FC Baden is a Swiss

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club based in

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, which is a short distance from

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. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including five women's teams. They play in the

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, the third tier of Swiss football.

History

In the 1985–86 season, the club participated in the

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but were

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after finishing last, coming 16th out of 16. After that time the club was in the

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where they stayed until relegation in the 2005–06 season. Since that time the club have been in the third tier of the Swiss

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. They narrowly lost out on promotion back to the Challenge League at the end of the 2007–08 season. Over the past few years, due to financial problems, the club have had to rely on young players, as well as

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from local

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side

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, with whom they have a very good relationship.

Current squad

''As of 29 August 2022.''

Stadium

FC Baden play their home games at the

Esp Stadium Esp Stadium is a stadium in Fislisbach, Switzerland. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of FC Baden. The stadium is situated a few kilometres outside of Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Ge ...

Fislisbach Fislisbach is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Fislisbach is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Vicelisbach''. Geography , Fislisbach has an area of . Of this area, 47.5% is used for agricult ...

which is a few miles outside of Baden. The capacity of the stadium is 7,000, of which 1,000 is seating and the rest is terracing.

Notable former players

References

External links

football.ch profile

Soccerway profile
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