FC Vaduz

FC Vaduz
Basic data
Surname	Football Club Vaduz
Seat	Vaduz , Liechtenstein
founding	February 14, 1932
Colours	Red White
Club President	Patrick Burgmeier
Website	fcvaduz.li
First soccer team
Head coach	Mario Frick
Venue	Rheinpark Stadium
Places	6,884
league	Super League , Switzerland
2019/20	2nd rank
home Away

The Rheinpark Stadium , home stadium of FC Vaduz

The FC Vaduz is the Soccer Team of Liechtenstein main town Vaduz and member of both the Liechtenstein Football Association (LFV) and the Swiss Football Association (SFV) . After playing in the top Swiss football league between 2014 and 2017 , the first team was relegated in the 2016/17 season and played in the Challenge League , the second top division in Switzerland. In 2020 the club rose again to the Super League .

FC Vaduz has won the Liechtenstein cup competition 47 times, most recently seven times in a row from 2013 to 2019. The club has around 630 members and the club colors are red and white.

history

There was a founding meeting for the club in December 1931, after the Vaduz municipal council had decided to build a football field. The first verifiable document about the foundation is dated February 14, 1932, which is why this date is used by the association as the foundation date. FC Vaduz initially joined the Vorarlberg Football Association , but only one year later switched to the game operations of the Swiss Football and Athletics Association , today's Swiss Football Association (SFV). The FCV achieved their first major success in 1996, at that time still in the 1st division of the SFV (third highest division), with the victory against the Latvian opponent FC Universitāte Rīga (1: 1 two-way leg, Vaduz then won 4: 2 on penalties ) in the European Cup Winners' Cup . So you had qualified for the 1st main round, where you were eliminated against the eventual finalist Paris St. Germain.

In 2001 FC Vaduz was promoted to National League B , the second highest Swiss league. In the following years, promotion to the highest Swiss league, the Super League , was on the program. In both 2004 and 2005 the club reached the Barrage , but failed there. For the 2005/06 season was Mats Gren committed as a coach. In the first round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup qualification , FC Vaduz defeated Moldovan opponents FC Dacia Chișinău . In the second round they met the Istanbul club Beşiktaş Istanbul , against whom they were eliminated.

In 2008 (i.e. in the 2007/08 season ), FC Vaduz's long-standing dream finally came true. After seven years in the Challenge League , FCV was promoted to the Axpo Super League as champions of the Challenge League on May 12, 2008 . This was the first time that a foreign club was represented in the highest Swiss league.

Former club logo

In mid-2008 the question arose whether FC Vaduz should still be allowed to participate as a non-Swiss club after the contract expired in 2010 . This question was particularly explosive because FC Vaduz was playing in the Axpo Super League for the first time at this time.

In June 2009 the Swiss Football Association made the fundamental decision that FC Vaduz should continue to be able to participate in the championship of the Super League and the Challenge League.

In May 2010, the two Liechtenstein teams, FC Vaduz and USV Eschen-Mauren, decided to work better together, especially with regard to the exchange and development opportunities for the players of both teams. In principle, the agreement was intended to replace the missing substructure at FC Vaduz and promote cooperation in the interests of Liechtenstein football. FC Vaduz is the first address for professional footballers.

The club was able to win the Liechtenstein Cup 47 times, from 1998 to 2011 fourteen times in a row, which means that it is almost constantly represented in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Europa League . In 2006, FC Vaduz won the cup final against FC Balzers only after extra time (4: 2; 2: 2 after regular time). In 2007, FC Vaduz won the cup final against FC Ruggell 8-0. The 2008 final did not come as a surprise either: FC Balzers were defeated 4-0. In 2010 the final game against USV Eschen-Mauren was only decided on penalties. This was 5: 3 for the FCV. In 2011 they won 5-0 against USV Eschen-Mauren. In 2012, however, there was a big surprise when USV Eschen-Mauren stopped FC Vaduz's winning streak with a win on penalties.

On November 12, 2012, due to the negative development in the 2011/12 season , Vaduz separated from his coach Erik Orie and his assistant coach Martin Schneider with immediate effect. The training was taken over on an interim basis by goalkeeping coach Sebastian Selke . A few days later, the club announced the commitment of the new coach Giorgio Contini , who signed a contract until the summer of 2014. In September 2013, Ruth Ospelt, a new president of the association, was elected at the general assembly. Under her leadership, the club achieved the second promotion in history to the highest Swiss league, the Super League, in the 2013/14 season . The following season could be finished with 31 points from 36 games in 9th place. The league was secured on the penultimate matchday.

On March 7, 2017, FC Vaduz parted ways with long-time coach Giorgio Contini . Two weeks later, on March 22, 2017, Roland Vrabec was introduced as the new trainer. But he could no longer prevent the descent. In the first season after relegation, FC Vaduz finished fourth. In September 2018, Vrabec was dismissed due to moderate results and replaced by the former Liechtenstein national player Mario Frick . Under Frick, the Liechtensteiners improved by 2 points to sixth.

successes

Swiss championship :

• Master the Challenge League : 2003, 2008 , 2014
• Participation in the Super League : 2008/09 , 2014/15 , 2015/16 , 2016/17 , 2020/21

Liechtenstein Cup : (47) (record)

• 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961,

1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1985,

1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 ,

2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019

Eternal table

FC Vaduz is currently on the 37th place in the all-time table of the highest football league in Switzerland .

European Cup balance sheet

To date (as of August 16, 2019) FC Vaduz played 76 games (38 opponents), but no more than two games were played against any opposing team.

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1992/93	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Preliminary round	Chornomorets Odessa	01:12	0: 5 (H)	1: 7 (A)
1995/96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	SK Hradec Králové	01:14	0: 5 (H)	1: 9 (A)
1996/97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	Universitāte Rīga	2: 2 (4: 2 on  account )	1: 1 (A)	1: 1 a.d. (H)
		1 round	Paris Saint-Germain	0: 7	0: 4 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1998/99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	qualification	Helsingborgs IF	0: 5	0: 2 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1999/2000	Uefa cup	qualification	FK Bodø / Glimt	1: 3	0: 1 (A)	1: 2 (H)
2000/01	Uefa cup	qualification	Amica Wronki	3: 6	0: 3 (A)	3: 3 (H)
2001/02	Uefa cup	qualification	NK Varaždin	4: 9	3: 3 (H)	1: 6 (A)
2002/03	Uefa cup	qualification	Livingston FC	(a)1: 1 ( a )	1: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2003/04	Uefa cup	qualification	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0: 2	0: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2004/05	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Longford Town	4: 2	1: 0 (H)	3: 2 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	KSK Beveren	2: 5	1: 3 (A)	1: 2 (H)
2005/06	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	FC Dacia Chișinău	2: 1	2: 0 (H)	0: 1 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Beşiktaş Istanbul	1: 6	0: 1 (H)	1: 5 (A)
2006/07	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Újpest Budapest	4: 1	4: 0 (A)	0: 1 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	FC Basel	(a)2: 2 ( a )	0: 1 (A)	2: 1 (H)
2007/08	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Dinamo Tbilisi	0: 2	0: 2 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2008/09	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	1: 5	1: 2 (H)	0: 3 (A)
2009/10	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	FC Falkirk	2: 1	0: 1 (A)	2: 0 a.d. (H)
		3rd qualifying round	Slovan Liberec	0: 3	0: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2010/11	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	Brøndby IF	0: 3	0: 3 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2011/12	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	FK Vojvodina	( a ) 3: 3(a)	0: 2 (H)	3: 1 (A)
		3rd qualifying round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2: 5	0: 4 (A)	2: 1 (H)
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Tschichura Satschere	(a)1: 1 ( a )	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	College Europa FC	4-0	3: 0 (H)	1: 0 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Ruch Chorzów	2: 3	2: 3 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	SP La Fiorita	10: 10	5: 0 (A)	5: 1 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	FC Nõmme Kalju	5: 1	3: 1 (H)	2: 0 (A)
		3rd qualifying round	FC Thun	(a)2: 2 ( a )	0: 0 (A)	2: 2 (H)
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Sileks Kratovo	5: 2	3: 1 (H)	2: 1 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	FC Midtjylland	2: 5	0: 3 (A)	2: 2 (H)
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Bala Town	5: 1	2: 1 (A)	3: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Odds BK	0: 2	0: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Levski Sofia	( a ) 3: 3(a)	1: 0 (H)	2: 3 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	FK Žalgiris Vilnius	1: 2	0: 1 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Breiðablik Kópavogur	2: 1	0: 0 (A)	2: 1 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	MOL Fehérvár FC	2: 1	0: 1 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		3rd qualifying round	Eintracht Frankfurt	0: 6	0: 5 (H)	0: 1 (A)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 76 games, 22 wins, 16 draws, 38 defeats, 82: 130 goals (goal difference −48)

The 1st team

Squad for the 2019/20 season

Status: February 28, 2020

FC Vaduz during the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Bala Town on July 6, 2017.

No.	Nat.	player	In the team since	Contract until	Last club
goalkeeper
001		Benjamin Büchel	2018	2022	FC Thalwil
018th		Justin Ospelt	2017	2022	Own youth
042		Gion Fadri Chande	2019	2021	FC Wil
Defense
004th		Denis Simani	2019	2022	FC Rapperswil-Jona
005		Berkay Sülüngöz	2018	2020	FC Basel (U21)
006th		Fuad Rahimi	2020	2020	FC Wil
012		Gianni Antoniazzi	2019	2021	FC Zurich (U21)
015th		Yannick Schmid	2019	2021	FC Luzern
021st		Pius Dorn	2019	2021	SC Austria Lustenau
022nd		Jens Hofer	2019	2021	FC Münsingen
024		Cédric Gasser	2019	2021	FC Wil
033		Maximilian Göppel	2016	2021	FC Balzers
midfield
014th		Milan Gajic	2017	2021	BSC Young Boys
016		Aron Sele	2018	2020	FC Balzers
017th		Dominik Schwizer	2019	2020	FC Thun
020th		Besart Bajrami	2019	2020	Own youth
023		Sandro Wieser	2018	2021	Reading FC
025th		Noah Frick	2018	2020	Own youth
017th		Boris Prokopic	2019	2020	SCR Altach
030th		Gabriel Lüchinger	2018	2020	SV Ried
035		Yago Gomes	2019	2020	Own youth
striker
008th		Nicolae Milinceanu	2019	2021	FC Chiasso
009		Manuel Sutter	2019	2021	FC Winterthur
010		Mohamed Coulibaly	2017	2021	UD Logroñés
026th		Ferhat Saglam	2018	2021	Own youth
040		Dejan Djokic	2019	2020	Own youth

Supervising staff and board

Nat.	First name Name	function
Board
	Patrick Burgmeier	president
	Lorenz Gasser	Vice President
	Franz Burgmeier	Sports director
Coaching staff
	Mario Frick	Chief trainer
	Roman Matter	Assistant coach
	Alexander Kern	Fitness trainer
	Sebastian Selke	Goalkeeper coach

people

Coach chronicle

1961–1963   Otto Pfister 1983–1985   Hans Krostina 1989–1990   Helmut Richert 1996–1997   Hansruedi Fässler 1997–1999   Alfons Dobler 1999–2002   Uwe Wegmann 2002–2003   Walter Hörmann 2003–2005   Martin Andermatt 2005-2006   Mats Gren 2006-2007   Maurizio Jacobacci

2007 Hans-Joachim Weller00000   2007-2008   Heinz Hermann 2008-2010   Pierre Littbarski 2010–2012   Erik Orie 2012 Sebastian Selke (interim)00000   2012–2017   Giorgio Contini 2017 Daniel Hasler (interim)00000   2017–2018   Roland Vrabec 2018 Thomas Stickroth (interim)00000   2018– Mario Frick0000

Previous presidents

1932–1933 Johannes Walser 1933–1934 Willy Huber 1934–1936 Anton Konrad 1936–1943 Rudolf Strub 1943–1948   Hans Verling 1948–1950 Albert Caminada 1950–1951 Felix Real 1951–1955   Hans Verling 1955–1956 Anton Ospelt 1956–1961 Otto Hasler 1961–1964 Engelbert Schreiber 1964–1967   Hilmar Ospelt 1967–1971 Kurt Frommelt

1971–1973 Norbert Vogt 1973–1979 Reinhard Walser 1979-1983 Reinold Ospelt 1983–1988 Alfons Thöny 1988–1990 Andy Rechsteiner 1990–1997 Werner Keicher 1997–2001 Manfred Moser 2001-2003 Marc Brogle 2003-2008 Hanspeter Negele 2008–2009 Franz Schädler (ad interim) 2009–2010 Lorenz Gassner (acting) 2010–2013 Albin Johann 2013–2019   Ruth Ospelt

Sponsors

The current main sponsors of FC Vaduz are the Liechtensteinische Landesbank and MBPI AG .

Web links

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

• Official website
• FC Vaduz on the Swiss Football League website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FC Vaduz> Club> History. FC Vaduz, accessed on May 22, 2016 . 
2. ↑ The Super League in the future with 12 teams. NZZ.ch , June 12, 2009, accessed June 26, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Contini new FC Vaduz coach. FC Vaduz, accessed on May 22, 2016 . 
4. ^ Ruth Ospelt new president. FC Vaduz, accessed on May 22, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Vaduz remains in the Super League despite defeat. Watson.ch , May 25, 2015, accessed on May 22, 2016 . 
6. ↑ FC Vaduz plans without Contini. NZZ.ch , March 7, 2017, accessed on June 26, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Vrabec follows Contini. NZZ.ch , March 22, 2017, accessed on June 26, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Mario Frick is the new coach of FC Vaduz. St. Galler Tagblatt , accessed on February 28, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Domestic Cups Trivia. rsssf.com, accessed May 26, 2018 . 
10. ^ History. FC Vaduz, accessed on August 26, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Honorary member Felix Real has died. FC Vaduz, accessed on August 26, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Reinhard Walser's curriculum vitae. Liechtenstein Football Association , accessed on August 26, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Two new honorary members at FC Vaduz. Vaterland.li , September 27, 2014, accessed on August 26, 2016 . 
14. ^ President Hanspeter Negele resigns from his offices. (No longer available online.) Transfermarkt.de , October 25, 2008, archived from the original on August 26, 2016 ; Retrieved August 26, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Will Albin Johann become the new FC Vaduz president? Vaterland.li , March 16, 2010, accessed August 26, 2016 . 
16. ^ Albin Johann designated FCV President. Vaterland.li , March 30, 2010, accessed August 26, 2016 .