Etoile Carouge
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| Surname | Étoile Carouge FC | ||
| Seat | Carouge , Switzerland | ||
| founding | 1904 | ||
| president | Pierre-Alain Brodard | ||
| Website | ecfc.ch | ||
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| Head coach | Thierry Cotting | ||
| Venue | Stade de la Fontenette | ||
| Places | 7200 | ||
| league | Promotion League | ||
| 2018/19 | Champion (1st division, promotion) | ||
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The Étoile Carouge FC , commonly known in German-speaking countries as Étoile Carouge , is a Swiss football club from Carouge near Geneva . Étoile Carouge was created in 1904 from the merger of the clubs Étoile Sportive and FC Carouge .
The club played a total of 12 seasons in the top division of Switzerland, the last time in the 1997/98 season. For the 2011/12 season, he was promoted to the Challenge League , but this was followed by direct relegation to the newly installed 1st League Promotion . In the 2015/16 season , Étoile Carouge rose to the first division. They rose again for the 2019/2020 season.
Known players
- Frank Séchehaye , Swiss football player, played for Club Français Paris , Servette FC Genève and Lausanne-Sports .
- Tadjou Salou , former captain of the Togolese national football team
- Pierre-Albert Chapuisat , former Swiss football player ( As coach at Carouge )
- Robert Langers , former Luxembourg international
- Roger Stilz , Swiss football player, played a. a. at FC Baden , SC Kriens , FC Vaduz and currently assistant coach at Hamburger SV .
- Philippe Vercruysse , a former French soccer player, took part with France in the 1986 World Cup. Played u. a. for RC Lens , Olympique Marseille , FC Metz , FC Sion and Girondins Bordeaux .
- Johan Djourou , Swiss football player, played a. a. at Arsenal FC and Hamburger SV .
- Geoffrey Tréand , French soccer player, played for Servette FC Genève , FC St. Gallen and Neuchâtel Xamax .
- Claude Ryf , former Swiss international