Yverdon-Sport FC

Yverdon-Sport

Full name	Yverdon-Sport Football Club
Founded	1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Ground	Stade Municipal
Capacity	6,600 (1,000 seated)
Chairman	Jeffrey Saunders
Manager	Alessandro Mangiarratti
League	Swiss Super League
2023–24	Swiss Super League, 9th of 12
Website	https://www.yverdonsport.ch
Home colours Away colours

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.

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.

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.

• Challenge League
  • Winners (6): 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2022–23,
  • Runners-up (1): 1998–99
• Swiss Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

As of 10 September 2024.^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BEN Mohamed Tijani 3 DF  SRB Dimitrije Kamenović (on loan from Lazio) 4 DF  SEN Djibril Diop 5 MF  NOR Magnus Grødem 6 DF  FRA William Le Pogam (captain) 7 MF  GNB Mauro Rodrigues 8 MF  POL Mateusz Łęgowski (on loan from Salernitana) 9 FW  FRA Marley Aké 10 MF  BOL Boris Céspedes (3rd captain) 11 FW  BEL Mitchy Ntelo 12 DF  ALG Haithem Loucif 14 FW  SUI Johan Kury 15 MF  URU Franco González (on loan from Peñarol) 16 GK  SUI Maxime Rouiller 17 MF  SUI Ricardo Alves 20 FW  SUI Jessé Hautier 21 FW  FRA Hugo Komano 22 GK  SUI Kevin Martin

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  NOR Niklas Gunnarsson 24 DF  FRA Jason Gnakpa 25 DF  POR Christian Marques 26 MF  BRA Silva 27 FW  GER Varol Tasar 28 MF  FRA Moussa Baradji 30 DF  SUI Sacha Lopes 32 DF  SUI Anthony Sauthier (vice-captain) 33 DF  KOS Rejan Thaçi 37 MF  FRA Fodé Sylla (on loan from Lens) 40 GK  FRA Paul Bernardoni 41 MF  CIV Samba Koné (on loan from Stella Club) 45 DF  JAM Dexter Lembikisa (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 66 DF  SUI Matteo Zignani 70 MF  SUI Dion Kacuri (on loan from Basel) 77 FW  SUI Ahmedin Avdić 87 DF  POR Gonçalo Esteves (on loan from Udinese) 88 DF  SUI Loan Guignard

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  KOS Leart Sinani (at Dardania Lausanne until 31 December 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ALG Aymen Mahious (at CR Belouizdad until 30 June 2025)

For the 2023–24 season.

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

• Yverdon-Sport FC at Soccerway

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