FC Zürich

FC Zürich or FCZ (short for Fussballclub Zürich) is a football club from Zürich, Switzerland, founded 1896.

Supporters

Traditionally FCZ is the club of the lower/working-class, whereas city rival Grasshopper-Club Zürich is the club of the upper class. These social differences have been blurred in recent years. Zurich's hardcore supporters are situated in an area known as the Sudkurve of the Letzigrund. They are very vocal here. Of the Sudkurve supporters there are many offshoot groups such as the FCZ Boys.

Honours

• Swiss Super League
• Winners (11): 1902, 1924, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2006, 2007
• Swiss Cup
• Winners (7): 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2000, 2005
• European Champions Cup (UEFA Champions League)
• Semi-finalists, 1964 and 1977
• Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
• Fourth place, 1911

Final vs. Basel May 13th 2006

Before the last round of the 2005-06 Swiss Super League, FC Zürich were three points behind FC Basel in the league table. The last game of the season was contested by these two clubs vying for the league title at St. Jakob Park, Basel. Alhassane Keita scored the first goal for Zürich. In the second half Mladen Petric equalised. Basel were seconds away from the title when in the 93rd minute Florian Stahel passed the ball to Iulian Filipescu, who scored and made it 2-1 for FC Zürich. FC Zürich won the league title due to their superior goal difference. After the final whistle the field was stormed by FC Basel supporters who also attacked FC Zürich players (see 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident).

FC Basel are, along with Grasshopper-Club, the biggest rivals of FC Zürich. Due to the intense rivalry, the games between Zurich and Basel are so called "High-Risk-Games".

Current squad

As of July 6th, 2008

Players in

• Philippe Koch (from U-21)
• Admir Mehmedi (from U-21)
• Luca Ladner (from U-21)
• Adrian Nikci (from U-21)
• Tito Tarchini (from AC Lugano, to U-21)

Players out

• Orhan Mustafi (to FC Basel)
• Eudis (to BSC Young Boys)
• David da Costa (to Concordia Basel)

Out on loan

• Shkelzen Gashi (to AC Bellinzona until summer 2009)
• Sebastian Kollar (to FC St. Gallen until winter 2008)
• Labinot Sheholli (to FC Biel-Bienne until summer 2009)
• Jérôme Thiesson (to FC Wil until summer 2009)
• Silvio (to FC Wil)

Former notable players

See also .

René Botteron Frédéric Chassot Blerim Džemaili Ruedi Elsener Joan Gamper Karl Grob Daniel Gygax Daniel Jeandupeux Gökhan Inler		Jakob Kuhn Fritz Künzli Heinz Lüdi Xavier Margairaz Erni Maissen Marco Pascolo Franz Peterhans Gian-Pietro Zappa Hanspeter Zwicker		Iulian Filipescu Adrian Ilie Mihai Tararache Marcel Răducanu Herbert Waas Roberto Di Matteo Rosario Martinelli Jonas Thern Raffael Francisco Lima Jure Jerkovic		Muhamed Konjić Haris Skoro Ike Shorunmu Rashidi Yekini Shaun Bartlett Augustine Makalakalane Shabani Nonda Alhassane Keita Wynton Rufer Artur Petrosyan

Managers

Manager	Years	Record
Josef "Csibi" Winkler	1920–1922	?-?-?
Studnicka	1943–1946	?-?-?
Severino Minelli	1948–1950	?-?-?
Willy Iseli	1946–1948	?-?-?
Theodor Lohrmann	1948–1953	?-?-?
Joksch Fridl	1953–1955	?-?-?
Ossi Müller	1955–1957	?-?-?
Fernando Molina and Max Barras	1957–1958	?-?-?
Karl Rappan	1958–1959	?-?-?
Max Barras	1959–1960	?-?-?
Georg Wurzer	1960–1962	?-?-?
Louis Maurer	1962–1966	?-?-?
László Kubala	July 1966–Feb. 1967	?-?-?
René Brodmann	Feb. 1967–July 1967	?-?-?
Law Mantula	1967–1969	?-?-?
Georg Gawliczek	July 1969–Nov. 1970	?-?-?
Juan Schwanner	Nov. 1970–July 1971	?-?-?
Timo Konietzka	1971–1978	?-?-?
Zlatko Čajkovski	1978–March 1980	?-?-?
Albert Sing and Rosario Martinelli	March 1980–July 1980	?-?-?
Daniel Jeandupeux	July 1980–March 1983	?-?-?
Heini Glättli	March 1983	?-?-?
Max Merkel	April 1983–May 1983	?-?-?
Köbi Kuhn	May 1983–July 1983	?-?-?
Hans Kodric	July 1983–Nov. 1983	?-?-?
Köbi Kuhn	Nov. 1983–July 1984	?-?-?
Vaclav Jezek	1984– 1986	?-?-?
Hermann Stessl	1986– Sept. 1987	?-?-?
Timo Konietzka	Sept. 1987–July 1988	?-?-?
Hans Bongartz	1988–1989	?-?-?
Walter Iselin	July 1989–Oct. 1989	?-?-?
Herbert Neumann	Oct. 1989–Oct. 1991	?-?-?
Kurt Jara	Oct. 1991–April 1994	?-?-?
Bob Houghton	April 1994–March 1995	?-?-?
Raimondo Ponte	March 1995–April 2000	?-?-?
Gilbert Gress	April 2000–2001	?-?-?
Georges Bregy	2001—March 2003	?-?-?
Walter Grüter	March 2003—July 2003	?-?-?
Lucien Favre	2003—June 2007	69-33-37
Bernard Challandes	June 2007—	?-?-?

FC Zürich in Europe

• Q = Qualifying Round
• 1R = First Round
• 2R = Second Round
• 1/8 = 1/8 Final
• 1/4 = Quarterfinal
• 1/2 = Semifinal

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
1963-64	European Cup	Q		Dundalk FC	3-0, 1-2
		1/8		Galatasaray	2-0, 0-2, 2-2
		1/4		PSV Eindhoven	0-1, 3-1
		1/2		Real Madrid	1-2, 0-6
1966-67	European Cup	1R		Celtic FC	0-2, 0-3
1967-68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		FC Barcelona	3-1, 0-1
		2R		Nottingham Forest	1-2, 1-0
		1/8		Sporting Clube de Portugal	3-0, 0-1
		1/4		Dundee FC	0-1, 0-1
1968-69	European Cup	1R		Akademisk Boldklub	1-3, 2-1
1969-70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		Kilmarnock FC	3-2, 1-3
1970-71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar	7-1, 7-0
		1/8		Club Brugge	0-2, 3-2
1972-73	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Wrexham AFC	1-1, 1-2
1973-74	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		RSC Anderlecht	2-3, 1-0
		1/8		Malmö FF	0-0, 1-1
		1/4		Sporting Clube de Portugal	0-3, 1-1
1974-75	European Cup	1R		Leeds United	1-4, 2-1
1975-76	European Cup	1R		Újpest Dósza	0-4, 5-1
1976-77	European Cup	1R		Rangers FC	1-1, 1-0
		1/8		Turun Palloseura	2-0, 1-0
		1/4		Dynamo Dresden	2-1, 2-3
		1/2		Liverpool FC	1-3, 0-3
1977-78	UEFA Cup	1R		CSKA Sofia	1-0, 1-1
		2R		Eintracht Frankfurt	0-3, 3-4
1979-80	UEFA Cup	1R		1. FC Kaiserslautern	1-3, 1-5
1981-82	European Cup	1R		BFC Dynamo Berlin	0-2, 3-1
1982-83	UEFA Cup	1R		Pezoporikos Larnaca	2-2, 1-0
		2R		Ferencvárosi TC	1-1, 1-0
		1/8		SL Benfica	1-1, 0-4
1983-84	UEFA Cup	1R		Antwerp FC	1-4, 2-4
1998-99	UEFA Cup	2Q		FC Shakhtar Donetsk	4-0, 2-3
		1R		Anorthosis Famagusta	4-0, 3-2
		2R		Celtic FC	1-1, 4-2
		1/8		AS Roma	0-1, 2-2
1999-00	UEFA Cup	Q		Sliema Wanderers	3-0, 1-0
		1R		Lierse SK	1-0, 4-3
		2R		Newcastle United	1-2, 1-3
2000-01	UEFA Cup	1R		Racing Genk	1-2, 0-2
2005-06	UEFA Cup	2Q		Legia Warsaw	1-0, 4-1
		1R		Brøndby IF	0-2, 2-1
2006-07	Champions League	2Q		Red Bull Salzburg	2-1, 0-2
2007-08	Champions League	3Q		Beşiktaş JK	1-1, 0-2
2007-08	UEFA Cup	1R		Empoli FC	1-2, 3-0
		2R		AC Sparta Praha	2-1
		2R		Toulouse FC	2-0
		2R		Spartak Moscow	0-1
		2R		Bayer Leverkusen	0-5
		1/16		Hamburger SV	1-3, 0-0
2008-09	UEFA Cup	2Q		SK Sturm Graz	1-1, 1-1
		1R		AC Milan	1-3, 0-1

External links

• Official Website