FC Emmenbrücke

FC Emmenbrücke was founded in 1921 in the area of Littau with the idea of separating from an already existing football club in Emmen. Yellow and black were chosen as the club colours in reference to BSC Young Boys. The main problem was finding a suitable playing field. The games were first played in Reussbühl, then from 1923 on a plot of scattered land in the Mooshüsli area in Emmen, and then again in exile until 1947, this time in Littau. In 1947, FC Emmenbrücke returned to Emmen and played on the Emmenfeld sports field. There their first promotion to the 1. Liga was achieved. In 1961, FC Emmenbrücke relocated to the Gersag Stadium, which is still its home ground today. After 20 years in the 1. Liga, FC Emmenbrücke had to accept relegation to the 2. Liga, but returned in the 1978/79 season. In the 1987/88 season, FC Emmenbrücke celebrated the biggest success in the club's history by being promoted to the National Liga B (NLB) for the first time, thus reaching the second highest league in Switzerland. In the following season, the club beat FC Biel-Bienne and Renens FC in the NLB relegation and managed to stay in the league. A year later, FC Emmenbrücke was narrowly able avoid relegation. After the 1991/92 season, the club was relegated to the 1. Liga as the clear loser of the NLB relegation, but was allowed to remain in the league for another season because Étoile Sportive FC Malley and SC Zug were not granted licences for the NLB. One year later, however, relegation to the…