FC Thun

Thun

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Full name	Fussballclub Thun 1898
Founded	1898
Ground	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Markus Lüthi
Manager	Jeff Saibene
League	Swiss Super League
2014–15	Swiss Super League, 4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Thun (Fussballclub Thun 1898) is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Stockhorn Arena which accommodates a total of 10,000 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white.

History

FC Thun was founded on 1 May 1898.

It has played in the Nationalliga B from 1946–50, 1953–54, 1955–70 and 1997–2002. From 2002–2008 it played in the Nationalliga A, which was renamed to Axpo Super League. In 2008 the club were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League.

FC Thun reached for the first time the group stages of the 2005–06 UEFA 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 their 'home' venue, 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).

European Cups

• 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
2005–06	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	Hamburger SV	1–0	0–2	1–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Vllaznia Shkodër	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

Current squad

As of 21 January, 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Guillaume Faivre 3 DF Colin Trachsel 4 DF Marco Bürki (on loan from Young Boys) 5 DF Fulvio Sulmoni 6 MF Sandro Wieser 8 MF Michael Siegfried 9 FW Roman Buess 10 MF Marco Rojas (on loan from Stuttgart) 13 FW Simone Rapp 14 DF Nicolas Schindelholz 17 MF Dennis Hediger 18 GK Francesco Ruberto 20 FW Ridge Munsy

No. Position Player 21 MF Nelson Ferreira 22 GK Felix Hornung 23 MF Norman Peyretti 25 DF Kevin Bigler 26 DF Thomas Reinmann 27 DF Enrico Schirinzi 28 DF Andreas Wittwer 29 DF Alejandro Henzi 31 DF Stefan Glarner 33 FW Gonzalo Zárate 34 MF Nicola Sutter 39 DF Sven Joss (on loan from Young Boys) 42 MF Ivan Markovic

On loan

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

No. Position Player — GK Andreas Schmid (at Naters) — MF Gianluca Frontino (at Schaffhausen) — MF Lotem Zino (at Hapoel Tel Aviv)

Former coaches

• Hans Luder (1946–48)
• Hans Pulver (1948–49)
• Jimmy Townley (1949–50)
• Hans Luder (1953–54)
• Hans Luder/ Hermann Czischek (1954–56)
• Hermann Czischek (1956–58)
• Alfred "Coppi" Beck (1958–62)
• Hermann Jucker (1962–63)
• Matthias Rossbach (1963–67)
• Heinz Schneiter (1967–69)
• Lothar Weise (1969–70)
• Miroslav Patak (1971–72)
• Fridolin Hofer (1972–73)
• René Raboud (1973–74)
• Hanspeter Latour (1978–83)
• Otto Messerli (1984–86)
• Martin Trümpler (1986–90)
• Willi Kaufmann (1990–92)

• Peter Mast (1992–93)
• Stefan Marini (1994–95)
• Andy Egli (1 July 1995 – 31 Dec 1998)
• Georges Bregy (1 Jan 1999 – 30 June 2001)
• Hanspeter Latour (1 July 2001 – 31 Dec 2004)
• Urs Schönenberger (1 Jan 2005 – 13 Feb 2006)
• Adrian Kunz (interim) (13 Feb 2006 – 15 Feb 2006)
• Heinz Peischl (14 Feb 2006 – 6 March 2007)
• Jeff Saibene (6 March 2007 – 5 June 2007)
• René van Eck (1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008)
• Hansruedi Baumann (1 July 2008 – 12 May 2009)
• Eric-Pi Zuercher (2009)
• Andres Gerber (interim) (12 May 2009 – 30 June 2009)
• Murat Yakin (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2011)
• Bernard Challandes (1 July 2011 – 20 Nov 2012)
• Mauro Lustrinelli (interim) (21 Nov 2012 – 31 Dec 2012)
• Urs Fischer (1 Jan 2013– June 2015)
• Ciriaco Sforza (26 July 2015 – 30 Sep 2015)
• Jeff Saibene (1 October 2015 – )

External links

• Official website (German)
• Thun UEFA.com