Helvécia Futsal Club

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London Helvecia Futsal Club

Nickname(s)	Helvecia
Founded	2007
Ground	London, England
Chairman	Andrew De Santana
Manager	Enrique Guillen
League	National Futsal Series
2020/2021	1st
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

London Helvecia Futsal Club is a futsal club based in London, England (United Kingdom). Founded in 2007, they compete in the FA National Futsal Series, the top division of English Futsal.

Helvecia are the most successful Futsal club in England, having won 8 league titles, 6 FA cups and have represented England in the UEFA Futsal cup / Champions League more times than any other English club.

Helvecia won their first major honour in 2008, complete a league and FA Futsal cup double. During the 2008/09 season Helvecia qualified for the then UEFA Futsal Cup (now Champions League) for their first time. Though Helvecia have yet to proceed past the Preliminary rounds they have represented England 5 times in the competition.

Helvecia home kit colours are blue and white. The club's crest changed during the 2019/20 season so that it better represented the origins of the club. The club's local rivals are Southend and Sussex.

History[]

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Crest and colours[]

Crest

Helvecia have had two, which all underwent minor variations. The most recent change came in 2019, where the colours of the crest were amended to reflect the origins of the club along with the style and size of the central ball.

Colours

Helvecia has always worn blue and white kits. Often these colours would be solid or a mixture of both colours. Home kits featured a dominant blue, with away kits always in white.

Helvecia Women[]

Helvecia also operate a women's Futsal team, London Helvecia Women's Futsal Club. They have been affiliated to the men's team since 2018. They play their home games at Leyton Leisure Centre.

Helvecia Academy[]

Helvecia started its academy during the 2019/20 season. Initially created of upper phase age ranges the appointment at the end of the 2018/19 season was the start of the building of the academy. The academy has two centres; the primary camp in London and the other in the midlands. This allows Helvecia to attract the best young players from the widest spectrum throughout the UK. The academy caters for U6 to U16 players, and includes the community initiatives of the club.

Honours[]

Domestic[]

League Titles[]

• FA Futsal League: 8
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019,2021

Cups[]

• FA Futsal Cups: 6
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019

Doubles[]

• FA Futsal League and FA Futsal Cup: 6
  • 2008: League and FA Futsal Cup
  • 2009: League and FA Futsal Cup
  • 2010: League and FA Futsal Cup
  • 2011: League and FA Futsal Cup
  • 2019: League and FA Futsal Cup

UEFA Futsal Cup / Champions League ^[1][]

Appearances: 8

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Opponent	Result	Venue (Host City)	Qualified
2009-10	UEFA Futsal Cup	Preliminary Round		Roubaix Futsal	6–4	Tapiola Urheiluhalli (Espoo)	2nd place
				Golden Futsal Team	4–6
				Fair City Santos	11–2
2010-11	UEFA Futsal Cup	Preliminary Round		FC Encamp	4–2	Magvassy Sportcsarnok (Győr)	2nd place
				MNK Croatia 97	3–2
				Győri ETO FC	2–7
2011-12	UEFA Futsal Cup	Preliminary Round		Stella Rossa	7–3	Hollgasse Hall (Vienna)	2nd place
				Győri ETO FC	1–6
				Anzhi Tallinn	5–0
2012-13	UEFA Futsal Cup	Preliminary Round		Edro Vlorë	2–1	Birkerød Iorietscenter (Birkerød)	3rd place
				Lidselmash Lida	1–2
				København Futsal	2–7
2017-18	UEFA Futsal Cup	Preliminary Round		Transylvania	7–0	Sporthalle Weissenstein (Bern)	2nd place
				Lynx	6–1
				Minerva	1–4
2019–20	UEFA Futsal Champions League	Preliminary Round		PYF Saltires	7-3	Sporthal De Opgang (Zwaag)	2nd place
				Lynx	9-4
				Hovocubo	1-4
2020–21	UEFA Futsal Champions League	Preliminary Round		Differdange 03	0-6	Complexe Sportif (Cosnes-et-Romain)
2021–22	UEFA Futsal Champions League	Preliminary Round		TSV Weilimdorf	7-9	Glaspalast Sindelfingen (Sindelfingen)	3rd place
				Liqeni	6-7
				Tavşançalı	8-2

Current squad[]

The following players played the 2021–22 UEFA Futsal Champions League.^[2]

#	Position	Name	Nationality
1	Goalkeeper	Mark Croft
2	Winger	Daniel Nerín
4	Defender	Eduardo Tijerín
5	Defender	Rubén Fernández
6	Winger	Iván Dju
7	Winger	Guilherme Monti
8	Pivot	Uriel Araujo
9	Pivot	Raoni Medina
10	Winger	Lucas Totti
11	Pivot	Claudio Ribeiro
12	Winger	Liam Palfreeman
14	Defender	José Carlos
20	Goalkeeper	Lahoz Dimar

Notable Players - Past and Present[]

• Maximilian William Kilman
• Eduardo Gomes
• Ari Santos

See also[]

• FA Futsal League
• Futsal in England

References[]

External links[]

• Official website