FC Neunkirch

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.

FC Neunkirch
Full nameFC Neunkirch
Nickname(s)FCN
FoundedJuly 1, 1963 (1963-07-01)
GroundSportplatz Randenblick,
Neunkirch
Capacity1000
ManagerHasan Dracic
LeagueNationalliga A
2016–17Nationalliga A, 1st
WebsiteClub website

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 Defender Romina Bell  Austria
6 Defender Yasmin Bunter  England
8 Midfielder Sandy Mändly  Switzerland
14 Defender Kayla Chambers  United States
16 Midfielder Dana Fecková  Slovakia
17 Midfielder Paula Serrano  Spain
18 Midfielder Loukritia Chrysostomou  Cyprus
19 Midfielder Martina Gelmetti  Italy
20 Defender Celine Leusch  Germany
21 Midfielder Martina Capelli  Italy
23 Defender Leonarda Balog  Croatia
38 Goalkeeper 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.ch. 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. http://www.frauenfussballmagazin.ch/2017/06/neunkirch-holt-das-double/
  9. https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/nach-finanzskandal-um-sportchef-beat-s-double-gewinner-neunkirch-zieht-sich-zurueck-id6796628.html
  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.
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