Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the
Stadio Cornaredo
Cornaredo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lugano, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches. It is a home ground of FC Lugano. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people and was built in 1951. The stadium has 5,000 seats and 10,0 ...
. They have played in what is now the Swiss Super League during the periods of 1922–53, 1954–60, 1961–63, 1964–76, 1979–80, 1988–97, 1998–02, and from 2015 until present.
History
Football Club Lugano was formed on 28 July 1908 under the leadership of then-president Ernesto Corsini. Promotion to the highest Swiss Super League came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of relegations and promotions, the team won its first Swiss Cup in 1931. The following decade, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949).
For the first fifty years of its existence, Lugano played at the Campo Marzio – which opened on 13 September 1908 – but its success prompted the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, the
Cornaredo Stadium
Cornaredo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lugano, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches. It is a home ground of FC Lugano. The stadium is able to hold 15,000 people and was built in 1951. The stadium has 5,000 seats and 10,0 ...
was inaugurated, which has a capacity of 15,000.
In 1968, Lugano won the Swiss Cup and hence the team participated in the Cup Winners' Cup. Two years later the team took part in the
UEFA Cup
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.
In 1993, Lugano won its third Cup against
Grasshoppers
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, later participating in the Cup Winners' Cup, in which it reached second qualifying round. In the 1995–96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup, eliminating
Jeunesse Hautcharage
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in the first round and
Inter Milan
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in the second.
The club was declared
bankrupt
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in 2003 and forcibly removed from the league. Due to the bankruptcy, the team was renamed AC Lugano and fielded under-21 players, having been forced to sell or release the senior team to pay off the club's debts. In 2004, the club merged with Malcantone Agno, and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss football system in the Swiss Challenge League. Morotti Joseph, the president of Malcantone Agno, was entrusted with the leadership of the new club.
In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello. Luido Bernasconi became the new president.
On 4 June 2008, the club's centenary year, the general meeting of shareholders voted on a name change. The historical name of Football Club Lugano was reinstated.
In 2015 FC Lugano was promoted to the Swiss Super League.
On August 18, 2021, it was announced that American billionaire and owner of the
Chicago Fire FC
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, Joe Mansueto, had purchased FC Lugano and that the Fire and FC Lugano were to work together as sister clubs. On 1 September 2021, assistant coach Mattia Croci-Torti took over coaching duties at the club, replacing
Abel Braga
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. The first season under new ownership would immediately prove successful, as they were able to win their first title after 29 years, winning the
2021–22 Swiss Cup
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FC Luzern are the title holders.
Partic ...
*1937–41: József Winkler
*1947–50: Béla Volentik
*1951–52:
Tullio Grassi
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*1953–55:
Béla Sárosi
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He played for Ferencvárosi TC, Ferencváros, Bologna F.C. 1909, Bologna, A.S. Bari, Bari, Junior Barranquilla, F.C. Porto, Porto, ...
Tullio Grassi
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*1970–71:
Albert Sing
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He played for 1. FC Eislingen, Stuttgarter Kickers, VfR Mannheim and TSG Ulm 1846 and capped twice for Germany
Germany,, officially the Fe ...
*1971–73:
Otto Luttrop
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He coached mainly in Switzerland. Luttrop died on 21 November 2017, aged 78.
H ...
*1973–74:
Otto Luttrop
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He coached mainly in Switzerland. Luttrop died on 21 November 2017, aged 78.
H ...
*1974–75:
Alfredo Foni
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*1976–77:
Alfredo Foni
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*1977–79:
Oscar Massei
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Honours
* Primera División Argentina
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Otto Luttrop
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He coached mainly in Switzerland. Luttrop died on 21 November 2017, aged 78.
H ...
*1992–94:
Karl Engel
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In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition. Throughout his concert career, he cultivated the art song repertor ...
*1997–98:
Karl Engel
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In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition. Throughout his concert career, he cultivated the art song repertor ...
*1999:
Enzo Trossero
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Club career
He began his playing career at Argentine minnows Belgrano de San Francisco but he soon moved on to Colón de ...
*1999–2000:
Giuliano Sonzogni
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Previously he managed the Bulgarian football club Botev Vratsa
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*2002–03:
Pierluigi Tami
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Career
He was in charge of the Switzerland national under-21 football team, and also worked as an assistant to coach ...
*2004–05:
Vladimir Petković
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Marco Schällibaum
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Playing career
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*2011–12:
Francesco Moriero
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*2012–13:
Raimondo Ponte
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Career
Ponte joined Nottingham Forest from Grasshopper Club Zürich for ...
*2013:
Sandro Salvioni
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Career
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Salvioni mostly played into lower ranks of Ital ...
Andrea Manzo
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Career
Playing
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*2016–17:
Paolo Tramezzani
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Playing career
Tramezzani was born at Castelnovo ne' Monti in Emilia. At the age of n ...
*2017–18:
Pierluigi Tami
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Career
He was in charge of the Switzerland national under-21 football team, and also worked as an assistant to coach ...
Fabio Celestini
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*2019–21:
Maurizio Jacobacci
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Managerial career
On 18 June 2021, Jacobacci was announced as the new manager of Ligue 2 side ...
*2021:
Abel Braga
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FC Lugano
FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...
FC Lugano
FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...