FC Grenchen

FC Grenchen is a Swiss football club, based in Grenchen. They currently play in the 2. Liga, and play their matches at the Brühl Stadium.

FC Grenchen

Full name	Football Club de Grenchen
Founded	1906
Ground	Stadium Brühl Grenchen, Switzerland
Capacity	15,100 (2,100 seated)
Chairman	Rolf Bieri
League	2. Liga (SOFV)
2015/16	2. Liga interregional (Group 5), 14th, relegated
Website	http://www.fcg.ch/
Home colours Away colours

History

Chart of FC Grenchen table positions in the Swiss football league system

FC Grenchen was founded in 1906. In 1937 they gained promotion to the top league of Swiss football, Nationalliga A, in these inter-war years they came runners-up in this league three times, and runner up in the cup, but their biggest success came post-war coming second in the league one further time and winning the cup in 1959.

They were relegated from the top flight in 1986, and played in Nationalliga B until 1995 when they were relegated to the 1st Liga., where they currently play. They won the Swiss Cup in 1959.

After a poor season in 2014, the team replaced many of its players.^[1]

Stadium

Brühl Stadium is the biggest in the Canton of Solothurn. It comprises a space for 13,000 standing and a grandstand with 1,300 covered seats and 800 uncovered seats.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SUI Jeffrey Grosjean 25 GK  ITA Daniele Persichini 2 DF  FRA Diako Safari 3 DF  SUI Damir Dzombic 79 DF  SUI Adrian Rawyler 22 DF  SUI Waylon Grosjean 5 DF  SUI Marc Du Buisson 7 DF  BRA Raphael Ferreira 13 DF  CMR Vincent Ekoman 88 MF  BRA Leandro Moreira 9 MF  DOM Samuel Zayas 11 MF  BRA Luan Nascimento 20 MF  MAR Wassim Riahi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  SUI Dominique Sutter 22 MF  ARM Sergei Bagdasarian 29 MF  FRA Isaac Bamele 11 MF  ITA Luca Persichini 28 MF  MAR Mehdi Mimzil 14 MF  CMR Mathurin Ndo'Zé 15 MF  KOS Korab Januzai 23 MF  KOS Alban Mulaj 8 MF  MKD Kliment Nastoski 10 FW  BUL Maryan Andonov 16 FW  SUI Jari Egeschwyler 17 FW  SUI Syart Bala

Uhrencup

Main article: Uhrencup

The Uhrencup is a pre-season football tournament hosted annually by FC Grenchen since 1962 (with the exception of 1967 and 1974), and is the oldest such tournament in Switzerland. They have won this tournament six times.

Honours

• Nationalliga A
  • Runners-up (4) 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1958–59
• Schweizer Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1959
  • Runners-up (2): 1940, 1948, 1960

Former players

• See Category:FC Grenchen players