FC Lugano
{{Short description|Swiss association football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Lugano
| image = Logo_FC_Lugano_2025.svg
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| fullname = Football Club Lugano
| nickname = Bianconeri (Black and White)
L'orgoglio del Ticino (The Pride of Ticino)
| founded = {{Start date and age|28 July 1908|df=yes}}
| ground = Cornaredo Stadium,
Lugano, Switzerland
| capacity = 6,330
| owner = Joe Mansueto
| chairman = Philippe Regazzoni
| manager = Mattia Croci-Torti
| league = Swiss Super League
| season = 2023–24
| position = Swiss Super League, 2nd of 12
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FC Lugano is a Swiss professional football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its 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
File:Lugano Performance Graph.png
Football Club Lugano was formed on 28 July 1908 under the leadership of then-president Ernesto Corsini. Promotion to the highest Swiss Super League came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of relegations and promotions, 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).
For the first fifty years of its existence, Lugano played at the Campo Marzio – which opened on 13 September 1908 – but its success prompted the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, the Cornaredo Stadium was inaugurated, which has a capacity of 15,000.
In 1968, Lugano won the Swiss Cup and hence the team 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, later participating in the Cup Winners' Cup, in which it reached second qualifying round. 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 forcibly removed from the league. Due to the bankruptcy, the team was renamed AC Lugano and fielded under-21 players, having been forced to sell or release the senior team to pay off the club's debts. In 2004, the club merged with Malcantone Agno, and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss football system in the Swiss Challenge League.{{Cite web|title=FC Lugano – Switzerland 2017-18|url=http://liberoguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Switzerland_final.pdf|website=LiberoGuide|access-date=17 February 2021|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726184149/http://liberoguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Switzerland_final.pdf|url-status=live}} Morotti Joseph, the president of Malcantone Agno, was entrusted with the leadership of the new club.
In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello. Luido Bernasconi became the new president.
On 4 June 2008, the club's centenary year, the general meeting of shareholders voted on a name change. The historical name of Football Club Lugano was reinstated.
In 2015 FC Lugano was promoted to the Swiss Super League.
On 18 August 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 were to work together as sister clubs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagofirefc.com/news/chicago-fire-fc-owner-and-chairman-joe-mansueto-purchases-swiss-super-league-clu|title=Chicago Fire FC Owner and Chairman Joe Mansueto Purchases Swiss Super League Club FC Lugano | Chicago Fire FC|website=chicagofirefc|access-date=15 May 2022|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604145043/https://www.chicagofirefc.com/news/chicago-fire-fc-owner-and-chairman-joe-mansueto-purchases-swiss-super-league-clu|url-status=live}} On 1 September 2021, assistant coach Mattia Croci-Torti took over coaching duties at the club, replacing Abel Braga.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzz.ch/sport/super-league-mattia-croci-torti-neuer-lugano-trainer-ld.1646470?reduced=true|title=Super League: Mattia Croci-Torti neuer Lugano-Trainer|first=Nicola|last=Berger|newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |date=20 September 2021 |access-date=15 May 2022|archive-date=15 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315163614/https://www.nzz.ch/sport/super-league-mattia-croci-torti-neuer-lugano-trainer-ld.1646470?reduced=true|url-status=live}} The first season under new ownership would immediately prove successful, as they were able to win their first title after 29 years, winning the 2021–22 Swiss Cup.{{Cite web|title=Der FC Lugano gewinnt den 97. Schweizer Cupfinal|url=https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/news/der-fc-lugano-gewinnt-den-97-schweizer-cupfinal.aspx|website=SFV|date=15 May 2023|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=15 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515141137/https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/news/der-fc-lugano-gewinnt-den-97-schweizer-cupfinal.aspx|url-status=live}} A year later, they failed to defend the cup title, losing 2–3 in the exciting final to Swiss champions Young Boys.{{Cite web|title=Schweizer Cup Männer: YB macht das Double perfekt|url=https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/news/schweizer-cup-maenner-yb-macht-das-double-perfekt.aspx|website=SFV|date=4 June 2023|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609092032/https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/news/schweizer-cup-maenner-yb-macht-das-double-perfekt.aspx|url-status=live}}
European record
| class="wikitable"
! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Opponent ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |
| 1968–69
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Barcelona | style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–4 |
| 1971–72
| UEFA Cup | {{flagicon|POL|1928}} Legia Warsaw | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 |
| rowspan="2"| 1993–94
| rowspan="2"| European Cup Winners' Cup | {{flagicon|BLR|1991}} Neman Grodno | style="text-align:center;"| 5–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 6–2 |
| First round
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–6 |
| rowspan="3"| 1995–96
| rowspan="3"| UEFA Cup | {{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch | style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 |
| First round
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 |
| Second round
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 |
| 2001–02
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk | style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–4 |
| 2002–03
| UEFA Cup | {{flagicon|Latvia}} FK Ventspils | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 |
| rowspan="3"| 2017–18
| rowspan="3"| UEFA Europa League | rowspan="3"| Group G | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 3rd |
| {{flagicon|ROU}} FCSB
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Viktoria Plzeň
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–4 |
| rowspan="3"| 2019–20
| rowspan="3"| UEFA Europa League | rowspan="3"| Group B | {{flagicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv | style="text-align:center;"| 0–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 4th |
| {{flagicon|DEN}} Copenhagen
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 |
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö FF
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 |
| 2022–23
| UEFA Europa Conference League | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva | style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–5 |
| 2023–24
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Union Saint-Gilloise | style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 |
| rowspan="3"| 2023–24
| rowspan="3"| UEFA Europa Conference League | rowspan="3"| Group D | {{flagicon|BEL}} Club Brugge | style="text-align:center;"| 1–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| 4th |
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Bodø/Glimt
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–5 |
| {{flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 |
| 2024–25
| {{flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe | style="text-align:center;"| 3–4 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 4–6 |
| rowspan=2|2024–25
| rowspan=2|UEFA Europa League | {{flagicon|SRB}} Partizan | style="text-align:center;"| 2–2 {{aet}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 |
| Play-off round
| {{flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş | style="text-align:center;"| 3–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–5 | style="text-align:center;"| 4–8 |
| 2025–26
| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| |
Players
=Current squad=
{{updated|1 January 2025|{{Cite web|url=https://www.fclugano.com/prima-squadra/|title=Prima squadra}}}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=KVX|name=Amir Saipi}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|pos=DF|nat=CAN|name=Zachary Brault-Guillard}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=SUI|name=Albian Hajdari}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=DF|nat=GER|name=Antonios Papadopoulos}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=CZE|name=Roman Macek}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Anto Grgić}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=KVX|name=Shkelqim Vladi}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=SUI|name=Mattia Bottani|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Renato Steffen}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=GK|nat=GRE|name=Fotis Pseftis}}
{{Fs player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=GER|name=Lars Lukas Mai}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=FRA|name=Hicham Mahou}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=MF|nat=CIV|name=Ousmane Doumbia}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=FRA|name=Yanis Cimignani}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=MAR|name=Ayman El Wafi}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Uran Bislimi}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=DF|nat=POR|name=Martim Marques}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Daniel Dos Santos}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Yannis Ryter}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=TUN|name=Hadj Mahmoud}}
{{Fs player|no=34|pos=FW|nat=SUI|name=Boris Babić}}
{{Fs player|no=46|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Mattia Zanotti}}
{{Fs player|no=47|pos=MF|nat=SUI|name=Ilija Maslarov}}
{{Fs player|no=58|pos=GK|nat=NGA|name=Sebastian Osigwe}}
{{Fs player|no=70|pos=FW|nat=GRE|name=Georgios Koutsias|other={{small|on loan from Chicago Fire}}}}
{{Fs player|no=99|pos=GK|nat=SUI|name=Diego Mina}}
{{Fs end}}
Honours
- Swiss Super League
- Champions (3): 1937–38, 1940–41, 1948–49
- Runners-up (6): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2023–24
- Swiss Cup
- Winners (4): 1930–31, 1967–68, 1992–93, 2021–22
- Runners-up (6): 1942–43, 1951–52, 1970–71, 1991–92, 2015–16, 2022–23
- Swiss Challenge League
- Winners (4): 1960–61, 1963–64, 1987–88, 2014–15
- Runners-up (5): 1978–79, 1997–98, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2013–14
- Swiss Super League Fair Play Awards: 2021–22{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfl.ch/news/news/artikel/fair-play-trophys-gehen-nach-lugano-und-thun/|title=Fair Play Trophys gehen nach Lugano und Thun|trans-title=Fair Play trophies awarded to Lugano and Thun|date=1 June 2022|access-date=27 December 2023|archive-date=1 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601100015/https://www.sfl.ch/news/news/artikel/fair-play-trophys-gehen-nach-lugano-und-thun/|url-status=dead}}
Former coaches
{{Div col}}
- 1937–41: József Winkler
- 1947–50: Béla Volentik
- 1951–52: Tullio Grassi
- 1952–53: Béla Volentik
- 1953–55: Béla Sárosi
- 1957–58: Ragnar Larsen
- 1959–60: Tullio Grassi
- 1962–63: György Sárosi
- 1970–71: Albert Sing
- 1971–73: Otto Luttrop
- 1973–74: Otto Luttrop
- 1974–75: Alfredo Foni
- 1976–77: Alfredo Foni
- 1977–79: Oscar Massei
- 1979–80: Istvan Szabo
- 1980–81: Antun Rudinski
- 1983–85: Otto Luttrop
- 1992–94: Karl Engel
- 1997–98: Karl Engel
- 1999: Enzo Trossero
- 1999–2000: Giuliano Sonzogni
- 2002–03: Pierluigi Tami
- 2004–05: Vladimir Petković
- 2007–10: Simone Boldini
- 2010–11: Marco Schällibaum
- 2011–12: Francesco Moriero
- 2012–13: Raimondo Ponte
- 2013: Sandro Salvioni
- 2013–15: Livio Bordoli
- 2015–16: Zdeněk Zeman
- 2016: Andrea Manzo
- 2016–17: Paolo Tramezzani
- 2017–18: Pierluigi Tami
- 2018: Guille Abascal
- 2018–19: Fabio Celestini
- 2019–21: Maurizio Jacobacci
- 2021: Abel Braga
- 2021–present: Mattia Croci-Torti
{{Div col end}}
Coaching staff
| class="wikitable" | |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owner
|{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Mansueto | |
| Chairman
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Philippe Regazzoni | |
| CEO
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Michele Zanetti | |
| Sporting director
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Benito Martinelli | |
| Press officer
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Luca Di Tommasso | |
| Team coordinator
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Riccardo Rigamonti | |
| Head coach
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Mattia Croci-Torti | |
| Assistant coaches
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Piercesare Gallo | |
| Goalkeeper coach
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Enrico Rossi | |
| Fitness coach
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Mirko Antonelli | |
| Match analyst
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Salvatore Colucci | |
| Performance coach
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Andrea Giudici | |
| Team doctors
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Dr. Giuseppe Montini | |
| Physiotherapists
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Nicolò Giovanninni |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.fclugano.com}} {{in lang|it}}
{{Swiss Super League}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lugano, FC}}
Category:Football clubs in Switzerland