Professional association football club in Zürich, Switzerland

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Fussballclub Zürich, normally abbreviated to FC Zürich or plainly FCZ, is a swiss football club based in the city of Zürich, in the Canton of Zürich in the Super League, the top grade in its league. The clubhouse was founded in 1896 and has won the swiss Super League 12 times and the swiss Cup 10 times. The baseball club won the 2009 swiss Super League and last won the swiss Cup in 2018. FC Zürich is the only swiss team to have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League twice. This happened in 1964 and 1977 when the rival was played in its original format. Home games are played at the Letzigrund which reaches a capacity of 26,000 spectators for league games. [ 1 ]

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The women ‘s department features a 1st team bet in the swiss Women ‘s Super League, the lone existing women ‘s U21 team in Switzerland ( competing in the top ranks of second grade Nationalliga B ), and furthermore a U19, U17, U15 and U14 team. The U17, U15 and U14 teams compete in junior leagues against son teams. The FC Zürich women ‘s teams roots originate in the foremost swiss women ‘s football club DFC Zürich [ 2 ] and it is with 22 titles and multiple Champions League participations besides the most successful one .

history [edit ]

The club was founded in summer 1896 by former members of the two local anesthetic clubs FC Turicum and FC Excelsior. Later, the official establish date was set at 1 August 1896. One of the founding members was the late FC Barcelona founder, Joan Gamper, coach and acting for FC Excelsior and its successor from 1894 to 1897. [ 3 ] The newfangled cabaret played its inaugural game on 30 August 1896 on Velorennbahn Hardau in Zürich against FC Phönix St. Gallen with a 3:3 draw. [ 4 ] In 1898, FC Excelsior wholly merged with FC Zürich and local club FC Victoria joined soon thereafter. The debut game was in 1896 with the colors blue and flannel. [ 5 ] The colors were changed to crimson and white ; rivals Grasshopper Club Zürich had the same colors. When Grasshopper Club temporarily retired from the backing in 1909, FCZ returned to the colors blue and white which they continue to use. [ 6 ] Zürich won its foremost title in the swiss Serie A in 1901–02, but did not win it again until 1923–24. Until the 1930s, the baseball club ‘s sporting remit included row, box, athletics, and handball, but football would become the focus of the cabaret .
Chart of FC Zürich table positions in the swiss football league system From 1925 to 1960, Zürich struggled to overcome an unsuccessful record and was described as the “ wilderness years ”. They were relegated in 1933–34, playing in the 1. Liga to the 1941 season. In 1940–41, they returned to the Nationalliga, where they stayed until their delegating in 1945–46. They were back in the Nationalliga A in 1947–48 and stayed in the exceed flight until relegated in 1956–57. They were promoted from the Nationalliga B to contest the 1958–59 Nationalliga A, finishing in one-third place .
This menstruation was known as the “ Golden Years “ by the FCZ faithful. At this time, the cabaret was run by the fabled President Edwin Nägeli and had players such as Köbi Kuhn, Fritz Künzli, Ilija Katić, René Botteron, and many more. Zürich won seven championships in the years 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1981. They besides won the swiss Cup five times in 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, and in 1976. FCZ besides had much success internationally in reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup 1963–64, before losing to Real Madrid and besides reaching the semi-finals in the european Cup 1976–77, where they lost to Liverpool .
Following the club ‘s league championship in 1981, the club went into a decline and in 1988 they were relegated to the Nationalliga B. Zürich returned to the top league in 1990. The club did make it to last 16 of the UEFA Cup 1998–99, but were beaten by Roma. The club won the swiss Cup in 2000, beating Lausanne in the final examination and besides in 2005 beat Luzern .

Season

Rank

League

Ø Attendance[7][8]
2006

1/10

SL

10,008

2007

1/10

SL

10,870

2008

3/10

SL

12,186

2009

1/10

SL

9,829

2010

7/10

SL

10,700

2011

2/10

SL

11,750

2012

6/10

SL

10,511

2013

4/10

SL

10,741

2014

5/10

SL

9,564

2015

3/10

SL

9,389

2016

10/10

SL

8,701

2017

1/10

CL

9,702

2018

4/10

SL

10,726

2019

7/10

SL

10,660

2020

7/10

SL

6,422[9]
2021

8/10

SL

91

On 13 May 2006, FCZ ended their 25 years campaign to win Super League with a goal in the 93rd hour by Iulian Filipescu against FC Basel. The finish gave FCZ a 2 – 1 victory based on finish deviation. They sustained the league style In 2006–07. In 2008 the local anesthetic women ‘s team FFC Zürich Seebach was combined with FC Zürich and would play under the name FC Zürich Frauen in the swiss home league. FC Zürich Frauen is swiss record champion and 2nd in the alltime table lone behind FFC Bern. In the 2007–08 season, FCZ ( men ‘s team ) finished in third gear place. In a 2008–09 season peer, they edged pass BSC Young Boys to win the league entitle. In 2009, they made their debut bet for the group-stage of the UEFA Champions League. In the 2010–11 season FCZ finished second. The postdate seasons they finished by and large in mid-table positions. FCZ won the swiss Cup 2014 in excess time against FC Basel 2 to 0. In the 2015–16 temper the club finished final, one point behind FC Lugano and was relegated to the swiss Challenge League. Four days after the concluding game of the season FCZ won the swiss Cup 2016 beating FC Lugano 1 to 0 .

late years [edit ]

In the 2016–17 season FC Zürich won the Challenge League ahead of Neuchâtel Xamax and returned after one year to the Super League. In the 2017–2018 season they finished 4th. On 27 May 2018 they won the swiss Cup for the one-tenth time, beating BSC Young Boys 2:1 .

Honours [edit ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Grasshopper, besides from Zürich, and FC Basel are the main rivals of FCZ. Due to the acute competition, these matches are alleged bad fixtures, with an increase police presence in and around the stadium .

Zürich [edit ]

Since its origin, FCZ has always had a fiery relationship with neighbouring club Grasshopper over sporting domination in the city. [ citation needed ]

Read more: Willem Dafoe

Final vs. FC Basel, 13 May 2006 [edit ]

Before the stopping point round of the 2005–06 swiss Super League, Zürich were three points behind FC Basel in the league table. The last game of the season was contested by these two clubs vying for the league title at St. Jakob Park, Basel. Alhassane Keita scored the match first base goal, for Zürich. In the moment half, Mladen Petrić equalised. FC Basel were seconds away from the title when in the 93rd minute, Florian Stahel passed the ball to Iulian Filipescu, who scored. Zürich ‘s success at 2 – 1 was attributed to their superior finish deviation. Following the final whistle, Basel supporters stormed the lurch and attacked players on both teams .

infrastructure [edit ]

In 2010, the young and women ‘s teams of the baseball club moved their homebase to the Heerenschürli frolic park in the city quarter of Hirzenbach where the academy and women ‘s teams play besides their base matches. In 2021, the club moves with the completion of their « Home of FCZ » besides their Super League team and offices there in orderliness to have the hale administration under one roof. [ 10 ]

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

As of 9 September 2021[11]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loanword [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Reserve squad/Zürich U21 [edit ]

As of 23 July 2021[12]

The Zürich II/U21 team plays in the swiss Promotion League.
note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

noteworthy former players [edit ]

Players and managers admitted to the FC Zurich Hall of Fame
Players for the Swiss national football team
Players with World Cup appearances for their national teams

player record [edit ]

Players in bold are still part of the club.

Managers [edit ]

As of 2019.

Competition

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

48

16

4

28

50

77

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League

78

25

18

35

92

125

UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup

12

4

4

4

24

16

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

10

4

0

6

12

12

Total
148
49
26
73
178
230

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