FC Thun

Chart of FC Thun table positions in the Swiss football league system

Participation certificate of the FC Thun, issued 20. July 1936

FC Thun was founded on 1 May 1898.

It has played in the Nationalliga B from 1946 to 1950, 1953 to 54, 1955 to 70 and 1997 to 2002. From 2002 to 2008 it played in the Nationalliga A, which was renamed to Axpo Super League. In 2008 the club were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League. Thun is the only club competing in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League that has never won a Swiss football championship.

FC Thun reached for the first time the group stages of the Champions League, and were drawn in Group B alongside European giants Arsenal, Ajax and Sparta Prague. They started their campaign on 14 September 2005 away at Arsenal, where after equalising through Nelson Ferreira, they narrowly lost 2–1 after Dennis Bergkamp scored in the match's dying seconds. On 27 September they hosted the Czech champions Sparta Prague at home, the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern, where all the club's European home matches were held, as the Lachen Stadium does not meet Uefa's prerequisites for Champions League venues. Thun's 1–0 victory thanks to Selver Hodžić's 80th-minute winner propelled them into second place in the group. Following a loss to Ajax on 2 November they lost 1–0 at home to Arsenal and with Ajax beating Sparta Prague, FC Thun exited the Champions League. However Thun drew 0–0 with Sparta Prague in their last group match and qualifying for the Uefa Cup Round of 32.

Just three days prior to their Uefa Cup tie against Hamburg SV, Thun sacked their coach, Urs Schönenberger who had guided them to the Champions League group stages and was replaced by Heinz Peischl. Despite this Thun managed a surprise 1–0 over Hamburg SV in the first leg at the Stade de Suisse. However Hamburg were too strong at their home, AOL Arena, and managed to overturn the deficit, winning the second leg 2–0 (2–1 on aggregate).

In November 2019, PMG, Chien Lee and The Seelig Group invested in the club and became the co-owners of FC Thun football club.[1]

• Q= Qualifying
• PO = Play-off

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	2–2	3–2
		Q3	Malmö FF	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group B	Arsenal	0–1	1–2	3rd
			Sparta Praha	1–0	0–0
			Ajax	2–4	0–2
	UEFA Cup	R32	Hamburger SV	1–0	0–2	1–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Vllaznia	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Q3	Palermo	1–1	2–2	3–3
		PO	Stoke City	0–1	1–4	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Chikhura Sachkhere	2–0	3–1	5–1
		Q3	Häcken	1–0	2–1	3–1
		PO	Partizan	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group G	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	0–3	4th
			Genk	0–1	1–2
			Rapid Wien	1–0	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Q3	Vaduz	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a.)
		PO	Sparta Praha	3–3	1–3	4–6
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	Q3	FC Spartak Moscow	2–3	1–2	3–5

As of 11 January 2021[2][3]

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   SUI Andreas Hirzel 4 DF   SUI Miguel Rodrigues 5 DF  JPN Nikki Havenaar 6 MF  SVN Kenan Fatkič 7 MF   SUI Miguel Castroman 8 MF   SUI Gregory Karlen 9 FW  PLE Saleh Chihadeh 10 MF   SUI Dominik Schwizer 11 MF   SUI Omer Dzonlagic 14 MF  POR Nuno da Silva 17 DF   SUI Noël Wetz 19 FW  GER Gabriel Kyeremateng

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   SUI Chris Kablan 21 MF   SUI Uros Vasic 22 GK   SUI Nino Ziswiler 23 FW   SUI Joel Fuhrer 24 MF   SUI Magnus Breitenmoser 28 MF  LIE Nicolas Hasler 29 MF   SUI Nias Hefti 30 MF  GER Fabian Rüdlin 34 DF   SUI Nicola Sutter 37 MF  LIE Dennis Salanović 38 MF  GER Hiran Ahmed 39 DF   SUI Sven Joss

Swiss Challenge League/Nationalliga B

• Champions: 2009–10
• Promoted: 1953–54, 2001–02

Swiss Cup

• Runners-up: 1954–55, 2018–19

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