FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss

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club based in

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in the canton of

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. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the

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in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football in the country, but will play in the second tier

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in the 2022-23 after being relegated in the 2021-22 Swiss Super League Season. They play their home games at the 12,544-capacity Stade de la Tuilière. Previously Lausanne Sport had played at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, a 15,850 all-seater stadium used for the

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. They played in Swiss First Division between 1906 and 1931, 1932–2002, 2011-2014, 2016-2018 and 2020-2022. The team has won seven league titles and the

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nine times.

History

19th century

The club was founded in 1896 under the name of ''Montriond Lausanne''. However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians.

20th century

The club took the name Lausanne-Sports FC in 1920 after the football section merged with the Club Hygiénique de Lausanne, a physical education club. The end of the 1950s and the whole of the 1960s were among the club's finest times. LS won the Swiss Cup twice (1962 and 1964), lost an additional Swiss Cup final to

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by forfeit, won the Swiss championship (1965) and was runner-up four times (1961, 1962, 1963), as well as in 1969. The year 1965 was the year of the 7th and last Swiss championship title. It was probably the most successful, earning its protagonists the nickname of "Lords of the Night", a reference to some enchanting evenings. Since the advent of the floodlights in the new stadium, the matches have mainly taken place in the evenings which was at the time a unique feature.

21st century

After the 2001–02 season, Lausanne-Sports were relegated because the club did not obtain a first level license for the 2002–03 season. Following the 2002–03 season in the second division, Lausanne-Sports FC were again relegated due to bankruptcy. They were reformed as FC Lausanne-Sport for the 2003–04 season and had to begin play at the fourth tier. The team was promoted in consecutive seasons from the fourth division after the 2003–04 season and the third division after the 2004–05 season. After an additional six years in the second tier of Swiss football, the club was promoted to the

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for the 2011–12 season for a three season stay before being relegated in 2014. After two seasons in the second tier the team was promoted for a two season stay in the top division in 2016 and survived relegation in their first season before being relegated back to the second tier again in 2018. Now somewhat of a yo-yo club the team were promoted to the top tier again in 2020. Lausanne-Sport qualified for the

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after they reached the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified

. In the 2010–11 Europa League, while still playing in the second tier Challenge League, they performed a shock getting to the group stages beating favourites Lokomotiv Moscow on the way. Lausanne-Sport were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League at the end of the

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season. Two years later, they finished first in the

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, which promoted them back to the top tier of Swiss football for the 2016–17 season. On 13 November 2017, the club was acquired by

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, a Swiss-based British petrochemicals company owned by Jim Ratcliffe, the nation's wealthiest person. The first transfer under the new ownership was that of

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, son of

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. However, the season ended with relegation. Ratcliffe's brother Bob became club president in March 2019. The club won promotion back to the top flight as champions of the

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Honours

League

* Ligue Nationale A/Super League **Winners (7): 1912–13, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1943–44, 1950–51, 1964–65 **Runners-up (8): 1946–47, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1989–90, 1999–2000 * Ligue Nationale B/Challenge League **Winners (4): 1931–32,

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, 2015–16, 2019–20 *

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**Winners: 2004–05 *

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**Winners: 2003–04

Cups

**Winners (9): 1934–35, 1938–39, 1943–44, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1980–81, 1997–98, 1998–99 **Runners-up (8): 1936–37, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1966–67, 1983–84, 1999–2000, 2009–10 *

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**Runners-up: 1980–81

Players

Current squad

Other players under contact

Out on loan

Former players

Coaching staff

Former coaches

* Billy Hunter (1922–23) * Jimmy Hogan (1925) * Fred Spiksley (1928) *

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(1931–32) * Jimmy Hogan (1933–34) *

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(1934–35) *

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(1939) * Frank Séchehaye (1942–43) * Fritz Leonhardt and

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(1943–45) *

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(1945–50) *

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(1950–51) *

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(1951–53) * Joseph Schaefer (1953–54) *

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(1955–57) *

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(1957–60) *

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(1960–61) *

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(1962–64) *

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and

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(1964) *

(1964–65) *

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(1965–66) *

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(1966–67) *

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(1967–72) *

(1972–74) *

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(1974–76) *

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(1976–79) *

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(1979–82) *

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(1982–84) *

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(1984–87) *

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(1 August 1987 – 20 June 1993) *

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(1993–94) *

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(1 July 1994 – 30 June 1995) *

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(1 July 1995 – 30 September 1997) *

and

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(1998) *

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(1 July 2000 – 30 June 2001) *

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(2003–04) *

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(1 July 2005 – 24 May 2006) *

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(1 June 2006 – 21 November 2006) *

and P. Isabella ''(interim)'' (24 November 2006 – 11 December 2006) * Stéphane Hunziker and

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(17 February 2007 – 30 May 2007) *

(1 July 2007 – 17 December 2007) *

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(15 December 2007 – 30 June 2009) *

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(1 July 2008 – 30 June 2010) * Árpád Soós (19 March 2010 – 30 June 2010) *

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(22 October 2013 – 7 November 2013) *

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(8 November 2013 – 20 June 2014) * Francesco Gabriele (1 July 2014 – 9 October 2014) * Marco Simone (13 October 2014 – 24 March 2015) *

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(24 March 2015 – 2018) *

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(2018 - 9 June 2021) * Ilija Borenović (10 June 2021 - 4 February 2022)

Recent seasons

Recent season-by-season performance of the club: ;Key

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References

External links

Football department

Athletics department

Roller hockey department
(archived 2 April 2002)
Rowing department
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