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Coordinates: 47°08′25″N 9°30′37″E / 47.1403°N 9.5103°E / 47.1403; 9.5103
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Vaduz
Full nameFussball Club Vaduz
Nickname(s)Residenzler (Residents)
Fürstenverein (The Duke's club)
Stolz von Liechtenstein (Pride of Liechtenstein)
Short nameFCV
Founded14 February 1932; 92 years ago (14 February 1932)
GroundRheinpark Stadion
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Capacity7,584 (5,873 seated)
Coordinates47°08′25″N 9°30′37″E / 47.1403°N 9.5103°E / 47.1403; 9.5103
OwnerPrince Alois
ChairmanPatrick Burgmeier
ManagerMarc Schneider
LeagueSwiss Challenge League
2023–24Swiss Challenge League, 3rd of 10
Websitefcvaduz.li
Current season

Fussball Club Vaduz (Football Club Vaduz) is a professional football club from Vaduz, Liechtenstein that plays in the Swiss Challenge League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 5,873 when all are seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity of 7,838.[1]

They currently play in the Swiss Challenge League following relegation from the Swiss Super League after the 2020–21 season. Vaduz is unique in that it represents its own national association in the UEFA Europa Conference League when winning the domestic cup, whilst playing in another country's league. This is due to Liechtenstein not organising its own league.

Vaduz has historically had many players from Liechtenstein, many of whom have played for the Liechtenstein national team, but nearly all these players have moved abroad, and now the majority of the first team squad are foreign players from different areas of the world.

On 25 August 2022, after beating Rapid Wien away in Austria, Vaduz made history by qualifying for the Europa Conference League group stage, becoming the first ever club from Liechtenstein to reach the group stages of a UEFA club competition.

History

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

Fussball Club Vaduz was founded on 14 February 1932 in Vaduz, and the club's first chairman was Johann Walser. FC Vaduz is the only professional football club in Liechtenstein. In its first training match, which Vaduz played in Balzers on 24 April of that year, the newly born team emerged as 2–1 winners. The club played in Vorarlberger Football Association in Austria for the 1932–33 season. In 1933, Vaduz began playing in Switzerland. Over the years, Vaduz struggled through various tiers of Swiss football and won its first Liechtensteiner Cup in 1949. Vaduz enjoyed a lengthy stay in the Swiss 1. Liga from 1960 to 1973, then the third tier of the Swiss football league system.

Vaduz has been required to pay a fee to the Swiss Football Association in order to participate as a foreign club, around £150,000 a year. There have been calls for this agreement to be revoked, but discussions have meant that a permanent arrangement has now taken place for a Liechtenstein representative to be allowed to participate in the Challenge League or Super League in the future.[2]

From the 2001–02 season, Vaduz played in the Swiss Challenge League (formerly called Nationalliga B), the second tier of the Swiss league system. Since then, Vaduz has remained one of the best-performing teams in the Challenge League and gave serious challenges towards promotion to the Super League, especially in 2004 and 2005, playing two-leg play-offs in both cases. In the 2007–08 season, Vaduz secured promotion to the Swiss Super League on 12 May 2008 by winning the Challenge League on the season's final day, giving Liechtenstein a representative at the highest level of Swiss football for the first time. Vaduz, however, was relegated back to the Challenge League after one season in the top flight. Vaduz finally returned to the top level after five years in the Challenge League.

In May 2010, the two Liechtenstein teams, FC Vaduz and USV Eschen/Mauren, decided on better cooperation, especially on the exchange and the development possibilities of the players of both teams. In principle, the agreement should replace the missing substructure at FC Vaduz and promote cooperation in the sense of Liechtenstein football. FC Vaduz is the first address for professional footballers.

In 1992, Vaduz qualified for European football for the first time, entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as Liechtenstein Cup winners, but lost 12–1 on aggregate to Chornomorets Odesa of Ukraine in the qualifying round. In 1996, Vaduz qualified for the first round proper with their first European victory, winning 5–3 on penalties against Universitate Riga of Latvia, after a 2–2 aggregate scoreline, although Vaduz lost their first round tie to Paris Saint-Germain of France 7–0 on aggregate.

After the Cup Winners' Cup was abolished, Vaduz has annually entered the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) as a result of winning the Liechtenstein Cup every year since 1998, except in 2012.

Vaduz came within one second of reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup in 2002. With the aggregate scores level and opponents Livingston scheduled to go through on away goals, Vaduz won a late corner. The ball was sent into the box, and Marius Zarn hit a goal-bound shot. However, the referee blew the whistle for full-time just before the ball crossed over the line, and Livingston progressed through under controversial circumstances.[3]

For the 2005–06 season, Mats Gren was the coach. In the first round of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup qualifying, Vaduz defeated Moldovan opponent FC Dacia Chişinău. In the second round they met they faced Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K., against whom they were eliminated.

FC Vaduz started their European campaign in 2009–10 by beating Scottish side Falkirk in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. However, they lost 3–0 on aggregate[4][5] to Czech side Slovan Liberec in the third qualifying round.

In the 2014–15 Swiss Super League season, Vaduz survived in the Swiss Super League for the first time in their history. They finished in 9th place with 31 points won. They also won their 43rd Liechtenstein cup, becoming world record holders of a domestic cup in the process.

In season 2015–16 FC Vaduz started their European campaign in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League by beating S.P. La Fiorita from San Marino in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. In the second round, Vaduz progressed against Nõmme Kalju FC to progress into the third qualifying round of the Europa League where they were drawn against fellow Swiss Super League club FC Thun. FC Thun won 2–2 on the away goals rule.

Vaduz won their domestic cup for the forty-fourth time and were eighth in the Swiss Super League. They won a team record thirty-six points. Vaduz player Armando Sadiku represented Albania at Euro 2016.

The team appeared for the first time in a popular sports video game, FIFA 17. This was the first time in history that a team from Liechtenstein appeared in the sports video game series.

After three years in the highest tier of Swiss football the 2016–17 season led to Vaduz's relegation, replacing Giorgio Contini with German coach Roland Vrabec after almost 5 years at the helm; Vaduz has not reached the Swiss Super League again.

On 5 September 2018, they terminated their contract with Roland Vrabec. On September 17, they presented Mario Frick as their coach. He is the first coach from Liechtenstein in the club's history.

In season 2019–20 FC Vaduz started their European campaign in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by beating Breiðablik from Iceland in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. In the second round, Vaduz caused a shock by knocking out Hungarian side MOL Fehérvár. In the third qualifying round of the Europa League they played against German club Eintracht Frankfurt- the Bundesliga side easily won both matches. However, these matches were historic for Vaduz, as at the first match in Vaduz there were 5,908 spectators present, while the city as a whole has a population of only 5,521.

On 25 August 2022, after an away victory against Rapid Wien, Vaduz secured qualification for the group stages of the Europa Conference League, becoming the first ever team from Liechtenstein to reach the group stages of a European club competition. They were subsequently drawn into Group E where they played against Dutch side AZ, Cypriot champions Apollon Limassol and Ukrainian side Dnipro-1. After a solid start to the group, with a goalless draw at home to Apollon, Vaduz would only go on and collect one more point, away against Dnipro-1, thus finishing bottom of the group with two points from their six games.

On 20 June 2023, Vaduz drew Belarusian side Neman Grodno in the 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

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Vaduz is one of several expatriate European football clubs, playing in the Swiss Football League, like AS Monaco playing in France, Victor San Marino playing in Italy and some other minor clubs doing likewise in different leagues. The difference between Vaduz and the aforementioned clubs is that its status in Switzerland is a "guest club", and as such it does not participate in the Swiss Cup and cannot represent Switzerland internationally, which makes Champions League qualification from league football impossible under current rules other than by winning the Europa League or the Champions League itself. Since Vaduz has never finished higher than 8th in the Super League and therefore could not be argued to have qualified, such a situation has not occurred.

Stadium

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Rheinpark Stadion

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Main article: Rheinpark Stadion
Main stand of the Rheinpark Stadion with Vaduz Castle in the background.
Rheinpark Stadion

The Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz is the national stadium of Liechtenstein. It plays host to the home matches of the Liechtenstein national football team, and is also the home of Liechtenstein's top football club, FC Vaduz. It lies on the banks of the River Rhine, just metres from the border with Switzerland. The stadium has a fully seated capacity of 5,873, plus additional standing places, giving it a total capacity of 7,584. The building of the stadium cost roughly 19 million CHF.

The stadium was officially opened on 31 July 1998 with a match between FC Vaduz, the Liechtenstein Cup holders at the time, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, the then Bundesliga champions. Kaiserslautern won the match 8–0. Liverpool F.C. played here against Olympiacos F.C. in a friendly in 2005. Rheinpark Stadion hosted the likes of FC Chornomorets Odesa and Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in this tournament but failed to progress past the qualification rounds.

The construction of the stadium became necessary because the world governing body FIFA and the European association UEFA threatened not to allow more European and international matches in Liechtenstein if the country did not provide a modern venue in accordance with international standards. In Liechtenstein, no domestic football league is played, but a cup competition is organized. Its series winner FC Vaduz is therefore represented in the Europa League almost every year. The national team has only been represented in the qualifying rounds of a major competition.

Rheinpark Stadion sits less than 1 km west of Vaduz city centre on the eastern bank of the Rhein River. Vaduz holds the distinction of being one of the few capitals in the world to lack its own airport and railway station, although there is a train station called Schaan-Vaduz in the nearby town of Schaan.

Rheinpark Stadion consists of four stands: North, East, South and West.

There are a limited number of free parking spaces located at Rheinpark Stadion on matchdays which are allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

Current sponsorship

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Companies that FC Vaduz currently has sponsorship deals with include:

  • Liechtenstein Liechtensteinische Landesbank – main sponsor
  • Liechtenstein MBPI AG – main sponsor
  • Germany Puma – kit manufacturer
  • Switzerland Accurata Treuhand und Revisions AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Brauerei Schützengarten AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Heim Bohrtechnik AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Kibernetik AG – official sponsor
  • Switzerland Hirslanden Private Hospital Group – medical partner
  • Switzerland Orthopädie St. Gallen – medical partner

Crest and colours

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref
2008–19 Adidas Liechtensteinische Landesbank/MBPI AG [6]
2019–20 Puma
2020–22 Casino Admiral
2022–23 MBPI AG

Honours

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Domestic competitions

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Switzerland competitions

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European record

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Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa 0–5 1–7 1–12
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Czechoslovakia Hradec Králové 0–5 1–9 1–14
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Latvia Universitāte Rīga 1–1 1–1 2–2 (4–2 p)
First round France Paris Saint-Germain 0–4 0–3 0–7
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Sweden Helsingborg 0–2 0–3 0–5
1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Norway Bodø/Glimt 0–1 1–2 1–3
2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Poland Amica Wronki 0–3 3–3 3–6
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Croatia Varteks 3–3 1–6 4–9
2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Scotland Livingston 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–1 0–1 0–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Republic of Ireland Longford Town 1–0 3–2 4–2
Second qualifying round Belgium Beveren 1–3 1–2 2–5
2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Moldova Dacia Chișinău 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second qualifying round Turkey Beşiktaş 0–1 1–5 1–6
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Hungary Újpest 0–1 4–0 4–1
Second qualifying round Switzerland Basel 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 0–2 0–2
2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–2 0–3 1–5
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Scotland Falkirk 2–0 (aet) 0–1 2–1
Third qualifying round Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0–1 0–2 0–3
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Denmark Brøndby 0–0 0–3 0–3
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Serbia Vojvodina 0–2 3–1 3–3 (a)
Third qualifying round Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 0–4 2–5
2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Georgia (country) Chikhura Sachkhere 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Gibraltar College Europa 3–0 1–0 4–0
Second qualifying round Poland Ruch Chorzów 0–0 2–3 2–3
2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round San Marino La Fiorita 5–1 5–0 10–1
Second qualifying round Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3–1 2–0 5–1
Third qualifying round Switzerland Thun 2–2 0–0 2–2 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round North Macedonia Sileks 3–1 2–1 5–2
Second qualifying round Denmark Midtjylland 2–2 0–3 2–5
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Wales Bala Town 3–0 2–1 5–1
Second qualifying round Norway Odds BK 0–1 0–1 0–2
2018–19 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
Second qualifying round Lithuania Žalgiris 1–1 0–1 1–2
2019–20 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Iceland Breiðablik 2–1 0–0 2–1
Second qualifying round Hungary MOL Fehérvár 2–0 (aet) 0–1 2–1
Third qualifying round Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 0–1 0–6
2020–21 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Malta Hibernians 0–2 — —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Hungary Újpest 1–3 1–2 2–5
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Slovenia Koper 1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–0 2–1
Third qualifying round Turkey Konyaspor 1–1 4–2 5–3
Play-off round Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 1–0 2–1
Group E Netherlands AZ 1–2 1–4 4th
Cyprus Apollon Limassol 0–0 0–1
Ukraine Dnipro-1 1–2 2–2
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League First qualifying round Belarus Neman Grodno 1–2 1–1 2–3
2024–25 UEFA Conference League Second qualifying round Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 2–2 1–3 3–5
Competition Matches W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 10 0 2 8 4 40 −36
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 67 21 14 32 76 93 −17
UEFA Europa Conference League / UEFA Conference League 17 3 6 8 19 27 −8
Total 94 24 22 48 99 160 −61

Biggest win in UEFA competition:

Season Match Score
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
2006–07 Hungary Újpest FC – Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–4
2014–15 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – Gibraltar College Europa 3–0
2015–16 San Marino S.P. La Fiorita – Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 0–5
2015–16 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – San Marino S.P. La Fiorita 5–1
2017–18 Liechtenstein FC Vaduz – Wales Bala Town F.C. 3–0

Club records

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Individual awards

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Domestic

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The player of the year in Liechtenstein has been announced as the season 1980/81 to 2007/08 as of the end of the season. The open for all election was organized by media house Vaduz. Since 2009, the Liechtenstein Football Association draws the title holder of its own. To this end, the LFV-Award has been launched, annually awarded a title in which professional bodies and public in three categories. The categories are Footballer of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

Switzerland

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Swiss Challenge League top scorers

Season Name Goals
2008 Brazil Gaspar Odirlei 31
2010 Germany Nick Proschwitz 23

Swiss Challenge League dream team

Season Name
2013 Germany Markus Neumayr
2013 Switzerland Nick von Niederhäusern
2013 Liechtenstein Peter Jehle
2018 Switzerland Philipp Muntwiler

International

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To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954–2003).

Golden Player

Year Name
2004 Liechtenstein Rainer Hasler

Team awards

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Fairplay Trophy

Season League Points
2013–14 Switzerland Swiss Challenge League 65
2022–23 Switzerland Swiss Challenge League 90

Rankings

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Swiss Super League history

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In the 2007–08 season, for the first time in their history, FC Vaduz earned promotion to Swiss Super League. Two times before was relegated in Barrage in the season 2003–04 against Neuchâtel Xamax and 2004–05 against FC Schaffhausen. In the 2015–16 season they finished on the 8th place in front of FC Lugano and FC Zürich who is that season relegated in Swiss Challenge League. After two seasons FC Vaduz was relegated in Swiss Challenge League. In the 2019–20 season Vaduz finished in second place and played in the barrage against FC Thun and Vaduz promoted in Super League fifth time in history.

Season Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Att.[10]
2008–09 10 36 5 7 24 28 85 22 2,177
2014–15 9 36 7 10 19 28 59 31 4,152
2015–16 8 36 7 15 14 44 60 36 4,006
2016–17 10 36 7 9 20 45 78 30 4,086
2020–21 10 36 9 9 18 36 58 36 227
Total 180 35 50 95 181 340 155 2,930

Players

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Captain Benjamin Büchel

Current squad

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As of 10 October 2024[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Liechtenstein LIE Benjamin Büchel (Captain)
2 DF Belgium BEL Jenthe Mertens
4 MF Liechtenstein LIE Nicolas Hasler
5 DF Switzerland SUI Liridon Berisha
6 DF Albania ALB Denis Simani
7 MF Switzerland SUI Dominik Schwizer
8 MF Liechtenstein LIE Sandro Wieser
10 MF Kosovo KOS Lorik Emini
11 MF Italy ITA Danilo Del Toro
14 DF Switzerland SUI Mischa Beeli
15 DF Switzerland SUI Simeon Weber
16 FW Switzerland SUI Federico Crescenti (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
17 DF Switzerland SUI Alessandro Kräuchi
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Spain ESP Javi Navarro
20 MF Liechtenstein LIE Simon Lüchinger
21 GK Liechtenstein LIE Tim-Tiado Oehri
22 MF Switzerland SUI Mischa Eberhard
23 FW Switzerland SUI Fabrizio Cavegn
24 MF Switzerland SUI Cédric Gasser
25 GK Germany GER Leon Schaffran
26 MF Switzerland SUI Mats Hammerich
27 DF Switzerland SUI Fabian Stöber
28 DF Liechtenstein LIE Lars Traber
29 FW Switzerland SUI Jonathan De Donno
35 DF Germany GER Nicolas Keckiesen

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Liechtenstein LIE Gabriel Foser (at USV Eschen/Mauren until 30 June 2025)

Technical staff

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Current technical staff
Management
  • President: Liechtenstein Patrick Burgmeier
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Matthias Biedermann
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Florian Meier
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Lorenz Gassner
  • Board member: Liechtenstein Christopher Holder
  • Finance director: Liechtenstein Brigitte Löscher
  • Chief marketing officer: Liechtenstein Mathias Hagmann
  • Secretary: Liechtenstein Carmen Alabor
  • Announcer: Liechtenstein Maximilian Vogt

FC Vaduz U23

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FC Vaduz U23 is the reserve team of FC Vaduz. They currently play in the 2. Liga (sixth tier of the Swiss football league system). In the season 2014–15 they played semi-finals in Liechtenstein Cup against FC Triesenberg and they lost 1–0 after extra time.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI David Weber
2 DF Liechtenstein LIE Roman Spirig
3 DF Romania ROU Giovanny Popescu
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Suad Gerzić
5 DF Liechtenstein LIE Jonas Hilti
6 MF North Macedonia MKD Emir Muratoski
7 FW Liechtenstein LIE Pascal Koller
9 FW Montenegro MNE Luka Tiganj
10 MF Serbia SRB Besart Bajrami
11 MF Liechtenstein LIE Menderes Caglar
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Switzerland SUI Fabian Lüchinger
13 FW Switzerland SUI Barna Fenyvesi
14 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Allen
15 MF Liechtenstein LIE Benjamin Vogt
16 DF Switzerland SUI Luca Giorlando
18 MF Switzerland SUI Agon Topalli
19 DF Liechtenstein LIE Lukas Graber
20 DF Liechtenstein LIE Noah Graber
22 MF North Macedonia MKD Elton Aliji
24 DF Switzerland SUI Noah Birchmeier

Technical staff

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Current technical staff

Recent seasons

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Recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season Tier Division P W D L GF GA PTS Position Cup Europe Notes
2001–02 II Challenge League - - - - - - - 11th WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR
2002–03 - - - - - - - 1st WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR
2003–04 32 16 9 7 56 34 57 2nd WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR
2004–05 34 21 6 7 58 28 69 2nd WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR2
2005–06 34 13 7 14 57 54 46 8th WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR2
2006–07 34 12 10 12 57 52 46 9th WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR2
2007–08 34 21 7 6 75 40 70 1st ↑ WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR1
2008–09 I Super League 36 5 7 24 28 85 22 10th ↓ WINNERS UEFA Cup - QR1
2009–10 II Challenge League 30 11 8 11 44 43 41 8th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR3
2010–11 30 19 3 8 59 41 60 4th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2011–12 30 13 6 11 54 45 45 8th Runners-up UEFA Europa League - QR3
2012–13 36 10 7 19 41 52 37 8th WINNERS did not qualify
2013–14 36 21 10 5 71 34 73 1st ↑ WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR1
2014–15 I Super League 36 7 10 19 28 59 31 9th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2015–16 36 7 15 14 44 60 36 8th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR3
2016–17 36 7 9 20 45 78 30 10th ↓ WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2017–18 II Challenge League 36 16 11 9 66 50 59 4th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2018–19 36 11 9 16 48 70 42 6th WINNERS UEFA Europa League - QR2
2019–20 36 18 10 8 78 53 64 2nd ↑ cancelled UEFA Europa League - QR3 won the promotion play-offs
2020–21 I Super League 36 9 9 18 36 58 36 10th ↓ cancelled UEFA Europa League - QR1
2021–22 II Challenge League 36 18 6 12 68 58 60 4th WINNERS UEFA Conference League - QR2
Key

P - games played; W- wins; D- draws; L- losses; GF- goals for; GA - goals against; PTS - points

QR - Qualifying Round; QR1 - Qualifying Round 1; QR2 - Qualifying Round 2; QR3 - Qualifying Round 3

↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

Former players

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Main page: List of FC Vaduz players

A few former players are considered by the fans to be especially memorable because of their long and outstanding contributions towards the club, to some degree even decades after the end of their careers. Therefore, they have a very special status with the fans. The following are a few examples:

Yann Sommer in the Switzerland national football team

Players of Vaduz at major international tournaments

Tournament
Australia AFC Asian Cup 2015 North Korea Pak Kwang-Ryong
France UEFA Euro 2016 Albania Armando Sadiku
Albania Naser Aliji
Egypt Africa Cup of Nations 2019 Benin Jodel Dossou

Former managers

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  • Otto Pfister
    Otto Pfister
  • Walter Hörmann
    Walter Hörmann
  • Martin Andermatt
    Martin Andermatt
  • Heinz Hermann
    Heinz Hermann
  • Pierre Littbarski
    Pierre Littbarski
  • Eric Orie
    Eric Orie
  • Giorgio Contini
    Giorgio Contini
  • Roland Vrabec
    Roland Vrabec

Former presidents

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  • Liechtenstein Johannes Walser (1932–1933)
  • Liechtenstein Willy Huber (1933–1934)
  • Liechtenstein Anton Konrad (1934–1936)
  • Liechtenstein Rudolf Strub (1936–1943)
  • Liechtenstein Hans Verling (1943–1948)
  • Liechtenstein Albert Caminada (1948–1950)
  • Liechtenstein Felix Real (1950–1951)
  • Liechtenstein Hans Verling (1951–1955)
  • Liechtenstein Anton Ospelt (1955–1956)
  • Liechtenstein Otto Hasler (1956–1961)
  • Liechtenstein Engelbert Schreiber (1961–1964)
  • Liechtenstein Hilmar Ospelt (1964–1967)
  • Liechtenstein Kurt Frommelt (1967–1971)
  • Liechtenstein Norbert Vogt (1971–1973)
  • Liechtenstein Reinhard Walser (1973–1979)
  • Liechtenstein Reinold Ospelt (1979–1983)
  • Liechtenstein Alfons Thöny (1983–1988)
  • Liechtenstein Andy Rechsteiner (1988–1990)
  • Liechtenstein Werner Keicher (1990–1997)
  • Liechtenstein Manfred Moser (1997–2001)
  • Liechtenstein Marc Brogle (2001–2003)
  • Liechtenstein Hanspeter Negele (2003–2008)
  • Liechtenstein Franz Schädler (2008–2009) (Interim)
  • Liechtenstein Lorenz Gassner (2009–2010) (Acting)
  • Liechtenstein Albin Johann (2010–2013)
  • Liechtenstein Ruth Ospelt (2013–2019)
  • Liechtenstein Patrick Burgmeier (2019–)

FC Vaduz Red Pride Rugby

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See also: Rugby union in Liechtenstein

On 12 March 2012 the new club FC Vaduz Rugby was founded. The rugby union club is involved in the grassroots of the FC Vaduz. Rugby union in Liechtenstein is a minor but growing sport. Liechtenstein has no national governing body of its own, but comes under the Swiss Rugby Federation.

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