FC Solothurn

Infobox Football club
clubname = FC Solothurn


fullname = Football-Club Solothurn
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founded = 1 July, 1901
ground = Solothurn, Switzerland
capacity = 6,300
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manager = Roland Hasler
league = 1. Liga (Group 2)
season = 2007-08
position = 1. Liga (Group 2), 6th
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FC Solothurn is a Swiss football club based in Solothurn. The club has played in Nationalliga B (2nd level), and currently plays at 1. Liga (Group 2) (3rd level).

History

From season 1925/26 to 1930/31, when a new system got introduced, FC Solothurn played in the highest football league in Switzerland.

The current manager of Grasshopper-Club Zürich, Hanspeter Latour, managed FC Solothurn for 13 years in 1983-1996. In the season 1997/1998 the club reaches the Promotion Group to the Nationalliga A and misses the promotion by one point. 2001 the club was on the last place in the Nationalliga B and was relegated to the 1. Liga, where it plays since then.

Recent seasons

*2000-01: Nationalliga B 8th in Abstiegsrunde (relegated)
*2001-08: 1. Liga

Notable players

*flagicon|ISL Sævar Jónsson (1987-1988)
*flagicon|Ghana Owusu Benson (1995)
*flagicon|Switzerland Pascal Renfer (1998-1999)
*flagicon|Switzerland Gökhan Inler (1998-2002)
*flagicon|POR Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (2000-2001)
*flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo Bongo Christ (2000-2001)
*flagicon|Switzerland Alain Portmann (2000-2001)
*flagicon|Switzerland Pascal Bader (2003)
*flagicon|Switzerland Hervé Bochud (2003-2004)

Honours

*Uhrencup:
**"Winners (2):" 1996, 1998

External links

*http://www.fcsolothurn.ch/