FC St. Gallen-Staad
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| Nickname(s) | Espen | ||
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| Founded | 2017 | ||
| Ground | Espenmoos | ||
| Capacity | 5,700 | ||
| Chairman | Matthias Hüppi | ||
| Manager | Marisa Wunderlin | ||
| League | Swiss Women's Super League | ||
| 2020–21 | 7th | ||
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FC St. Gallen-Staad is a women's football club from Switzerland. The club was founded in 2017 and was created through the merger of the women's football departments of FC St. Gallen and . They currently compete in the Swiss Women's Super League, the highest division of the Swiss football pyramid.
History[]
The women's division of FC Staad has existed since 1992. In 2001, it was promoted to the National League A for the first time. After two more relegations and re-promotions in 2003 and 2009, the team slipped again into the National League B in 2017.[1] The women of FC St. Gallen were relegated to National League B in 2016.
With the relegation of the women of FC Staad, no team from Eastern Switzerland was represented in the top division of Swiss women's football, so the two clubs decided to join forces and merge their women's departments. The first joint training session was in July 2017. This merger, which had already been preceded by a certain cooperation at youth levels, also affected the U15, U17 and U19 teams, which have all competed under the name FC St. Gallen-Staad since then.[2]
In its first season of 2017/18, FC St. Gallen-Staad landed in third place and just missed promotion from National League B. The club started the 2018/19 season under head coach Federico D'Aloia and went on to win promotion to National League A.[3] In the Swiss Cup, St. Gallen-Staad reached the semifinals.[4]
Marco Zwyssig replaced D'Aloia as head coach. The 2019/20 season was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the time of cancellation, after 16 rounds, FC St. Gallen-Staad stood in 7th place on 11 points.[5]
Before the start of the 20/21 season, the cooperation between FC St. Gallen and FC Staad was extended until 2023.[6]
On August 13, St. Gallen-Staad won the season opening game of the newly founded Women's Super League in Kybunpark, which was broadcast live by SRF2, against Grasshopper Club Zürich, 2-0.[7] It was the first game in the top division of Swiss women's football that SRF had ever shown.[8][9]
In March 2021 it was announced that the club would part with Marco Zwyssig as head coach at the end of the season, with Marisa Wunderlin presented as successor.[10]
In the cup, the team reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated at home against Basel.[11]
Players[]
Current squad[]
- As of 15 April 2021. [12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References[]
- ^ "Frauen" fcstaad.ch, abgerufen am 24. Mai 2020
- ^ "Fusion: FCSG und Staad blasen zum Angriff" , 22 June 2017
- ^ "St.Galler Frauen steigen in Nati A auf" , 2 June 2019
- ^ "Statistik und Resultate" football.ch, abgerufen am 24 May 2020
- ^ "Saison 2019/2020 - Nationalliga A (Frauen)" football.ch, abgerufen am 3 April 2021
- ^ "Verlängerung Zusammenarbeit mit FC St. Gallen 1879" fcstaad.ch
- ^ "Bischof schiesst St. Gallen-Staad zum Auftaktsieg" srf.ch, abgerufen am 14 August 2020
- ^ "Ticker" srf.ch, abgerufen am 14 August 2020
- ^ "Saisonstart der AXA Women’s Super League mit neuem Auftritt" awsl.ch, 13 August 2020
- ^ "Marisa Wunderlin wird neue Cheftrainerin" dieostschweiz.ch, 15 March 2021
- ^ "FC St. Gallen-Staad - FC Basel 1893" Schweizer Cup (Frauen), 1 April 2021
- ^ "Kader | FCSG-S Frauen". www.fcsg.ch. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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