- FC Grenchen
Infobox Football club
clubname = FC Grenchen
fullname = Football Club de Grenchen
nickname =
founded = 1906
ground = Stadium BrühlGrenchen Switzerland
capacity = 15,100
chairman = Jorge Tomas
manager = Kurt Baumann
league = 1. Liga (Group 2)
season =
position =
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leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=0000FFFC Grenchen is a
Swiss football club, based inGrenchen . They currently play in the 1. Liga, and play their matches at the Brühl Stadium.History
FC Grenchen was founded in 1906. In 1937 they gained promotion to the first tier of Swiss football, Nationalliga A, in these inter-war years they came runners-up in this league three times, and runner up in the cup, but their biggest success came post-war coming second in the league one further time before wining the cup the following season in 1960.
They got relegated from the top flight in 1986, and played in Nationalliga B until 1995 when they got relegated to the 1st Liga., where they currently play.
tadium
Brühl Stadium is the biggest in the
Canton of Solothurn . It comprises a space for 13,000 standing and agrandstand with 1,300 covered seats and 800 uncovered seats.Uhrencup
The Uhrencup is a pre-season football tournament hosted annually by FC Grenchen since 1962 (with the exception of 1967 and 1974), and is the oldest such tournament in Switzerland. They have won this tournament six times.
Honours
*Nationalliga A
**"Runners Up (4)" 1938-39, 1939-40, 1941-42, 1958-59*
Schweizer Cup :
**"Winners (1):" 1959
**"Runners Up (2):" 1940, 1948, 1960External links
de icon [http://www.fcg.ch/ Official site]
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