FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy

The club is the result of a merger between FC Ouchy-Olympic and FC Stade Lausanne in 2001.

FC Ouchy-Olympic's story began in 1895 as FC La Villa Ouchy. As founding members of the Swiss Football Association, they competed in the first Serie A season during 1897–98, but later mostly played in the lower divisions.[1] The initial forerunner to the latter club was founded in 1901 as FC Signal Lausanne, which became Stade Lausanne in 1926, also introducing athletics, field hockey and shooting sports departments.[2][3][4] They competed in the second division and narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the Serie A in 1929.[1] Henri Guisan acted as president between 1929 and 1939, when his position became honorary as he led the Swiss army's mobilization during World War II. He emphasized the importance of sport to stay healthy, for civilians but especially soldiers.[4][5] They continued to compete in the lower divisions following his departure, playing in the 1. Liga as late as 1963–64.[6]

After the two clubs combined, the were eventually promoted to the 2. Liga Interregional in 2005, where they stayed until 2014.[1] They reached the Promotion League by 2017, where they had a notable cup run in the 2017–18 season, beating first division side FC Sion to reach the round of 16.[7] After promotion to the Challenge League, the club was forced to relocate outside the city to Nyon as their previous pitch failed to meet the requirements for professional football,[8] but now share a stadium with Lausanne-Sport at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.[9]

• Swiss Promotion League
  • Winners (1): 2019

As of 5 February, 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Dany Da Silva 2 DF  BIH Samir Efendić 3 DF  FRA Christopher Routis 4 DF  ESP Unai Albizua 5 DF  KVX Lavdrim Hajrulahu 6 MF   SUI Quentin Gaillard 7 MF  FRA Andy Laugeois 9 MF  BIH Sinan Ramović 10 FW  KVX Mergim Qarri 11 FW  ALG Yanis Lahiouel 13 MF  COM Rafidine Abdullah 17 FW  KVX Alban Ajdini

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 GK   SUI Jozef Pukaj 20 DF  CPV Dylan Tavares 21 MF   SUI Mersim Asllani 22 DF   SUI Vincent Rüfli 23 MF  ANG Giovani Bamba 24 MF   SUI Roland Ndongo 25 FW   SUI Zeki Amdouni 26 MF   SUI Michael Perrier 28 MF   SUI Karim Gazzetta 34 DF  IRN Bijan Dalvand 44 DF  CRO Ivan Harambasic 71 GK   SUI Justin Hammel

• Richard Durr, Swiss international capped 29 times, worked as player, manager, and president of Stade Lausanne
• Norbert Eschmann, Swiss international capped 15 times, played in the youth team 1949–50
• Henri Guisan, acted as president 1929–1939
• Blaise Nkufo played in the youth teams 1988–1992.[1]

• Official Website (in French)