FC St. Gallen

Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879, commonly known as St. Gallen, is a Swiss professional football club based in the city of St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen. It is the oldest football club in continental Europe^[1] after Kjøbenhavns Boldklub. The team competes in the Swiss Super League, the top tier of Swiss football.

St. Gallen

Full name	Fussballclub St. Gallen 1879
Nickname(s)	Espen
Founded	19 April 1879; 146 years ago (1879-04-19)
Ground	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
Capacity	19,694
President	Matthias Hüppi
Head coach	Enrico Maaßen
League	Swiss Super League
2024–25	8th of 12
Website	www.fcsg.ch
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Chart of FC St. Gallen table positions in the Swiss football league system

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 1903–04 and 1999–2000 seasons, the team has mostly been a mid-table side. St. Gallen were relegated to the second-tier Challenge League twice, at the end of the 2007–08 and the 2010–11 seasons. Since their promotion back to the Swiss Super League, they have remained in the top division for the past twelve years, establishing themselves again as a midtable club. In the 2019–20 season, the club finished as runners-up. Despite being based in a relatively small city, St. Gallen are known for their excellent support at both home and away games. In 2016, FC St. Gallen, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Switzerland.^[2]

Stadium

FC St. Gallen play their home games at the Kybunpark. The stadium has a capacity of 19,694 and it is on the west side of town. The stadium replaced the former Espenmoos in the east.

Honours

Domestic

League

• Swiss Super League
  • Winners: 1903–04, 1999–2000
  • Runners-up: 2019–20
• Swiss Challenge League
  • Winners: 1970–71, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 1967–68

Cup

• Swiss Cup
  • Winners: 1968–69
  • Runners-up: 1944–45, 1976–77, 1997–98, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Swiss League Cup
  • Winners: 1977–78
  • Runners-up: 1981–82

Others

• Anglo Cup
  • Runners-up: 1910

European record

Overall record

Accurate as of 1 January 2025

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
European Cup / Champions League	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	25	8	4	13	28	42	−14	032.00
UEFA Conference League	12	4	4	4	20	23	−3	033.33
UEFA Intertoto Cup	10	6	1	3	24	10	+14	060.00
Total	47	18	9	20	67	67	+0	038.30

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

St. Gallen 2013

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1969–70	European Cup Winners' Cup	First round	BK Frem	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Second round	Levski Sofia	0–0	0–4	0–4
1983–84	UEFA Cup	First round	Radnički Niš	1–2	0–3	1–5
1985–86	UEFA Cup	First round	Inter Milan	0–0	1–5	1–5
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Viljandi JK Tulevik	3–2	6–1	9–3
		Second round	Austria Salzburg	1–0	1–3	2–3
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Galatasaray	1–2	2–2	3–4
	UEFA Cup	First round	Chelsea	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second round	Club Brugge	1–1	1–2	2–3
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Pelister	2–3	2–0	4–3
		First round	Steaua București	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Second round	Freiburg	1–4	1–0	2–4
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	B68 Toftir	5–1	6–0	11–1
		Second round	Willem II	1–1 (aet)	0–1	1–2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round	Dacia Chişinău	0–1 (aet)	1–0	1–1 (0–3p)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Play-off	Spartak Moscow	1–1	4–2	5–3
		Group A	Valencia	2–3	1–5	4th place
			Swansea City	1–0	0–1
			Kuban Krasnodar	2–0	0–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Sarpsborg 08	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	AEK Athens	0–1	—	0–1
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round	FC Tobol	4–1	1–0	5–1
		Third qualifying round	Śląsk Wrocław	2–0	2–3	4–3
		Play-off	Trabzonspor	0–0	1–1 (aet)	1–1 (5–4p)
		League phase	Fiorentina	2-4	—		29th place
			1. FC Heidenheim	—	1-1
			Vitória de Guimarães	1-4	—
			Cercle Brugge	—	2-6
			TSC	2-2	—
			Larne	—	2–1

Players

Current squad

As of 30 July, 2025^[3]

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  GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi 2 DF  CMR Noah Yannick 4 DF  CRO Jozo Stanić 5 DF  GHA Stephan Ambrosius 6 MF  KOS Behar Neziri 7 MF  SUI Christian Witzig 8 MF  ESP Jordi Quintillà 9 FW  FRA Willem Geubbels 10 MF  GER Lukas Daschner 11 MF  GER Carlo Boukhalfa 14 FW  GUI Aliou Baldé 16 MF  GER Lukas Görtler (captain) 17 FW  KOS Shkelqim Vladi (on loan from Lugano) 18 FW  SUI Alessandro Vogt

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  AUT Albert Vallçi 23 MF  KOS Betim Fazliji 24 MF  SUI Bastien Toma 25 GK  GER Lukas Watkowiak 26 DF  GER Tom Gaal 28 DF  FRA Hugo Vandermersch 36 DF  GER Chima Okoroji 47 FW  ITA Enoch Owusu 60 GK  SUI Janis Widmer 63 MF  SUI Corsin Konietzke 64 MF  SRB Mihailo Stevanović 71 DF  SUI Pascal Büttiker 77 MF  HUN Kevin Csoboth

Out on loan

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 — GK  SUI Gentrit Muslija (at Wil until 30 June 2025) — MF  SUI Jason Parente (at Wil until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SUI Lindon Ibishi (at Linth 04 until 31 December 2024) — FW  SWE Nikolaj Möller (at Strømsgodset until 30 June 2025)

Retired numbers

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 17 DF  SUI Marc Zellweger (1994–2001, 2003–2010)

Club officials

As of 30 November 2024

Position	Staff
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Member	Peter Germann
Sporting director	Alain Sutter
First-team manager	Enrico Maaßen
First-Team Assistant Manager	Jakob von Horst
First-Team Coach	Wolfgang Reichert
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach	Dietmar Haun
Fitness Coach	Klaus Daumann
Athletic Coach	Markus Frieden
Chief scout	Steffen Wörler
Masseur	Marc Heidegger
Academy Goalkeeping Co-ordinator	Bastian Kempf
Team manager	Marcel Schulz Felix Unterhagger

Coaches

• Jack Reynolds (1912–14)
• William Townley (1920)
• Leopold Grundwald (1922)
• William Townley (1923–25)
• Jimmy Townley (1945–49)
• Robert Kelly (1949–51)
• Fritz Kerr (1952–54)
• Otto Pfister (1963–66)
• Virgil Popescu (1966–67)
• René Brodmann (1967–68)
• Albert Sing (1968–70)
• Željko Perušić (1970–74)
• Helmuth Johannsen (1 July 1981 – 30 June 1985)
• Werner Olk (1985–86)
• Uwe Klimaschefski (1 July 1986 – 1 March 1987)
• Kurt Jara (1 July 1988 – 1 October 1991)
• Uwe Rapolder (1 July 1993 – 10 April 1996)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (11 April 1996 – 25 April 1996)
• Roger Hegi (26 April 1996 – 31 December 1998)
• Marcel Koller (1 Jan 1999 – 31 December 2001)
• Gérard Castella (20 Feb 2002 – 15 September 2002)
• Thomas Staub (interim) (20 Sep 2002 – 9 December 2002)
• Heinz Peischl (1 March 2003 – 8 April 2005)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (29 April 2004 – 30 May 2005)
• René Weiler (interim) (13 April 2005 – 29 April 2005)
• Ralf Loose (1 July 2005 – 10 April 2006)
• Werner Zünd (interim) (10 April 2006 – 12 April 2006)
• Rolf Fringer (12 April 2006 – 8 October 2007)
• Krassimir Balakov (29 Oct 2007 – 30 June 2008)
• Uli Forte (1 July 2008 – 1 March 2011)
• Giorgio Contini / Roger Zürcher (interim) (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011)
• Jeff Saibene (7 March 2011 –2015)
• Josef Zinnbauer (16 September 2015 – 4 May 2017)
• Giorgio Contini (4 May 2017 – 1 April 2018)
• Peter Zeidler (18 June 2018–)

Former players

• Paul Friberg