FC Winterthur

FC Winterthur

Full name	Fussballclub Winterthur
Nickname(s)	FCW
Founded	1896 (1896)
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. After a fusion with two local teams it was called Vereinigte Fussballclubs Winterthur between 1929 and 1946. 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

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-)

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)