FC Stade Nyonnais

Chart of Stade Nyonnais table positions in the Swiss football league system from 1946 onwards

FC Stade Nyonnais was founded in 1905 by four teenagers in Oscar Aeby, Edmond Delay, Emile Aeby and Pierre Robin.[3][1] The club was originally named Bluet and played their home games at a courtyard of a local Catholic church in Nyon.[3] The pitch dimensions, however, did not meet requirements and they therefore relocated to Place Perdtemps (now converted into a car park) in 1906.[1][4] After undergoing several name changes, the club had eventually settled on "FC Stade Nyonnais" by 1907.[1] 2 years later, Stade Nyonnais were admitted to the Association Cantonale Vaudoise de Football; the regional football association of the Vaud canton in which Nyon is located.[1] The club proceeded to win their first title when they were crowned regional champions of Vaud in 1910.[1] Les Stadistes, as they are often referred as, joined the Swiss Football Association in 1918 following the end of World War I.[1]

By 1924, the club moved away from Place Perdtemps and began to play their matches at a newly built ground in Marens, Nyon (the land is now in use by local secondary school Ecole Secondaire de Nyon-Marens).[1] In 1925, the team earned promotion to the second tier of Swiss football after being crowned regional champions of Romandy (French-speaking region of Switzerland).[1] The same year, they competed in the inaugural Swiss Cup tournament in which they reached the round of 16.[1] In 1926, Jean Wirz, who was elected Stade Nyonnais president the following decade, formed a youth academy for the club.[1]

Little information is available regarding the club's league performances between 1927–45. By 1946, however, Stade Nyonnais had just gained promotion back to the third tier of Swiss football (Première Ligue)^A in which they survived for the subsequent four years.[1] Relegation from the Première Ligue saw them compete in the fourth tier of Swiss football and the fans awaited 17 years to see their team back in the Première Ligue.[1]

1991 marked the opening year of the club's current stadium Stade Colovray.[1]

In 2001 the club had a big game against Real Madrid, in which they reached a record attendance of 6,800 spectators.[1] High-profile players such as Zinedine Zidane participated in the match.[1]

The club enjoyed their best ever Swiss Cup run in 2007 when they managed to reach the quarter finals. The tournament came to an end for Les Nyonnais in a 2–0 defeat to top-tier side FC Basel.[1]

Nyon had survived several seasons in the second tier of Swiss football, the Challenge League, until the 2011–12 season. Due to restructuring of the Swiss Football League, it was announced that the bottom 6 teams of the 10 team division would be relegated to a newly formed division in 2012, rather than the usual two teams being relegated. Nyon was close to survival but finished two points from safety, and were relegated to the Promotion League. They have remained in the league ever since.

FC Stade Nyonnais' colours have been black and yellow ever since the club's foundation in 1905.[5] It is established historically through archival documents that said colours were adopted by the founders as a tribute to BSC Young Boys who were crowned Swiss champions in 1903.[5] The yellow and black also distinguished them from the colours of FC Nyon United (now defunct) who played their matches in the same city.[5]

Updated 5 April 2020.

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Lucas Pos 4 DF Rayan Kadima 5 DF Anthony Baron 6 MF Dalibor Stevanovic 7 MF Idriz Bega 8 MF Tiago-Marti Escorza 9 FW Jordi Nsiala 10 FW Mergim Qarri 11 FW Matheus Vieira 13 MF Edison Cocaj 15 DF Guillaume Golay 17 MF Nils Pédat 18 FW Alex Schmidli 19 MF Quentin Guyon

No. Position Player 20 DF Jonathan Grossrieder 21 FW Adler Da Silva 22 DF Daniel Titié 23 MF Ridvan Hysenaj 24 DF Olatunde Olaniyi 26 MF Giovani Bamba 27 DF Pablo Londono 28 DF Luca Gazzetta 29 FW Fitim Rugovaj 30 GK Maxime Moinon 39 FW Nedim Omeragić 70 MF Fábio Gomes 77 MF Bashkim Smajli 94 GK Maxime Brenet

Below is a list of current and former Stade Nyonnais head coaches since 1965.[7][8][2]

^A From 1946 to 2003, 'Ligue National A' referred to the top tier of Swiss football, 'Ligue National B' referred to the second tier of Swiss football, and 'Première Ligue' referred to the third tier of Swiss football.

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