FC Solothurn is a Swiss football club based in

Solothurn , neighboring_municipalities = Bellach, Biberist, Feldbrunnen-Sankt Niklaus, Langendorf, Rüttenen, Zuchwil , twintowns = Heilbronn (Germany), Kraków (Poland), Le Landeron (Switzerland) Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; ...

. The club has played in Nationalliga B (2nd level), and currently plays at 1. Liga (Group 2) (3rd level).

History

From season 1925–26 to 1930–31, when a new system got introduced, FC Solothurn played in the highest football league in Switzerland. The former manager of

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, Hanspeter Latour, managed FC Solothurn for 13 years in 1983–1996. In the 1997–98 season the club reached the Promotion Group to the Nationalliga A and missed the promotion by one point. 2001 the club was in the last place in the Nationalliga B and was relegated to the 1. Liga, where it plays since then.

Recent seasons

*2000–01: Nationalliga B 8th in Abstiegsrunde (relegated) *2001–11: 1. Liga

Honours

* Uhrencup: 1998

Current squad

Out on loan

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