FC Winterthur

FC Winterthur is a Swiss football club from Winterthur. They play in the Swiss Super League. Their homeground is the Stadion Schützenwiese.

History
The club was founded in 1896 by students of the local school of engineering.www.landbote.ch After a fusion with two local teams  it was called Vereinigte Fussballclubs Winterthur between 1929 and 1946. In the early part of the 20th century they won the Swiss Championship three times (in 1906, 1908, 1917). 1934 they were relegated till 1950. They have since stayed in the second division for most of their history. The club  reached the final of the Swiss League Cup  in 1972 and 1973 and Swiss Cup in 1968 and 1975 but lost all these matches.

 Current squad 

Stadium

The club play at Stadion Schützenwiesenear the centre of Winterthur. In the 1980s the ownership was transferred to Winterthur council due to  financial problems. The stadium has 8,550 seats. 1,900 are seated. The supporters of the club stand at the Bierkurve. They also have a small stand for younger supporters known as the Sirupkurve. 

Honours
 Swiss Super League
Winners (3): 1905-06, 1907-08, 1916-17
 Swiss Challenge League
Winners (4): 1965-66, 1967-68, 1981-82, 2021-22

Former coaches
  Martin Rueda (2000–2001)
  Walter Grüter (2001)
  Urs Schönenberger (2001–2002)
  Ivan Koritschan (2002–2003)
  Hans-Joachim Weller (2003)
  Gianni Dellacasa (2003–2004)
  Mathias Walther (2004–2009)
  Boro Kuzmanović (2009–2014)
  Jürgen Seeberger (2014–2015)
  Alex Frei (2021-2022)
  Bruno Berner (2022-)

References

Other websites
 Official website 
 "Bierkurve Winterthur" supporters club 
 "Laufpass" – Fanzine 
 Soccerway.com profile
 Football.ch profile 

Category:Winterthur
Category:1896 establishments in Switzerland
Category:Swiss football clubs