FC Winterthur
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| Footballclub Winterthur | ||
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| Image:Logo fcw.gif | ||
| Clubdata | ||
| Founding | 1st July 1896 | |
| Address/ Kontakt |
Rennweg 5 8401 Winterthur Tel.: 052 224 30 30 |
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| president | Hannes W. Keller | |
| clubcolors | Rot-Weiss | |
| first team | ||
| Ligue | Challenge League (NLB) | |
| Stadium | Schützenwiese (offiziell 9'000; Maximum 15'000) |
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| trainer and sportchef | Mathias Walther | |
| clubsuccesses | 3x Swiss master 2x Swiss-cup final 2x Swiss ligue-cup final |
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| Internet | ||
| Homepage | www.fcwinterthur.ch | |
| info@fcwinterthur.ch | ||
FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club based in Winterthur. It was founded in 1896. They play at the Schützenwiese Stadium.
The 1896 founded club was three times Swiss master (1906, 1908 and 1916). It was two times in the Swiss ligue-cup final and in two times the Swiss-cup final. The FC Winterthur is the best in the eternal table of the NLB, who has renamed in the disliked name "Challenge League" in 2003. With this renaiming the table is finish. At least had Winterthur five times from 1970 to 1975 take part at the UI-Cup (Uefa Intertoto - Cup).
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[edit] Currently
Actually is the team in the middlefield of the NLB alias Challenge League, the second league of Switzerland. In the season 05/06 they were at place nr. 14. In this fact, it's a success that winterthur come into the halffinal of the Swiss-cup by winning against teams like Grasshoppers, Lucerne and Servette (with 700 people in an extratrain, it was the first for 31 years!). In the forth halffinal in history the have loosed against the cup-winner sion by an offside-goal with 0-1 at home in a full stadion (8200 people).
After the finance crisis with 2.5 millions SFr. debts in the season 01/02 goes it slowly again upward for the club. In the new season is there a budget of 2.2 millions SFr.
[edit] Current Squad
as of 27th July,2006.
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[edit] Famous players
- Joachim Löw
- Dario Zuffi
- Daniel Gygax
- Charles Amoah
- Bora Milutinović
- Vits Rimkus
- Dieter Eckstein
- Pascal Renfer
[edit] Weblinks
- (German) Official site
- (German) "Bierkurve Winterthur" - the supporters of the club
- (German) "Laufpass" - Fanzine
| Swiss Challenge League 2006/2007 |
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| FC Concordia Basel | FC Baulmes | AC Bellinzona | FC Chiasso | SR Delémont | SC Kriens | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | FC Lausanne-Sport FC Locarno | AC Lugano | Neuchâtel Xamax | Servette FC | FC Vaduz | FC Wil | FC Winterthur | FC Wohlen | SC YF Juventus | Yverdon-Sport FC |
