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'{{Football club infobox | clubname = Lugano| image = [[Image:AC Lugano.jpg|130px|AC Lugano logo]] | fullname = Football Club Lugano | founded = 1908 (FC Lugano)<br/>2004 (AC Lugano) <br/>2008 (FC Lugano) | colors = Black/White | ground = [[Stadio Cornaredo]],<br/>[[Lugano]], [[Switzerland]] | capacity = 15,000 | chairman = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Angelo Renzetti | manager = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Davide Morandi]] | league = [[Challenge League]] | season = [[2011–12_Swiss_Challenge_League|2011–12]] | position = [[Challenge League]], 5th| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_Vwidewhite|pattern_ra2=| leftarm1=000000|body1=000000|rightarm1=000000|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_Vwideblack|pattern_ra1=| leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=ffffff| pattern_la3=|pattern_b3=_Vwideblack|pattern_ra1=| leftarm3=ffff00|body3=ffff00|rightarm3=ffff00|shorts3=FFFF00|socks3=FFFF00| }} '''FC Lugano''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Lugano]]. The club was founded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and financial situation of ''FC Lugano'', which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lugano. They play at the [[Stadio Cornaredo]]. They played in present [[Swiss Super League]] during periods of 1922–1953, 1954–1960, 1961–1963, 1964–1976, 1979–1980, 1988–1997 and 1998–2002. ==History== Football Club Lugano was formed on 28 July 1908 under the leadership of the then President Ernesto Corsini. Promotion to the highest [[Swiss Super League]] came for the first time in 1922, and after several years of going up and down, the team won its first [[Swiss Cup]] in 1931. The following decade, FC Lugano was able to win 3 national titles (1938, 1941 and 1949). During the first fifty years, Lugano played on the ground at the Campo Marzio – which opened on 13 September 1908 – but its success prompted the city to build a new stadium, and so on 26 August 1951, the [[Cornaredo Stadium]] was inaugurated, which has a capacity of 15,000. In 1968, Lugano won the [[Swiss Cup]] and hence the team participated in the Cup Winners' Cups. Two years later the team took part in the [[UEFA Cup]]. In 1993, Lugano won its third Cup against the [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]], later participating in the Cup Winners' Cup, which took it to the second qualifying round. In the 1995–96 season, Lugano participated in the UEFA Cup eliminating [[Jeunesse Hautcharage]] in the first round and in the second, [[Inter Milan]]. After the declaration of [[bankruptcy]] in 2003, on 30 June 2004, Lugano merged with [[Malcantone Agno]], and it was decided that Lugano would re-enter the Swiss Football scene in the [[Swiss Challenge League]], as AC Lugano. Morotti Joseph, the president of [[Malcantone Agno]], was entrusted with the leadership of the new club. In 2007, the company was bought by a group led by Giambattista Pastorello. Luid Bernasconi became the new president. On 4 June 2008 the general meeting of shareholders voted on changing the name of the club – which returned to the historical name of Football Club Lugano, in its centenary year. ==Current squad== ''As of 30 October, 2012.'' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no= 1 | nat= SUI | name=[[Michael Casanova]] | pos=GK}} {{Fs player | no= 2 | nat= BRA | name=[[Paulo Menezes|Paulinho]] | pos=DF}} {{Fs player | no= 3 | nat= BIH | name=Mladen Skorić | pos=DF}} {{Fs player | no= 4 | nat= SUI | name=[[Stéphane Garcia]] | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no= 5 | nat= SUI | name=[[Kiliann Witschi]] | pos=DF}} {{Fs player | no= 6 | nat= SUI | name=Charyl Chappuis | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no= 7 | nat= POR | name=[[Carlos da Silva|Da Silva]] | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no= 8 | nat= CRO | name=Marko Bašić | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=10 | nat= ALB | name=[[Armando Sadiku]] | pos=FW}} {{Fs player | no=11 | nat= SEN | name=[[Bara Mamadou Ndiaye|Bebeto]] |pos=FW }} {{Fs player | no=12 | nat= BRA | name=[[Diego Lorenzi]] | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=13 | nat= SUI | name=[[Adriano De Pierro]] | pos=DF| other = on loan from [[BSC Young Boys]]}} {{Fs player | no=14 | nat= GHA | name=[[Aaron Dankwah]] | pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=16 | nat= SUI | name=[[Silvan Aegerter]] | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=17 | nat= SUI | name=Marco Kehl | pos=DF}} {{Fs player | no=19 | nat= SUI | name=Antoine Rey | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=20 | nat= SUI | name=David Forzano | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=21 | nat= SUI | name=Mattia Bottani | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=22 | nat= SUI | name=Daniel Maffi | pos=DF}} {{Fs player | no=23 | nat= ALB | name=Gezim Shalaj | pos=MF}} {{Fs player | no=25 | nat= ITA | name=[[Orlando Urbano]] | pos=DF}} {{Fs player | no=28 | nat= DEU | name=[[Stefano Cincotta ]] | pos=FW}} {{Fs player | no=29 | nat= SUI | name=Gianluca Santillo | pos=FW}} {{Fs player | no=30 | nat= ITA | name=[[Francesco Russo]] | pos=GK}} {{Fs player | no=31 | nat= URU | name=[[Jonathan Sabbatini]] | pos=FW}} {{Fs end}} ===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs end}} ==Honours== *[[Swiss Super League]]: [[1937–38 Nationalliga|1937–38]], [[1940–41 Nationalliga|1940–41]], [[1948–49 Nationalliga A|1948–49]] *[[Swiss Cup]]: 1930–31, 1967–68, 1992–93 ==Notable former players== *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mauro Galvão]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]] *{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Jørn Andersen]] *{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Valon Behrami]] ==Notable former coaches== * [[Alfredo Foni]], 1974-75, 1976-77 * [[Albert Sing]], 1970-71 * [[Otto Luttrop]], 1971-73, 1973-74, 1983-85 * [[Istvan Szabo]], 1979-80 ==External links== * [http://www.fclugano.com Official website] {{it icon}} {{Swiss Challenge League}} [[Category:Football clubs in Switzerland|Lugano]] [[Category:Association football clubs established in 2004]] [[Category:Lugano]] [[Category:FC Lugano]] [[ar:نادي لوغانو]] [[ca:Associazione Calcio Lugano]] [[cs:FC Lugano]] [[da:FC Lugano]] [[de:FC Lugano]] [[es:Associazione Calcio Lugano]] [[fr:FC Lugano]] [[gl:FC Lugano]] [[it:Football Club Lugano]] [[lt:FC Lugano]] [[nl:FC Lugano]] [[ja:ACルガーノ]] [[pl:FC Lugano]] [[pt:Associazione Calcio Lugano]] [[ru:Лугано (футбольный клуб)]] [[sv:AC Lugano]]'