UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen

WASA
Basic data
Surname	UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen
Seat	Waldkirch and St. Gallen
founding	May 21, 1997
Colours	Green and white
president	Thomas Eberle
Board	Isabelle Angehrn Remo Sieber Natalie Br̩ägger Livia Angehrn Corina Resegatti Jeannette Moser Mathias Tobler Reto Alther
Website	www.uhcwasa.ch
First soccer team
Head coach	Fabian Arvidsson (men) Lukas Studer (women)
Venue	Valley of humility
Places	1500
league	National League A (Men) National League A (Women)
2015/16	{{{rank}}}

The UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen is a Swiss floorball team from Waldkirch and St. Gallen , whose men and women in the National League A play.

history

founding

The club was founded in 1997 through a merger of the two clubs UHC St. Gallen and TSV Waldkirch.

Ascent and descent

In the 2002/03 season, WaSa , as the club is called in the college hockey scene , made it to the NLA for the first time. After two seasons in the NLA, the Eastern Swiss had to accept the move to the NLB in the 2005/06 season.

Development from 2008

Two years later, in the 2007/08 season , the men managed to move up to the top division again. Wasa confidently prevailed in the league qualification against the bottom of the NLA, Basel Magic, in a best-of-five series with 3-0. The last and decisive promotion game attracted over 1,500 spectators.

Upheaval

Joe P. Stöckli becomes the new President of the UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen appointed. He takes over from Markus Bürki, who announced his resignation at the end of 2013. The board will be completed again after three years.

Before the start of the 2014/15 season , Fabian Arvidsson was introduced as the new coach of the men's team. The first men's team barely prevented relegation in the playouts against Floorball Thurgau in 2015 . The NLB women, however, occupy fifth place. They only miss the playoff qualification by one place.

2015/16 season

The 2015/16 season was the UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen finish in 11th place. In the playout of the first team met Fabian Arvidsson on the table tenth UHC Uster . The series ended 4 to 3 for the club from the canton of Zurich. As the loser of the best-of-seven series, there was another duel with Floorball Thurgau . The first two games ended with the better end for the team from the canton of St. Gallen. In the third encounter between the two teams, Floorball Thurgau was able to celebrate a victory for the first time. However, the UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen won the fourth game with 6: 1. On Sunday, April 10th, 2016, the team won the game 5: 2 and won the series 4: 1. Thus, the men will remain in the National League A in 2016/17.

The women’s team reached seventh and second to last place in National League B. As a result, the team of the coaching duo Nivin Anthony and Lukas Studer had to go into the playouts. Opponent UHC Zugerland decided before the start of the playouts for the voluntary relegation to the third highest division.

Season 2016/17

Less than a week before the start of the season, on September 12, 2016, the club separated from President Joe P. Stöckli due to differing views on leadership and communication. The decision was made much less than a week before the start of the season. For the 2016/17 season , the club decided not to integrate foreigners into the squad to relieve the club's budget. At the beginning of the new one, however, the two Czechs Houra and Kralik joined the club, but without payment. Five days after the separation from President Stöckli, the men started the season, coached by Fabian Arvidsson and Nivin Anthony. With UHC Uster there was a direct duel for the playoffs. Thanks to seven goals in the last third, the game could be won 8: 3. Both men and women got off to an excellent start in the new season and were able to convince in their first matches.

The women's team, led by Lukas Studer (assistant Tim Schoch, mental coach Nivin Anthony, physique Stephanie Huber, goalie training Michael Egli) celebrated 14 wins in a row and surprisingly finished the qualification in first place. After the playoffs and the victories in the playoff semifinals over the Floorball Riders DBR, the promotion to the top division was certain.

Season 2017/18

The women played their first game in the National League A on September 16, 2017, which was lost 10-1 to piranha chur.

successes

Men's

Championship successes

• National League B : 2003

Cup successes

• Swiss Cup finalist : 2010

• Challenge des Bains : 2015

Ladies

Championship successes

• National League B : 2009

Stadion

→ Main article : Valley of humility

The UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen plays its home game in the Tal der Humut sports hall in St. Gallen . The UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen, the home games for women and men will not take place in the Tal der Humut sports hall as usual, but in the St. Gallen Athletics Center .

In November 2009 the hall of the UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen because the roof rack was too weak. The night before, the club's U18 team trained in the hall. Over a period of around three years, the sports club therefore played its games in various sports halls in eastern Switzerland . Most of the games were held in the athletics center in St. Gallen and the Bünt in Waldkirch .

Youth department

The junior department of the UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen (UHC WaSa) has brought out several promising talents in recent years. Claudio Mutter (to SV Wiler-Ersigen ), Andrin Hollenstein (to the Floorball Tigers ) and Fabrice Göldi (to the Grasshopper Club Zurich ) left the club during the transfer festival in summer 2015 .

Men's	Ladies
Juniors U21 A	Juniors U21 B
Juniors U18 A	Juniors U17
Juniors U16 A	Juniors B1
Juniors U16 C	Juniors B2
Juniors U14
Juniors C1
Juniors C2
Juniors D1
Juniors D2
Juniors D3
Juniors E1
Juniors E2
Floorball school

logo

The logo of the UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen has existed since the East Switzerland Club was founded.

logo

Excellence

Men's

• 2002 / 03-2003 / 04
• 2008 / 09-

staff

Men's

Squad of the 2020/21 season

Coaching staff

Nat.	Surname	function	since
	Armin Brunner	Head coach	2020
	Valentino Herrea	Athletic trainer	2017

Ladies

Squad of the 2016/17 season

goal	Defense	attack
44  Switzerland Livia Werz 2000 68  Switzerland Livia Angehrn 1995 77  Switzerland Nicole Sieber 1999	4th  Switzerland Iris Scherrer 1990 6th  Switzerland Nicole Bichsel 1991 14th  Switzerland Laila Raschle 1992 16  Switzerland Melanie Frey 1994 20th  Switzerland Eliane Störi 1993 21st  Switzerland Michelle Sieber 1997 23  Switzerland Corina Resegatti 1987 24  Switzerland / Italy  Sara Pano 1992	2  Switzerland Sereina Link 1993 3  Switzerland Natalie Schürpf 1993 5  Switzerland Elena Schoch 1997 7th  Switzerland Angela Carisch 1992 9  Switzerland Iris Bernhardsgrütter 1994 12  Switzerland Livia Resegatti 1991 17th  Switzerland Nina Metzger 1991 19th  Switzerland Lara Eschbach 1991 22nd  Switzerland Isabelle Ackermann 1988 25th  Switzerland Nadine Sieber 1995

Transfers for the 2016/17 season

Accesses Summer 2016 Sara Pano (UHC Winterthur United) Eliane Störi (Rheintal Gators Widnau) Michelle Sieber (Offspring) Nadine Sieber (Young Talent) Livia Werz (offspring) Natalie Schürpf (Comeback)

Departures Summer 2016 Selina Tanner (Red Ants) Natalie Brägger (resignation) Liliane Burger (resignation) Daniela Meier (resignation) Tamara Rechsteiner (resignation) Jaqueline Tanner (resignation)

President

• 1997–1999 Thomas Hug
• 1999–2003 committee (Rita Allenspach, Roman Hungerbühler, Therese Würth)
• 2003-2004 Michael Litscher
• 2004–2008 Carlos Ruch
• 2008–2014 Markus Bürki
• 2014–2016 Joe P. Stöckli
• 2017-present Thomas Eberle

Trainer

(The performance of interim coaches and assistant coaches was waived.)

Men's

• 1997–1998 Philip Vollenweider
• 1998–1999 Markus Riesen
• 1999-2000 Paul Braun
• 2001-2004 Marcus Marty
• 2004–2004 Iiro Parviainen (July – November)
• 2005–2005 René Fuchs (January – February)
• 2005-2007 Magnus Svensson
• 2007-2008 Radim Cepek
• 2008–2009 Johan Oestman
• 2009–2009 Simon Ruuskanen (July – November)
• 2009–2011 August Schärli
• 2011–2012 Yves Mohr
• 2013–2014 Sascha Rhyner
• 2014–2020 Fabian Arvidsson
• 2020-now Armin Brunner

Ladies

• 2008–2010 Albert Zellweger
• 2010–2015 Markus Riesen
• 2015–2016 Lukas Studer + Nivin Anthony
• 2016 – now Lukas Studer
• 2018-2019 Renato Wyss
• 2019-2020 Tim Schoch
• 2020-now open

Trivia

The UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen was for a time the only floorball club in Switzerland whose first women's and men's teams played in the national leagues. The men have been playing in the highest Swiss league, the National League A, since the 2008/09 season. The women played in the National League B for years and then made it to the NLA in the 2016/2017 season. Besides WaSa, only Zug United shows two NLA teams.

statistics

Top scorer

The top scorers of the 2010/11 seasons until today. Since the 2013/14 season, the clubs have received from the title sponsor, the insurance company Mobiliar , a sum of money for the youngsters that is dependent on the goals scored.

season	player	nationality	Gates	Assist	Points
2010/11	Sandro Dominioni	Switzerland	22nd	21st	43
2011/12	Chris Eschbach	Switzerland	22nd	15th	27
2012/13	Alexander Nede	Sweden	13	23	36
2013/14	Roman Mittelholzer	Switzerland	9	19th	28
2014/15	Fabrice Göldi	Switzerland	18th	9	27
2015/16	Chris Eschbach	Switzerland	16	27	43
2016/17	Chris Eschbach	Switzerland	21st	19th	40

Web links

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Individual evidence

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2. ^ History. UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen, accessed on January 16, 2016 . 
3. ↑ WaSa board is complete again . In: UHC Waldkirch - St. Gallen . June 22, 2014 ( uhcwasa.ch [accessed February 1, 2017]).
4. ↑ Fabian Arvidsson new head coach of the UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen . In: UHC Waldkirch - St. Gallen . May 2, 2014 ( uhcwasa.ch [accessed February 1, 2017]).
5. ↑ Floorball Thurgau vs UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen. In: UHC Waldkirch - St. Gallen. Retrieved April 10, 2016 . 
6. ↑ NLB women. Swiss Unihockey , accessed April 20, 2016 . 
7. ↑ WaSa President resigns with immediate effect. UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen, September 12, 2016, accessed on September 17, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Game details. piranha chur - Waldkirch-St. Gallen. swiss unihockey , September 16, 2017, accessed on September 16, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Processing of the collapse of the hall: St. Gallen reflection ceremony in the valley of humility. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved January 16, 2016 . 
10. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: On the collapse and construction. In: St. Galler Tagblatt Online. Retrieved January 16, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Natalie Brägger: Fabrice Göldi changes to GC. In: UHC Waldkirch - St. Gallen. UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen, May 18, 2015, accessed on January 16, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Interview with Wasa Club legend Matthias Humm. Swiss Unihockey , October 16, 2014, accessed on January 16, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Top scorers receive checks for the offspring. Swiss Unihockey , accessed February 16, 2017 . 
14. ↑ swiss unihockey - Swiss Mobiliar League men . In: archive.is . July 17, 2013 ( swiss unihockey - Swiss Mobiliar League Men ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
15. ↑ swiss unihockey - men's NLA . In: archive.is . March 7, 2016 ( swiss unihockey - Men NLA ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
16. ↑ swiss unihockey - Swiss Mobiliar League men . In: archive.is . July 17, 2013 ( swiss unihockey - Swiss Mobiliar League Men ( Memento from February 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
17. ↑ swiss unihockey - men's NLA . In: archive.is . February 16, 2014 ( swiss unihockey - Men NLA ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
18. ↑ swiss unihockey - men's NLA . In: archive.is . April 28, 2015 ( swiss unihockey - Men NLA ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
19. ↑ swiss unihockey - men's NLA . In: archive.is . March 7, 2016 ( swiss unihockey - Men NLA ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
20. ↑ Top scorer furniture. Swiss Unihockey , accessed March 6, 2017 .