Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club Serrières or Neuchâtel Xamax FCS (pronounced [nøʃɑtɛl ksamaks]) is a Swiss football club based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal, founded in 1906 and Swiss champions of 1916, and FC Xamax founded in 1912. The name Xamax comes from legendary Swiss international player 'Xam' Max Abegglen, one of the founding members.[1] Xamax Neuchâtel FCS obtained its current name after a merger with FC Serrières, another side from Neuchâtel, in May 2013.[2]

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Neuchâtel Xamax

Full name	Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club Serrières
Nickname(s)	Xamax
Founded	1912
Ground	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Christian Binggeli
Manager	Jeff Saibene
League	Swiss Challenge League
2021–22	Swiss Challenge League, 6th of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Students at the Collège latin in Neuchâtel began playing organized football in 1910 soon after, in 1912, Neuchâtel Xamax was officially founded.[3]

They have been champions of Switzerland on two occasions, in successive years in 1987 and 1988.[4] The club has also made it to 5 Swiss Cup finals, the most recent in 2011, but have failed to win any of them.[4]

After many financial crises, the club declared bankruptcy on 26 January 2012 and was consequently excluded from Swiss Super League.[5] The club was reformed, but had to restart in the Swiss amateur leagues, entering the 2. Liga Interregional, the fifth tier of the Swiss football league system, for the 2012–13 season.[6] The club finished first in 2013 and was promoted to the 1. Liga Classic for 2013–14. Once again, Xamax finished first, winning the play-off to secure a second successive promotion. Xamax won 1. Liga Promotion, the third tier of Swiss league system and promoted to Challenge League after making third successive promotion in 2014–15 season.[4]

The club finally won promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2018 after bankruptcy and six years in the lower leagues.[7]

Stadium

The club plays its home matches at the Stade de la Maladière, which began construction in 2004 and was opened in 2007. It has a capacity of 12,500 spectators.[8]

Current squad

As of 31 August 2022[9]

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  FRA Théo Guivarch 2 DF  SUI Till Estermann 3 DF  FRA Mathieu Gonçalves 4 DF  SUI Liridon Berisha 5 DF  SWE Mirza Mujčić 6 MF  SUI Fabio Saiz 7 MF  SVN Kenan Fatkič 8 MF  SUI Alexandre Pasche 10 MF  ITA Danilo Del Toro 11 FW  SUI Henri Koide (on loan from Zürich) 12 MF  SUI Max Veloso 14 FW  SUI Raphaël Nuzzolo 15 DF  SUI Yoan Epitaux 16 FW  SUI Altin Zymberi 17 FW  CIV Soumaila Bakayoko

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  SUI Ashvin Balaruban 20 MF  KOS Endrit Morina 21 MF  SUI Mats Hammerich 23 DF  JPN Nikki Havenaar (on loan from Thun) 24 MF  SUI Nikolai Maurer 25 FW  FRA Ayoub Ouhafsa 26 GK  SUI Benjamin Roth 30 MF  CIV Brahima Ouattara 33 FW  SUI Ange Dakouri 34 MF  SUI Burak Alili 39 DF  BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda 44 GK  SUI Ysias Hummel 72 DF  SUI Adam Ouattara 80 MF  SUI Izer Aliu

Notable players

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Africa

Cameroon

• Freddy Mveng

Central African Republic

• Louis Mafouta

Egypt

• Hossam Hassan

Ivory Coast

• Eric Tia

Nigeria

• Brown Ideye
• Kalu Uche

Senegal

• Papa Bouba Diop

Sierra Leone

• Umaru Bangura

Asia

Philippines

• Michael Kempter

Saudi Arabia

• Hussein Abdulghani

Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Mustafa Sejmenović
• Ensar Arifović

Bulgaria

• Trifon Ivanov

Hungary

• Lajos Détári

Germany (West Germany)

• Uli Stielike

Ireland

• Don Givens

Liechtenstein

• Noah Frick

Spain

• Víctor Sánchez

Switzerland

• Johan Djourou
• Lucien Favre
• Mario Gavranović
• Haris Seferovic

Honours

Leagues

• Swiss Super League
  • Winner (2): 1986–87, 1987–88
• Swiss Challenge League
  • Winner (3): 1972–73, 2006–07, 2017–18
• Swiss Promotion League
  • Winner: 2014–15
• 1. Liga Classic
  • Winner: 2013–14
• 2. Liga Interregional
  • Winner: 2012–13

Cups

• Swiss Super Cup
  • Winner (3): 1987, 1988, 1990

Former coaches

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponents	Home	Away	Aggregate
1981–82	UEFA Cup	1R	Sparta Prague	4–0	2–3	6–3
		2R	Malmö	1–0	1–0	2–0
		3R	Sporting CP	1–0	0–0	1–0
		QF	Hamburg	0–0	2–3	2–3
1984–85	UEFA Cup	1R	Olympiacos	2–2	0–1	2–3
1985–86	UEFA Cup	1R	Sportul Studențesc	3–0	4–4	7–4
		2R	Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		3R	Dundee United	3–1	1–2	4–3
		QF	Real Madrid	2–0	0–3	2–3
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Lyngby	2–0	3–1	5–1
		2R	Groningen	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1987–88	European Cup	1R	Kuusysi	5–0	1–2	6–2
		2R	Bayern Munich	2–1	0–2	2–3
1988–89	European Cup	1R	Larissa	2–1	1–2	3–3 (3–0 PSO)
		2R	Galatasaray	3–0	0–5	3–5
1990–91	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Estrela de Amadora	1–1	1–1	2–2 (3–4 PSO)
1991–92	UEFA Cup	1R	Floriana	2–0	0–0	2–0
		2R	Celtic	5–1	0–1	5–2
		3R	Real Madrid	1–0	0–4	1–4
1992–93	UEFA Cup	1R	BK Frem	2–2	1–4	3–6
1995–96	UEFA Cup	QR	Red Star Belgrade	0–0	1–0	1–0
		1R	Roma	1–1	0–4	1–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	QR	Anorthosis Famagusta	4–0	2–1	6–1
		1R	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	0–0	2–1
		2R	Helsingborg	1–1	0–2	1–3
1997–98	UEFA Cup	Q1	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	7–0	3–1	10–1
		Q2	Viking	3–0	1–2	4–2
		1R	Inter Milan	0–2	0–2	0–4
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Valletta	2–0	2–0	4–0
		1R	Auxerre	0–1	0–1	0–2

References

External links

• Neuchâtel Xamax unofficial website (in French)
• Soccerway profile

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