Yverdon-Sport FC

Yverdon-Sport
Yverdon-Sport Logo
Full nameYverdon-Sport Football Club
Founded1897; 128 years ago (1897)
GroundStade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Capacity6,600 (1,000 seated)
ChairmanJeffrey Saunders
ManagerPaolo Tramezzani
LeagueSwiss Super League
2023–24Swiss Super League, 9th of 12
Websitehttps://www.yverdonsport.ch

Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football club based in Yverdon-les-Bains that competes in the Swiss Super League, the top tier of Swiss football, after being promoted from the second-tier Swiss Challenge League in the 2022–23 season. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal.

History

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Chart of Yverdon-Sport table positions in the Swiss football league system

Yverdon-Sport played in the Swiss Super League following promotions in 1993, 1995, and 2005. Only in 1996 did they manage to avoid immediate relegation out of the league.[1] The club reached in the final of the 2000–01 Swiss Cup but finished as runners-up after losing 3–0 to Servette.[2] In July 2017, after winning promotion to the third-tier Swiss Promotion League, the club signed former France international striker Djibril Cissé.[3]

On 23 May 2023, Yverdon-Sport secured promotion to the Super League, after drawing against FC Aarau 1–1, thus returning to the top tier for the first time since 2005–06.[4] The 2023–24 season was their fifth season in the highest Swiss football league.[1] Three days later, Yverdon-Sport were crowned champions of the 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League after defeating FC Wil 2–0 on the last matchday.[5]

Stadium

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Yverdon-Sport began the 2023–24 season at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchatel, while two months of reconstruction work was carried out at Stade Municipal. In September 2023 they returned to their home stadium, Stade Municipal.[6]

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 18 February 2025.[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Benin BEN Mohamed Tijani
3 DF Serbia SRB Dimitrije Kamenović (on loan from Lazio)
4 DF Senegal SEN Djibril Diop
5 MF Norway NOR Magnus Grødem
6 DF France FRA William Le Pogam (captain)
7 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Mauro Rodrigues
8 MF Poland POL Mateusz Łęgowski (on loan from Salernitana)
9 FW France FRA Marley Aké
10 MF Bolivia BOL Boris Céspedes (3rd captain)
11 FW Belgium BEL Mitchy Ntelo
12 DF Italy ITA Cristiano Piccini
15 MF Paraguay PAR Cristian Núñez
16 GK Switzerland SUI Maxime Rouiller
18 DF Norway NOR Vegard Kongsro
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Switzerland SUI Antonio Marchesano
20 FW Portugal POR Ronaldo Tavares (on loan from Estrela da Amadora)
21 FW France FRA Hugo Komano
22 GK Switzerland SUI Kevin Martin
24 DF France FRA Jason Gnakpa
25 DF Portugal POR Christian Marques
27 FW Germany GER Varol Tasar
28 MF France FRA Moussa Baradji
32 DF Switzerland SUI Anthony Sauthier (vice-captain)
37 MF France FRA Fodé Sylla (on loan from Lens)
40 GK France FRA Paul Bernardoni
70 MF Switzerland SUI Dion Kacuri (on loan from Basel)
77 FW Switzerland SUI Ahmedin Avdić
87 DF Portugal POR Gonçalo Esteves (on loan from Udinese)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Norway NOR Niklas Gunnarsson (at Xamax until 30 June 2025)
MF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Alves (at Étoile Carouge until 30 June 2025)
MF Ivory Coast CIV Samba Koné (at Sliema Wanderers until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Brazil BRA Silva (at Nyonnais until 30 June 2025)
FW Switzerland SUI Jessé Hautier (at Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2025)
FW Algeria ALG Aymen Mahious (at CR Belouizdad until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

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For the 2024–25 season.[8]

Position Staff
Manager Paolo Tramezzani
Assistant Manager Attila Malfatti
Giuseppe Rossi
Technical Director Filippo Giovagnoli
Goalkeeper Coach Pedro Soares
Video Analyst André Santos
Fitness Coach Romain Tanniger
Physiotherapist Ermanno Speranza
Massimo Inglese
Masseur Nicolas Rouilly
Kit Manager Nicolas Duvoisin
Nutritionalist Océane Poncet
Doctor Luca Tolosano
Steward Ana Maria Mondaca
Assistant Fitness Coach Vincenzo Chine

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eine 5. Saison im Oberhaus als Lohn für Yverdon" (in German). SRF. 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Il y a 23 ans, le Servette FC remportait le dernier trophée de son histoire en battant Yverdon en finale" (in French). RTS. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ Berger, Nicola (4 July 2017). "Ein Löwe in der Provinz" (in German). NZZ. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Yverdon Sport FC feiert seinen vierten Aufstieg ins Oberhaus" (in German). Swiss Football League. 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Yverdon Sport, champion de Challenge League!" (in French). laRegione Ticino. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Yverdon Sport fait tomber Bâle au Municipal" (in French). laRegione Ticino. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Yverdon squad" (in German). Swiss Challenge League. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ "1ère équipe". yverdonsport.ch (in French). n.d. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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