Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss

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club based in

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. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the

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13 times and the

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10 times. The most recent titles are the 2022 Swiss Super League and the 2018 Swiss Cup. The club plays its home games at the Letzigrund, which reaches a capacity of 26,000 spectators for league games. FC Zürich is the only Swiss team to have reached the semi-finals of the

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more than once. This happened in 1964 and 1977, when the competition was played in its original format. The women's department features a 1st team playing in the Swiss Women's Super League, the only existing women's U21 team in Switzerland (competing in the top ranks of second tier Nationalliga B), and furthermore a U19, U17, U15 and U14 team. The U17, U15 and U14 teams compete in junior leagues against boys teams. The FC Zürich women's teams roots originate in the first Swiss women's football club DFC Zürich and it is with 22 championship titles and multiple Champions League participations the most successful of Switzerland.

History

1896–1924

The club was founded in summer 1896 by former members of the two local clubs FC Turicum and FC Excelsior. Later, the official founding date was set at 1 August 1896. One of the founding members was the later

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founder,

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, coaching and playing for FC Excelsior and its successor from 1894 to 1897. The new club played its first game on 30 August 1896 on Velorennbahn Hardau in Zürich against FC Phönix St. Gallen with a 3:3 draw. In 1898, FC Excelsior completely merged with FC Zürich and local club FC Victoria joined shortly thereafter. The debut game was in 1896 with the colors blue and white. The colors were changed to red and white; rivals Grasshopper Club Zürich had the same colors. When Grasshopper Club temporarily retired from the championship in 1909, FCZ returned to the colors blue and white which they continue to use. Zürich won its first title in the Swiss Serie A in 1901–02, but did not win it again until 1923–24. Until the 1930s, the club's sporting remit included

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, and

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, but football would become the focus of the club.

1925–1960

From 1925 to 1960, Zürich struggled to overcome an unsuccessful record and was described as the "wilderness years". They were relegated in 1933–34, playing in the 1. Liga to the 1941 season. In 1940–41, they returned to the Nationalliga, where they stayed until their relegation in 1945–46. They were back in the Nationalliga A in 1947–48 and stayed in the top flight until relegated in 1956–57. They were promoted from the Nationalliga B to contest the 1958–59 Nationalliga A, finishing in third place.

1960–1981

This period was known as the " Golden Years" by the FCZ faithful. At this time, the club was run by the legendary President

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and had players such as

Köbi Kuhn Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn (12 October 1943 – 26 November 2019) was a Swiss football player and manager. During his playing career he played primarily for FC Zürich and won 63 caps for Switzerland, one of which was at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in Engl ...

, Fritz Künzli,

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, René Botteron, and many more. Zürich won seven championships in the years

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, 1966, 1968, 1974,

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and

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. They also won the

five times in 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, and in 1976. FCZ also had much success internationally in reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup 1963–64, before losing to

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and also reaching the semi-finals in the European Cup 1976–77, where they lost to

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1981–2005

Following the club's league title in 1981, the club went into a decline and in

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they were relegated to the Nationalliga B. Zürich returned to the top league in 1990. The club did make it to last 16 of the

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, but were beaten by

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. The club won the Swiss Cup in

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, beating

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in the final and also in

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beating Luzern.

2006–2016

On 13 May 2006, FCZ ended their 25 years effort to win Super League with a goal in the 93rd minute by

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against

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. The goal gave FCZ a 2 – 1 victory based on

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. They sustained the league title In 2006–07. In 2008 the local women's team FFC Zürich Seebach was combined with FC Zürich and would play under the name

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in the

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. FC Zürich Frauen is Swiss record champion. In the 2007–08 season, FCZ (men's team) finished in third place. In a 2008–09 season match, they edged pass

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to win the league title. In 2009, they made their debut play for the group-stage of the

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. In the 2010–11 season FCZ finished second. The following seasons they finished mostly in mid-table positions. FCZ won the Swiss Cup 2014 in extra time against FC Basel 2 to 0. In the 2015–16 season the club finished last, one point behind

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and was relegated to the Swiss Challenge League. Four days after the final game of the season FCZ won the Swiss Cup 2016 beating FC Lugano 1 to 0.

Recent years

In the 2016–17 season FC Zürich won the Challenge League ahead of

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and returned after one year to the

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. In the 2017–2018 season they finished 4th. On 27 May 2018 they won the

for the tenth time, beating BSC Young Boys 2:1. In the 2021–2022 season, FC Zürich won the Super League again after an interruption of 13 years. The club secured its 13th league title with a 2-0 away win over

, who finished second, on 1 May 2022 with five rounds to go. Despite this success, coach André Breitenreiter departed the club to join

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side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 24 May 2022. On 8 June 2022, former Austrian national coach

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was announced as the coach for the upcoming season. Despite being able to guide Zürich into the

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group stages, an abysmal start to the

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campaign saw the side gain only two points out of a possible twenty-four in their title defence. The dreadful league form, combined with a shock cup defeat to Challenge League side

on 18 September, proved the final straw and Foda was subsequently sacked on 21 September.

Honours

* Super League/Nationalliga A * Champions (13): 1901–02, 1923–24, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2021–22 * Challenge League/Nationalliga B: * Winner (4): 1940–41, 1946–47, 1957–58, 2016–17 *

*Winners (10): 1965–66, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18 * Swiss League Cup *Winners: 1980–81 * European Cup/UEFA Champions League *Semi-finalists: 1963–64, 1976–77

Rivalries

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, also from Zürich, and

are the main rivals of FCZ. Due to the intense rivalry, these matches are so-called high-risk fixtures, with an increased

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presence in and around the stadium.

Zürich

Since its inception, FCZ has always had a fiery relationship with neighbouring club Grasshopper over sporting supremacy in the city. To date, 251 official derbies have been held, with Grasshopper leading with 121 wins to FC Zurich's 90, leaving 39 draws. However, since the reformation of the

in 2003, FCZ has frequently gotten the better of their city rivals, winning 33 out of 68 games (GC won 20 and 15 draws).

Final vs. FC Basel, 13 May 2006

Before the last round of the 2005–06 Swiss Super League, Zürich were three points behind

in the league table. The last game of the season was contested by these two clubs vying for the league title at St. Jakob Park,

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. Alhassane Keita scored the match first goal, for Zürich. In the second half,

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equalised. FC Basel were seconds away from the title when in the 93rd minute, Florian Stahel passed the ball to

, who scored. Zürich's success at 2 – 1 was attributed to their superior

. Following the final whistle, Basel supporters stormed the pitch and attacked players on both teams.

Infrastructure

In 2010, the youth and women's teams of the club moved their homebase to the Heerenschürli sport park in the city quarter of

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where the academy and women's teams play also their home matches. In June 2022, the club moved with the opening of a newly built "House of FCZ" also their Super League team and offices there in order to have the whole organisation under one roof.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Reserve squad/Zürich U21

The Zürich II/U21 team plays in the Swiss Promotion League.

Notable former players

Players and managers admitted to the FC Zurich Hall of Fame * Jakob Kuhn * Walter Bosshard *

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* Adrian Winter * Rolf Wüthrich * Gian-Pietro Zappa * Hans-Peter Zwicker Players with

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appearances for their national teams * Borislav Mihaylov * Jan Berger *

Peter Møller Peter Møller Nielsen (born 23 March 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. In 2018 he became sporting director of Dansk Boldspil Union. He won fo ...

Jean-Marc Ferreri Jean-Marc Ferreri (born 26 December 1962) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who earned 37 caps and scored 3 goals for the France national football team, France national team. He played in the UEFA Euro 1984, where ...

Norbert Eder Norbert Alban Eder (7 November 1955 – 2 November 2019) was a German footballer who played mainly as a defender. In a 14-year professional career, he played in 433 games (33 goals) both major levels of German football combined (286/11 in th ...

Roberto Di Matteo Roberto Di Matteo (; born 29 May 1970) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. During his playing career as a midfielder, he played for Swiss clubs Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aarau before joining Lazio of Italy and Chels ...

* Kanga Akale *

* Rashidi Yekini *

Adrian Ilie Bucurel Adrian “The Cobra” Ilie (born 20 April 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented the Romania national team in one World Cup and two European Championships. Club career Ilie began h ...

* Aleksandr Kerzhakov *

Shaun Bartlett Shaun Bartlett (born 31 October 1972) is a South African professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of Cape Town Spurs F.C., Cape Town Spurs. During his playing career, h ...

Tomas Brolin Per Tomas Brolin (born 29 November 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a midfielder. At club level, he had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early 1990s, winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, ...

Roger Ljung Roger Ingemar Ljung (born 8 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a left back. He played for clubs in Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, and Germany during a career that spanned between 1983 and 1995. He won ...

Jonas Thern Jonas Magnus Thern (born 20 March 1967) is a Swedish football manager who manages Allsvenskan club IFK Värnamo. He is also a former professional player who played as a midfielder. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in 1985, he went on to ...

Conny Torstensson Jan Conny Torstensson (born 28 August 1949) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He represented Åtvidabergs FF, Bayern Munich, and FC Zürich during a career that spanned between 1967 and 1980. A f ...

Francileudo Santos Francileudo Silva dos Santos Lima ( ar, فرانسيلودو سيلفا دوس سانتوس ليما; born 20 March 1979) is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward. In club football, he had his greatest successes at Sochaux ...

Yassine Chikhaoui Yassine Chikhaoui ( ar, ياسين الشيخاوي; born 21 September 1986) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel. Club career Étoile du Sahel Chikhaoui became captain of ...

Mirsad Baljić Mirsad "Žvaka" Baljić (born 4 March 1962) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as an offensive left-back. He got his nickname ''Žvaka'' (chewing gum) for his constant use of chewing gum during matches. Club career Baljić m ...

Player record

''Players in bold are still part of the club.''

Managers

* József "Csiby" Winkler (1920–22) *

Johann Studnicka Johann "Jan" Studnicka (12 October 1883 – 18 October 1967) was an Austrian international footballer. He played for Wiener AC and on the Austria national team and managed several clubs. He was also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 ...

(1922–25) *

(1943–46) * Willy Iseli (1946–48) * Theodor Lohrmann (1948–53) * Joksch Fridl (1953–55) * Ossi Müller (1955–57) * Fernando Molina and Max Barras (1957–58) * Karl Rappan (1958–59) * Max Barras (1959–60) * Georg Wurzer (1960–62) *

(1962–66) *

László Kubala László Kubala ( sk, Ladislav Kubala, es, Ladislao Kubala, 10 June 1927 – 17 May 2002) was a Hungarian-Slovak professional footballer who also had Spanish citizenship. He played as a forward for Ferencváros, Slovan Bratislava, Barcelona, ...

(July 1966 – Feb 67) *

(Feb 1967 – July 67) *

Lev Mantula Lav Mantula (8 December 1928 – 1 December 2008) was a footballer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Club career He played club football in Yugoslavia with FK Sarajevo, Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb and in Switzerland with Ser ...

(1967–69) *

Georg Gawliczek Georg Gawliczek (2 February 1919 – 4 September 1999) was a German football manager and former player. References * 1919 births 1999 deaths People from Opava District German footballers Association football wingers MSV Dui ...

(1 July 1969 – 31 December 1970) * Juan Schwanner (November 1970 – July 71) *

Friedhelm Konietzka Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka (2 August 1938 – 12 March 2012) was a German professional association football, football player and manager who played as a striker (association football), striker. He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a suppose ...

(1971–78) *

Zlatko Čajkovski Zlatko "Čik" Čajkovski (24 November 1923 – 27 July 1998) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian football player and coach. His brother, Željko Čajkovski, was a footballer as well. Normally a defensive midfielder, Čajkovski was renowned for hi ...

(July 1978 – March 80) *

Albert Sing Albert Sing (7 April 1917 – 31 August 2008) was a German footballer and football manager. He played for 1. FC Eislingen, Stuttgarter Kickers, VfR Mannheim and TSG Ulm 1846 and capped twice for Germany Germany,, officially the Fe ...

and R. Martinelli (29 Feb 1980 – 30 June 1980) *

(1 July 1980 – March 83) * Heini Glättli (March 1983 – April 83) *

Max Merkel Max Merkel (7 December 1918 – 28 November 2006) was an Austrian footballer who played international football for both Germany and Austria as a defender. At club level, he played for Rapid Wien, Wiener SC, and Luftwaffen SV Markersdorf. Manag ...

(April 1983 – May 83) *

(May 1983 – July 83) * Hans Kodric (July 1983 – November 83) *

(November 1983 – July 84) * Vaclav Jezek (1984–86) * Hermann Stessl (1 July 1986 – 1 November 1987) *

(Sept 1987 – July 88) *

Hans Bongartz Hans ("Hannes") Bongartz (born 3 October 1951) is a German football coach and former player. Club career Bongartz was born in Bonn. He began his footballing career at SG Wattenscheid 09 and became a central midfielder to be reckoned with even ...

(1 July 1988 – 30 June 1989) * Walter Iselin (July 1989 – October 89) *

Herbert Neumann Herbert Neumann (born 14 November 1953) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Neumann was born in Cologne. He played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. ...

(October 1989 –1 October 1991) *

Kurt Jara Kurt Jara (born 14 October 1950) is an Austrian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Playing career Club career Born in Innsbruck, Jara started his professional career with local side FC Wacker Innsbruck before moving ...

(1 October 1991 – 1 April 1994) *

Bob Houghton Robert Douglas Houghton (born 30 October 1947) is an English football manager and former player. His career has spanned over 30 years and 10 countries. He is most famous for taking Swedish club Malmö FF to the 1979 European Cup Final, where th ...

(April 1994 – March 95) *

(March 1995 – 16 April 2000) *

Gilbert Gress Gilbert Gress (born 17 December 1941) is a French football coach and a former player. He was the mentor of Arsène Wenger. Club career Gress was born in Strasbourg. He began his professional football career in the city of his birth with R ...

(16 April 2000 – 30 June 2001) *

Georges Bregy Georges Bregy (born 17 January 1958, in Raron) is a retired Swiss football striker and midfielder. He was capped 54 times and scored 12 goals for the Swiss national team between 1984 and 1994. He played four games at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, a ...

(1 July 2001 – 27 March 2003) * Walter Grüter ''(interim)'' (27 March 2003 – 30 June 2003) *

(1 July 2003 – 30 June 2007) *

Bernard Challandes Bernard Challandes (born 26 July 1951) is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who last managed Kosovo. Coaching career Clubs Challandes became coach of Saint-Imier in 1978. Subsequently, he has been the coach of many other tea ...

(1 July 2007 – 19 April 2010) *

''(interim)'' (19 April 2010 – 30 June 2010) *

(1 July 2010 – 12 March 2012) * Harald Gämperle ''(interim)'' (13 March 2012 – 8 June 2012) *

Urs Meier Urs Meier (born January 22, 1959, in Zurich) is a retired Swiss football referee. He officiated at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, taking charge of the semi-final between South Korea and Germany in 2002. He also refereed the 2002 UEFA Champi ...

''(interim)'' (14 April 2012 – 24 May 2012) *

Rolf Fringer Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. ...

(1 July 2012 – 26 November 2012) *

''(interim)'' (26 November 2012 – 30 December 2012) *

(1 Jan 2013 – 3 August 2015) * Massimo Rizzo ''(interim)'' (3 August 2015 – 31 August 2015) *

Sami Hyypiä Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish football manager and former defender. Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa. He spent four years at the club, helping t ...

(31 August 2015 – 12 May 2016) * Uli Forte (13 May 2016 – 20 February 2018) *

(20 February 2018 – 5 October 2020) * Massimo Rizzo ''(interim)'' (5 October 2020 – 23 December 2020) * Massimo Rizzo (24 December 2020 – 30 June 2021) * André Breitenreiter (1 July 2021 – 24 May 2022) *

(9 June 2022 – 21 September 2022) * Genesio Colatrella ''(interim)'' (22 September 2022 – 10 October 2022) * Bo Henriksen (11 October 2022 – )

FC Zürich in European football

''As of 18 August 2022.''

References

External links

FC Zürich stats

Archive FC Zürich

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