FC Gossau
FC Gossau is a Switzerland, Swiss football (soccer), football club from the city of Gossau SG, Gossau in the canton of St. Gallen (canton), St. Gallen. It currently plays in the Swiss Challenge League, Challenge League, the second-highest level of Swiss football. History After its foundation in 1906, FC Gossau spent the first 65 years of its history in almost entire unimportance. This changed in 1971 when they advanced for the first time to the 1. Liga Classic, 1. Liga (third level) by a 3–0 victory against FC Widnau. Between 1975 and 1978, they even managed to reach the promotion to the second level (NLB). Changeful years followed, the Club played mostly in the 1. or 2. Liga. After another relegation to the 2. Liga in 1987, Roger Heri composed a new team and induced the "second bloom" for FC Gossau in the nineties. In 1992, they achieved the promotion to the 1. Liga, after victories against FC Solothurn and FC Monthey they even got to the second level in 1993. Despite seven cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC St
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Football Clubs In Switzerland
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league, rugby league football; and rugby union, rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marco Franin
Marco Franin (born 1 February 1992) is a Swiss/Croatian footballer currently playing for FC Gossau in the fourth tier- Swiss 1. Liga. Club career Franin has played for Swiss top flight side St. Gallen, moved to second level-Chiasso Chiasso (; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Mendrisio (district), Mendrisio in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Ticino in Switzerland. As Extreme points of Switzerland, the southernmost of Switzerland's ... in 2014 and joined Promotion League outfit Brühl from them in summer 2016. - Tagblatt References External links *Profile - SC Brühl [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nico Abegglen
Nico Abegglen (born 16 February 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for SC Brühl. Career On 1 August 2007, Abegglen moved from FCSG U18 to St. Gallen U21. He played 2 years for youth career in U21 team. On 1 July 2009, Abegglen transferred to FC St. Gallen and played 3 seasons for team. He contracted with FC Vaduz on 25 February 2013. In 2015–16 season, Abegglen moved to FC Wohlen FC Wohlen is a Swiss football club based in the town Wohlen in Canton Aargau. They play in the Swiss 1. Liga, the fourth tier of football in the country. The club was founded in May 1904 and holds the honour of being the oldest football club i .... References External links Profile at Swiss Football League 1990 births Living people Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards FC St. Gallen players FC Vaduz players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Liechten ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Darko Damjanović
Darko Damjanović (, born 5 November 1977) is a former Serbian-Swiss football goalkeeper. He played 5 games in Swiss Super League in 2002–03 season. In May 2010, he was given an open-ended suspension after involved in the 2009 European football betting scandal. His former teammate Marc Lütolf and Mario Bigoni were also banned. During the winter break of the 2011/12 season he joined Serbian club FK Mačva Šabac Fudbalski klub Mačva Šabac () is a Serbian professional football club based in Šabac, which competes in the Serbian First League. One of the oldest football clubs in Serbia, their nickname is (), which was first used in 1927, when the Urugua .... at FK Mačva Šabac official website, 2 March 2012, Retrieved 26 September 2014 References External links *[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marc Lütolf
Marc Lütolf (born 24 June 1987) is a former Swiss footballer. In February 2008 he joined Gossau. He was released in February 2010. In May 2010, Lütolf and former teammate Darko Damjanović, Mario Bigoni were given open-ended suspensions after involved in the 2009 European football betting scandal The 2009 European football betting scandal was an attempt to influence the outcome of professional association football matches in Europe, and to defraud the gambling industry by betting on the results. The investigation centres on around 200 fi .... Her played for Swiss U20 team at 2006–07 and 2007–08 Four Nations Tournament. References External linksfootball.ch * Swiss men's footballers Grasshopper Club Zurich players FC Gossau players Swiss Super League players 1987 births Living people Men's association football defenders 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009 European Football Betting Scandal
The 2009 European football betting scandal was an attempt to influence the outcome of professional association football matches in Europe, and to defraud the gambling industry by betting on the results. The investigation centres on around 200 fixtures, including domestic league games in nine European countries: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austria. It also involved twelve qualifying matches in the UEFA Europa League and three in the UEFA Champions League. Peter Limacher, a spokesman for European football's governing body UEFA, described it as "the biggest match-fixing scandal ever to hit Europe." Background The 2009 European football betting scandal was considered to be the biggest affair in European football since the 2005 football scandal of referee Robert Hoyzer and the Bundesliga scandal in the 1970/71 season when numerous players, coaches and officials were involved in game shifts. The extent and effects were re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mario Bigoni
Mario Bigoni was a Swiss-Italian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Playing career Bigoni started his youth career at FC St. Gallen and played for their reserves in the 1. Liga. In 2006, he moved to FC Gossau, helping them win promotion from the 1. Liga to the Challenge League in his first season. After 70 league matches and one goal for Gossau, he was dismissed on 23 November 2009, due to his involvement in an international match-fixing scandal. In early 2010, he briefly played for FC Sirnach-Stella until he, along with former Gossau teammates Marc Lütolf and Darko Damjanović, were indefinitely suspended by the Swiss Football Association in May 2010. Following this, he returned to his previous profession as a mechanic and became a youth coach at FC Rheineck. Betting Scandal The Croatian mafia is alleged to have manipulated several matches of FC Gossau. This became apparent as the club lost numerous consecutive league games against both strong and weak ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gossau Performance Chart
Gossau can mean either of two municipalities of Switzerland: * Gossau, St. Gallen, a city of 17,000 inhabitants * Gossau, Zürich Gossau is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Gossau itself, the municipality includes ..., a town of 9,000 inhabitants Gossauer may refer to: * the inhabitants of either of the municipalities above * Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926), a Swiss women professional photographer and businesswoman from Rapperswil {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Swiss Cup
The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 season by the Swiss Football Association. The Swiss Cup final is usually the most important game of the year with a high attendance. The competition is also shaped by games in the first rounds when villages celebrate the tie of their club with a professional team leading to infrastructure improvements and often thousands of spectators at the local football pitch. Since 1999 the cup winners earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Conference League in accordance with the rankings of Switzerland in the UEFA coefficient. History Forerunners Before the foundation of the Swiss Cup, there were two attempts at creating a Swiss football cup competition: the Anglo Cup (1909-1913) and the Och Cup (1920-1922). Anglo Cup and winners The Anglo Cup was played from 1909–1910 to 1912–1913. Och Cup and winners The Och Cup (named after the sporting goods ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |