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History

FC Zurich was founded on 1 August 1896 by former members of the three local clubs FC Turicum, FC Excelsior and FC Viktoria.

During the following decades, FC Zurich developed into one of Switzerland’s most famous and successful clubs. Up until the 1930’s, FC Zurich was also actively involved in other sports such as rowing, boxing, athletics, handball, etc. Later on, the club concentrated on football in which it has achieved its biggest success so far.

Club Honours

Swiss champions:

1902, 1924, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2006, 2007, 2009

Swiss Cup winners:

1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2018

International Achievements:

  • Semi-final of the European Cup of the Champions in 1964 and 1977
  • Group phase of the UEFA Champions League 2009/2010
  • Round of 32 UEFA Cup 2008, round of 32 UEFA Europa League 2019
  • Group phase of the UEFA Europa League 2011/2012, 2014/2015, 2016/2017 and 2018/2019

FC Zurich won its first national championship in the season 1901/1902. Between 1924 and 2009, 11 more national championship titles followed and the club won the Swiss Cup 8 times between 1966 and 2014. The latest major highlight was the win of the 9th Swiss Cup title in 2016.

Due to its national success, FC Zurich was also given the opportunity to participate in various UEFA competitions and thus prove itself internationally as well. In the 1960’s and 1970’s, the club enjoyed noteworthy success in each of the three European club competitions. Particularly, it has to be highlighted that the club reached the semi-final of the European Cup of the Champions twice: In 1964, only the famous team of Real Madrid managed to stop FC Zurich on their way to the final and, in 1977, English record champions Liverpool FC beat FC Zurich in the semi-final after the Swiss had already eliminated famous opponents such as Glasgow Rangers and Dynamo Dresden from the competition. FC Zurich has also been continuously supplying players for the Swiss A national team and various international youth sides throughout its entire club history.