FC Lausanne-Sport
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| Full name | Football Club Lausanne-Sport | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les bleu et blanc (The Blue and White) | ||
| Founded | 1896 | ||
| Ground | Stade de la Tuilière | ||
| Capacity | 12,544 | ||
| Owner | INEOS | ||
| President | Leen Heemskerk | ||
| Manager | Ludovic Magnin | ||
| League | Swiss Super League | ||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Super League, 10th of 12 | ||
| Website | http://www.lausanne-sport.ch | ||
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Football Club Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League Season. They play their home games at the 12,544-capacity Stade de la Tuilière. Previously Lausanne Sport had played at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, a 15,850 all-seater stadium used for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They played in Swiss First Division between 1906-1931, 1932–2002, 2011–2014, 2016–2018, 2020–2022 and 2023–present. The team has won seven league titles and the Swiss Cup nine times.
History
19th century
The club was founded in 1896 under the name of Montriond Lausanne. However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians.
20th century
The club took the name Lausanne-Sports FC in 1920 after the football section merged with the Club Hygiénique de Lausanne, a physical education club. The end of the 1950s and the whole of the 1960s were among the club's finest times. LS won the Swiss Cup twice (1962 and 1964), lost an additional Swiss Cup final to Basel by forfeit, won the Swiss championship (1965) and was runner-up four times (1961, 1962, 1963), as well as in 1969. The year 1965 was the year of the 7th and last Swiss championship title. It was probably the most successful, earning its protagonists the nickname of "Lords of the Night", a reference to some enchanting evenings. Since the advent of the floodlights in the new stadium, the matches have mainly taken place in the evenings which was at the time a unique feature.
21st century
After the 2001–02 season, Lausanne-Sports were relegated because the club did not obtain a first level license for the 2002–03 season. Following the 2002–03 season in the second division, Lausanne-Sports FC were again relegated due to bankruptcy. They were reformed as FC Lausanne-Sport for the 2003–04 season and had to begin play at the fourth tier. The team was promoted in consecutive seasons from the fourth division after the 2003–04 season and the third division after the 2004–05 season. After an additional six years in the second tier of Swiss football, the club was promoted to the Super League for the 2011–12 season for a three-season stay before being relegated in 2014. After two seasons in the second tier the team was promoted for a two-season stay in the top division in 2016 and survived relegation in their first season before being relegated back to the second tier again in 2018. Now somewhat of a yo-yo club the team were promoted to the top tier again in 2020. Lausanne-Sport qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after they reached the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel. In the 2010–11 Europa League, while still playing in the second tier Challenge League, they performed a shock getting to the group stages beating favourites Lokomotiv Moscow on the way. Lausanne-Sport were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League at the end of the 2013–14 Swiss Super League season.[1] Two years later, they finished first in the 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League, which promoted them back to the top tier of Swiss football for the 2016–17 season.[2] On 13 November 2017, the club was acquired by Ineos, a Swiss-based British petrochemicals company owned by Jim Ratcliffe, the nation's wealthiest person.[3] The first transfer under the new ownership was that of Enzo Fernández, son of Zinedine Zidane.[4] However, the season ended with relegation. Ratcliffe's brother Bob became club president in March 2019.[5] The club won promotion back to the top flight as champions of the 2019–20 Swiss Challenge League.[6] On 27 May 2023, Lausanne-Sport secure promotion to Super League from 2023 to 2024 after draw 2–2 against FC Aarau, finished in runner-up and return to top tier after one-year absence.[7] They currently sit 10th place in the Swiss Super League after recently losing out 1-0 to Servette.
Stadium
Lausanne Sport play in new stadium at Stade de la Tuiliere previously stadium Stade Olympique Pontaise.
Honours
League
- Ligue Nationale A/Super League
- Ligue Nationale B/Challenge League
- 1. Liga Promotion
- Winners: 2004–05
- 1. Liga Classic
- Winners: 2003–04
Cups
- Swiss Cup
- Swiss League Cup
- Runners-up: 1980–81
Players
Current squad
- As of 16 October 2024[8]
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Former players
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Switzerland Ludovic Magnin |
| Assistant Managers | Switzerland Hervé Le Goff |
| First-Team Coach | Switzerland Loïc Perrin |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Switzerland Anthony Favre |
Former coaches
- Scotland Billy Hunter (1922–23)
- England Jimmy Hogan (1925)
- England Fred Spiksley (1928)
- Switzerland Robert Pache (1931–32)
- England Jimmy Hogan (1933–34)
- Germany Alwin Riemke (1934–35)
- Austria Friedrich Kerr (1939)
- Switzerland Frank Séchehaye (1942–43)
- Switzerland Fritz Leonhardt and Switzerland Georg Baumgartner (1943–45)
- Switzerland Louis Maurer (1945–50)
- Hungary Béla Volentik (1950–51)
- Switzerland Jacques Spagnoli (1951–53)
- Switzerland Joseph Schaefer (1953–54)
- Netherlands Bram Appel (1954–55)
- Switzerland Fernand Jaccard (1955–57)
- Austria Walter Presch (1957–60)
- Switzerland Albert Châtelain (1960–61)
- Switzerland Charles Marmier and Switzerland Frank Séchehaye (1961–62)
- France Jean Luciano (1962–64)
- Switzerland Roger Reymond and Switzerland Roger Bocquet (1964)
- Switzerland Roger Reymond (1964–65)
- West Germany Kurt Linder (1965–66)
- Austria Wilhelm Hahnemann (1966–67)
- Switzerland Roger Vonlanthen (1967–72)
- Switzerland Louis Maurer (1972–74)
- Switzerland Paul Garbani (1974–76)
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Blažević (1976–79)
- Switzerland Charly Hertig (1979–82)
- Hungary Péter Pázmándy (1982–84)
- Romania Radu Nunweiller (1984–87)
- Switzerland Umberto Barberis (1 August 1987 – 20 June 1993)
- Switzerland Marc Duvillard (1993–94)
- Switzerland Martin Trümpler (1 July 1994 – 30 June 1995)
- Switzerland Georges Bregy (1 July 1995 – 30 September 1997)
- Romania Radu Nunweiller and Switzerland Pierre-André Schürmann (1998)
- Switzerland Pierre-André Schürmann (24 October 1998 – 11 December 2000)
- France Victor Zvunka (1 July 2000 – 30 June 2001)
- Romania Radu Nunweiller (1 July 2001 – 5 December 2001)
- Switzerland Umberto Barberis (20 February 2002 – 8 May 2002)
- Spain Pablo Iglesias (2002–03)
- Argentina Gabriel Calderón (1 January 2003 – 30 June 2003)
- Germany Jochen Dries (2003–04)
- Switzerland Gérard Castella (1 July 2005 – 24 May 2006)
- Switzerland Alain Geiger (1 June 2006 – 21 November 2006)
- Switzerland Paul Garbani and Switzerland P. Isabella (interim) (24 November 2006 – 11 December 2006)
- Switzerland Stéphane Hunziker and Switzerland Patrick Isabella (17 February 2007 – 30 May 2007)
- Switzerland Umberto Barberis (1 July 2007 – 17 December 2007)
- Switzerland Thierry Cotting (15 December 2007 – 30 June 2009)
- Switzerland John Dragani (1 July 2008 – 30 June 2010)
- Switzerland Árpád Soós (19 March 2010 – 30 June 2010)
- Switzerland Martin Rueda (1 July 2010 – 30 June 2012)
- France Laurent Roussey (1 July 2012 – 21 October 2013)
- Switzerland Alexandre Comisetti (22 October 2013 – 7 November 2013)
- France Henri Atamaniuk (8 November 2013 – 20 June 2014)
- Italy Francesco Gabriele (1 July 2014 – 9 October 2014)
- Italy Marco Simone (13 October 2014 – 24 March 2015)
- Switzerland Fabio Celestini (24 March 2015 – 2018)[9][10]
- Switzerland Giorgio Contini (2018 - 9 June 2021)[11]
- Serbia Ilija Borenović (10 June 2021 - 4 February 2022)[12]
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Recent seasons
Recent season-by-season performance of the club:[13][14]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
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| 2005–06 | Challenge League | II | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | 13th | ||
| 2007–08 | 13th | ||
| 2008–09 | 7th | ||
| 2009–10 | 10th | ||
| 2010–11 | 1st ↑ | ||
| 2011–12 | Super League | I | 7th |
| 2012–13 | 9th | ||
| 2013–14 | 10th ↓ | ||
| 2014–15 | Challenge League | II | 5th |
| 2015–16 | 1st ↑ | ||
| 2016–17 | Super League | I | 9th |
| 2017–18 | 10th ↓ | ||
| 2018–19 | Challenge League | II | 3rd |
| 2019–20 | 1st | ||
| 2020–21 | Super League | I | 6th |
| 2021–22 | 10th ↓ | ||
| 2022–23 | Challenge League | II | 2nd ↑ |
| 2023–24 | Super League | I | 10 |
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| ↑ Promoted | ↓ Relegated |
Lausanne-Sports Rowing
Lausanne-Sports Aviron is the rowing club of Lausanne-Sport.
References
- ↑ "Le FC Lausanne-Sport relégué" (in français). 4 May 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Lausanne accède à l'élite" (in français). 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ Wilson, Bill (13 November 2017). "Chemicals giant Ineos buys Swiss football team". Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "Enzo Zidane leaves Alaves for Lausanne revolution". FourFourTwo. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "After buying Team Sky, Ineos makes change at Lausanne-Sport". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ↑ "Bob Ratcliffe: "Tout le monde doit voir le LS comme une équipe de Super League"" [Bob Ratcliffe: "Everyone must see LS as a Super League team"] (in français). RTS. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ↑ "Lausanne-Sport zittert sich ins Oberhaus" (in Schweizer Hochdeutsch). SRF. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "1ère équipe" [1st team] (in français). FC Lausanne-Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ↑ "Le FC Lausanne-Sport limoge Simone et mise sur Celestini" (in français). 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ↑ "Celestini prolonge trois ans au FC Lausanne-Sport" (in français). 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ↑ "Giorgio Contini Neuer Cheftrainer Bei GC". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 9 June 2021.
- ↑ "Borenovic nicht mehr Trainer in Lausanne". Swiss Football League. 4 February 2022.
- ↑ "Archives des saisons – Challenge League" (in français). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ↑ "Archives des saisons – Super League" (in français). Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
External links
- Football department
- Athletics department
- Roller hockey department (archived 2 April 2002)
- Rowing department