Servette FC

Servette FC is a Swiss football club from Geneva. The club was founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity. It is named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was founded on 17 January 1900. They play in the Swiss Super League.

Servette

Servette FC.svg
Full name	Association du Servette Football Club
Nickname(s)	Les Grenats (The Maroons)
Founded	20 March 1890 (1890-03-20)
Ground	Stade de Genève (capacity: 30,084)
Owner	1890 Foundation
Chairman	Didier Fischer
Manager	Alain Geiger
League	Swiss Super League
2022–23	2nd of 10
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Servette is one of Switzerland's most successful clubs. They won 17 national titles and 7 Swiss cups. For most of its history the club was in the highest league.

After the last title 1998 Servette had financial problems. The club was relegated to the third division in 2004–05 due to a bankruptcy. Until this bankruptcy, Servette was the only Swiss club to have remained in the top league since its creation in 1890. Servette was the only club to have never been relegated for sporting reasons, until they finished in last place in the 2012–2013 season.

After the 2005–06 season the club was promoted to the Swiss Challenge League where they stayed until 2011. Servette earned promotion to the Swiss Super League 2011. They were relegated at the end of the 2013 season and came back in 2019.

Stadium

The home ground of Servette is the Stade de Genève. It was opened on 16 March 2003 after three years of construction. The opening match was played between Servette and Young Boys. The capacity is 30,084. The stadium hosted three group matches in the 2008 European Football Championship.

Current squad

As of 8 July, 2022

No. Position Player 1 GK Steven Deana 2 DF Moussa Diallo 3 DF Gaël Clichy 4 DF Steve Rouiller 5 MF Boris Céspedes 7 FW Patrick Pflücke 8 MF Timothé Cognat 9 MF Miroslav Stevanović 10 MF Alexis Antunes 11 MF Boubacar Fofana 14 FW Dimitri Oberlin 15 MF Theo Valls 19 DF Yoan Severin

No. Position Player 20 DF Théo Magnin 22 DF Valton Behrami 23 FW Ronny Rodelin 24 DF Malik Sawadogo 25 MF Sidiki Camara 26 DF Moritz Bauer 28 MF David Douline 29 FW Chris Bedia 30 MF Samba Diba 32 GK Jérémy Frick 33 DF Nicolas Vouilloz 34 DF Roggerio Nyakossi 35 DF Diogo Monteiro 40 GK Edin Omeragic

Honours

• Swiss Championship: 17
  • 1906–07, 1917–18, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1939–40, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1993–94, 1998–99
• Swiss Cup: 7
  • 1927–28, 1948–49, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1983–84, 2000–01
• Swiss League Cup: 3
  • 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80 (Record)
• Swiss Challenge League
  • 2018–19
• 1. Liga Promotion
  • 2015–16
• Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva: 1
  • 1908
• Tournoi du Nouvel An du Stade Français et Club Français: 1
  • 1925

Managers

Teddy Duckworth (1919–29) Frido Barth (1929) Teddy Duckworth (1930) Karl Rappan (1932–35) Leo Weisz (1935–36) R. Pache / A. Guinchard (1936–37) Otto Höss (1937) André Abegglen (1937–42) Léo Wionsowski (1942–43) Fernand Jaccard (1943–48) Karl Rappan (1948–53) Albert Châtelain (1953–54) K. Rappan / A. Châtelain (1954–55) K. Rappan / T. Brinek (1955–56) Karl Rappan (1956–57) Jenő Vincze (1957–58) Frank Séchehaye (1958–59) Jean Snella (1959–63) Lucien Leduc (1963–66) Roger Vonlanthen (1966) Béla Guttmann (1966–67)

Gilbert Dutoît (1967) Jean Snella (1967–71) Henri Gillet (1971–72) Jürgen Sundermann (1972–76) Péter Pázmándy (1976–82) Guy Mathez (1982–85) Jean-Marc Guillou (1985–86) Thierry De Choudens (1986–88) Jean-Claude Donzé (1988–89) Péter Pázmándy (1989–90) Ruud Krol (March 1990 – June 90) Gilbert Gress (July 1990 – June 91) Jean Thissen (1991) B. Mocellin / J. Barlie / H. Hermann (1991) Michel Renquin (July 1991 – June 93) Ilija Petković (March 1994 – April 95) Bernard Challandes (April 1995 – October 95) Umberto Barberis (October 1995 – May 96) Vujadin Boškov (July 1996 – December 96) Guy Mathez (1997) Gérard Castella (July 1997 – October 99)

Boško Đurovski (1999) René Exbrayat (1999–00) Lucien Favre (July 2000 – June 2002) Roberto Morinini (July 2002 – 3 March) Adrian Ursea (interim) (March 2003 – 3 June) Marco Schällibaum (July 2003 – 4 Aug) A. Ursea / S. Ceccaroni (interim) (August 2004 – 4 Oct) Diego Sessolo (2004–05) Jean-Michel Aeby (July 2006 – 8 May) Michel Sauthier (July 2008 – 8 Sept) Gérard Castella (September 2008 – 9 April) William Niederhauser (April 2009 – 9 Oct) João Alves (October 2009 – 11 Nov) João Pereira (November 2011 – 12 April) João Alves (April 2012 – 12 Sept) Sébastien Fournier (September 2012 – July 2013) Jean-Michel Aeby (August 2013 – 14 Apr 2014) Mario Cantaluppi (April 2014 – 14 Jun 2014) Kevin Cooper (July 2014 – 15 Nov 2015) William Niederhauser / Thierry Cotting (15 Nov 2015 – 16 Jan 2016) Anthony Braizat (16 Jan 2016 – Jan 2017) Meho Kodro (Jan 2017 – Mar 2018) Alain Geiger (May 2018 – Present)

Servette FC Media

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

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  FC Servette defender Jean-Claude Schindelholz with coach Béla Guttmann on a bus in Holland, 1966.

Other websites

General

• Official club website (in French)
• Grenats.ch Independent news site (in French)
• Servettiens.ch Independent news site (in French)
• Enfants du Servette Independent news site (in French)
• Historical website (in French)

Fansites

• Section Grenat – Servette Ultras Archived 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
• Maroons (in German)
• North Fans (in French)
• Vieille Garde (in French)
• Deutschweiz'86 (in German)