FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy

The club is the result of a merger between FC Ouchy-Olympic and FC Stade Lausanne in 2001.

Table rankings of Stade Lausanne-Ouchy in the Swiss football league system

FC Ouchy-Olympic's story began in 1895 as FC La Villa Ouchy. As founding members of the Swiss Football Association, they competed in the first Serie A season during 1897–98, but later mostly played in the lower divisions.[1] The initial forerunner to the latter club was founded in 1901 as FC Signal Lausanne, which became Stade Lausanne in 1926, also introducing athletics, field hockey and shooting sports departments.[2][3][4] They competed in the second division and narrowly failed to achieve promotion to the Serie A in 1929.[1] Henri Guisan acted as president between 1929 and 1939, when his position became honorary as he led the Swiss army's mobilization during World War II. He emphasized the importance of sport to stay healthy, for civilians but especially soldiers.[4][5] They continued to compete in the lower divisions following his departure, playing in the 1. Liga as late as 1963–64.[6]

After the two clubs combined, the were eventually promoted to the 2. Liga Interregional in 2005, where they stayed until 2014.[1] They reached the Promotion League by 2017, where they had a notable cup run in the 2017–18 season, beating first division side FC Sion to reach the round of 16.[7] After promotion to the Challenge League, the club was forced to relocate outside the city to Nyon as their previous pitch failed to meet the requirements for professional football,[8] but now play at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.[9]

• Swiss Promotion League
  • Winners (1): 2019

As of 14 February 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Dany da Silva 3 DF  FRA Christopher Routis 5 DF  KVX Lavdrim Hajrullahu 6 MF  ANG Giovani Bamba 7 MF   SUI Andy Laugeois 8 MF   SUI Stéphane Cueni (on loan from Lausanne) 10 FW  KVX Mergim Qarri 13 MF  COM Rafidine Abdullah 14 FW  KVX Florian Hysenaj (on loan from Lausanne) 17 MF  KVX Alban Ajdini 19 GK   SUI Niklas Steffen 20 DF   SUI Nias Hefti (on loan from Thun) 21 MF  KVX Mersim Asllani 22 DF   SUI Vincent Rüfli

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  COD Rayan Kadima 27 FW  FRA Zachary Hadji 28 MF  FRA Romain Bayard 29 DF  COM Abdallah Ali Mohamed 30 GK   SUI Tristan Zesiger 31 MF   SUI Robin Kamber 33 DF  KVX Rejan Thaçi 38 DF   SUI Lucas Pos 61 MF   SUI Merlin Hadzi 69 FW  FRA Sofyan Chader (on loan from Clermont) 71 GK   SUI Justin Hammel 72 MF  FRA Teddy Okou 96 FW  MTQ Brighton Labeau — DF   SUI Marc Tsoungui (on loan from Lausanne)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   SUI Bijan Dalvand (at Étoile Carouge) — DF   SUI Nathan Jaton (at Nyon) — DF   SUI Gürkan Özdemir (at Bavois) — DF  FRA Belly Vumbi (at Nyon)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Carlos Lima (at Vevey United) — FW  FRA Florian Danho (at Nyon) — FW  FRA Yassine Barbouchi (at Vevey United)

• Richard Durr, Swiss international capped 29 times, worked as player, manager, and president of Stade Lausanne
• Norbert Eschmann, Swiss international capped 15 times, played in the youth team 1949–50
• Henri Guisan, acted as president 1929–1939
• Blaise Nkufo played in the youth teams 1988–1992.[1]

• Official Website (in French)