Yverdon-Sport FC

Yverdon-Sport
Yverdon-Sport Logo
Full nameYverdon-Sport Football Club
Founded1897; 127 years ago (1897)
GroundStade Municipal
Capacity6,600 (1,000 seated)
ChairmanJeffrey Saunders
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

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.[1] It would be their only fourth time playing in the first division, following promotions in 1993, 1995, and 2005. Only in 1996 did they manage to remain in the top flight, as such this will be their fifth season in the highest Swiss football league.[2] 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.

Stadium

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Yverdon-Sport began season 2023–24 at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchatel, while two months of important reconstruction work was carried out at Stade Municipal.

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 10 September 2024.[3]

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 Algeria ALG Haithem Loucif
14 FW Switzerland SUI Johan Kury
15 MF Uruguay URU Franco González (on loan from Peñarol)
16 GK Switzerland SUI Maxime Rouiller
17 MF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Alves
20 FW Switzerland SUI Jessé Hautier
21 FW France FRA Hugo Komano
22 GK Switzerland SUI Kevin Martin
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Norway NOR Niklas Gunnarsson
24 DF France FRA Jason Gnakpa
25 DF Portugal POR Christian Marques
26 MF Brazil BRA Silva
27 FW Germany GER Varol Tasar
28 MF France FRA Moussa Baradji
30 DF Switzerland SUI Sacha Lopes
32 DF Switzerland SUI Anthony Sauthier (vice-captain)
33 DF Kosovo KOS Rejan Thaçi
37 MF France FRA Fodé Sylla (on loan from Lens)
40 GK France FRA Paul Bernardoni
41 MF Ivory Coast CIV Samba Koné (on loan from Stella Club)
45 DF Jamaica JAM Dexter Lembikisa (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
66 DF Switzerland SUI Matteo Zignani
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)
88 DF Switzerland SUI Loan Guignard

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
GK Kosovo KOS Leart Sinani (at Dardania Lausanne until 31 December 2024)
FW Algeria ALG Aymen Mahious (at CR Belouizdad until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

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For the 2023–24 season.

Position Staff
Manager TBD
Assistant Manager TBD
Goalkeeper Coach Switzerland Cédric Meunier
Fitness Coach Switzerland Marc Troussier
Head of The Medical Department Switzerland Gauthier Pelletier
Intendant Switzerland Jean-Luc Salmier
Switzerland Jacques Moulin
Masseur Switzerland Mathieu Delacroix
Switzerland Étienne Poulain
Team Manager Switzerland Gérald Mercier

References

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  1. ^ "Yverdon Sport FC feiert seinen vierten Aufstieg ins Oberhaus". Swiss Football League. 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Eine 5. Saison im Oberhaus als Lohn für Yverdon". SRF. 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Yverdon squad" (in German). Swiss Challenge League. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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