FC Zürich · History

FC Zürich was born on August 1, 1896 thanks to Hans Gamper who in the combination of the clubs: FC Turicum, FC Excelsior and FC Victoria, few years passed for the club to lift its first title in 1902 and 22 years passed to be champions again, the team suffered a drop in level and for the 1933-34 season the team was relegated, it took seven years to return to the top category, time after that they would go through a period of continuous promotions and relegations.

The presidency of Edwin Nageli in the sixties and seventies gave the team a stability that allowed it to go through its best times, with this administration it reached nine league titles and five cup titles, in Europe it also lived great moments reaching the semifinals in 1964 where it was eliminated by Real Madrid, in the eighties Zürich became a mid-table team until in the 1987-88 season its relegation was consummated.

After fifteen years out of European competitions, in 1989 the team returned to the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated in the round of 16 after being defeated by Roma, in 2006 they were crowned league champions after 25 years and a year later they repeated the achievement, the 2021-22 season was their most recent conquest of the league title and this gave them the pass to European competitions.