FC Lausanne-Sport

Lausanne-Sport
Full name Football Club Lausanne-Sport
Nickname(s) Les blancs (The Whites)
Founded 1896 (1896)
Ground Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity 15,850
President David Thompson
Manager Ilija Borenovic
League Swiss Super League
2016–17 Swiss Super League, 9th
Website Club website

FC Lausanne-Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, it plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest league in the country, and hosts games at the Stade olympique de la Pontaise. The team has won seven league titles and the Swiss Cup nine times.

History

Chart of FC Lausanne-Sport table positions in the Swiss football league system

The club was founded in 1896 under the name of Montriond Lausanne. However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians. The club took the name Lausanne-Sports FC in 1920 after the football section merged with the Club Hygiénique de Lausanne, a physical education club. The club plays at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, a 15,850 all-seater stadium used for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They played in Swiss First Division between 1906–1931 and 1932–2002.

After the 2001–02 season, Lausanne-Sports were relegated because the club did not obtain a first level license for the 2002–03 season. Following the 2002–03 season in the second division, Lausanne-Sports FC were again relegated due to bankruptcy. They were reformed as FC Lausanne-Sport for the 2003–04 season and had to begin play at the fourth tier. The team was promoted in consecutive seasons from the fourth division after the 2003–04 season and the third division after the 2004–05 season. After an additional six years in the second tier of Swiss football, the club was promoted to the Super League for the 2011–12 season.

Lausanne-Sport qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after they reached the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel. In the 2010–11 Europa League, while still playing in the second tier Challenge League, they performed a shock getting to the group stages beating favourites Lokomotiv Moscow on the way.

Lausanne-Sport were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League at the end of the 2013-14 Swiss Super League season.[1] Two years later, they finished first in the 2015-16 Swiss Challenge League, which promoted them back to the top tier of Swiss football for the 2016-17 season.[2]

On 13 November 2017, the club was acquired by Ineos, a Swiss-based British petrochemicals company owned by Jim Ratcliffe, the nation's wealthiest person.[3] The first transfer under the new ownership was that of Enzo Fernández, son of Zinedine Zidane.[4]

Honours

Current squad

As of 21 July 2018 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Thomas Castella
3 Norway DF Per-Egil Flo
4 Switzerland DF Jérémy Manière
6 Portugal DF Elton Monteiro
8 Switzerland MF Joël Geissmann
10 Guinea-Bissau FW Sancidino Silva
13 Switzerland FW Simone Rapp
14 Switzerland MF Alexandre Pasche
15 Portugal DF Gonçalo Brandão
17 Switzerland MF João Oliveira
18 Switzerland GK Dany Da Silva
19 Italy FW Francesco Margiotta
20 Switzerland MF Maxime Dominguez
21 Spain MF Cameron Puertas
No. Position Player
22 Switzerland DF Sinclair Baddy Dega
23 Republic of the Congo DF Igor Nganga
24 Switzerland DF Noah Loosli
25 France MF Tiago-Marti Escorza
26 France DF Ange Nanizayamo
27 Switzerland MF Mersim Asllani
28 Costa Rica MF Yeltsin Tejeda
29 Switzerland FW Andi Zeqiri
30 Switzerland DF Nicolas Gétaz
31 Switzerland MF Dominik Schmid
35 Switzerland GK Diego Berchtold
88 Switzerland MF Cabral
Croatia MF Stjepan Kukuruzović

Out 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
21 France MF Enzo Fernández (at Rayo Majadahonda until 30 June 2019)

Former coaches

Recent seasons

Recent season-by-season performance of the club:[7][8]

Season Division Tier Position
2005–06 Challenge League II 3rd
2006–07 13th
2007–08 13th
2008–09 7th
2009–10 10th
2010–11 1st ↑
2011–12 Super League I 7th
2012–13 9th
2013–14 10th ↓
2014–15 Challenge League II 5th
2015–16 1st ↑
2016–17 Super League I 9th
2017–18 10th ↓
Key
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

Lausanne-Sports Rowing

Lausanne-Sports Aviron is the rowing club of Lausanne-Sport.

References

  1. ↑ "Le FC Lausanne-Sport relégué" (in French). 4 May 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lausanne accède à l'élite" (in French). 5 May 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Bill (13 November 2017). "Chemicals giant Ineos buys Swiss football team". Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Enzo Zidane leaves Alaves for Lausanne revolution". FourFourTwo. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Le FC Lausanne-Sport limoge Simone et mise sur Celestini" (in French). 24 March 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Celestini prolonge trois ans au FC Lausanne-Sport" (in French). 21 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Archives des saisons - Challenge League" (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Archives des saisons - Super League" (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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