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Vaduz
FC Vaduz logo.svg
Full name Fussball Club Vaduz
Nickname(s) Residenzler (Residents)
Fürstenverein (The Duke's club)
Stolz von Liechtenstein (Pride of Liechtenstein)
Short name FCV
Founded 14 February 1932; 92 years ago (14 February 1932)
Ground Rheinpark Stadion
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Ground Capacity 7,584 (5,873 seated)
Ground Coordinates 47°08′25″N 9°30′37″E / 47.1403°N 9.5103°E / 47.1403; 9.5103
Owner Prince Alois
Chairman Patrick Burgmeier
Manager Marc Schneider
League Swiss Challenge League
2022–23 8th of 10
Third colours

Fussball Club Vaduz (Football Club Vaduz) is a professional football club from Vaduz, Liechtenstein that plays in the Swiss Challenge League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all are seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838.

They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League following relegation from the Swiss Super League after the 2020–21 season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa Conference League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league.

Vaduz has historically had many players from Liechtenstein, many of whom have played for the Liechtenstein national team, but nearly all these players have moved abroad, and now the majority of the first team squad are foreign players from different areas of the world.

On 25 August 2022, after beating Rapid Wien away in Austria, Vaduz made history by qualifying for the Europa Conference League group stage, becoming the first ever club from Liechtenstein to reach the group stages of a UEFA club competition.

History

Vaduz Performance Graph
Chart of FC Vaduz table positions in the Swiss football league system

Fussball Club Vaduz was founded on 14 February 1932 in Vaduz, and the club's first chairman was Johann Walser. FC Vaduz is the only professional football club in Liechtenstein. In its first training match, which Vaduz played in Balzers on 24 April of that year, the newly born team emerged as 2–1 winners. The club played in Vorarlberger Football Association in Austria for the 1932–33 season. In 1933, Vaduz began playing in Switzerland. Over the years, Vaduz struggled through various tiers of Swiss football and won its first Liechtensteiner Cup in 1949. Vaduz enjoyed a lengthy stay in the Swiss 1. Liga from 1960 to 1973, which is the third tier of the Swiss football league system.

Vaduz has been required to pay a fee to the Swiss Football Association in order to participate as a foreign club, around £150,000 a year. There have been calls for this agreement to be revoked, but discussions have meant that a permanent arrangement has now taken place for a Liechtenstein representative to be allowed to participate in the Challenge League or Super League in the future.

From the 2001–02 season, Vaduz played in the Swiss Challenge League (formerly called Nationalliga B), the second tier of the Swiss league system. Since then, Vaduz has been one of the best teams in the Challenge League and gave serious challenges towards promotion to the Super League, especially in 2004 and 2005, playing two-leg play-offs in both cases. In the 2007–08 season, Vaduz secured promotion to the Swiss Super League on 12 May 2008 by winning the Challenge League on the season's final day, giving Liechtenstein a representative at the highest level of Swiss football for the first time. Vaduz, however, was relegated back to the Challenge League after one season in the top flight. Vaduz finally returned to the top level after five years in the Challenge League.

In May 2010, the two Liechtenstein teams, FC Vaduz and USV Eschen/Mauren, decided on better cooperation, especially on the exchange and the development possibilities of the players of both teams. In principle, the agreement should replace the missing substructure at FC Vaduz and promote cooperation in the sense of Liechtenstein football. FC Vaduz is the first address for professional footballers.

In 1992, Vaduz qualified for European football for the first time, entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Liechtenstein Cup winners, but lost 12–1 on aggregate to Chornomorets Odesa of Ukraine in the qualifying round. In 1996, Vaduz qualified for the first round proper with their first European victory, winning 5–3 on penalties against Universitate Riga of Latvia, after a 2–2 aggregate scoreline, although Vaduz lost their first round tie to Paris Saint-Germain of France 7–0 on aggregate.

After the Cup Winners' Cup was abolished, Vaduz has annually entered the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) as a result of winning the Liechtenstein Cup every year since 1998, except in 2012.

However, Vaduz did come within one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the aggregate scores level, and with opponents Livingston scheduled to go through on away goals, Vaduz won a late corner. The ball was sent into the box, and Marius Zarn hit a goal-bound shot. However, the referee blew the whistle for full-time just before the ball crossed over the line, and Livingston progressed through in controversial circumstances.

For the 2005–06 season, Mats Gren was a coach. In the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying, FC Vaduz defeated Moldovan opponent FC Dacia Chişinău. In the second round they met the Istanbul club Beşiktaş J.K., against which they were eliminated.

FC Vaduz started their European campaign in 2009–10 by beating Scottish side Falkirk in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. However, they lost 3–0 on aggregate to Czech side Slovan Liberec in the third qualifying round.

In the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season, Vaduz survived for the first time in their history in the Swiss Super League. They finished in 9th place with 31 points won. They also won their 43rd Liechtenstein cup, becoming world record holders of a domestic cup in the process.

In season 2015–16 FC Vaduz started their European campaign in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League by beating S.P. La Fiorita from San Marino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. In the second round, Vaduz progressed against Nõmme Kalju FC to progress into the third qualifying round of the Europa League where they were drawn against fellow Swiss Super League club FC Thun. FC Thun won 2–2 on the away goals rule.

Vaduz won their domestic cup for the forty-fourth time and were eighth in the Swiss Super League. They won a team record thirty-six points. Vaduz player Armando Sadiku represented Albania at Euro 2016.

The team appeared for the first time in a popular sports video game, FIFA 17. This was the first time in history that a team from Liechtenstein appeared in the sports video game series.

After three years in the elite Swiss competition, the only and most awarded Liechtenstein team relegated. It was not a good season 2016–17, where they even changed the coach Giorgio Contini after almost 5 years at the helm, and in his place came the German coach Roland Vrabec, but Vaduz has not succeeded to survive in Swiss Super League.

On 5 September 2018, they terminated the agreement with Roland Vrabec. On September 17, they presented a new coach Mario Frick. He is the first coach from Liechtenstein in history.

In season 2019–20 FC Vaduz started their European campaign in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by beating Breiðablik from Iceland in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. In the second round, Vaduz caused a shock by knocking out Hungarian side MOL Fehérvár. In the third qualifying round of the Europa League they played against Eintracht Frankfurt. The Bundesliga team easily won both matches. However, those matches were historic for the club. In the first match in Vaduz there were 5,908 spectators present, while the city as a whole has a population of only 5,521.

On 25 August 2022, after an away victory against Rapid Wien, Vaduz secured qualification for the group stages of the Europa Conference League, becoming the first ever team from Liechtenstein to reach the group stages of a European club competition. They were subsequently drawn into Group E where they played against Dutch side AZ, Cypriot champions Apollon Limassol and Ukrainian side Dnipro-1. After a solid start to the group, with a goalless draw at home to Apollon, Vaduz would only go on and collect one more point, away against Dnipro-1, thus finishing bottom of the group with two points from their six games.

On 20 June 2023, Vaduz drew Belarusian side Neman Grodno in the 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

Legal status

Vaduz is one of several expatriate European football clubs, playing in the Swiss Football League, like AS Monaco playing in France, Victor San Marino playing in Italy and some other minor clubs doing likewise in different leagues. The difference between Vaduz and the aforementioned clubs is that its status in Switzerland is a "guest club", and as such it does not participate in the Swiss Cup and cannot represent Switzerland internationally, which makes Champions League qualification from league football impossible under current rules other than by winning the Europa League or the Champions League itself. Since Vaduz has never finished higher than 8th in the Super League and therefore could not be argued to have qualified, such a situation has not occurred.

Stadium

Rheinpark Stadion

Main page: Rheinpark Stadion
Rheinpark-Stadion-Main stand and castle
Main stand of the Rheinpark Stadion with Vaduz Castle in the background.
Rheinpark Stadium aerial view
Rheinpark Stadion

The Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz. It lies on the banks of the River Rhine, just metres from the border with Switzerland. The stadium has a fully seated capacity of 5,873, plus additional standing places, giving it a total capacity of 7,584. The building of the stadium cost roughly 19 million CHF.

The stadium was officially opened on 31 July 1998 with a match between FC Vaduz, the Liechtenstein Cup holders at the time, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the then Bundesliga champions. Kaiserslautern won the match 8–0. Liverpool F.C. played here against Olympiacos F.C. in a friendly in 2005. Rheinpark Stadion hosted the likes of FC Chornomorets Odesa and Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in this tournament but failed to progress past the qualification rounds.

The construction of the stadium became necessary because the world governing body FIFA and the European association UEFA threatened not to allow more European and international matches in Liechtenstein if the country did not provide a modern venue in accordance with international standards. In Liechtenstein, no domestic football league is played, but a cup competition is organized. Its series winner FC Vaduz is therefore represented in the Europa League almost every year. The national team has only been represented in the qualifying rounds of a major competition.

Rheinpark Stadion sits less than 1 km west of Vaduz city centre on the eastern bank of the Rhein River. Vaduz holds the distinction of being one of the few capitals in the world to lack its own airport and railway station, although there is a train station called Schaan-Vaduz in the nearby town of Schaan.

Rheinpark Stadion consists of four stands: North, East, South and West.

There are a limited number of free parking spaces located at Rheinpark Stadion on matchdays which are allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

Current sponsorship

Companies that FC Vaduz currently has sponsorship deals with include:

  • Liechtenstein Liechtensteinische Landesbank – main sponsor
  • Liechtenstein MBPI AG – main sponsor
  • Germany Puma – kit manufacturer
  • Switzerland Accurata Treuhand und Revisions AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Brauerei Schützengarten AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Heim Bohrtechnik AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Kibernetik AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Hirslanden Private Hospital Group – medical partner
  • Switzerland Orthopädie St. Gallen – medical partner

Crest and colours

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref
2008–09 Adidas Liechtensteinische Landesbank/MBPI AG
2009–14 ? ?
2014–19 Adidas Liechtensteinische Landesbank/MBPI AG
2019–20 Puma
2020–22 Casino Admiral
2022–23 MBPI AG

Honours

Domestic competitions

  • Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Football Championship
    • Winners (1): 1936
  • Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Football Cup
    • Winners (49) (World Record): 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1986, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
    • Runners-up (13): 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1996–97, 2011–12

Switzerland competitions

  • Switzerland Swiss Challenge League (2nd tier)
    • Winners (3): 2002–03, 2007–08, 2013–14
    • Runners-up (3): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2019–20

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa 0–5 1–7 1–12 Symbol delete vote.svg
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Czechoslovakia Hradec Králové 0–5 1–9 1–14 Symbol delete vote.svg
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Latvia Universitāte Rīga 1–1 1–1 2–2 (4–2 p) Symbol keep vote.svg
First round France Paris Saint-Germain 0–4 0–3 0–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Sweden Helsingborg 0–2 0–3 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Norway Bodø/Glimt 0–1 1–2 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Poland Amica Wronki 0–3 3–3 3–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Croatia Varteks 3–3 1–6 4–9 Symbol delete vote.svg
2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Scotland Livingston 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a) Symbol delete vote.svg
2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–1 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Republic of Ireland Longford Town 1–0 3–2 4–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Belgium Beveren 1–3 1–2 2–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Moldova Dacia Chișinău 2–0 0–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Turkey Beşiktaş 0–1 1–5 1–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Hungary Újpest 0–1 4–0 4–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Switzerland Basel 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a) Symbol delete vote.svg
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 0–2 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–2 0–3 1–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Scotland Falkirk 2–0 (aet) 0–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Third qualifying round Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–1 0–2 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Denmark Brøndby 0–0 0–3 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Serbia Vojvodina 0–2 3–1 3–3 (a) Symbol keep vote.svg
Third qualifying round Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 0–4 2–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a) Symbol delete vote.svg
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Gibraltar College Europa 3–0 1–0 4–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Poland Ruch Chorzów 0–0 2–3 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round San Marino La Fiorita 5–1 5–0 10–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3–1 2–0 5–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Third qualifying round Switzerland Thun 2–2 0–0 2–2 (a) Symbol delete vote.svg
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round North Macedonia Sileks 3–1 2–1 5–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Denmark Midtjylland 2–2 0–3 2–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Wales Bala Town 3–0 2–1 5–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Norway Odds BK 0–1 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a) Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Lithuania Žalgiris 1–1 0–1 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Iceland Breiðablik 2–1 0–0 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Second qualifying round Hungary MOL Fehérvár 2–0 (aet) 0–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Third qualifying round Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 0–1 0–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
2020–21 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Malta Hibernians 0–2 N/A N/A Symbol delete vote.svg
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Hungary Újpest 1–3 1–2 2–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Slovenia Koper 1–1 (aet) 1–0 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Third qualifying round Turkey Konyaspor 1–1 4–2 5–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
Play-off round Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 1–0 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
Group E Netherlands AZ 1–2 1–4 4th Symbol delete vote.svg
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 0–0 0–1
Ukraine Dnipro-1 1–2 2–2
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League First qualifying round Belarus Neman Grodno 1–2 1–1 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
Competition Matches W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 10 0 2 8 4 40 −36
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 67 21 14 32 76 93 −17
UEFA Europa Conference League 16 3 6 7 18 24 −6
Total 93 24 22 47 98 157 −59

Biggest win in UEFA competition:

Season Match Score
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
2006–07 Hungary Újpest FC – Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–4
2014–15 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – Gibraltar College Europa 3–0
2015–16 San Marino S.P. La Fiorita – Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–5
2015–16 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – San Marino S.P. La Fiorita 5–1
2017–18 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – Wales Bala Town F.C. 3–0

Club records

  • Biggest European home win: FC Vaduz 5–1 San Marino La Fiorita (09.07.2015, UEFA Europa League First qualifying round second leg)
  • Biggest European away win: San Marino La Fiorita 0–5 FC Vaduz (02.07.2015, UEFA Europa League First qualifying round first leg)
  • Biggest European home defeat: FC Vaduz 0–5 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa (19.08.1992, European Cup Winners' Cup), FC Vaduz 0–5 Czech Republic Hradec Králové (10.08.1995, European Cup Winners' Cup), FC Vaduz 0–5 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt (08.08.2019, Europa League)
  • Biggest European away defeat: Czech Republic Hradec Králové 9–1 FC Vaduz (24.08.1995, European Cup Winners' Cup)
  • Biggest home win: FC Vaduz 11–0 Liechtenstein FC Schaan (04.05.2016, FL–Cup Final)
  • Biggest away win: Liechtenstein FC Triesen II 0–22 FC Vaduz (09.11.1999, FL–Cup Quarter-Finals)
  • Player with most trophies with FC Vaduz: Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier (16)
  • Player with most appearances: Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier (371)
  • Player with most goals: Liechtenstein Daniele Polverino (91)
  • Player with most UEFA appearances: Liechtenstein Daniel Hasler, Liechtenstein Peter Jehle, Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier (22)
  • Player with most Super League appearances: Switzerland Philipp Muntwiler (90)
  • Most European goals: Switzerland Moreno Costanzo, Switzerland Moreno Merenda (5)
  • Most Super League goals: Switzerland Moreno Costanzo (12)
  • Most goals in Liechtenstein Cup: Liechtenstein Daniele Polverino (76)
  • Highest home game attendance: 6,773 (against Switzerland FC Basel, Switzerland FC St. Gallen)
  • Highest away game attendance (St. Jakob-Park): 27,066 (against Switzerland FC Basel)
  • Highest European home game attendance: 5,908 (against Germany Eintracht Frankfurt)
  • Highest European away game attendance (Waldstadion): 48,000 (against Germany Eintracht Frankfurt)
  • Most capped foreign player: Venezuela Miguel Mea Vitali, 87 caps, Venezuela
  • Most capped Liechtenstein player: Liechtenstein Peter Jehle, 132 caps (National Record)

Individual awards

Domestic

The player of the year in Liechtenstein has been announced as the season 1980/81 to 2007/08 as of the end of the season. The open for all election was organized by media house Vaduz. Since 2009, the Liechtenstein Football Association draws the title holder of its own. To this end, the LFV-Award has been launched, annually awarded a title in which professional bodies and public in three categories. The categories are Footballer of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

Switzerland

Swiss Challenge League top scorers

Season Name Goals
2008 Brazil Gaspar Odirlei 31
2010 Germany Nick Proschwitz 23

Swiss Challenge League dream team

Season Name
2013 Germany Markus Neumayr
2013 Switzerland Nick von Niederhäusern
2013 Liechtenstein Peter Jehle
2018 Switzerland Philipp Muntwiler

International

To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954–2003).

Golden Player

Year Name
2004 Liechtenstein Rainer Hasler

Team awards

Fairplay Trophy

Season League Points
2013–14 Switzerland Swiss Challenge League 65
2022–23 Switzerland Swiss Challenge League 90

Rankings

Swiss Super League history

In the 2007–08 season, for the first time in their history, FC Vaduz earned promotion to Swiss Super League. Two times before was relegated in Barrage in the season 2003–04 against Neuchâtel Xamax and 2004–05 against FC Schaffhausen. In the 2015–16 season they finished on the 8th place in front of FC Lugano and FC Zürich who is that season relegated in Swiss Challenge League. After two seasons FC Vaduz was relegated in Swiss Challenge League. In the 2019–20 season Vaduz finished in second place and played in the barrage against FC Thun and Vaduz promoted in Super League fifth time in history.

Season Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Att.
2008–09 10Arrow-down.gif 36 5 7 24 28 85 22 2,177
2014–15 9 36 7 10 19 28 59 31 4,152
2015–16 8 36 7 15 14 44 60 36 4,006
2016–17 10Arrow-down.gif 36 7 9 20 45 78 30 4,086
2020–21 10Arrow-down.gif 36 9 9 18 36 58 36 227
Total 180 35 50 95 181 340 155 2,930

Players

Benjamin Büchel, Oxford United footballer, February 2016
Captain Benjamin Büchel

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Liechtenstein GK Benjamin Büchel (Captain)
4 Liechtenstein MF Nicolas Hasler
5 Switzerland DF Liridon Berisha
6 Kosovo DF Fuad Rahimi
7 Switzerland MF Merlin Hadzi
8 Liechtenstein MF Sandro Wieser
9 Austria FW Seifedin Chabbi
10 Kosovo MF Lorik Emini
11 Finland FW Tim Väyrynen
14 Serbia MF Milan Gajić
15 Switzerland DF Roy Gelmi
17 Switzerland DF Alessandro Kräuchi
18 Switzerland GK Matthias Grob
19 Switzerland FW Dejan Djokic
No. Position Player
20 Liechtenstein MF Simon Lüchinger
23 Switzerland FW Fabrizio Cavegn
24 Switzerland MF Cédric Gasser
25 Liechtenstein GK Gabriel Foser
27 Switzerland DF Fabian Stöber
28 Liechtenstein DF Lars Traber
29 Germany DF Gabriel Isik
30 Switzerland MF Théo Golliard (on loan from Young Boys)
34 North Macedonia MF Ardit Destani
37 Austria FW Elvin Ibrisimovic
47 Switzerland DF Fabio Fehr
66 Liberia MF Allen Njie
74 Switzerland FW Elmin Rastoder (on loan from Grasshoppers)
80 Switzerland MF Ryan Fosso

Technical staff

Current technical staff
  • Manager: Switzerland Marc Schneider
  • Assistant coach: Switzerland Pascal Cerrone
  • Goalkeeping coach: Germany Sebastian Selke
  • Fitness coach: Switzerland Alexander Kern
  • Doctor: Austria Dr. Alexander Gohm
  • Medical department: Liechtenstein Tamara Kaufmann
  • Medical department: Liechtenstein Manuel Nef
  • Kit manager: Liechtenstein David Montinari
  • Director of football: Liechtenstein Franz Burgmeier
  • Executive director: Liechtenstein Patrick Burgmeier
Management
  • President: Liechtenstein Patrick Burgmeier
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Matthias Biedermann
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Florian Meier
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Lorenz Gassner
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Christopher Holder
  • Finance director: Liechtenstein Brigitte Löscher
  • Chief marketing officer: Liechtenstein Mathias Hagmann
  • Secretary: Liechtenstein Carmen Alabor
  • Announcer: Liechtenstein Maximilian Vogt

FC Vaduz U23

FC Vaduz U23 is the reserve team of FC Vaduz. They currently play in the 2. Liga (sixth tier of the Swiss football league system). In the season 2014–15 they played semi-finals in Liechtenstein Cup against FC Triesenberg and they lost 1–0 after extra time.

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK David Weber
2 Liechtenstein DF Roman Spirig
3 Romania DF Giovanny Popescu
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Suad Gerzić
5 Liechtenstein DF Jonas Hilti
6 North Macedonia MF Emir Muratoski
7 Liechtenstein FW Pascal Koller
9 Montenegro FW Luka Tiganj
10 Serbia MF Besart Bajrami
11 Liechtenstein MF Menderes Caglar
No. Position Player
12 Switzerland GK Fabian Lüchinger
13 Switzerland FW Barna Fenyvesi
14 Republic of Ireland MF Brian Allen
15 Liechtenstein MF Benjamin Vogt
16 Switzerland DF Luca Giorlando
18 Switzerland MF Agon Topalli
19 Liechtenstein DF Lukas Graber
20 Liechtenstein DF Noah Graber
22 North Macedonia MF Elton Aliji
24 Switzerland DF Noah Birchmeier

Technical staff

Current technical staff
  • Manager: Switzerland Daniel Sereinig
  • Assistant coach: Liechtenstein Fabio Kindle

Recent seasons

Recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season Tier Division P W D L GF GA PTS Position Cup Europe Notes
2001–02 II Challenge League - - - - - - - 11th WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR
2002–03 - - - - - - - 1st WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR
2003–04 32 16 9 7 56 34 57 2nd WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR
2004–05 34 21 6 7 58 28 69 2nd WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR2
2005–06 34 13 7 14 57 54 46 8th WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR2
2006–07 34 12 10 12 57 52 46 9th WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR2
2007–08 34 21 7 6 75 40 70 1st ↑ WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR1
2008–09 I Super League 36 5 7 24 28 85 22 10th ↓ WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR1
2009–10 II Challenge League 30 11 8 11 44 43 41 8th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR3
2010–11 30 19 3 8 59 41 60 4th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2011–12 30 13 6 11 54 45 45 8th Runners-up UEFA Europa League - QR3
2012–13 36 10 7 19 41 52 37 8th WINNERS did not qualify
2013–14 36 21 10 5 71 34 73 1st ↑ WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR1
2014–15 I Super League 36 7 10 19 28 59 31 9th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2015–16 36 7 15 14 44 60 36 8th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR3
2016–17 36 7 9 20 45 78 30 10th ↓ WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2017–18 II Challenge League 36 16 11 9 66 50 59 4th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2018–19 36 11 9 16 48 70 42 6th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2019–20 36 18 10 8 78 53 64 2nd ↑ cancelled UEFA Europa League - QR3 won the promotion play-offs
2020–21 I Super League 36 9 9 18 36 58 36 10th ↓ cancelled UEFA Europa League - QR1
2021–22 II Challenge League 36 18 6 12 68 58 60 4th WINNERS UEFA Conference League - QR2
Key

P - games played; W- wins; D- draws; L- losses; GF- goals for; GA - goals against; PTS - points

QR - Qualifying Round; QR1 - Qualifying Round 1; QR2 - Qualifying Round 2; QR3 - Qualifying Round 3

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

Former players

Main : List of FC Vaduz players

A few former players are considered by the fans to be especially memorable because of their long and outstanding contributions towards the club, to some degree even decades after the end of their careers. Therefore, they have a very special status with the fans. The following are a few examples:

  • Armando Sadiku Albania (player 2016)
  • Jodel Dossou Benin (player 2018–2019)
  • Odirlei de Souza Gaspar Brazil (player 2005–2009)
  • Stjepan Kukuruzović Croatia (player 2015–2017)
  • Markus Neumayr Germany (player 2013–2015)
  • Nick Proschwitz Germany (player 2010–2011)
  • Pak Kwang-ryong North Korea (player 2013–2015)
  • Hekuran Kryeziu Kosovo (player 2014–2015)
  • Nicolas Hasler Liechtenstein (player 2011–2017)
  • Martin Stocklasa Liechtenstein (player 1997–1999, 2002–2006)
  • Rainer Hasler Liechtenstein (player 1978–1979)
  • Pape Omar Faye Senegal (player 2006–2007)
  • Dušan Cvetinović Serbia (player 2011–2013)
  • Goran Obradović Serbia (player 2005)
  • Pascal Schürpf Switzerland (player 2013–2017)
  • Simone Grippo Switzerland (player 2013–2017)
  • Moreno Merenda Switzerland (player 2001–2002, 2010–2012)
  • Yann Sommer Switzerland (player 2007–2009)
  • Fakhreddine Galbi Tunisia (player 2008–2009)
  • Marko Dević Ukraine (player 2017–2018)
  • Caleb Stanko United States (player 2016–2017)
AUT vs. SUI 2015-11-17 (142)
Yann Sommer in the Switzerland national football team

Players of Vaduz at major international tournaments

Tournament
Australia AFC Asian Cup 2015 North Korea Pak Kwang-Ryong
France UEFA Euro 2016 Albania Armando Sadiku
Albania Naser Aliji
Egypt Africa Cup of Nations 2019 Benin Jodel Dossou

Former managers

  • Germany Otto Pfister (1961–63)
  • Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) Tibor Lőrincz (1969–71)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Perušić (1974–75)
  • Germany Peter Blusch (1980–82)
  • Germany Hans Krostina (1983–85)
  • Germany Helmut Richert (1989–90)
  • Austria Hans Trittinger (1990–91)
  • Germany Hans-Joachim Abel (1994–96)
  • Switzerland Hansruedi Fässler (1996–97)
  • Austria Alfons Dobler (1997–99)
  • Germany Uwe Wegmann (1999–02)
  • Austria Walter Hörmann (2002–03)
  • Switzerland Martin Andermatt (2003–05)
  • Germany Hans-Joachim Weller (2005)
  • Sweden Mats Gren (2005–06)
  • Italy Maurizio Jacobacci (2006–07)
  • Germany Hans-Joachim Weller (2007)
  • Switzerland Heinz Hermann (2007–08)
  • Germany Pierre Littbarski (2008–10)
  • Netherlands Eric Orie (2010–12)
  • Germany Sebastian Selke (2012) (Interim)
  • Switzerland Giorgio Contini (2012–17)
  • Liechtenstein Daniel Hasler (2017) (Interim)
  • Germany Roland Vrabec (2017–2018)
  • Liechtenstein Mario Frick (2018–2022)
  • Switzerland Alessandro Mangiarratti (2022)
  • Germany Jürgen Seeberger (2023)
  • Germany Jan Meyer (interim) (2023)
  • Liechtenstein Martin Stocklasa (2023–2024)
  • Switzerland Marc Schneider (2024–present)

Gallery

  • Otto Pfister

    Otto Pfister

  • Walter-hörmann-trainer-tsv-hartberg-20120403

    Walter Hörmann

  • Andermatthäberli

    Martin Andermatt

  • Heinz Hermann

    Heinz Hermann

  • Pierre Littbarski 2006 (cropped)

    Pierre Littbarski

  • Eric Orie

    Eric Orie

  • 2013 Giorgio Contini

    Giorgio Contini

  • Vrabec, Roland Trainer StP 13-14

    Roland Vrabec

Former presidents

  • Liechtenstein Johannes Walser (1932–1933)
  • Liechtenstein Willy Huber (1933–1934)
  • Liechtenstein Anton Konrad (1934–1936)
  • Liechtenstein Rudolf Strub (1936–1943)
  • Liechtenstein Hans Verling (1943–1948)
  • Liechtenstein Albert Caminada (1948–1950)
  • Liechtenstein Felix Real (1950–1951)
  • Liechtenstein Hans Verling (1951–1955)
  • Liechtenstein Anton Ospelt (1955–1956)
  • Liechtenstein Otto Hasler (1956–1961)
  • Liechtenstein Engelbert Schreiber (1961–1964)
  • Liechtenstein Hilmar Ospelt (1964–1967)
  • Liechtenstein Kurt Frommelt (1967–1971)
  • Liechtenstein Norbert Vogt (1971–1973)
  • Liechtenstein Reinhard Walser (1973–1979)
  • Liechtenstein Reinold Ospelt (1979–1983)
  • Liechtenstein Alfons Thöny (1983–1988)
  • Liechtenstein Andy Rechsteiner (1988–1990)
  • Liechtenstein Werner Keicher (1990–1997)
  • Liechtenstein Manfred Moser (1997–2001)
  • Liechtenstein Marc Brogle (2001–2003)
  • Liechtenstein Hanspeter Negele (2003–2008)
  • Liechtenstein Franz Schädler (2008–2009) (Interim)
  • Liechtenstein Lorenz Gassner (2009–2010) (Acting)
  • Liechtenstein Albin Johann (2010–2013)
  • Liechtenstein Ruth Ospelt (2013–2019)
  • Liechtenstein Patrick Burgmeier (2019–)

FC Vaduz Red Pride Rugby

See also: Rugby union in Liechtenstein

On 12 March 2012 the new club FC Vaduz Rugby was founded. The rugby union club is involved in the grassroots of the FC Vaduz. Rugby union in Liechtenstein is a minor but growing sport. Liechtenstein has no national governing body of its own, but comes under the Swiss Rugby Federation.

See also

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