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'''SC Kriens''' is a [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Kriens]], [[Switzerland]], whothat currently playcompeting in the [[Swiss ChallengePromotion League]]. TheyThe currentlyclub play at theuses [[Stadion Kleinfeld]] as home ground, and form a local rivalry with [[FC Lucerne|Lucerne]].

[[SC Kriens (women)|SC Kriens women's team]] playshas been participating in the [[Nationalliga A (women's football)|Nationalliga A]] since 2008.

Their first years were unremarkable, but support from the [[Municipalities of Switzerland|local municipality]], a new stadium, and the introduction of several junior teams helped them to promotion to the 2. Liga in 1958. By 1975 the team challenged for promotion to the [[Swiss Challenge League|Nationalliga B]] under [[Paul Wolfisberg]] , who later managed FC Lucerne and the [[Swiss national football team|Swiss national team]], before succeeding a year later in the 1975–76 season.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 May 1978|title=Wolfisberg von Kriens zu Luzern|work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]|url=http://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZN19780505-01.2.23.8.2|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> As Wolfisberg left the team in 1978 and the core of homegrown players began to age, they fought against relegation, which became reality in 1981. They spent another single season in the second division in 1986–87, before achieving a more successful stint in 1990<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 June 1990|title=Fussball: Kriens anstelle des Aufsteigers in der NLB|work=[[Thuner Tagblatt]]|url=http://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TTB19900620-01.2.45.3|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> that eventually led to two spells in the [[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]] in the 1993–94 and 1997–98 seasons. The team nearly achieved promotion on multiple occasions, albeit without success, under the leadership of managers such as [[Kudi Müller]] and [[Jürgen Seeberger]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Geschichte |url=https://www.sckriens.ch/geschichte/ |website=SC Kriens |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 May 1998|title=Kudi Müller wird neuer Kriens-Trainer|work={{ill|Walliser Bote|de}}|url=http://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=WAB19980525-01.2.125}}</ref> However, they failed to make the cut after the second division was restructured from 16 to 10 teams in 2012 and spent several years in lower divisions until 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bucher|first=Turi|title=Gezittert, getroffen, gefeiert: Kriens steigt in die Challenge League auf|url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/21-sieg-der-sc-kriens-steigt-in-challenge-league-auf-ld.1021892|access-date=2020-12-14|website=[[Luzerner Zeitung]]|language=de}}</ref>

SC Kriens play at the '''Stadion Kleinfeld''', which hosts a capacity of 5,370.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stadion Kleinfeld - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/venues/switzerland/stadion-kleinfeld/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> It was originally known as the ''Waisenhausmatte,'' which was first opened on 7 August 1949. It received its first floodlights in 1950, and by 1958, the stadium reopened under its current name with an expanded seating of 700. In 1969, two further pitches and the main stand were added.<ref name=":0" /> In 2018 the stadium was completely rebuilt including a new main stand which includes a built-in sports centre and a photovoltaic system on its roof.

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* [{{official website|http://www.sckriens.ch/ Official website]}} {{in lang|de}}