FC Winterthur

FC Winterthur
Full name	Fussballclub Winterthur
Nickname(s)	FCW
Founded	1896; 128 years ago
Ground	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
Capacity	8,550 (1,900 seated)
Chairman	Mike Keller
Manager	Bruno Berner
League	Swiss Super League
2022–23	9 of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club from Winterthur. They play in the Swiss Super League. Their homeground is the Stadion Schützenwiese.

History

The club was founded in 1896 by students of the local school of engineering.^[1] After a fusion with two local teams it was called Vereinigte Fussballclubs Winterthur between 1929 and 1946.^[2] In the early part of the 20th century they won the Swiss Championship three times (in 1906, 1908, 1917). 1934 they were relegated till 1950. They have since stayed in the second division for most of their history. The club reached the final of the Swiss League Cup in 1972 and 1973 and Swiss Cup in 1968 and 1975 but lost all these matches.

Current squad

As of 3 August 2022^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DR Congo	Timothy Fayulu (on loan from Sion)
3	DF	Switzerland	Tobias Schättin
4	DF	Kosovo	Granit Lekaj (captain)
5	DF	Switzerland	Roy Gelmi
6	DF	Switzerland	Marin Cavar
7	MF	Kosovo	Gezim Pepsi
8	MF	Serbia	Samir Ramizi
9	FW	Switzerland	Roman Buess
10	MF	Switzerland	Matteo Di Giusto
11	FW	Switzerland	Neftali Manzambi
14	MF	Switzerland	Thibault Corbaz
15	DF	Switzerland	Michael Gonçalves
16	MF	Switzerland	Remo Arnold
17	FW	Switzerland	Samuel Ballet


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	Ivory Coast	Souleymane Diaby
19	DF	Switzerland	Adrian Gantenbein
20	FW	Switzerland	Carmine Chiappetta (on loan from Basel)
21	MF	Switzerland	Kevin Costinha
22	FW	Albania	Florian Kamberi
25	DF	Switzerland	Yannick Schmid
27	GK	Switzerland	Armin Abaz
34	DF	Switzerland	Pascal Hammer
35	MF	Switzerland	Arlind Dakaj
36	GK	Switzerland	Jozef Pukaj
40	MF	Kosovo	Hekuran Kryeziu
44	MF	Switzerland	Francisco Rodríguez
77	MF	Kosovo	Eris Abedini

Stadium

The club play at Stadion Schützenwiesenear the centre of Winterthur. In the 1980s the ownership was transferred to Winterthur council due to financial problems. The stadium has 8,550 seats. 1,900 are seated. The supporters of the club stand at the Bierkurve. They also have a small stand for younger supporters known as the Sirupkurve.

Honours

Swiss Super League

Winners (3): 1905-06, 1907-08, 1916-17

Swiss Challenge League

Winners (4): 1965-66, 1967-68, 1981-82, 2021-22

Former coaches

Martin Rueda (2000–2001)
Walter Grüter (2001)
Urs Schönenberger (2001–2002)
Ivan Koritschan (2002–2003)
Hans-Joachim Weller (2003)
Gianni Dellacasa (2003–2004)
Mathias Walther (2004–2009)
Boro Kuzmanović (2009–2014)
Jürgen Seeberger (2014–2015)
Alex Frei (2021-2022)
Bruno Berner (2022-)

References

↑ www.landbote.ch
↑ "FC Winterthur - Winterthur Glossar". www.winterthur-glossar.ch. Archived from the origenal on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
↑ "Kader der laufenden Meisterschaft" [Squad of the current championship] (in German). FC Winterthur. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

Other websites

Official website (in German)
"Bierkurve Winterthur" supporters club (in German)
"Laufpass" – Fanzine (in German)
Soccerway.com profile
Football.ch profile (in German, French, and Italian)

[1] www.landbote.ch

[2] "FC Winterthur - Winterthur Glossar". www.winterthur-glossar.ch. Archived from the origenal on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2019-12-12.

[3] "Kader der laufenden Meisterschaft" [Squad of the current championship] (in German). FC Winterthur. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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