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After the founding of the
monastery of St Gallen by the
first abbot Saint Otmar in 719
the abbey of St Gallen with its
unparalleled library developed
into a cultural center in
Europe in the 9th and 10th
centuries.
Following WWII the city recovered from a serious economic crisis with the
boom causing the population to grow to more than 80,000 in 1970. In
1970 the service sector became larger than the textile industry for the first
time since the Middle Ages. The city remains renowned throughout the
world for its textiles and embroidery is much sought after and an intrinsic
part of the city. The fashion company AKRIS underlines this tradition and is
one of the most important clothing manufacturers in present day
Switzerland.
The club
FC St. Gallen was founded in 1879 and is therefore one of the oldest
football clubs in Switzerland and together with KB in Copenhagen, the
oldest football club in continental Europe. In 2008 the club moved from
the historically-charged Espenmoos location in the eastern part of the city
to the new multi-functional AFG Arena – now kybunpark, with a capacity of
19,500 spectators. The best sporting days of the St Gallen team were only
15 years ago. At that time under the former manager of the Austrian
national team Marcel Koller the team from eastern Switzerland secured
the second championship title in their club's history. Following this
achievement things went continuously downhill from a sporting point of
view. Shortly before moving to the new stadium in the west of the city the
FCSG was relegated to the second division. After direct promotion the next
relegation to the Challenge League followed only two seasons later. Under
the new president Dölf Früh the city club was able to regain consistency -
in both a sporting and financial sense. The biggest success following this
difficult period was the participation in the group phase of the Europa
League in the 2013/2014 season. Last season the first team managed sixth
position in the Swiss Raiffeisen Super League.
FC St. Gallen 1879, Gewinner U19 Turnier, Altstätten 2018
With respect to work in the sphere of up-and-coming young talent FC St.
Gallen has built up a lot in cooperation with FC Wil. With the "Future
Champs Ostschweiz" (FCO) the two clubs have developed an extremely
interesting project for working with young talents in the whole of the
region.
Founded: 1879
Club colors: Green / White
Home stadium: Kybunpark
Previous participations: All previous tournaments
Successes: 2 x Swiss champions (1904, 2000), Cup winner 1969, Europa
League group stage 2013/2014
Famous players: Tranquillo Barnetta, Charles Amoah, Oscar Scarione, Jörg
Stiel, Marc Zellweger, Ivan Zamorano
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The town
St. Gallen is the eighth largest city in Switzerland and at the same time the
capital of the canton of the same name. The city had a population of just
over 79,000 in 2013 and is 700 metres above sea level. The population
increased in 2013 for the fifth year in succession. The name St. Gallen is
dates back to Saint Gallus an Irish Monk and hermit who was the first to
move into the uninhabited area in the year 612.
FC St. Gallen 1879
Switzerland
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Denmark
Tournament Winner 2022