- Lausanne Sports
Football club infobox
clubname = Lausanne Sports
fullname = Football Club Lausanne Sports
nickname =
founded =1896
ground =Stade Olympique de la Pontaise ,Lausanne
capacity = 15,850
chairman =
manager =Thierry Cotting
league =Challenge League
season = 2006-07
position =Challenge League , 13th place
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFLausanne Sports (also referred to as LS) is a
sports club fromLausanne ,Switzerland . It is most famous for its football department (FC Lausanne-Sport), but the club has also athletics,sport rowing , andrink hockey departments.History
The football-section was founded in 1896 under the name of "Montriond Lausanne". However, the
Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians. The club took its current name in 1920 after the football section merged with theClub Hygiénique de Lausanne , a physical education club.Football
FC Lausanne-Sport won the
Swiss Football League seven times: in 1912/13 (then it was called Montriond Lausanne), 1931/32, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1943/1944, 1950/1951 and 1964/65.It also won the
Schweizer Cup nine times: in 1935, 1939, 1944, 1950, 1962, 1964, 1981, 1998 and 1999.It currently plays in the Swiss
Challenge League .LS is playing at the
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise (16'000, all seated), a stadium used for the1954 FIFA World Cup .Current squad
As of
17 January ,2008 .Former famous players
*
Giancarlo Antognoni
*Gabriel Calderón
*Lorik Cana
*Stéphane Chapuisat
*Smahi Triki
*Armen Shahgeldyan
*Zdravko Rajkov Former coaches
*
Fred Spiksley
*Miroslav Blazevic port rowing
Lausanne-Sports Aviron is the rowing club of Lausanne Sports.
External links
* [http://www.lausanne-sport.ch Football department]
* [http://www.ls-athletisme.ch Athletics department]
* [http://www.rollerls.ch/ Roller hockey department]
* [http://www.lsaviron.ch/ Rowing department]
* [http://f12.parsimony.net/forum19182 Fan forum]
* [http://www.bwfk.com Supporters website]
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