SC Kriens is a
football
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club based in
Kriens
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.
History
In the oldest documents of the Benedic ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, who currently play in the
Swiss Challenge League. They currently play at the
Stadion Kleinfeld and form a local rivalry with
FC Lucerne
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.
SC Kriens women's team plays in the
Nationalliga A since 2008.
History
![Kriens Performance Graph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Kriens_Performance_Graph.png)
The first club to be formed in Kriens was created in 1920 as ''Fussball Club Kriens'', albeit folding in 1926, and succeeded by ''Rasensportclub Kriens'' between 1931 and 1939. The team as it exists today was founded on 14 June 1944. They initially played in
Lucerne
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, before being granted a meadow at a site now named Kleinfeld in 1949, where they have played since.
Their first years were unremarkable, but support from the
local municipality, a new stadium, and the introduction of several junior teams helped them to promotion to the 2. Liga in 1958. By 1975 the team challenged for promotion to the
Nationalliga B under
Paul Wolfisberg , who later managed FC Lucerne and the
Swiss national team, before succeeding a year later in the 1975–76 season. As Wolfisberg left the team in 1978 and the core of homegrown players began to age, they fought against relegation, which became reality in 1981. They spent another single season in the second division in 1986–87, before achieving a more successful stint in 1990 that eventually led to two spells in the
Nationalliga A in the 1993–94 and 1997–98 seasons. The team nearly achieved promotion on multiple occasions, albeit without success, under the leadership of managers such as
Kudi Müller and
Jürgen Seeberger
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Coaching career
Seeberger was born in Konstanz. He started his managerial career at FC Schaffhausen in Swit ...
.
However, they failed to make the cut after the second division was restructured from 16 to 10 teams in 2012 and spent several years in lower divisions until 2018.
Stadium
SC Kriens play at the Stadion Kleinfeld, which hosts a capacity of 5,370.
It was originally known as the ''Waisenhausmatte,'' which was first opened on 7 August 1949. It received its first floodlights in 1950, and by 1958, the stadium reopened under its current name with an expanded seating of 700. In 1969, two further pitches and the current main stand were added.
Current squad
Out on loan
Famous players
References
External links
Official website
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Kriens
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.
History
In the oldest documents of the Benedic ...
Association football clubs established in 1944
1944 establishments in Switzerland
Kleinfeld
Buildings and structures in the canton of Lucerne