FC Neunkirch

FC Neunkirch

Full name	FC Neunkirch
Nickname(s)	FCN
Founded	July 1, 1963; 61 years ago (1963-07-01)
Ground	Sportplatz Randenblick, Neunkirch
Capacity	1000
Manager	Hasan Dracic
League	Nationalliga A
2016–17	Nationalliga A, 1st
Website	http://www.fcneunkirch.ch/
Home colours Away colours

FC Neunkirch is a Swiss women's association football club based in Neunkirch, a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen.[1][2][3] From 2007 the club was promoted in several consecutive seasons, reaching the top division Nationalliga A in 2013.[4] The club has an associated men's team who play in the lower leagues.

In 2016–17 the team won its first national title.[5]

History

The football club was founded in 1963. A women's team only started playing in the league system in 2006.[6] After four promotions in the next seven years the team reached the top level Nationalliga A.[6]

The team ended the 2013–14 season in fourth place, third in the next season, and finished runners-up to Zürich in 2015–16.

In 2015 FC Neunkirch reached the semi-final of the Swiss Women's Cup. The team was leading FC Basel 1–0 when they were reduced to 10 players after their goalkeeper was shown a red card after 16 minutes. They eventually lost 2–1.[7]

After ten out of ten wins in the 2016–17 season they stood in first place. The team received some criticism for their lack of youth teams and because only 4 players from a 21-woman squad were Swiss.[6] They finished the season as champions and also won the 2017 cup final.[8]

Days after winning the double, the club withdrew their team from the Nationalliga A.[9] Estimated costs of over €500,000 for the next season proved too much for the club.

Current squad

As of 15 November 2016.[10][11][12]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
4	DF	Romina Bell	Austria
6	DF	Yasmin Bunter	England
8	MF	Sandy Mändly	Switzerland
14	DF	Kayla Chambers	United States
16	MF	Dana Fecková	Slovakia
17	MF	Paula Serrano	Spain
18	MF	Loukritia Chrysostomou	Cyprus
19	MF	Martina Gelmetti	Italy
20	DF	Celine Leusch	Germany
21	MF	Martina Capelli	Italy
23	DF	Leonarda Balog	Croatia
38	GK	Sandra Bruderer	Switzerland

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:FC Neunkirch players.

References

1. FC Neunkirch at Soccerway.com (in English)
2. Club profile at Swiss Football Association website (in German)
3. Profile at UEFA website (in English)
4. "Herzliche Gratulation an den FC Neunkirch" (in German). christianamsler.ch. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
5. "Der FC Neunkirch gewinnt das Double" (in German). srf.ch. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
6. "Ein Dorfklub erobert die Schweiz, aber die Unschlagbaren sorgen auch für Ärger" (in German). Watson. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
7. "Basel und Zürich stehen im Cupfinal" (in German). frauenfussballmagazin.ch. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
8. "Neunkirch holt das Double, Yverdon gerettet". Archived from the original on 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
9. "Nach Finanzskandal um Sportchef Beat S.: Double-Gewinner Neunkirch zieht sich zurück!". 7 June 2017.
10. "Kader". FC Neunkirch (in German). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
11. "Meisterschaft - Nationalliga A (Frauen) / Vor-/Rückrunde - 08.08.2015 17:00 - Stadion Espenmoos, St. Gallen - Stadion Espenmoos" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
12. "Schweizer-Cup - Schweizer Cup (Frauen) / 1. Hauptrunde - 29.08.2015 19:30 - Buechenwald, Gossau - Platzzuteilung erfolgt vor Ort" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

External links

• Official website (in German)