Squad
Marco Padalino2014current
Tasos Donis2015current- Filip Holender2019current
Kevin Behrens2025current
Bekhruz Karimov2026current
Assan Ceesaycurrent- Béla Sárosi1953–1955
Ivo Frosio1957–1961
Ottmar Hitzfeld1978–1980
Pietro Anastasi1981–1982
Christian Gross1985–1988- Jurica Jerković1985–1986
Mauro Galvão1990–1996
Carlos Daniel Tapia1991–1992
Igor Shalimov1995–1996- Luca Danilo Fusi1995–1997
- Mohamed Kallon1995–1997
Stéphane Demol1995–1996- Tomislav Erceg1995–1996
- Stéphane Demol1996–1997
Tomasz Rząsa1996–1996
Jørn Andersen1997–1999
Nelson Vivas1997–1998
Dida1998–1999
Julio Hernán Rossi1998–2002
Marc Emmers1998–1999
Blaise Nkufo1999–2000- Blaise Nkufo1999–1999
- Mohamed Kader1999–2000
Vladimir Petković1999–2000
Ludovic Magnin2000–2001- Aírton Graciliano dos Santos2001–2002
Kubilay Türkyılmaz2001–2001- Marco Padalino2002–2003
Valon Behrami2002–2003
Maurizio Ganz2005–2006
Mario Gavranović2006–2008
Marko Livaja2010–2011
Fabio Liverani2011–2011- Marko Livaja2011–2011
- Armando Sadiku2012–2013
Everton Luiz2013–2014- Rafael Silva2013–2014
Frédéric Veseli2015–2016
Ezgjan Alioski2016–2016- Armando Sadiku2017–2017
Eray Cömert2017–2017
Ákos Kecskés2018–2021- Armando Sadiku2019–2019
Rangelo Janga2020–2020
Demba Ba2021–2021
Mohamed Amoura2021–2023
FC Lugano is a historic Swiss football club based in Lugano, founded in 1908.
The club won its first Swiss Cup in 1931 and secured three national titles in the late 1930s.
The club has won the Swiss Super League three times, with titles in 1938, 1941, and 1949.
Biography
Formation
Football Club Lugano was established on July 28, 1908, under the leadership of president Ernesto Corsini. The club quickly made its mark in Swiss football, achieving promotion to the Swiss Super League for the first time in 1922. Over the years, FC Lugano experienced a series of promotions and relegations, but it found significant success in the 1930s, winning its first Swiss Cup in 1931 and securing three national titles in 1938, 1941, and 1949.
Development and Challenges
For the first fifty years, FC Lugano played at the Campo Marzio, which opened shortly after the club's formation. However, due to its growing success, a new stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium, was inaugurated on August 26, 1951, with a capacity of 15,000. The club continued to thrive, winning the Swiss Cup in 1968 and participating in prestigious tournaments like the Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup in the following years. Unfortunately, financial difficulties led to the club's bankruptcy in 2003, resulting in its removal from the league.
Rebirth and Recent Success
In 2004, the club was reformed as AC Lugano, fielding under-21 players to manage its debts. It merged with Malcantone Agno and re-entered the Swiss football system in the Challenge League. The club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano, in 2008 and has since returned to the Swiss Super League, competing at the highest level and achieving notable success, including winning the Swiss Cup in 2021-22 and finishing as runners-up in the Swiss Super League in 2023-24.
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Career & Clubs
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. Morotti Joseph, the president of…
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Legacy
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 (7): 1942–43, 1951–52, 1970–71, 1991–92, 2015–16, 2022–23, 2023–24 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 (1): 2021–22
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Identifiers & aliases
Football Club 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 AIL Arena. 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.
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