FC Biel-Bienne

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FC Biel-Bienne 1896
FC Biel-Bienne coat of arms
Basic data
Surname Biel-Bienne football club 1896
Seat Biel / Bienne
founding November 13, 1896
Colours Red White
president Dietmar Faes
Website fcbiel-bienne.ch
First soccer team
Head coach Anthony Sirufo
Venue Tissot Arena
Places 5200
league 1st league (group 2)
2019/20 3rd place 1st league (group 2), season end
home
Away

The FC Biel-Bienne in 1896 , shortly FCB is a football club from the city of Biel / Bienne . According to the city arms, the club colors are red and white. Since 2015 the home games have been played in the Tissot Arena , which was newly built right next to the old ice rink of the EHC Biel-Bienne . The first team plays in the first division , the fourth-highest division in Switzerland. The greatest success was winning the championship in 1947 and taking part in the cup final in 1961.

history

Founder years

The club was founded on Friday, November 13th, 1896 and initially played in the "Chrutchueche" (Jardin Anglais). In 1898 the FC Concordia Bienne was integrated and in 1900 it joined the SFA (Swiss Football Association) and moved to the "Glacière" (later GM area). With FC Avenir de Bienne (1901), FC Central Bienne and FC Villa Bienne (both 1903) and FC Floria Biel (1907), four other clubs were merged to form what is now called the "United Football Club Biel". In 1911 it was given the current name FC Biel-Bienne, which was able to move to the Gurzelen stadium in 1912/13 .

1920/21 went down in the annals as the season of the "big team" with the three Hungarians Fodor, Todt and Deutsch, and in 1926/27 and 1929/30 the title of Champion Romand (1st of the western group) was achieved. Likewise, in 1929/30 the standing street opposite the grandstand was created and the next square was inaugurated in 1931/32.

History since the National League was founded in 1932

In 1946/47, FC Biel-Bienne became Swiss champions for the first and so far only time by one point ahead of Lausanne , and a year later it was enough for the runner-up title, one point behind Bellinzona . In 1950/51 the old wooden grandstand burned down after a careless spectator threw a cigarette butt into the sawdust store under the grandstand. In 1953 it was rebuilt.

The Zealanders then experienced a highlight under the former German national coach Jupp Derwall , when they became runner-up in 1960 as a newcomer (behind YB ) and a year later advanced to the Cup final (1-0 defeat against La Chaux-de-Fonds ). Often over 10,000 spectators attracted in the 1960s the matches for the Alpine Cup against top Italian teams such as Napoli (3: 1) and Inter Milan (3: 3). On April 23, 1966, the world's first two-mast floodlight system was installed by the Wiesbaden company Richard A. Ott, and on May 8, 1970 the south stand with 5000 covered standing and 500 seats was inaugurated. 1974/75 under the German player-coach Hans-Otto Peters the last promotion to the NLA and a year later the relegation by return of post.

After some financially difficult years (in 1978 the waiver of twelve creditors of 1,195 million francs saved the club from bankruptcy), in 1989 it was relegated from the national league to the first division and a year later even to the second division (at that time the fourth-highest League) are accepted. In 1990, a judicial estate saved FC Biel-Bienne from bankruptcy again. Under the later U17 world champion coach Dany Ryser , the team rose again in 1994 after two failed attempts in the first division and in 2008 under Dieter Münstermann after three unsuccessful attempts in the Challenge League (formerly NLB). Under the coaching duo Philippe Perret / Robert Lüthi, good midfield positions and in 2012/13 even a 4th place were achieved. This season had to be played because of alleged structural defects in the Gurzelen and the delay in the construction of the new stadium on the Neuchâtel “ Maladière ” before it was possible to return to the Gurzelen for the last seasons 2013–15 . At that time, the Bielers were able to particularly excel in the Cup, where the Super League teams Aarau (2009/10), Lucerne and Basel (2010/11) and Servette (2011/12) were eliminated and in 2011 after the Moving into the semi-finals against Sion (1: 2) was voted Swiss Cup Team of the Year.

The merits of the successful coaching duo received little recognition in the VR, so that this was replaced in 2013 by ex-GC, Lucerne, YB coach and national team assistant Hans-Peter «Bidu» Zaugg . In its second season, the table situation became more and more precarious, so that Zaugg was first replaced by Jean-Michel Aeby and then by Patrick framework . Nevertheless, FC Biel-Bienne would have been relegated at the end of the 2014/15 season if Servette had not been forcibly relegated to the green table.

Bankruptcy and forced relegation

In 2015 the move to the newly built Tissot Arena took place . In addition, with the Zurich lawyer Carlo Häfeli, a new majority shareholder took over the fortunes of FC Biel-Bienne as president. He turned the team upside down. 22 new players joined the team, 29 of which were retired. Soon wages could no longer be paid, empty promises about alleged investors and non-compliance with the guidelines of the football association finally led to the disciplinary commission of the Swiss Football League on April 27, 2016, the license to FC Biel-Bienne to participate in the game Challenge League withdrew immediately and canceled the results of the second half of the 2015/16 season. At the beginning of June, FC Biel-Bienne was declared bankrupt and the club was relegated to the second regional division.

Under the new president Dietmar Faes, the new coach Kurt Baumann and the returned sports director Arturo Albanese, two consecutive promotions in the 2nd interregional league and the 1st league were made in the following two years.

Since the National League was founded in 1931/32, FC Biel-Bienne played 37 years in the NLA (896 games, 287 games, 198 draws, 411 defeats, 1,404: 1,759 goals, 772 points), 29 years in the NLB / Challenge League, 6 Years in the 2nd division and 16 years in the 1st division.

Stages

Gurzelen

From 1913, FC Biel-Bienne played in the Gurzelen stadium, which is located in the Champagne district. At peak times, 15,000 spectators could watch the game on the natural grass. There is a covered grandstand on each of the long sides of the football field. The places at the front of the football field are not covered.

The last game was played on the Gurzelen in mid-2015, before the move to the new Tissot Arena .

Tissot Arena

Since 2015, FC Biel-Bienne has been playing in the Tissot Arena - a multifunctional sports arena with a football stadium, ice hockey stadium, a curling hall and use of jackets with a shopping center, restaurants, gym, cinema and bowling alleys.

The football stadium has a capacity of 5,200 spectators and offers the standing and seated spectators the most modern comfort and excellent infrastructure. In the stadium there are various buvettes and a sky lounge, which catered for VIPs and invites them to talk.

Highest viewership

date competition Stadion opponent result Number of spectators
11/15/1959 championship Gurzelen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich 5: 1 10,500
December 06, 1959 championship Gurzelen SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2-0 17,500
03/06/1960 championship Gurzelen SwitzerlandSwitzerland BSC Young Boys 3: 1 15,500
06/19/1960 Alpine Cup Gurzelen ItalyItaly SSC Naples 3: 1 10,500
11/13/1960 championship Gurzelen SwitzerlandSwitzerland BSC Young Boys 3: 1 12,000
04/03/1961 Cup semi-final Gurzelen SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Luzern 3: 1 13,000
10/21/1962 championship Gurzelen SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Lausanne Sports 1-0 10'200
06/23/1963 Alpine Cup Gurzelen ItalyItaly Inter Milan 3: 3 11,000
08/08/2015 championship Tissot Arena SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Wil 0-0 04,754
08/18/2018 Swiss Cup Tissot Arena SwitzerlandSwitzerland BSC Young Boys 2: 3 a.d. 05,098

successes

Eternal table

In the eternal table of the Super League from 1898, FC Biel-Bienne is currently 14th with 60 seasons, 1258 games, 426 wins, 246 draws and 586 defeats with a goal difference of 2094: 2577 goals and 1524 points.

1st team

Squad of the 2020/21 season

As of August 10, 2020. Players loaned to another club are not listed.

No. Nat. player In the team since Last club
goalkeeper
01 FranceFrance Nicolas Grivot 2019 FC Bulle
21st SwitzerlandSwitzerland Koray Tasbicen 2019 Neuchâtel Xamax Youth
99 SwitzerlandSwitzerland AlbaniaAlbania ItalyItaly Kenan Morina 2018 FC Azzurri Biel
defense
02 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bastien Vitali 2020 Vicques FC
03 SwitzerlandSwitzerland BrazilBrazil Raphael Ferreira 2016 FC Breitenrain
04th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Evan Stadelmann 2020 SR Delémont
08th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Adrien Rawyler 2016 Seattle Sounders
12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland TunisiaTunisia Abdallah Manai 2019 FC Colombier
14th FranceFrance AlgeriaAlgeria Karim Ghomrani 2019 FC Bassecourt
20th SwitzerlandSwitzerland LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Jens Hofer 2020 FC Vaduz
77 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ricardo Colamartino 2016 FC Lamboing
00 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jan Brechbühl 2018 FC Breitenrain
midfield
05 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Matthew Maeder 2016 Neuchâtel Xamax Youth
06th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SpainSpain Christian Mourelle 2016 SV Lyss
07th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Yvano Fleury 2019 CS Lecce
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Adrian Fleury 2018 BSC Old Boys
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SpainSpain Ismaël Santos 2020 Neuchâtel Xamax U21
18th CameroonCameroon Joël Agmagma 2019 FC Moutier
23 KosovoKosovo Alban Mulaj 2020 SR Delémont
24 SwitzerlandSwitzerland ItalyItaly Pietro Di Nardo 2020 Yverdon-Sport FC
46 FranceFrance Anthony De Freitas 2019 FC La Chaux-De-Fonds
striker
09 SwitzerlandSwitzerland ItalyItaly Mike Natoli 2020 FC Colombier
11 Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Elie Dindamba 2020 FC Schaffhausen
15th FranceFrance Brian Beyer 2019 FC Bassecourt
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland CroatiaCroatia Dragan Stjepanovic 2020 FC Moutier
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nathan Garcia 2019 FC Bassecourt
22nd SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nolan Nuzzolo 2016 Neuchâtel Xamax Youth

people

Outstanding players and coaches

Some players and coaches have shaped FC Biel-Bienne, helped write its history or have become known in the course of their careers. Including, for example

  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Georges Aeby (seasons 1928–33, 39 international matches, World Cup participant 1938)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Fässler (1933/34 & 1935/36 season, 33 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Willy Jäggi (1939–43 seasons, 21 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Willy von Känel (seasons 1930–34, 19 international matches, World Cup participant 1934)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roland Rossel (seasons 1933–48 & 1952–54, 2 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Ballaman (1944–50 seasons, 50 international matches, World Cup participant 1954)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland August "Gusti" Ibach (seasons 1940–51 & 1956–57, 1 international match)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Hasler (seasons 1942–48 & 1950–54, 6 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Jucker (1945–59 season, 6 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Peter Rösch (1948-52 season, 5 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Frédy Amez-Droz (1969–71 seasons, 1 international match)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fredy Kehrli (seasons 1954–58 & 1959–67)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Wolfisberg (1954/55 season, 1981–85 seasons and again in 1989 coach of the Swiss national team)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Bickel (1984/85 season, 52 international matches)
  • GermanyGermany Josef "Jupp" Derwall , (coach seasons 1959-61, later national coach BRD)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Eugène Parlier (seasons 1959–64, 21 internationals)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edgar Graf (1958-67, NLB top scorer 1958/59)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Werner Tschannen (player seasons 1964–71 & 1972–79)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gilbert Facchinetti (season 1960/61, later president and patron of Neuchâtel Xamax )
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hansjörg "Joko" Pfister (1969–72 seasons, 22 international matches)
  • SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martin Weber (1976–79 seasons, 30 international matches)
  • GermanyGermany Hans-Otto Peters (seasons 1967–71 & 1973–75, top scorer NLA 1968/69)
  • GermanyGermany Horst Szymaniak (1966/67 season, World Cup participant with Germany 1962)
  • GermanyGermany Klaus Vöhringer (seasons 1979-87)
  • SlovakiaSlovakia Anton Ondruš (seasons 1987–89, European champion 1976)
  • ArmeniaArmenia Harutjun Vardanyan (2006/07 season, 57 international matches with Armenia)

President

A chronological overview of all presidents of the association since it was founded.

Term of office president
1896-1898 Charles Dubois
1898-1902 unknown
1902-1904 Hans Schwarz
1904-1905 Leon Homberger
1905-1906 Henri Bessire
1906-1907 Leon Homberger
1907-1909 Louis Marchand
1909-1910 Fritz grief
1910-1911 Hans Schwarz
1911-1912 Dr. Adolf Lempen
1912-1913 Henri Jeanmaire
1913-1915 Fritz grief
1915-1916 Robert Schneider
1916-1917 Fritz grief
1917-1918 Karl Grünig
Ernst Schafroth
1918-1919 Marcel Perret
1919-1922 Walter Lehmann
Term of office president
1922-1924 Friedrich Moser
1924-1927 Dr. Adolf Lempen
1927-1929 Joseph Berberat
1929-1931 Werner Bögli
1931-1933 Dr. Adolf Lempen
1933-1934 Dr. Schürch
Werner Bögli
Dr. Zumbühl
1934-1936 Walter Wüthrich
1936-1937 Dr. Hans Schneider
1937-1945 Robert Grünig
1945-1953 Fritz Marthaler
1953-1958 Robert Grünig
1958-1966 Jean-Pierre Fuchs
1966-1967 Emilio Cappellaro
Angelo Gatti
Jean-Jacques Huguenin
1967-1972 Francis Urfer
1972-1988 Fritz Lanker
Term of office president
1978-1979 Marcel Lehmann
Willy Garo
Fritz Elmer
Edoardo Bai
Fredy Kehrli
1979-1981 Marcel Lehmann
1981-1983 Willy Garo
1983-1987 Werner Boesch
1987-1989 Roland Zaugg
1989-1989 Bruno Baggio (ad interim)
1989-1990 Richard Siggen
1990-2002 Michel Hirt
2002-2008 Jean-Marc Hofstetter
2008-2013 Jean-Pierre Senn
(Chairman of the Board of Directors of the AG)
2013-2014 Werner Koenitzer
2014-2015 Toni Sanktjohanser
2015-2016 Carlo Häfeli
Since 2016 Dietmar Faes

Trainer

A chronological overview of all the club's coaches since 1929.

Term of office Trainer
1929-1930 Walter Lehmann
1932-1933 Leo Weisz
1934-1936 Hans Geiser
1936-1937 Pepi Uridill
1938-1939 Raymond Keller
1939-1940 Leo Weisz
1942-1943 Max Scheller
1943-1946 William Baumgartner
1946-1948 Gerhard "Hardy" Walther
1948-1949 Karl Adamek
1949-1950 Vlastimil Borecki
1950-1951 Wilhelm Radi
1951-1952 Armin Scheurer
1952-1954 Leo Weisz
1954-1954 Hans Wiedmer
1954-1957 Hans Rüegsegger
1957-1958 Hans Flühmann
1957-1958 Georges Hanke
1957-1958 Charles Nicolas
1958-1959 Willy Hahnemann
1959-1961 Josef "Jupp" Derwall
1961–1962 Willy Hahnemann
1961–1962 Josef Artimovics
Term of office Trainer
1961-1963 Walter Presch
1963-1964 Hans Neuschäfer
1963-1964 Francis Urfer
1964-1965 Paul Heini
1964-1965 Josef Artimovits
1964-1965 Francis Urfer
1964-1965 Branko Vidjak
1965-1967 Georges Sobotka
1967-1970 Hans-Otto Peters
1970-1971 Paul Osswald
1971-1973 Henri Skiba
1973-1975 Hans-Otto Peters
1975-1976 Peter Blusch
1975-1976 Branko Vidjak
1976-1979 Edoardo Bai
1979-1980 Antonio Merlo
1980-1981 Hans Wiedmer
1980-1981 Jean-Pierre Fleury
1981-1983 Richard Egli
1983-1984 Jean-Pierre Fleury
1984-1986 Hansruedi Hasler
1986-1989 Roland Weidle
1988-1989 Alexander Mandziara
Term of office Trainer
1989-1990 Werner Killmaier
1989-1990 Bernd Heider
1990-1996 Dany Ryser
1996-1997 Kurt Feuz
1997-2000 Arturo Albanese
2000-2001 Daniel Monney
2001-2005 Kurt Baumann
2005-2006 Kurt Baumann
2005-2006 Andy Egli
2006-2008 Dieter Münstermann
2008-2013 Philippe Perret / Robert Lüthi
2013-2014 Hanspeter "Bidu" Zaugg
2014-2015 Hanspeter "Bidu" Zaugg
2014-2015 Jean-Michel Aeby
2014-2015 Patrick frame
2014-2015 Marco Walker
2015-2016 Patrick frame
2015-2016 Petar Aleksandrov
2015-2016 Zlatko Petricevic
2015-2016 Petar Aleksandrov
2016-2019 Kurt Baumann
Since 2019 Anthony Sirufo

League affiliation

Since the National League was founded, FC Biel-Bienne has played in the following leagues.

Years league
1933-1952 NLA
1952-1953 NLB
1953-1954 NLA
1954-1957 NLB
1957-1958 NLA
1958-1959 NLB
1959-1972 NLA
1972-1975 NLB
1975-1976 NLA
1976-1989 NLB
1989-1990 1st League
1990-1994 2nd league
1994-2008 1st League
2008-2016 Challenge League / Ex-NLB
2016-2017 2nd regional league
2017-2018 2nd interregional league
2018-0000 1st League

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Peter Renatus: 100 Years of FC Biel-Bienne , 1996
  2. Beat Moning: "I can no longer take responsibility. In: Bieler Tagblatt. Retrieved on April 18, 2019 .
  3. ^ SFL: Disciplinary Commission revokes FC Biel's license
  4. Now it's official: the old FC Biel is history! Retrieved April 18, 2019 .