FC Vaduz

Vaduz

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
Capacity	7,584 (5,873 seated)
Coordinates	47°08′25″N9°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
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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. ^[1]

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

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, then 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. ^[2]

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 remained one of the best-performing 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.

Vaduz came within one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the aggregate scores level and 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 under controversial circumstances. ^[3]

For the 2005–06 season, Mats Gren was the coach. In the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying, Vaduz defeated Moldovan opponent FC Dacia Chişinău. In the second round they met they faced Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K., against whom 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 ^{[4] [5]} to Czech side Slovan Liberec in the third qualifying round.

In the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season, Vaduz survived in the Swiss Super League for the first time in their history. 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 highest tier of Swiss football the 2016–17 season led to Vaduz's relegation, replacing Giorgio Contini with German coach Roland Vrabec after almost 5 years at the helm; Vaduz has not reached the Swiss Super League again.

On 5 September 2018, they terminated their contract with Roland Vrabec. On September 17, they presented Mario Frick as their coach. He is the first coach from Liechtenstein in the club's 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 German club Eintracht Frankfurt- the Bundesliga side easily won both matches. However, these matches were historic for Vaduz, as at 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 article: Rheinpark Stadion

Main stand of the Rheinpark Stadion with Vaduz Castle in the background.

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:

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

Crest and colours

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref
2008–19	Adidas	Liechtensteinische Landesbank/MBPI AG	[6]
2019–20	Puma
2020–22		Casino Admiral
2022–23		MBPI AG

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Liechtenstein Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 1932, 1936
• Liechtenstein Football Cup
  • Winners (50) (World Record ^[7] ): 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, 2023–24
  • 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

• 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	Chornomorets Odesa	0–5	1–7	1–12
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Hradec Králové	0–5	1–9	1–14
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Universitāte Rīga	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4–2 p)
		First round	Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–3	0–7
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Helsingborg	0–2	0–3	0–5
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Bodø/Glimt	0–1	1–2	1–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Amica Wronki	0–3	3–3	3–6
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Varteks	3–3	1–6	4–9
2002–03	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Livingston	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–1	0–1	0–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Longford Town	1–0	3–2	4–2
		Second qualifying round	Beveren	1–3	1–2	2–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Dacia Chișinău	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second qualifying round	Beşiktaş	0–1	1–5	1–6
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Újpest	0–1	4–0	4–1
		Second qualifying round	Basel	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	0–2	0–2
2008–09	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Zrinjski Mostar	1–2	0–3	1–5
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Falkirk	2–0 (aet)	0–1	2–1
		Third qualifying round	Slovan Liberec	0–1	0–2	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Brøndby	0–0	0–3	0–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Vojvodina	0–2	3–1	3–3 (a)
		Third qualifying round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–1	0–4	2–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Chikhura Sachkhere	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	College Europa	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Second qualifying round	Ruch Chorzów	0–0	2–3	2–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	La Fiorita	5–1	5–0	10–1
		Second qualifying round	Nõmme Kalju	3–1	2–0	5–1
		Third qualifying round	Thun	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Sileks	3–1	2–1	5–2
		Second qualifying round	Midtjylland	2–2	0–3	2–5
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Bala Town	3–0	2–1	5–1
		Second qualifying round	Odds BK	0–1	0–1	0–2
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Levski Sofia	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
		Second qualifying round	Žalgiris	1–1	0–1	1–2
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Breiðablik	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Second qualifying round	MOL Fehérvár	2–0 (aet)	0–1	2–1
		Third qualifying round	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	0–1	0–6
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Hibernians	0–2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round	Újpest	1–3	1–2	2–5
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round	Koper	1–1 ( a.e.t. )	1–0	2–1
		Third qualifying round	Konyaspor	1–1	4–2	5–3
		Play-off round	Rapid Wien	1–1	1–0	2–1
		Group E	AZ	1–2	1–4	4th
			Apollon Limassol	0–0	0–1
			Dnipro-1	1–2	2–2
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	First qualifying round	Neman Grodno	1–2	1–1	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round

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		Újpest FC  – FC Vaduz		0–4
2014–15		FC Vaduz – College Europa		3–0
2015–16		S.P. La Fiorita  – FC Vaduz		0–5
2015–16		FC Vaduz – S.P. La Fiorita		5–1
2017–18		FC Vaduz – Bala Town F.C.		3–0

Club records

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

Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year Year Name 1980–81 Branko Eškinja 1982–83 Branko Eškinja 1984–85 Roland Moser 1985–86 Roland Moser 1986–87 Harry Schädler 1991–92 Martin Oehri 1995–96 Harry Zech 1996–97 Daniel Hasler 1997–98 Martin Stocklasa 2003–04 Benjamin Fischer 2007–08 Gaspar Odirlei 2014 Peter Jehle 2015 Nicolas Hasler 2016 Peter Jehle 2017 Nicolas Hasler 2022 Benjamin Büchel

Liechtensteiner Young Player of the Year Year Name 2010 David Hasler 2011 Nicolas Hasler 2012 Nicolas Hasler Special prize LFV Award Year Name 2017 Maximilian Göppel Liechtensteiner Coach of the Year Year Name 2010 Eric Orie 2014 Giorgio Contini 2016 Giorgio Contini 2022 Mario Frick

Switzerland

Swiss Challenge League top scorers

Season	Name	Goals
2008	Gaspar Odirlei	31
2010	Nick Proschwitz	23

Swiss Challenge League dream team

Season	Name
2013	Markus Neumayr
2013	Nick von Niederhäusern
2013	Peter Jehle
2018	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	Rainer Hasler

Team awards

Fairplay Trophy

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

Rankings

UEFA ranking See also: UEFA coefficient As of 20 March 2023 [8] Rank Team Points Country 158 Olimpija Ljubljana 9.000 2.500 159 Linfield 8.500 1.716 160 Vaduz 8.500 2.200 161 Zrinjski 8.500 1.950 162 Dunajská Streda 8.500 3.950

Club world ranking See also: IFFHS As of 31 December 2015 [9] Rank Team Points 166 Odds 99.00 166 Crusaders 99.00 166 Vaduz 99.00 171 Qadsia 98.50 172 Independiente del Valle 98.00

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. [10]
2008–09	10	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	10	36	7	9	20	45	78	30	4,086
2020–21	10	36	9	9	18	36	58	36	227
Total		180	35	50	95	181	340	155	2,930

Players

Captain Benjamin Büchel

Current squad

As of 6 February 2024 ^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   LIE Benjamin Büchel (Captain) 4 MF   LIE Nicolas Hasler 5 DF   SUI Liridon Berisha 6 DF   KOS Fuad Rahimi 7 MF   SUI Merlin Hadzi 8 MF   LIE Sandro Wieser 9 FW   AUT Seifedin Chabbi 10 MF   KOS Lorik Emini 11 FW   FIN Tim Väyrynen 14 MF   SRB Milan Gajić 15 DF   SUI Roy Gelmi 17 DF   SUI Alessandro Kräuchi 18 GK   SUI Matthias Grob 19 FW   SUI Dejan Djokic

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   LIE Simon Lüchinger 23 FW   SUI Fabrizio Cavegn 24 MF   SUI Cédric Gasser 25 GK   LIE Gabriel Foser 27 DF   SUI Fabian Stöber 28 DF   LIE Lars Traber 29 DF   GER Gabriel Isik 30 MF   SUI Théo Golliard(on loan from Young Boys ) 34 MF   MKD Ardit Destani 37 FW   AUT Elvin Ibrisimovic 47 DF   SUI Fabio Fehr 66 MF   LBR Allen Njie 74 FW   SUI Elmin Rastoder (on loan from Grasshoppers ) 80 MF   SUI Ryan Fosso

Technical staff

Current technical staff

Manager: Marc Schneider Assistant coach: Pascal Cerrone Goalkeeping coach: Sebastian Selke Fitness coach: Alexander Kern Doctor: Dr. Alexander Gohm Medical department: Tamara Kaufmann Medical department: Manuel Nef Kit manager: David Montinari Director of football: Franz Burgmeier Executive director: Patrick Burgmeier

Management

President: Patrick Burgmeier Board member: Matthias Biedermann Board member: Florian Meier Board member: Lorenz Gassner Board member: Christopher Holder Finance director: Brigitte Löscher Chief marketing officer: Mathias Hagmann Secretary: Carmen Alabor Announcer: 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SUI David Weber 2 DF   LIE Roman Spirig 3 DF   ROU Giovanny Popescu 4 DF   BIH Suad Gerzić 5 DF   LIE Jonas Hilti 6 MF   MKD Emir Muratoski 7 FW   LIE Pascal Koller 9 FW   MNE Luka Tiganj 10 MF   SRB Besart Bajrami 11 MF   LIE Menderes Caglar

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK   SUI Fabian Lüchinger 13 FW   SUI Barna Fenyvesi 14 MF   IRL Brian Allen 15 MF   LIE Benjamin Vogt 16 DF   SUI Luca Giorlando 18 MF   SUI Agon Topalli 19 DF   LIE Lukas Graber 20 DF   LIE Noah Graber 22 MF   MKD Elton Aliji 24 DF   SUI Noah Birchmeier

Technical staff

Current technical staff

Manager: Daniel Sereinig Assistant coach: 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 page: 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 (player 2016)
• Jodel Dossou (player 2018–2019)
• Odirlei de Souza Gaspar (player 2005–2009)
• Stjepan Kukuruzović (player 2015–2017)
• Markus Neumayr (player 2013–2015)
• Nick Proschwitz (player 2010–2011)
• Pak Kwang-ryong (player 2013–2015)
• Hekuran Kryeziu (player 2014–2015)
• Nicolas Hasler (player 2011–2017)
• Martin Stocklasa (player 1997–1999, 2002–2006)
• Rainer Hasler (player 1978–1979)
• Pape Omar Faye (player 2006–2007)
• Dušan Cvetinović (player 2011–2013)
• Goran Obradović (player 2005)
• Pascal Schürpf (player 2013–2017)
• Simone Grippo (player 2013–2017)
• Moreno Merenda (player 2001–2002, 2010–2012)
• Yann Sommer (player 2007–2009)
• Fakhreddine Galbi (player 2008–2009)
• Marko Dević (player 2017–2018)
• Caleb Stanko (player 2016–2017)

Yann Sommer in the Switzerland national football team

Players of Vaduz at major international tournaments

Tournament
AFC Asian Cup 2015	Pak Kwang-Ryong
UEFA Euro 2016	Armando Sadiku
	Naser Aliji
Africa Cup of Nations 2019	Jodel Dossou

Former managers

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

Gallery

• 
  Otto Pfister
• 
  Walter Hörmann
• 
  Martin Andermatt
• 
  Heinz Hermann
• 
  Pierre Littbarski
• 
  Eric Orie
• 
  Giorgio Contini
• 
  Roland Vrabec

Former presidents

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

References

1. Facts & Figures Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine FC Vaduz
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3. "Livingston saved by the bell Controversial full-time whistle spares Scots from ignominious exit". The Herald. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
4. FC Vaduz – FC Slovan Liberec : 0–1 Match report from Scorespro.com
5. FC Slovan Liberec – FC Vaduz : 2–0 Match report from Scorespro.com
6. "FC Vaduz Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
7. "Domestic Cups Trivia". RSSSF . Retrieved 16 February 2018.
8. Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Team Ranking 2015". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
9. "CLUB WORLD RANKING 2015 – IFFHS". 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
10. "Super League 2008/2009 – Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
11. "1. Mannschaft" [1st team]. FC Vaduz. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
12. "Marc Schneider neuer Cheftrainer beim FC Vaduz". fcvaduz.li (in Swiss High German). FC Vaduz. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links

• Erster offizieller Fanclub 04 (in German)
• FC Vaduz Ostschweizer Fussballverband (Swiss Football League) (in German)