Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club Serrières or Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (pronounced [nøʃɑtɛl ksamaks]) is a Swiss football club based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal, founded in 1906 and Swiss champions of 1916, and FC Xamax founded in 1912. The name Xamax comes from legendary Swiss international player 'Xam' Max Abegglen, one of the founding members.[1] Xamax Neuchâtel FCS obtained its current name after a merger with FC Serrières, another side from Neuchâtel, in May 2013.[2]
Students at the Collège latin in Neuchâtel began playing organized football in 1910 soon after, in 1912, Neuchâtel Xamax was officially founded.[3]
They have been champions of Switzerland on two occasions, in successive years in 1987 and 1988.[4] The club has also made it to 5 Swiss Cup finals, the most recent in 2011, but have failed to win any of them.[4]
After many financial crises, the club declared bankruptcy on 26 January 2012 and was consequently excluded from Swiss Super League.[5] The club was reformed, but had to restart in the Swiss amateur leagues, entering the 2. Liga Interregional, the fifth tier of the Swiss football league system, for the 2012–13 season.[6] The club finished first in 2013 and was promoted to the 1. Liga Classic for 2013–14. Once again, Xamax finished first, winning the play-off to secure a second successive promotion. Xamax won 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of Swiss league system and promoted to Challenge League after making third successive promotion in 2014–15 season.[4]
The club finally won promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2018 after bankruptcy and six years in the lower leagues.[7]
Stadium
The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Maladière, which began construction in 2004 and was opened in 2007. It has a capacity of 12,500 spectators.[8]
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Neuchatel Xamax Football Club Serrieres or Neuchatel Xamax FCS pronounced noʃɑtɛl ksamaks is a Swiss football club based in Neuchatel It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal founded in 1906 and Swiss champions of 1916 and FC Xamax founded in 1912 The name Xamax comes from legendary Swiss international player Xam Max Abegglen one of the founding members 1 Xamax Neuchatel FCS obtained its current name after a merger with FC Serrieres another side from Neuchatel in May 2013 2 Neuchatel XamaxFull nameNeuchatel Xamax Football Club SerrieresNickname s XamaxFounded1912GroundStade de la Maladiere NeuchatelCapacity12 000ChairmanChristian BinggeliManagerJeff SaibeneLeagueSwiss Challenge League2021 22Swiss Challenge League 6th of 10WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursChart of the table positions of Neuchatel Xamax FCS and its previous incarnations in the Swiss football league system Stade de la Maladiere Gilbert Gress championship winning coach of the 1980s Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Current squad 4 Notable players 5 Honours 6 Former coaches 7 European record 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditStudents at the College latin in Neuchatel began playing organized football in 1910 soon after in 1912 Neuchatel Xamax was officially founded 3 They have been champions of Switzerland on two occasions in successive years in 1987 and 1988 4 The club has also made it to 5 Swiss Cup finals the most recent in 2011 but have failed to win any of them 4 After many financial crises the club declared bankruptcy on 26 January 2012 and was consequently excluded from Swiss Super League 5 The club was reformed but had to restart in the Swiss amateur leagues entering the 2 Liga Interregional the fifth tier of the Swiss football league system for the 2012 13 season 6 The club finished first in 2013 and was promoted to the 1 Liga Classic for 2013 14 Once again Xamax finished first winning the play off to secure a second successive promotion Xamax won 1 Liga Promotion the third tier of Swiss league system and promoted to Challenge League after making third successive promotion in 2014 15 season 4 The club finally won promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2018 after bankruptcy and six years in the lower leagues 7 Stadium EditThe club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Maladiere which began construction in 2004 and was opened in 2007 It has a capacity of 12 500 spectators 8 Current squad EditAs of 31 August 2022 9 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK FRA Theo Guivarch2 DF SUI Till Estermann3 DF FRA Mathieu Goncalves4 DF SUI Liridon Berisha5 DF SWE Mirza Mujcic6 MF SUI Fabio Saiz7 MF SVN Kenan Fatkic8 MF SUI Alexandre Pasche10 MF ITA Danilo Del Toro11 FW SUI Henri Koide on loan from Zurich 12 MF SUI Max Veloso14 FW SUI Raphael Nuzzolo15 DF SUI Yoan Epitaux16 FW SUI Altin Zymberi17 FW CIV Soumaila Bakayoko No Pos Nation Player19 DF SUI Ashvin Balaruban20 MF KOS Endrit Morina21 MF SUI Mats Hammerich23 DF JPN Nikki Havenaar on loan from Thun 24 MF SUI Nikolai Maurer25 FW FRA Ayoub Ouhafsa26 GK SUI Benjamin Roth30 MF CIV Brahima Ouattara33 FW SUI Ange Dakouri34 MF SUI Burak Alili39 DF BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda44 GK SUI Ysias Hummel72 DF SUI Adam Ouattara80 MF SUI Izer AliuNotable players EditThis list of famous or notable persons has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria Please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria March 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Africa Cameroon Freddy MvengCentral African Republic Louis MafoutaEgypt Hossam HassanIvory Coast Eric TiaNigeria Brown Ideye Kalu UcheSenegal Papa Bouba DiopSierra Leone Umaru BanguraAsia Philippines Michael KempterSaudi Arabia Hussein AbdulghaniEurope Bosnia and Herzegovina Mustafa Sejmenovic Ensar ArifovicBulgaria Trifon IvanovHungary Lajos DetariGermany West Germany Uli StielikeIreland Don GivensLiechtenstein Noah FrickSpain Victor SanchezSwitzerland Johan Djourou Lucien Favre Mario Gavranovic Haris SeferovicHonours EditLeaguesSwiss Super League Winner 2 1986 87 1987 88 Swiss Challenge League Winner 3 1972 73 2006 07 2017 18 Swiss Promotion League Winner 2014 15 1 Liga Classic Winner 2013 14 2 Liga Interregional Winner 2012 13CupsSwiss Super Cup Winner 3 1987 1988 1990Former coaches EditSee also Category Neuchatel Xamax FCS managers Giovanni Ferrari 1946 48 Fernand Jaccard 1948 52 Josef Humpal 1961 65 Milorad Milutinovic 1968 69 Josef Humpal 1969 70 Paul Garbani July 1970 Jan 72 Josef Artimovits Jan 1972 July 72 Lev Mantula July 1972 Jan 75 Branko Rezuar Jan 1975 July 75 Gilbert Gress 1975 77 Antonio Merlo July 1977 April 78 Erich Vogel April 1978 October 79 Lev Mantula October 1979 July 80 Jean Marc Guillou 1980 81 Gilbert Gress 1981 90 Roy Hodgson 1990 92 Uli Stielike Jan 1992 July 93 Uli Stielike and Don Givens 1993 94 Gilbert Gress 1994 97 Alain Geiger 1998 02 Claude Ryf July 2002 4 Feb Rene Lobello and Christophe Moulin Feb 2004 4 July Rene Lobello and Gianni Della Casa 2004 05 Alain Geiger 2005 Miroslav Blazevic 2005 06 Gerard Castella June 2006 8 March Nestor Clausen 2008 9 Jan Jean Michel Aeby Jan 2009 Alain Geiger Jan 2009 9 June Pierre Andre Schurmann June 2009 10 April Jean Michel Aeby April 2010 10 Aug Didier Olle Nicolle Sept 2010 11 May Bernard Challandes May 2011 Sonny Anderson 2011 Francois Ciccolini June 2011 11 July Joaquin Caparros July 2011 11 Sept Victor Munoz Sept 2011 12 Jan European record EditSeason Competition Round Opponents Home Away Aggregate1981 82 UEFA Cup 1R Sparta Prague 4 0 2 3 6 32R Malmo 1 0 1 0 2 03R Sporting CP 1 0 0 0 1 0QF Hamburg 0 0 2 3 2 31984 85 UEFA Cup 1R Olympiacos 2 2 0 1 2 31985 86 UEFA Cup 1R Sportul Studențesc 3 0 4 4 7 42R Lokomotiv Sofia 0 0 1 1 1 1 a 3R Dundee United 3 1 1 2 4 3QF Real Madrid 2 0 0 3 2 31986 87 UEFA Cup 1R Lyngby 2 0 3 1 5 12R Groningen 1 1 0 0 1 1 a 1987 88 European Cup 1R Kuusysi 5 0 1 2 6 22R Bayern Munich 2 1 0 2 2 31988 89 European Cup 1R Larissa 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 PSO 2R Galatasaray 3 0 0 5 3 51990 91 European Cup Winners Cup 1R Estrela de Amadora 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 PSO 1991 92 UEFA Cup 1R Floriana 2 0 0 0 2 02R Celtic 5 1 0 1 5 23R Real Madrid 1 0 0 4 1 41992 93 UEFA Cup 1R BK Frem 2 2 1 4 3 61995 96 UEFA Cup QR Red Star Belgrade 0 0 1 0 1 01R Roma 1 1 0 4 1 41996 97 UEFA Cup QR Anorthosis Famagusta 4 0 2 1 6 11R Dynamo Kyiv 2 1 0 0 2 12R Helsingborg 1 1 0 2 1 31997 98 UEFA Cup Q1 Tiligul Tiras Tiraspol 7 0 3 1 10 1Q2 Viking 3 0 1 2 4 21R Inter Milan 0 2 0 2 0 42003 04 UEFA Cup QR Valletta 2 0 2 0 4 01R Auxerre 0 1 0 1 0 2References Edit Historique La Genese NEUCHATEL XAMAX in French Xamax ch Retrieved 27 January 2012 Le Neuchatel Xamax FCS est ne in French RTS Sport 29 April 2013 Retrieved 13 December 2018 La Genese in French Neuchatel Xamax Retrieved 13 December 2018 a b c Un palmares plus que respectable in French Neuchatel Xamax Retrieved 13 December 2018 Swiss club Xamax bankrupt Chechen owner arrested SI com Sportsillustrated cnn com Retrieved 27 January 2012 Meisterschaft 2 Liga interregional accessed 21 July 2012 Switzerland side Neuchatel Xamax return to top division six years after bankruptcy collapse ESPN 22 April 2018 Retrieved 13 December 2018 LA MALADIERE HISTORIQUE in French Neuchatel Xamax Retrieved 13 December 2018 1ere Equipe Neuchatel Xamax 1912External links EditNeuchatel Xamax unofficial website in French Soccerway profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Neuchatel Xamax FCS amp oldid 1130120641, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
