FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy explained
| Clubname: | Stade Lausanne Ouchy |
| Fullname: | Football Club Stade Lausanne Ouchy |
| Stadium: | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise |
| Capacity: | 15,700 |
| Manager: | Ricardo Dionísio |
| League: | Swiss Challenge League |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | Swiss Super League, 12th of 12 (relegated) |
| Owner: | Franck Muller Group Watchland SA |
| Chairman: | Vartan Sirmakes |
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| Website: | https://fcslo.ch/ |
FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy, sometimes referred to as SLO, is a Swiss football club based in Ouchy, Lausanne. They will play in the Challenge League from 2024 after relegation from Super League in 2023–24.
History
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. 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.[1] [2] [3] They competed in the second division and narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the Serie A in 1929.[4] 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.[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. 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] Following season, Lausanne-Ouchy secure relegation to Challenge League from 2024 to 2025 after defeat from FC Basel 2-0 and ended in top flight a season in 2023–24.
Stadium
Stade Lausanne Ouchy play in Stade Olympique Pontaise for Super League matches from 2023 to 2024 season since 2020.
Honours
Players
On loan
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.
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|
| Head Coach | Ricardo Dionísio |
| Assistant Head Coach | Manuel Pereira |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Carlos Manguinho |
| Fitness Coach | António Conceição |
| Assistant Fitness Coach | José Gaspar |
| Video Analyst | Ernesto Folha |
| Physiotherapist | Tiago Rebocho
Nuno Gonçalves |
| Team Manager | Rui Gouveia | |
Notes and References
- News: 18 July 1926. Das Sportprogramm des Sonntags. de. Der Bund.
- News: 18 August 1952. Neueste Meldungen. de. Freiburger Nachrichten.
- News: 10 April 1960. General Guisan und der Sport Die Sportler haben einen grossen Förderer verloren. de. Der Bund.
- Web site: Histoire Stade Lausanne Ouchy. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201214115334/https://fcslo.ch/histoire/. 14 December 2020. www.fcslo.ch. fr.
- News: 5 January 1932. Les Sports. fr. La Patrie valaisanne.
- News: 25 May 1964. Die Fussball-Klassemente. de. Walliser Bote.
- Web site: 17 September 2017. Coupe de Suisse: Sion éliminé par Stade Lausanne-Ouchy!. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201214114432/https://www.rts.ch/sport/football/suisse/coupe-de-suisse/8923613-coupe-de-suisse-sion-elimine-par-stade-lausanneouchy.html. 14 December 2020. rts.ch. fr.
- Web site: 30 April 2019. Challenge League: Stade Lausanne-Ouchy jouera ses matches à Nyon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201214121522/https://www.lacote.ch/articles/sports/football/challenge-league-stade-lausanne-ouchy-jouera-ses-matches-a-nyon-837326. 14 December 2020. La Côte. fr.
- Web site: Switzerland - FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway. 14 December 2020. int.soccerway.com.
- Web site: Historisch: Der FC Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy steigt in die höchste Schweizer Liga auf!. 6 June 2023. Swiss Football League. 7 June 2023. 7 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230607120502/https://www.sfl.ch/news/detail/historisch-der-fc-stade-lausanne-ouchy-steigt-in-die-hoechste-schweizer-liga-auf/. dead.
