Stade Lausanne Ouchy
Full nameFootball Club Stade Lausanne Ouchy
Founded1901 (1901)
StadiumStade Olympique de la Pontaise
Capacity15,700
OwnerFranck Muller Group Watchland SA
ChairmanVartan Sirmakes
LeagueSwiss Super League
2022–23Swiss Challenge League, 3rd of 10 (promoted via play-off)
WebsiteClub website

FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy, sometimes referred to as SLO, is a Swiss football club based in Ouchy, Lausanne. They currently play in the Swiss Super League from 2023–24 after achieving promotion from Swiss Challenge League in 2022–23.

History

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

Table rankings of Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in the Swiss football league system

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, they 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 play at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.[9]

In the 2022–23 season, following a strong season that had the team in the top half of the table for the majority of the time, they managed to jump to third place in the final rounds and qualified for the promotion play-off against FC Sion. They won the first leg in Sion with 2–0 and won the second leg at home with 4–2 and thus with an aggregate score of 6–2, secured promotion to the Swiss Super League for the first time in history from next season.[10]

Stadium

Stade Lausanne Ouchy play in Stade Olympique Pontaise for Super League matches from 2023–24 season since 2020.

Honours

Players

Current squad

As of 6 January 2024

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 Switzerland SUI Dany da Silva
4 DF United States USA Lucas Pos
5 DF Kosovo KOS Lavdrim Hajrulahu
6 MF Angola ANG Giovani Bamba
7 FW France FRA Charles Abi
8 MF France FRA Romain Bayard
9 FW France FRA Zachary Hadji
10 MF Kosovo KOS Mergim Qarri
12 GK Switzerland SUI Noah Noverraz
14 MF Spain ESP Ismaël Gharbi (on loan from PSG)
15 MF Ghana GHA Emmanuel Essiam (on loan from Basel)
16 MF Switzerland SUI Mischa Eberhard
17 MF Kosovo KOS Alban Ajdini
18 MF Switzerland SUI Liridon Mulaj
19 DF Burkina Faso BFA Dylan Ouédraogo
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Switzerland SUI Nathan Garcia
21 DF Switzerland SUI Linus Obexer
22 DF Switzerland SUI Marc Tsoungui
23 DF France FRA Rayan Kadima
24 MF Ivory Coast CIV Edmond Akichi
27 DF Senegal SEN Lamine Gassama
28 MF France FRA Elies Mahmoud
29 DF Comoros COM Abdallah Ali Mohamed
30 GK Switzerland SUI Tristan Zesiger
49 DF France FRA Sahmkou Camara
74 GK France FRA Jérémy Vachoux
76 MF Kosovo KOS Valon Hamdiu
77 DF Switzerland SUI Michael Heule
99 FW Germany GER Gabriel Kyeremateng (on loan from Beveren)
— FW Moldova MDA Vitalie Damaşcan (on loan from Sepsi)

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW France FRA Florian Danho (at Famalicão until 30 June 2024)

Notable former employees

  • 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]

Coaching staff

As of 13 November 2023
Position Name
Head CoachPortugal Ricardo Dionísio
Assistant Head CoachPortugal Manuel Pereira
Goalkeeper CoachPortugal Carlos Manguinho
Fitness CoachPortugal António Conceição
Assistant Fitness CoachPortugal José Gaspar
Video AnalystPortugal Ernesto Folha
PhysiotherapistPortugal Tiago Rebocho
Portugal Nuno Gonçalves
Team ManagerPortugal Rui Gouveia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Histoire | Stade Lausanne Ouchy". www.fcslo.ch (in French). Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Das Sportprogramm des Sonntags". Der Bund (in German). 18 July 1926.
  3. ↑ "Neueste Meldungen". Freiburger Nachrichten (in German). 18 August 1952.
  4. 1 2 "General Guisan und der Sport Die Sportler haben einen grossen Förderer verloren". Der Bund (in German). 10 April 1960.
  5. ↑ "Les Sports". La Patrie valaisanne (in French). 5 January 1932.
  6. ↑ "Die Fussball-Klassemente". Walliser Bote (in German). 25 May 1964.
  7. ↑ "Coupe de Suisse: Sion éliminé par Stade Lausanne-Ouchy!". rts.ch (in French). 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Challenge League: Stade Lausanne-Ouchy jouera ses matches à Nyon". La Côte (in French). 30 April 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Switzerland - FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Historisch: Der FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy steigt in die höchste Schweizer Liga auf!". Swiss Football League. 6 June 2023.
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