FC Zürich

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Zürich


fullname = Fussballclub Zürich
nickname = FCZ, FC Züri
founded = 1896
ground = Letzigrund, Zürich
capacity = 26,500
chairman = flagicon|Switzerland Ancillo Canepa
manager = flagicon|Switzerland Bernard Challandes
league = Swiss Super League
season = 2007-08
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FC Zürich or FCZ (short for Fussballclub Zürich) is a football club from Zürich, Switzerland, founded 1896.

Supporters

Traditionally FCZ is the club of the lower/working-class, whereas city rival Grasshopper-Club Zürich is the club of the upper class. These social differences have been blurred in recent years. Zurich's hardcore supporters are situated in an area known as the Sudkurve of the Letzigrund. They are very vocal here. Of the Sudkurve supporters there are many offshoot groups such as the FCZ Boys.

Honours

*Swiss Super League
** Winners (11): 1902, 1924, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2006, 2007
* Swiss Cup
**Winners (7): 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2000, 2005
*European Champions Cup (UEFA Champions League)
**Semi-finalists, 1964 and 1977
*Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy
**Fourth place, 1911

Final vs. Basel May 13th 2006

Before the last round of the 2005-06 Swiss Super League, FC Zürich were three points behind FC Basel in the league table. The last game of the season was contested by these two clubs vying for the league title at St. Jakob Park, Basel. Alhassane Keita scored the first goal for Zürich. In the second half Mladen Petric equalised. Basel were seconds away from the title when in the 93rd minute Florian Stahel passed the ball to Iulian Filipescu, who scored and made it 2-1 for FC Zürich. FC Zürich won the league title due to their superior goal difference. After the final whistle the field was stormed by FC Basel supporters who also attacked FC Zürich players (see 2006 Basel Hooligan Incident).

FC Basel are, along with Grasshopper-Club, the biggest rivals of FC Zürich.Due to the intense rivalry, the games between Zurich and Basel are so called "High-Risk-Games".

Current squad

"As of July 6th, 2008"

Players in

*Philippe Koch (from U-21)
*Admir Mehmedi (from U-21)
*Luca Ladner (from U-21)
*Adrian Nikci (from U-21)
*Tito Tarchini (from AC Lugano, to U-21)

Players out

*Orhan Mustafi (to FC Basel)
*Eudis (to BSC Young Boys)
*David da Costa (to Concordia Basel)

Out on loan

*Shkelzen Gashi (to AC Bellinzona until summer 2009)
*Sebastian Kollar (to FC St. Gallen until winter 2008)
*Labinot Sheholli (to FC Biel-Bienne until summer 2009)
*Jérôme Thiesson (to FC Wil until summer 2009)
*Silvio (to FC Wil)

Former notable players

:"See also cl|FC Zürich players."

External links

* [http://www.fcz.ch Official Website]