FC Lugano
Full name | Football Club Lugano | |||
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Founded | 1908 | |||
Ground | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland | |||
Capacity | 6,330 | |||
Chairman | Philippe Regazzoni | |||
Manager | Mattia Croci-Torti | |||
League | Swiss Super League | |||
2022–23 | Swiss Super League, 3rd of 10 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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FC Lugano is a Swiss football club from Lugano. The club was newly founded as AC Lugano in 2004 because of the relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008 went back to his original name, FC Lugano. They play at the Stadio Cornaredo. They have played in what is now the Swiss Super League during the periods of 1922–53, 1954–60, 1961–63, 1964–76, 1979–80, 1988–97, 1998–02 and from 2015 until present.
History
[change | change source]Football Club Lugano was formed on 28 July 1908 . The team won its first Swiss Cup in 1931. The following decade, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949).
In 1968, Lugano won the Swiss Cup and participated in the Cup Winners' Cup. Two years later the team took part in the UEFA Cup. In 1993 Lugano won its third Cup against Grasshoppers and played Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1995–96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup, eliminating Jeunesse Hautcharage in the first round and Inter Milan in the second.
The club was declared bankrupt in 2003 and removed from the league. Due to the bankruptcy, the team was renamed AC Lugano and played with under-21 players because they were forced to sell or release the senior team to pay the club's debts. In 2004 the club merged with Malcantone Agno and the team should play in the Swiss Challenge League.[1]
On 4 June 2008 when the club became 100 years old the general meeting of shareholders voted on a name change. The historical name of Football Club Lugano was used again. In 2015 FC Lugano was promoted to the Swiss Super League.
On August 18, 2021, it was announced that American billionaire and owner of the Chicago Fire FC, Joe Mansueto had purchased FC Lugano and that the Fire and FC Lugano work together as sister clubs.[2] On 1 September 2021, assistant coach Mattia Croci-Torti took over coaching duties at the club, replacing Abel Braga.[3] The first season under new ownership was successful winning the 2021–22 Swiss Cup.[4]
European record
[change | change source]Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1968–69 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First Round | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
1971–72 | UEFA Cup | First Round | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
1993–94 | European Cup Winners' Cup | Qualifying Round | ![]() |
5–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 |
First Round | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | ||
1995–96 | UEFA Cup | Preliminary Round | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
First Round | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
Second Round | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | ||
2001–02 | UEFA Champions League | Second Qualifying Round | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 |
2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying Round | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | Group G | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | 3rd |
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1–2 | 2–1 | ||||
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3–2 | 1–4 | ||||
2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | Group B | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–1 | 4th |
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0–1 | 0–1 | ||||
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0–0 | 1–2 | ||||
2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | Third Qualifying Round | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
Players
[change | change source]Current squad
[change | change source]- As of 8 July 2022[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
[change | change source]- Swiss Super League
- Champions: 1937–38, 1940–41, 1948–49
- Swiss Cup
- Winners (4): 1930–31, 1967–68, 1992–93, 2021–22
- Swiss Challenge League
- Winners: 2014–15
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "FC Lugano - Switzerland 2017-18" (PDF). LiberoGuide.
- ↑ "Chicago Fire FC Owner and Chairman Joe Mansueto Purchases Swiss Super League Club FC Lugano | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
- ↑ Berger, Nicola. "Super League: Mattia Croci-Torti neuer Lugano-Trainer".
- ↑ "Der FC Lugano gewinnt den 97. Schweizer Cupfinal". SFV.
- ↑ "Prima squadra" [First team] (in Italian). FC Lugano. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website (in Italian)