FC Thun

Thun
Full name Fussballclub Thun 1898
Founded 1898
Ground Stockhorn Arena, Thun
Capacity 10,300
Chairman Markus StΓ€hli
Manager Urs Fischer
League Swiss Super League
2013–14 Swiss Super League, 6th
Website Club home page

FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white.

History

FC Thun was founded on 1 May 1898.

It has played in the Nationalliga B from 1946–50, 1953-54, 1955–70 and 1997–2002. From 2002–2008 it played in the Nationalliga A, which was renamed to Axpo Super League. In 2008 the club were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

FC Thun were drawn in Group B alongside European giants Arsenal, Ajax and Sparta Prague. They started their first ever Champions League campaign on 14 September 2005 away at Arsenal, where after equalising through Nelson Ferreira, they narrowly lost 2–1 after Dennis Bergkamp scored in the match's dying seconds. On 27 September they hosted the Czech champions Sparta Prague at their 'home' venue, the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern, where all the club's European home matches were held, as the Lachen Stadium does not meet UEFA's prerequisites for Champions League venues. Thun's 1–0 victory thanks to Selver HodΕΎiΔ‡'s 80th minute winner propelled them into second place in the group. Following a loss to Ajax on 2 November they lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal and with Ajax beating Sparta Prague, FC Thun exited the Champions League. However Thun drew 0–0 with Sparta Prague in their last group match and qualifying for the UEFA Cup Round of 32.

Just three days prior to their UEFA Cup tie against Hamburg SV, Thun sacked their coach, Urs SchΓΆnenberger who had guided them to the Champions League group stages and was replaced by Heinz Peischl. Despite this Thun managed a surprise 1–0 over Hamburg SV in the first leg at the Stade de Suisse. However Hamburg were too strong at their home, AOL Arena, and managed to overturn the deficit, winning the second leg 2–0 (2–1 on aggregate).

European Cups

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2005–06 UEFA Champions League Q2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 2–2 3–2
Q3 Sweden MalmΓΆ FF 3–0 1–0 4–0
Group B England Arsenal 0–1 1–2 3rd
Czech Republic Sparta Praha 1–0 0–0
Netherlands Ajax 2–4 0–2
2005–06 UEFA Cup Round of 32 Germany Hamburger SV 1–0 0–2 1–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q2 Albania Vllaznia ShkodΓ«r 2–1 0–0 2–1
Q3 Italy Palermo 1–1 2–2 3–3
PO England Stoke City 0–1 1–4 1–5
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Q2 Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 2–0 3–1 5–1
Q3 Sweden HΓ€cken 1–0 2–1 3–1
PO Serbia Partizan 3–0 0–1 3–1
Group G Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 0–3 4th
Belgium Genk 0–1 1–2
Austria Rapid Wien 1–0 1–2

Current squad

As of 14 November 2014[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Guillaume Faivre
3 Switzerland DF Lukas Schenkel
5 Switzerland DF Fulvio Sulmoni
7 Switzerland MF Gianluca Frontino
8 Switzerland MF Michael Siegfried
9 Finland FW Berat Sadik
10 New Zealand MF Marco Rojas (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
11 Switzerland FW Elvedin Causi
14 Switzerland DF Nicolas Schindelholz
15 Israel MF Lotem Zino
17 Switzerland MF Dennis Hediger
18 Switzerland GK Francesco Ruberto
19 Switzerland FW GaΓ«tan Karlen
No. Position Player
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Ridge Munsy
21 Portugal MF Nelson Ferreira
22 Brazil GK Christian Leite
23 Switzerland MF Marco Mangold
25 Switzerland MF Kevin Bigler
26 Switzerland DF Thomas Reinmann
27 Switzerland DF Enrico Schirinzi
28 Switzerland MF Andreas Wittwer
30 Venezuela DF Alexander GonzΓ‘lez
31 Switzerland DF Stefan Glarner
34 Switzerland DF Nicola Sutter
40 Switzerland MF Adrien Rawyler
41 Switzerland DF Braima Gafner

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
β€” Switzerland GK Andreas Schmid (at Naters)

Former coaches

  • Hans Luder (1946–48)
  • Switzerland Hans Pulver (1948–49)
  • England Jimmy Townley (1949–50)
  • Hans Luder (1953–54)
  • Hans Luder/Austria Hermann Czischek (1954–56)
  • Austria Hermann Czischek (1956–58)
  • Germany Alfred "Coppi" Beck (1958–62)
  • Hermann Jucker (1962–63)
  • Germany Matthias Rossbach (1963–67)
  • Switzerland Heinz Schneiter (1967–69)
  • Germany Lothar Weise (1969–70)
  • Czech Republic Miroslav Patak (1971–72)
  • Fridolin Hofer (1972–73)
  • Switzerland RenΓ© Raboud (1973–74)
  • Switzerland Hanspeter Latour (1978–83)
  • Otto Messerli (1984–86)
  • Switzerland Martin TrΓΌmpler (1986–90)
  • Willi Kaufmann (1990–92)

Former personnel

Co-trainer

Goalkeeper coach

References

External links

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