FC Grenchen
| FC Grenchen | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Football Club Grenchen 15 | ||
| Seat | Grenchen , Switzerland | ||
| founding | July 2, 1906 | ||
| president | Marcel Bolliger | ||
| Website | fcg.ch | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Mirko Recchiuti | ||
| Venue | Brühl Stadium | ||
| Places | 15,100 | ||
| league | 2nd interregional league | ||
| 2018/19 | 3rd of the 2nd regional league | ||
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The FC Grenchen (FCG) is a football club from the city of Grenchen in the canton of Solothurn . The club was founded in 1906 and currently plays in the 2nd interregional league , the fifth highest Swiss division.
history
FC Grenchen was founded in 1906 and has long been the most successful team in the region. 1937 succeeded the FCG promotion to the National League A . Until 1995 the watchmakers (Grenchen is known for its watchmaking trade) always belonged to the two highest divisions. In the summer of 2015, FC Grenchen merged with FC Wacker Grenchen. The merged club is therefore now called FC Grenchen 15.
The FCG had the greatest sporting successes in the post-war years, whereby the cup victory in 1959 (coach: Franz Linken ) and the runner-up title in 1964 were the highlights in the club's history.
Since the forced relegation from National League B in 1995, FC Grenchen has played in the first division. After the two sporting relegations in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, he played 2nd regional league. In 2018/19, FC Grenchen rose to the second division subregional.
Well-known players and coaches
Known players
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Erwin Ballabio (193? –1936) youth, (1936–1956) player, is the most famous player at FC Grenchen. -
Fritz Sidler (1950–1963), Swiss Cup winner with the FCG 1959.
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Karl Decker (1956–1958), promotion and relegation as player-coach -
Otto Pfister (1960–1961) stormed for FCG in the 1960/61 season. As a trainer, he became famous as a "globetrotter". -
Klaus Stürmer (1967–1969), German national player, ex-Hamburger SV
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Stephan Beckenbauer (1991–1992), son of Franz Beckenbauer
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Włodzimierz Ciołek (1987–1990), World Cup third
Well-known trainers
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Franz Linken (1958–1965), as a coach, among other things, cup winner with the club in 1959.
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Zlatko "Czik" Čajkovski (1980), former world class player, champion with Cologne, led Bavaria to the top in the 1960s -
Hubert Kostka (1989-1993)
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Stadion
FC Grenchen is based in the Brühl stadium, the largest stadium in the canton. This has 1,300 covered seats, 800 uncovered seats and 13,000 standing places and thus a capacity of 15,100 seats.
Watch cup
FC Grenchen has held the watch cup during the summer break since 1962 . This makes the watch cup the oldest preparatory tournament in Switzerland and can regularly offer an attractive field of participants. Most recently, Celtic Glasgow , FC Schalke 04 , Bayer 04 Leverkusen , 1. FC Köln , Trabzonspor , FC Liverpool , SV Werder Bremen , Borussia Dortmund , FC Twente Enschede , Deportivo La Coruña , VfB Stuttgart and Hertha played BSC in the watch cup.
The host was able to win the tournament 7 times - in 1962, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999. The record winner is FC Basel with 13 tournament victories.
successes
- 1 × Swiss Cup winner : 1959
- 5 × Swiss runners-up: 1939 , 1940 , 1942 , 1959 , 1964
- 3 × Swiss Cup finalists: 1940, 1948, 1960
- 7 × watch cup winners: 1962, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999
Eternal table
FC Grenchen is currently 16th in the all-time Super League table .
League affiliation
- 1924–1931: National League A
- 1937–1951: National League A
- 1951–1952: National League B
- 1952–1956: National League A
- 1956–1957: National League B
- 1957–1968: National League A
- 1968–1971: National League B
- 1971–1973: National League A
- 1973–1985: National League B
- 1985–1986: National League A
- 1986–1995: National League B
- 1995-2015: 1st division
- 2015–2016: 2nd interregional league
- 2016–2019: 2nd regional division
- 2019 –......: 2nd interregional league
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coupe Horlogère - Uhren Cup (Switzerland) . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010.