FC Sion

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FC Sion
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Basic data
Surname Football Club de Sion
Seat Sion , Valais
founding 1909
president Christian Constantin
Website fc-sion.ch
First soccer team
Head coach Fabio Grosso
Venue Tourbillon Stadium
Places 14,283
league Super League
2018/19 8th rank
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The FC Sion is a Swiss football club from Sion in canton Valais . Analogous to the German city name, the name FC Sitten is also common. He is two-time Swiss champion ( 1992 and 1997 ) and thirteen-time cup winner . The club was founded in 1909 and plays in the Stade de Tourbillon .

Club history

Early period (1909–1960)

FC Sion was founded in 1909 by captain Robert Gilliard. On April 23, 1914, FC Sion took part in the championship for the first time and won against FC Monthey 3-2. On September 19, 1925, the club played for the first time against an opponent from the National League A , he lost 1: 3 to FC Montreux .

In 1932, Sion was promoted to the second division, the fourth division, and stayed there until 1952 with an interlude in the first division from 1944 to 1946. After the Sion team had been promoted to the first division in 1952, they rose in 1957 for the first time in the National League on. Three years later, he was promoted to the top division, the National League A.

First major successes (1960-2000)

In 1965 FC Sion celebrated its first cup victory after beating Servette FC 2-1 . The Stade de Tourbillon was inaugurated on August 11, 1968 . Only a year later , FC Sion was relegated to the NLB, but was promoted again a year later . The next cup victories for FC Sion were in 1974 with a 3-2 win against Neuchâtel Xamax , in 1980 with a 2-1 against the Young Boys, in 1982 with a 1-0 against FC Basel , in 1986 against Servette with 3-1 and again against in 1991 the Young Boys with 3: 2.

The six cup victories were followed by the first championship title in 1992 . From 1995 to 1997 , the Sion team won the Swiss Cup three times in a row, with the 1997 double. In 1999 FC Sion had to relegate to the NLB for a year.

Financial problems, forced relegation and renewed cup success (2000-2006)

In 2003, for financial reasons, FC Sion was relegated from the Super League (former National League A) to the first division by the Swiss Football League (former National League ) . The transfer policy of Christian Constantin , who is still one of the most colorful and controversial figures in Swiss football, was largely responsible for the financial decline . After Constantin replaced Gilbert Kadji as club president during the summer break and took over the presidency again, he fought in court for participation in the championship of the Challenge League (former National League B). He won the process against the Swiss Football League, and the second highest Swiss league had to be increased by one club to 17. FC Sion started the 2003/04 championship around three months late .

In 2006 , FC Sion achieved their tenth cup win in the tenth cup final against NLA representative Young Boys. It was also the first cup win of a subclassified club. In the same year , FC Sion was promoted to the top division again after five years. They defeated Xamax in the Barrage Neuchâtel with a 3-0 win in the second leg. The first leg in Sion had ended 0-0.

Phase of frequent coach changes (2006–2009)

President Constantin announced on May 28, 2006 that Sion's new coach for the 2006/07 season would be Néstor Clausen . As a player, Clausen was 1986 world champion with Argentina. He played for FC Sion from 1989 to 1994 and was instrumental in it when Sion won the Cup final in 1991 and the team became Swiss champions for the first time in 1992. After only four months in office, the Argentine resigned as coach of FC Sion. He announced his resignation during the half-time break of the Cup 1/16 final against La Chaux-de-Fonds , on the grounds that he would not let the president dictate the line-up and tactics. The game ended 3-1 for FC Sion.

On October 6, 2006 Constantin announced that Marco Schällibaum will succeed Clausen as coach. However, his assignment at Sion was also brief: Schällibaum was released on November 21, and his successor was Pierre-Albert Chapuisat . Sion wintered in second place. Chapuisat - the third coach this season - has been sacked after two defeats since the start of the game in the new year. He was Sion's 21st coach in eleven years. His successor, Alberto Bigon, had already coached FC Sion in 1996/97. At that time he was dismissed by Christian Constantin after the double.

Under Alberto Bigon, FC Sion finished third in the championship and qualified for the UEFA Cup . The following season, Bigon failed to meet the president's expectations and was fired on December 13, 2007.

President Constantin announced on December 17, 2007 that Charly Roessli would take over as coach of FC Sion. Roessli had already worked as the technical director of the training center at FC Sion between 1995 and 1998, and in spring 2003 he worked as a trainer for the Valais club. The former international Blaise Piffaretti, who replaced Frédéric Chassot , was appointed as the new assistant coach . He switched back to the marketing department of FC Sion.

On March 25, 2008, the coaching team Maurizio Jacobacci and Charly Roessli was withdrawn from the management of the 1st team. The reason given by the president was disagreement between the two coaches. Alberto Bigon, who was dismissed as a coach in December, took over the coaching position of FC Sion with immediate effect. Frédéric Chassot took over the position of assistant coach again.

In summer 2008 Uli Stielike was presented as a trainer. He got a three-year contract, but was released on November 3, 2008. President Christian Constantin announced that he would take over the sporting management himself until the winter break. However, since Constantin did not have the necessary coaching diplomas, he had to announce a new coach by November 26th. Constantin reacted by saying that Stielike was never officially discharged and was only on sick leave. At the beginning of the second half of the season, the coaching duo, consisting of Christian Zermatten and Umberto Barberis , was hired. In April this was replaced by Didier Tholot , who was there as a trainer in 2003. Under Tholot, FC Sion won the cup for the 11th time on May 20, 2009 (3-2 against YB).

Transfer ban and its consequences (2009-today)

Fifa imposed a one-year transfer ban on FC Sion in early June 2009. The club management violated the ban rigorously and signed several players. President Christian Constantin took the position that the ban affected the amateur section of the club. The professional department is operated by the AG “Olympique des Alpes”. In the 2011/12 season , FC Sion started in the play-off (the last qualifying round) of the UEFA Europa League and beat Celtic Glasgow (A 0: 0 / H 3: 1). Due to the use of players who were not eligible to play due to the transfer ban, both matches were rated 0: 3 against Sion. On September 13, UEFA declined to appeal the decision. Meanwhile, had FIFA the Swiss Football Association threatened exclusion from FIFA, the dispute over the FC Sion until January 14, 2012 should not be clarified. This would also have had an impact on FC Basel , which was playing in the Champions League at the time. On December 30th, FC Sion was punished by the Swiss Football Association with a point deduction of 36 points. So at the end of 2011 , FC Sion was at the bottom of the table with five minus points instead of third. Since the league competitor Neuchâtel Xamax was withdrawn with immediate effect on January 18, 2012, the FC Sion came to the penultimate place, the relegation place , which was occupied with 17 plus points at the end of the season. At the end of May 2012, the club prevailed against FC Aarau , the runners-up in the second division, in the Barrage games (H 3: 0 / A 0: 1) and were thus able to secure relegation.

On May 27, 2016, the Swiss Football League (SFL) opened disciplinary proceedings against FC Sion, which concerned that in the game of the 35th round between FC Sion and FC Zurich (2: 2) on the scoreboard an incorrect interim result from the parallel game between FC Vaduz and FC Lugano (0-0) was displayed.

Due to the corona pandemic , nine players were fired in March 2020 because, according to the club, they did not want to go into short-time work . At the beginning of April, owner Constantin withdrew three terminations.

Sion and the Swiss Cup (cup)

FC Sion holds two cup records in Switzerland : it won its first thirteen finals ( 1965 , 1974 , 1980 , 1982 , 1986 , 1991 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 2006 , 2009 , 2011 , 2015 ). It was not until his 14th participation in a cup final that he had to admit defeat to FC Basel on May 25, 2017 in Geneva 3-0. With the victory on April 17, 2006 (5-3 after penalties over Young Boys Bern ), FC Sion became the first and only lower-class club to win a cup final.

pendant

The fans and ultras can be found on the north stand (Gradin Nord). There are several active Ultrà groups in Sion.

Stadion

The club plays in the Stade de Tourbillon . It has 20,000 seats, 11,500 of which are standing, the Swiss Football Association has limited the total capacity to 18,000 spectators. For this reason, President Christian Constantin planned a new building in Riddes , but this may not come about due to objections. There is currently space for 14,283 spectators in the stadium.

Eternal table

FC Sion is currently 10th in the all-time Super League table .

Club logos

  • 100 years of FC Sion logo from 2009

  • The club logo until 2011

The 1st team

Supervising staff and board

First name Name function
Board
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Christian Constantin president
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Barthélémy Constantin Sports director
Coaching staff
ItalyItaly Fabio Grosso Chief trainer
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Christian Zermatten Assistant coach
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mathieu Degrange Fitness trainer

Well-known players, coaches and officials

player

Note: On the occasion of a language stay, Ronaldinho played some championship appearances as C-Junior at FC Sion because he is the younger brother of Roberto Assis , who played for FC Sion from 1993 to 1995.

Trainer

  • 1947-1949: Vittorio Barberis
  • 1949-1951: Carlo Pinter
  • 1951–1952: Joseph Wuilloud
  • 1952–1953: Henri Humbert and Mathey ??
  • 1953–1954: Paul Allégroz
  • 1954–1955: Henri Humbert
  • 1955–1959: Jacques Guhl
  • 1959–1961: Frank Séchehaye
  • 1961–1963: Karl-Heinz Spikofski
  • 1963-1967: Law Mantula
  • 1967–1968: Stojan Osojnak
  • 1968–1970: Peter Roesch
  • 1970-1971: Maurice Meylan
  • 1971–1976: Miroslav Blažević
  • 1976–1979: István Szabó
  • 1979–1980: Daniel Jeandupeux
  • 1980–1981: Oscar Arce
  • 1981–1988: Jean-Claude Donzé
  • 1988–1989: Péter Pázmándy
  • 1989–1990: Yves Débonnaire
  • 1990-1992: Enzo Trossero
  • July 1992 to January 1993: Jean-Paul Brigger
  • January 1993 to July 1993: Claude Andrey
  • July 1993 to October 1994: Umberto Barberis
  • October 1994 to July 1995: Jean-Claude Richard
  • July 1995 to August 1996: Michel Decastel
  • August 1996: Jean-Claude Richard
  • August 1996 to September 1997: Alberto Bigon
  • September 1997 to March 1998: Jean-Claude Richard
  • March 1998 to November 1998: Jochen Dries
  • November 1998 to March 1999: Charly In-Albon
  • March 1999 to July 1999: Olivier Rouyer
  • July 1999 to January 2000: Alberto Morini
  • January 2000 to July 2001: Henri Stambouli
  • July 2001 to July 2002: Laurent Roussey
  • July 2002 to March 2003: Jean-Claude Richard
  • March 2003 to July 2003: Charly Roessli
  • July 2003 to November 2003: Didier Tholot
  • November 2003 to January 2004: Didier Tholot and Guy David
  • January 2004 to May 2004: Didier Tholot, Guy David and Ami Rebord
  • May 2004 to August 2004: Admir Smajic
  • August 2004: Christian Zermatten
  • August 2004 to July 2005: Gilbert Gress
  • July 2005 to October 2005: Gianni Dellacasa
  • October 2005 to May 2006: Christophe Moulin
  • May 2006 to September 2006: Nestor Clausen
  • October 2006: Christophe Moulin (interim)
  • October 2006 to November 2006: Marco Schällibaum
  • November 2006 to February 2007: Pierre-Albert Chapuisat
  • February 2007 to December 2007: Alberto Bigon
  • December 2007 to March 2008: Charly Roessli and Maurizio Jacobacci
  • March 2008 to May 2008: Alberto Bigon
  • July 2008 to November 2008: Uli Stielike
  • November 2008 to December 24, 2008: Christian Constantin (provisional)
  • December 24, 2008 to April 9, 2009: Christian Zermatten and Umberto Barberis
  • April 9, 2009 to April 13, 2009: Christian Constantin (interim, cup semi-final)
  • April 14, 2009 to May 21, 2010: Didier Tholot
  • May 27, 2010 to February 22, 2011: Bernard Challandes
  • February 26, 2011 to April 23, 2012: Laurent Roussey
  • April 25, 2012 to May 9, 2012: Rolland Courbis
  • May 15, 2012 to June 2, 2012: Vladimir Petković
  • June 4, 2012 to September 3, 2012: Sébastien Fournier
  • September 3, 2012 to October 30, 2012: Michel Decastel
  • October 30, 2012 to December 12, 2012: Pierre-André Schürmann
  • December 12, 2012 to February 24, 2013: Víctor Muñoz
  • February 25, 2013 to March 24, 2013: Gennaro Gattuso
  • March 25, 2013 to May 12, 2013: Arno Rossini
  • May 13, 2013 to October 21, 2013: Michel Decastel
  • October 22, 2013 to February 11, 2014: Laurent Roussey
  • February 11, 2014 to May 2014: Raimondo Ponte
  • June 2014 to September 28, 2014: Jochen Dries and Frédéric Chassot
  • September 30, 2014 to December 2014: Jochen Dries and Admir Smajic
  • January 2015 to August 12, 2016: Didier Tholot
  • August 12, 2016 to August 22, 2016: Christian Constantin (provisional)
  • August 22, 2016 to April 25, 2017: Peter Zeidler
  • April 25, 2017 to June 2, 2017: Sébastien Fournier
  • July 1, 2017 to October 22, 2017: Paolo Tramezzani
  • October 25, 2017 to February 6, 2018: Gabriella
  • February 6, 2018 to September 17, 2018: Maurizio Jacobacci
  • September 17, 2018 to May 10, 2019: Murat Yakin
  • August 2019 to November 2, 2019: Stéphane Henchoz
  • November 3, 2019 to December 31, 2019: Christian Zermatten (interim)
  • January 1, 2020 to June 3, 2020: Ricardo Dionisio Pereira
  • June 3, 2020 to August 25, 2020: Paolo Tramezzani
  • since August 25, 2020: Fabio Grosso

President

  • 1909-1919: Robert Gillard
  • 1919-1922: Charles Aymon
  • 1923–1925: René Roulet
  • 1925–1927: Victor de Werra
  • 1927–1930: Kalbermatten
  • 1930–1932: Victor de Werra
  • 1932-1933: Henry de Roten
  • 1933-1937: Charles Aymon
  • 1937–1938: Arthur Beeger
  • 1938-1939: Charles Aymon
  • 1939-1942: Willy Droz
  • 1942–1943: Max Vuille
  • 1943–1945: Eugène Theler
  • 1945–1946: Pierre Putallaz
  • 1946–1947: René-Pierre Favre
  • 1947–1955: Victor de Werra
  • 1955–1962: Jacques de Wolff
  • 1962–1966: M. Andenmatten
  • 1966-1970: Henri Vouillamoz
  • 1971–1977: André Filippini
  • 1978-1981: Jean-Claude Rudaz
  • 1981–1992: André Luisier
  • 1992–1997: Christian Constantin
  • 1998–1999: Stéphane Riand
  • 1999-2002: Gilbert Kadji
  • 2002–2003: Jean-Daniel Bianchi
  • since 2003: Christian Constantin

Other players, coaches and officials can be found in the Person (FC Sion) category .

Web links

Commons : FC Sion  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ President Constantin becomes Sion trainer. In: NZZ online
  2. ↑ hefty penalties against FC Sion. In: NZZ online
  3. ↑ Constantin does what he wants. In: NZZ online
  4. ↑ New player for Sion - despite transfer ban. In: NZZ online
  5. ↑ Celtic protests against the evaluation of the Sion Games accepted. In: uefa.com
  6. ↑ UEFA rejects Sion's protest , accessed September 13, 2011
  7. ↑ Sion case: Fifa threatens Swiss association with suspension. In: Spiegel Online . December 17, 2011, accessed December 17, 2011 .
  8. ↑ According to the FIFA ultimatum: 36 points deduction for FC Sion ( Memento from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: transfermarkt.ch . (Original notification: December 30, 2011)
  9. ↑ Xamax: Chronology of Decline. In: sport.sf.tv , January 18, 2012
  10. ↑ Despite 36 points deduction: Sion stays in the Super League. In: kicker sports magazine . May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012 .
  11. ↑ http://www.sfl.ch/news/ticker/artikel/sfl-eroeffnet-verfahren-gegen-fc-sion/
  12. ↑ Johannes Wiest: Sion professionals defend themselves after termination: “The way it went, that was blackmail!” In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG, March 20, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Philipp Marquardt: Sion boss rebukes Djourou & Co. - "Egoists who don't look beyond the tip of their nose". In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG, April 11, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Sion is the 2011 cup winner. In: fussball.ch. May 29, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011 .
  15. ↑ No stadium in Riddes. ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Walliser Bote , January 10, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.1815.ch
  16. ^ FC Sion on the website of the Swiss Football League
  17. ↑ a b - FC Sion
  18. ↑ rek: Tramezzani no longer a Sion trainer . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on October 22, 2017]).
  19. ↑ mlo: Constantin pulls the rip cord - Gabriella has to vacate coaching positions . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on February 6, 2018]).