FC Thun

Thun

Full name

Fussballclub Thun 1898

Founded

1898

Ground

Stockhorn Arena, Thun

Capacity

10,000

Chairman

Markus Lüthi

Manager

Jeff Saibene

League

Swiss Super League

2014–15

Swiss Super League, 4th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

FC Thun (Fussballclub Thun 1898) is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Stockhorn Arena which accommodates a total of 10,000 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white.

History

FC Thun was founded on 1 May 1898.

It has played in the Nationalliga B from 1946–50, 1953–54, 1955–70 and 1997–2002. From 2002–2008 it played in the Nationalliga A, which was renamed to Axpo Super League. In 2008 the club were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

FC Thun reached for the first time the group stages of the Champions League, and were drawn in Group B alongside European giants Arsenal, Ajax and Sparta Prague. They started their campaign on 14 September 2005 away at Arsenal, where after equalising through Nelson Ferreira, they narrowly lost 2–1 after Dennis Bergkamp scored in the match's dying seconds. On 27 September they hosted the Czech champions Sparta Prague at home, the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern, where all the club's European home matches were held, as the Lachen Stadium does not meet Uefa's prerequisites for Champions League venues. Thun's 1–0 victory thanks to Selver Hodžić's 80th-minute winner propelled them into second place in the group. Following a loss to Ajax on 2 November they lost 1–0 at home to Arsenal and with Ajax beating Sparta Prague, FC Thun exited the Champions League. However Thun drew 0–0 with Sparta Prague in their last group match and qualifying for the Uefa Cup Round of 32.

Just three days prior to their Uefa Cup tie against Hamburg SV, Thun sacked their coach, Urs Schönenberger who had guided them to the Champions League group stages and was replaced by Heinz Peischl. Despite this Thun managed a surprise 1–0 over Hamburg SV in the first leg at the Stade de Suisse. However Hamburg were too strong at their home, AOL Arena, and managed to overturn the deficit, winning the second leg 2–0 (2–1 on aggregate).

European Cups

Q= Qualifying
PO = Play-Off

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	2–2	3–2
		Q3	Malmö FF	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group B	Arsenal	0–1	1–2	3rd
			Sparta Praha	1–0	0–0
			Ajax	2–4	0–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	Hamburger SV	1–0	0–2	1–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Vllaznia Shkodër	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Q3	Palermo	1–1	2–2	3–3
		PO	Stoke City	0–1	1–4	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Chikhura Sachkhere	2–0	3–1	5–1
		Q3	Häcken	1–0	2–1	3–1
		PO	Partizan	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group G	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	0–3	4th
			Genk	0–1	1–2
			Rapid Wien	1–0	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Q3	Vaduz	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a.)
		PO	Sparta Praha	3–3	1–3	4–6

Current squad

As of 29 August 2016 ^[1]^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Guillaume Faivre
2	DF	Ayrton Ribeiro
3	DF	Colin Trachsel
4	DF	Marco Bürki (on loan from Young Boys)
6	MF	Joël Geissmann
7	DF	Mickaël Facchinetti
9	FW	Dejan Sorgić
10	MF	Carlinhos
11	MF	Matteo Tosetti
13	FW	Simone Rapp
14	DF	Nicolas Schindelholz
15	MF	Lotem Zino
16	FW	Christian Fassnacht

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Dennis Hediger
18	GK	Francesco Ruberto
19	MF	Omer Dzonlagic
21	MF	Nelson Ferreira
22	GK	Felix Hornung
23	FW	Norman Peyretti
25	DF	Kevin Bigler
26	DF	Thomas Reinmann
27	DF	Enrico Schirinzi
30	MF	Sandro Lauper
31	DF	Stefan Glarner
42	FW	Ivan Markovic

On loan

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

No.		Position	Player
—		MF	Nicola Sutter (at Winterthur)

Former coaches

Hans Luder (1946–48)
Hans Pulver (1948–49)
Jimmy Townley (1949–50)
Hans Luder (1953–54)
Hans Luder/ Hermann Czischek (1954–56)
Hermann Czischek (1956–58)
Alfred "Coppi" Beck (1958–62)
Hermann Jucker (1962–63)
Matthias Rossbach (1963–67)
Heinz Schneiter (1967–69)
Lothar Weise (1969–70)
Miroslav Patak (1971–72)
Fridolin Hofer (1972–73)
René Raboud (1973–74)
Hanspeter Latour (1978–83)
Otto Messerli (1984–86)
Martin Trümpler (1986–90)
Willi Kaufmann (1990–92)

Peter Mast (1992–93)
Stefan Marini (1994–95)
Andy Egli (1 July 1995 – 31 Dec 1998)
Georges Bregy (1 Jan 1999 – 30 June 2001)
Hanspeter Latour (1 July 2001 – 31 Dec 2004)
Urs Schönenberger (1 Jan 2005 – 13 Feb 2006)
Adrian Kunz (interim) (13 Feb 2006 – 15 Feb 2006)
Heinz Peischl (14 Feb 2006 – 6 March 2007)
Jeff Saibene (6 March 2007 – 5 June 2007)
René van Eck (1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008)
Hansruedi Baumann (1 July 2008 – 12 May 2009)
Eric-Pi Zuercher (2009)
Andres Gerber (interim) (12 May 2009 – 30 June 2009)
Murat Yakin (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2011)
Bernard Challandes (1 July 2011 – 20 Nov 2012)^[3]
Mauro Lustrinelli (interim) (21 Nov 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
Urs Fischer (1 Jan 2013– June 2015)
Ciriaco Sforza (26 July 2015 – 30 Sep 2015)
Jeff Saibene (1 October 2015 – )

References

↑ http://fcthun.ch/de/Profis/Team/Kader
↑ http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/fc-thun/
↑ Thun coach takes players' advice and quits Reuters, 20 November 2012

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Thun.

Official website (German)
Thun UEFA.com

Swiss Super League

2016–17 teams	Basel Grasshopper Lausanne-Sport Lugano Luzern Sion St. Gallen Thun Vaduz Young Boys

Former teams	Aarau Bellinzona Neuchâtel Xamax Schaffhausen Servette Wil Yverdon-Sport Zürich

Associated competitions	Swiss Cup Swiss Challenge League

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31

Nationalliga era, 1931–1944

Seasons	1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

Seasons	1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Super League era, 2003–present

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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