Neuchâtel Xamax

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Neuchâtel Xamax FCS

Full name

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS

Nickname(s)

Xamax

Founded

1970

Ground

Stade de la Maladière,
Neuchâtel

Capacity

12,000

Chairman

Christian Binggeli

Manager

Roberto Cattilaz

League

2. Liga Interregional-Group 3 (V)

Home colours

Away colours

Stade de la Maladiere

Gilbert Gress, championship winning coach of the 1980s

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (pronounced: [nøʃatɛl ksamaks]) is a Swiss football club, based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal, founded in 1906 and Swiss champions of 1916, and FC Xamax founded in 1912. The name Xamax comes from legendary Swiss international 'Xam' Max Abegglen, one of the founding members.^[1] Xamax Neuchâtel FCS obtained its current name after a merger with FC Serrières, another side from Neuchâtel, in May 2013. The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Maladière, which was opened in 2007 and has a capacity of 12,500 spectators.

After many financial crises, the club declared bankruptcy on 26 January 2012 and was consequently excluded from Swiss Super League.^[2] The club was consigned to restart in the Swiss amateur leagues, enetering the tier five 2. Liga Interregional-Group 3 for 2012–13.^[3] The club finished this league first in 2013 and was promoted.

Honours

Swiss Super League
- Winners (2): 1987, 1988
Swiss Cup
- Runners-up (5): 1974, 1985, 1990, 2003, 2011
Swiss League Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1977

Former coaches

See also Category:Neuchâtel Xamax managers.

Giovanni Ferrari (1946–48)
Fernand Jaccard (1948–52)
Josef Humpál (1961–65)
Milorad Milutinović (1968–69)
Josef Humpál (1969–70)
Paul Garbani (July 1970–Jan 72)
Josef Artimovits (Jan 1972–July 72)
Lev Mantula (July 1972–Jan 75)
Branko Rezuar (Jan 1975–July 75)
Gilbert Gress (1975–77)
Antonio Merlo (July 1977–April 78)
Erich Vogel (April 1978–Oct 79)
Lev Mantula (Oct 1979–July 80)
Jean-Marc Guillou (1980–81)
Gilbert Gress (1981–90)
Roy Hodgson (1990–92)
Uli Stielike (Jan 1992–July 93)
Uli Stielike and Don Givens (1993–94)
Gilbert Gress (1994–97)

Alain Geiger (1998–02)
Claude Ryf (July 2002–Feb 04)
René Lobello and Christophe Moulin (Feb 2004–July 4)
René Lobello and Gianni Della Casa (2004–05)
Alain Geiger (2005)
Miroslav Blažević (2005–06)
Gérard Castella (June 2006–March 8)
Néstor Clausen (2008–Jan 09)
Jean-Michel Aeby (Jan 2009)
Alain Geiger (Jan 2009–June 9)
Pierre-André Schürmann (June 2009–April 10)
Jean-Michel Aeby (April 2010–Aug 10)
Didier Ollé-Nicolle (Sept 2010–May 11)
Bernard Challandes (May 2011)
Sonny Anderson (2011)
François Ciccolini (June 2011–July 11)
Joaquín Caparrós (July 2011–Sept 11)
Víctor Muñoz (Sept 2011–Jan 12)

References

↑ "Historique : La Genèse | NEUCHÂTEL XAMAX" (in French). Xamax.ch. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
↑ "Swiss club Xamax bankrupt, Chechen owner arrested - - SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
↑ Meisterschaft 2. Liga interregional accessed: 21 July 2012

External links

(French) (German) Neuchâtel Xamax official site
(French) Neuchâtel Xamax unofficial website
(English) Soccerway profile

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