Vevey-Sports

Vevey-Sports, formerly FC Vevey United, is a Swiss football club based in Vevey, Vaud canton. The club currently play in Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football.

Vevey-Sports

Full name	Vevey-Sports
Founded	1898; 127 years ago (1898) as Vevey Sports 2005; 20 years ago (2005) as FC Vevey Sports 05 27 April 2018; 7 years ago (27 April 2018) as FC Vevey United 14 September 2021; 3 years ago (14 September 2021) as Vevey-Sports
Ground	Stade de Copet, Vevey, Switzerland
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	William von Stockalper
Manager	Jean-Philippe Lebeau
League	Promotion League
2024–25	8th of 18
Website	veveysports.ch
Home colours Away colours

History

Vevey Sports

The club was founded in 1905 as Vevey Sports. They had 7 seasons in the Swiss Super League:^[1] 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87. They lost a promotion-relegation playoff against FC Lugano in 1987.^[2] They were relegated again, to the third tier of Swiss football, in 1988.

FC Vevey Sports 05

In 2005 the club was declared bankrupt and dissolved, then refounded as FC Vevey Sports 05.

FC Vevey United

On 27 April 2018, the club was merged with Azzurri Riviera and renamed FC Vevey United.^[3]

As of 2019, Vevey play in 1. Liga Classic, the 4th tier of Swiss football league system.

Vevey-Sports

In 2021, the club takes the name Vevey-Sports. The name is validated during the general meeting on 14 September 2021.

In 2023–24, Vevey-Sports secure promotion to Swiss Promotion League for the first time in history from 2024–25 season after defeat FC Schötz 2-1 aggregate 4-3 in play-off matches.

Chart of FC Vevey-Sports table positions in the Swiss football league system

Former managers

• Miroslav Blažević (1968–1971)
• Peter Rösch (1971–1972)
• Antoine Cuissard (1972–October 1974)
• Georges Hanke (1974–1976)
• Paul Garbani (1978–1985)
• Gérard Castella (1985–1986)
• Guy Mathez (1986–1987)
• Alfons Edenhofer (1987–1988)
• Adrian Ursea (2000–2001)
• Didier Tholot (2002–2003)
• Hugo Raczynski (2013-2015)
• Hervé Bochud (2015–April 2017)
• Julien Schürmann (April 2017–June 2017)
• Jean-Philippe Karlen (2017–2019)
• Christophe Caschili (2019–2022)
• Amar Boumilat (2022–2023)
• Jean-Philippe Lebeau (2024–present)

Current squad

As of 5 September 2024. 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  FRA Nicolas Grivot 3 DF  SUI Miguel Rodrigues 4 DF  SUI Baba Souare 5 DF  BIH Elvir Muminovic 7 MF  SUI Hajdar Munishi (on loan from Étoile Carouge) 8 FW  FRA Joris Correa 9 FW  SUI Allan Eleouet (on loan from Étoile Carouge) 11 MF  FRA Quentin Fouley 13 MF  SUI Edon Beqiri 14 DF  TOG Basile Ogouvide 15 DF  SUI David Galeano 17 DF  MLI Tiécoro Keita 18 MF  ESP José Aguilar 19 FW  SUI Darian Yana

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  SUI Luca Jaquenoud 22 DF  SUI Tristan Diaz 23 DF  FRA Julien Mégier 28 GK  SUI Matteo Pizza 29 MF  FRA Lucas Marin 31 GK  SUI Michel Fohouo 32 DF  SRB Filip Zuvic 33 DF  SUI Samuel Baumann 34 MF  ANG Jonas Mayingi 71 DF  FRA Marvin Louisius 77 DF  SUI Rolling Iyeti 83 FW  FRA Slimane Alaoui 88 DF  SUI Seydina Doumbia 99 FW  FRA Allan Khiari