FC Vaduz

Vaduz

Full name	Fussball Club Vaduz
Nickname(s)	Residenzler (Resident) Fürstenverein (Princely club) Stolz von Liechtenstein (Pride of Liechtenstein)
Short name	FCV
Founded	14 February 1932 (14 February 1932)
Ground	Rheinpark Stadion Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Capacity	7,584 (5,873 seated)
Coordinates	47°08′25″N 9°30′37″E / 47.1403°N 9.5103°E / 47.1403; 9.5103Coordinates: 47°08′25″N 9°30′37″E / 47.1403°N 9.5103°E / 47.1403; 9.5103
Owner	Princely Family of Liechtenstein
Chairman	Ruth Ospelt
Manager	Mario Frick
League	Swiss Challenge League
2017–18	Swiss Challenge League, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Fussball Club Vaduz (Football Club Vaduz) is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz that plays in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all 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 a poor 2016–17 season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league.

Vaduz have 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. The signing of experienced goalkeeper Peter Jehle from Tours and Franz Burgmeier from Darlington boosted the Liechtensteiner contingent to six by the start of the 2009–10 season.^[2]

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, which is 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 future.^[3]

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 have been one of the best 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 final day of the season, giving Liechtenstein a representative at the highest level of Swiss football for the first time. Vaduz, however, were relegated back to the Challenge League after one season in the top flight. Vaduz finally returned to top level after five years in the Challenge League.

In May 2010, the two Liechtenstein teams FC Vaduz and USV Eschen/Mauren decided on a 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 have annually entered the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) as a result of winning the Liechtenstein Cup every year since 1998 due to being the top team, and only team, in Liechtenstein. However, they have never got past the qualifying rounds to date.

However, Vaduz did come within one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the aggregate scores level, and with 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 (Luke Harrington) blew the whistle for full-time just before the ball crossed over the line, and Livingston progressed through in controversial circumstances.

For the 2005-06 season, Mats Gren was a coach. In the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying, FC Vaduz defeated Moldovan opponent FC Dacia Chişinău. In the second round they met the Istanbul club Beşiktaş J.K., against which they have been 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 for the first time in their history in the Swiss Super League. 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 appear in a popular sports video game FIFA 17. This is the first time in history that a team from Liechtenstein appeared in the sports video game series.

After three years in the elite Swiss competition, the only and most awarded Liechtenstein team relegated. It was not a good season 2016–17, where they even changed the coach Giorgio Contini after almost 5 years at the helm, and in his place came the German coach Roland Vrabec, but Vaduz has not succeeded to survive in Swiss Super League.

On 5 September 2018, they terminated the agreement with Roland Vrabec. On September 17, they presented a new coach Mario Frick. He is a first coach from Liechtenstein in history.

Legal status

Vaduz is one of several expatriate European football clubs, including Swansea City and Cardiff City playing in the English Football League, AS Monaco playing in France, San Marino Calcio 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 won the Swiss league and therefore could not be argued to have qualified, such a situation has not occurred.

Rheinpark Stadion

Main stand of the Rheinpark Stadion with behind Vaduz Castle.

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 FIFA 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 own championship 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 not been represented in any major competition such as the World or European Championship, but in the qualifications to do so.

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.

Rheinpark Stadion consists of four stands: North, East, South and West.

Although you should be able to purchase FC Vaduz Merchandise from Rheinpark Stadion on matchdays there doesn’t appear to be a permanent club shop which is open during the week. You could always check out FC Vaduz online store instead.

Sadly there aren’t any stadium tours available of the current facilities, maybe one day.

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
• Adidas – 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

Honours

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
1999–00	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 Varaždin	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	0–1	2–0 (aet)	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

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)
• Biggest European away defeat: Hradec Králové 9–1 FC Vaduz (24.08.1995, European Cup Winners' Cup)
• Player with most trophies with FC Vaduz: Franz Burgmeier (16)
• Player with most appearances: Franz Burgmeier (371)
• 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 (Rheinpark Stadion): 6,773
• 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 Oehry 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 Liechtensteiner Young Player of the Year Year Name 2010 David Hasler 2011 Nicolas Hasler 2012 Nicolas Hasler Special Price LFV Award Year Name 2017 Maximilian Göppel Liechtensteiner Coach of the Year Year Name 2010 Eric Orie 2014 Giorgio Contini 2016 Giorgio Contini Switzerland Swiss Challenge League top scorers Season Name Goals 2008 Gaspar Odirlei 31 2010 Nick Proschwitz 23 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 Rankings UEFA ranking See also: UEFA coefficient As of 24 September 2018[8] Rank Team Points Country 239 CS Fola Esch 4.000 1.050 240 Víkingur Gøta 4.000 0.800 241 FC Vaduz 4.000 2.700 242 FC Santa Coloma 4.000 0.366 243 MOL Vidi FC 4.000 1.850 Club world ranking See also: IFFHS As of 31 December 2015 [9] Rank Team Points 166 Odds BK 99.00 166 Crusaders F.C. 99.00 166 FC Vaduz 99.00 171 Qadsia SC 98.50 172 C.S.D. Independiente 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. 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 Total 144 26 41 77 145 282 119 3,606 Current squad As of 11 October 2018. FC Vaduz in the qualifier of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League against Bala Town F.C. on the 6th of July 2017 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 Andreas Hirzel 2 DF Sadik Vitija (on loan from Grasshoppers U21) 3 DF Manuel Mikus 5 DF Berkay Sülüngöz 7 FW Christopher Drazan 8 MF Gabriel Lüchinger 9 FW Boris Babić (on loan from St. Gallen) 10 FW Mohamed Coulibaly 11 FW Igor Tadić 13 DF Tomislav Puljić 14 MF Milan Gajić 15 GK Justin Ospelt 16 MF Aron Sele 17 MF Marco Mathys No. Position Player 19 DF Nils von Niederhäusern 20 MF Jodel Dossou 21 FW Cédric Chevalley 22 GK Benjamin Büchel 23 MF Sandro Wieser 24 DF Maurice Brunner 25 MF Noah Frick 26 FW Ferhat Saglam 27 MF Philipp Muntwiler (captain) 29 DF Mario Bühler 32 FW Noah Blasucci 33 DF Maximilian Göppel 34 DF Giovanny Popescu 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 — GK Armando Majer (on loan at USV Eschen/Mauren until 30 June 2019) Technical staff Mario Frick is the current manager of the club. Current technical staff Manager: Mario Frick Assistant Coach: Thomas Stickroth Goalkeeping Coach: Sebastian Selke Fitness Coach: Christian Kolodziej Doctor: Dr. Alexander Gohm Medical department: Frank Arndt Medical department: Manuel Nef Kit manager: David Montinari Sporting CEO: Bernt Haas Scout: Franz Burgmeier Executive director: Patrick Burgmeier Management President: Ruth Ospelt Board member: Matthias Biedermann Board member: Bruno Vogt Board member: Lorenz Gassner Board member: Christopher Holder Board member: Michael Baum 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. Position Player 1 GK David Weber 2 DF Roman Spirig 3 DF Giovanny Popescu 4 DF Suad Gerzić 5 DF Jonas Hilti 6 MF Emir Muratoski 7 FW Pascal Koller 8 MF Yago Gomes do Nascimer 9 FW Luka Tiganj 10 MF Besart Bajrami 11 MF Menderes Caglar 12 GK Fabian Lüchinger No. Position Player 13 FW Barna Fenyvesi 14 MF Brian Allen 15 MF Benjamin Vogt 16 DF Luca Giorlando 17 MF Dejan Đokić 18 MF Agon Topalli 19 DF Lukas Graber 20 DF Noah Graber 22 MF Elton Aliji 24 DF Noah Birchmeier 25 GK Justin Ospelt Technical staff Current technical staff Manager: Daniel Sereinig Assistant Coach: Fabio Kindle Recent seasons Recent season-by-season performance of the club: Season Division Tier Position 2003–04 Challenge League II 2nd 2004–05 2nd 2005–06 8th 2006–07 9th 2007–08 1st ↑ 2008–09 Super League I 10th ↓ 2009–10 Challenge League II 8th 2010–11 4th 2011–12 8th 2012–13 9th 2013–14 1st ↑ 2014–15 Super League I 9th 2015–16 8th 2016–17 10th ↓ 2017–18 Challenge League II 4th 2018–19 7th Key ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated Former 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) 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) Fakhreddine Galbi (player 2008–2009) Marko Dević (player 2017–2018) Caleb Stanko (player 2016–2017) Yann Sommer in the Switzerland national football team Yann Sommer During the summer of 2007, Sommer signed a new contract, and was loaned out to Liechtensteiner club FC Vaduz to gain first-team experience in an environment somewhat more competitive than the reserves in the Swiss 1. Liga. He was made the first-choice goalkeeper and played 33 matches over the course of the 2007–08 Swiss Challenge League season, playing a major part in Vaduz's promotion to the Swiss Super League. His loan deal was then extended to last until January 2009. He made his Super League debut for Vaduz on 20 July 2008 in the 2–1 away win against Luzern. Players of Vaduz at major international tournaments Tournament AFC Asian Cup 2015 Pak Kwang-Ryong UEFA Euro 2016 Armando Sadiku 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) 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–) Gallery Otto Pfister Walter Hörmann Martin Andermatt Heinz Hermann Pierre Littbarski Eric Orie 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–) 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 ↑ Facts & Figures Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. FC Vaduz ↑ Squad Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. FC Vaduz ↑ "FCV is still playing in Swiss League (German)". Volksblatt. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009. ↑ FC Vaduz – FC Slovan Liberec : 0–1 Match report from Scorespro.com ↑ FC Slovan Liberec – FC Vaduz : 2–0 Match report from Scorespro.com ↑ "Fußballturnier in Mühleholz (near Vaduz, Liechtenstein) 1932". rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018. ↑ "Domestic Cups Trivia". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018. ↑ Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Team Ranking 2015". kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 16 February 2018. ↑ "CLUB WORLD RANKING 2015 - IFFHS". 7 January 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018. ↑ "Super League 2008/2009 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 February 2018. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Vaduz. FC Vaduz Official website (in German) Erster offizieller Fanclub 04 (in German) FC Vaduz Ostschweizer Fussballverband (Swiss Football League) (in German)