FC Guardia

FC Guardia is a Vaticanese football club that currently plays in the Vatican City Championship, the top level of football in Vatican City. The current club president is Christoph Graf and the current manager is Fabio Bortoluzzi.[1] The team, like all Vatican clubs, plays its matches at the Campo Cardinale Francis Joseph Spellman in Rome, Italy.[2] Despite being founded in 1934, the team has never won the league championship.[3][4][5] The squad consists of members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard.[6]

FC Guardia
Full nameFootball Club Guardia
Founded1934
GroundCampo Cardinale Francis Joseph Spellman
Rome, Italy
Capacity500
ChairmanChristoph Graf
ManagerFabio Bortoluzzi
LeagueVatican City Championship
2016/178th

In October 2017 the team was a guest of German football club FC Bayern Munich, touring their facilities and meeting with its Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti.[7]

Current squad
As of 10 May 2017[1]

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

No. Position Player
Gian Andri Arpagaus
Philipp Bischof
Barnabé Borreggine
Maxime Bruchez
Nikolaus Brunner
Oliver Bühlmann
Gian Luca Burkard
Antoine Campo
Remy Castella
Nico Castelluzzo
Arnaud Cattin
Federico Cosma
Michael Di Maria
Cyril Duruz
Guillaume Favre
Andrea Foletti
Yves Frei
Theophane Gaillard
No. Position Player
Andrew Galantay
Dorian Germiquet
Mauro Giovanola
Sebastian Hahn
Fabian Halter
Sandro Hildebrand
Filippo Inches
Karl Inderbitzin
Christian Kuhne
Fabio Remo Paggiola
Lucas Perera
Mario Pfister
Oliver Ritz
Romain Sahli
Lucas Schafer
Clemens Shaffhauser
Marco Tavares Marques
Nicolai Weyl

References
  1. "FC Guardia" (PDF) (in Italian). Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Storia" (in Italian). Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. Mattei, Giampala. "Lo scudetto vaticano? Ai Gendarmi E per gli Svizzeri «zero tituli»" (in Italian). L'Osservatore Romano. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. Rota, Davide. "Vatican City-List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. "Albo d'Oro" (in Italian). Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. "Vita Nella Guardia" (in Italian). guardiasvizzera.va. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. "Vatikan Fussballer besuchen Carlo Ancelotti" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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