Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional

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club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the

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History

Founded on 19 April 1879, FC St. Gallen is the oldest club still in existence in Swiss football. However, the team has had relatively little success in comparison to other clubs. Despite the fact that St. Gallen won the Swiss championship twice in the

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and 1999–2000 seasons, the team has mostly been a mid-table side. During the last decade, the strength of the club continually declined and this eventually resulted in the transformation to a yo-yo club. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. In 2016 FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive

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, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.

Stadium

FC St. Gallen play their home games at the

Kybunpark The Kybunpark, formerly known as AFG Arena, is a multi-use stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland, completed in 2008. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of FC St. Gallen of the Swiss Super League. It replaces the Espe ...

. The

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has a capacity of 19,694 and it is on the west side of town. The stadium replaced the former

Espenmoos Espenmoos Stadium, is a football stadium in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It was the home ground of the FC St. Gallen Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gal ...

in the east.

Honours

Domestic

League

**Winners:

, 1999–2000 **Runners-up: 2019–20 *

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**Winners: 1970–71, 2008–09, 2011–12 **Runners-up: 1967–68

Cup

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**Winners: 1968–69 **Runners-up: 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98,

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, 2021–22 *

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**Winners: 1977–78 **Runners-up: 1981–82

Others

*Anglo Cup **Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

:''Accurate as of 30 July 2018'' Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

Club officials

Coaches

* Jack Reynolds (1912–14) *

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(1920) * Leopold Grundwald (1922) *

(1923–25) *

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(1945–49) * Robert Kelly (1949–51) * Fritz Kerr (1952–54) * Otto Pfister (1963–66) *

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(1966–67) *

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(1967–68) * Albert Sing (1968–70) *

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(1970–74) * Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985) *

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(1985–86) *

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(1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996) *

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''(interim)'' (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996) *

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(26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998) *

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(1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001) *

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(20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002) * Thomas Staub ''(interim)'' (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002) *

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(1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005) *

''(interim)'' (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005) * René Weiler ''(interim)'' (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005) * Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006) *

''(interim)'' (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006) *

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(12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007) * Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008) *

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(1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011) *

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/ Roger Zürcher ''(interim)'' (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011) * Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015) *

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(16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017) *

(4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018) *

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(18 June 2018–)

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:FC Saint Gallen Saint Gallen Saint Gallen 1879 establishments in Switzerland