stage	S.S. Lazio	1 – 1, 0 – 1
2013–14	Europa League	3Q	Slovan Liberec	1 – 2, 1 – 2

External links

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Official Website
FC Zürich stats (German)

v t e 2013–14 UEFA Europa League

Playing in the round of 32	Ajax Anzhi Makhachkala AZ Basel Benfica Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Eintracht Frankfurt Esbjerg Fiorentina Genk Juventus Lazio Ludogorets Razgrad Lyon Maccabi Tel Aviv Maribor Napoli PAOK Porto Real Betis Red Bull Salzburg Rubin Kazan Sevilla Shakhtar Donetsk Slovan Liberec Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Trabzonspor Valencia Viktoria Plzeň

Eliminated in the group stage	APOEL Apollon Limassol ~~Beşiktaş~~ Bordeaux Dinamo Zagreb Elfsborg Estoril ~~Fenerbahçe~~ Freiburg Kuban Krasnodar Legia Warsaw Maccabi Haifa Paços de Ferreira Pandurii Târgu Jiu PSV Eindhoven Rapid Wien Rijeka Shakhter Karagandy Sheriff Tiraspol Standard Liège St. Gallen Thun Tromsø Vitória Guimarães Wigan Athletic Zulte Waregem

Eliminated in the play-off round	Aktobe Astra Giurgiu Atromitos Braga Dila Gori Dinamo Tbilisi Feyenoord FH Grasshopper Jablonec Kukësi FC Minsk Molde Nice Nõmme Kalju Nordsjælland Partizan Pasching Petrolul Ploiești Qarabağ Saint-Étienne Skënderbeu Korçë Śląsk Wrocław Spartak Moscow Stuttgart Udinese Vojvodina Žalgiris Vilnius

Eliminated in the third qualifying round	Asteras Tripolis Botev Plovdiv Breiðablik Bursaspor Club Brugge Differdange 03 Dinamo Minsk Gefle Häcken Hajduk Split Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Lech Poznań Malmö FF Metalurh Donetsk Milsami Orhei Mladost Podgorica Motherwell Randers Red Star Belgrade Široki Brijeg Skoda Xanthi St. Johnstone Strømsgodset Trenčín Ventspils Vitesse Žilina Zürich

Eliminated in the second qualifying round	Aalborg Anorthosis Beroe Stara Zagora Chikhura Sachkhere Dacia Chișinău Debrecen Derry City Göteborg Hibernian Hødd Honka Honvéd IBV Inter Baku Irtysh Pavlodar Jagodina Jeunesse Esch Khazar Lankaran KR Levadia Linfield Lokomotiva Olimpija Ljubljana Omonia Piast Gliwice Prestatyn Town Pyunik Rosenborg Rudar Pljevlja Sarajevo Senica Shakhtyor Salihorsk Skonto Sparta Prague Sturm Graz Turnovo Utrecht Valletta Víkingur Zrinjski Mostar

Eliminated in the first qualifying round	Airbus UK Broughton Astana Bala Town Čelik Nikšić Celje Crusaders Drogheda United Domžale Dudelange Flora Gandzasar Glentoran HB Hibernians ÍF Inter Turku Kruoja Pakruojis La Fiorita Laçi Levski Sofia Libertas Liepājas Metalurgs Mariehamn Metalurg Skopje Mika Narva Trans FC Santa Coloma UE Santa Coloma Sliema Wanderers St Patrick's Athletic Sūduva Marijampolė Teteks KF Teuta FC Tiraspol Torpedo Kutaisi Vaduz Videoton

Qualifying phase and play-off round Group stage Knockout phase Final

v t e 2013–14 Swiss Super League

Aarau Basel Grasshopper Lausanne-Sport Luzern Sion St. Gallen Thun Young Boys Zürich

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

v t e FC Zürich – current squad

1 Da Costa 2 Teixeira 3 Benito 4 R. Koch 5 Djimsiti 6 Glarner 7 Gavranović 8 Kukuruzović 9 Chermiti 10 Pedro Henrique 11 Sadiku 13 Nef 14 Etoundi 15 Buff 16 P. Koch 17 Chikhaoui 18 Reikan 20 Kukeli 22 Kajević 23 Di Gregorio 24 Brunner 27 Schönbächler 28 Brecher 29 Chiumiento 31 Malloth 33 Mariani Manager: Meier

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