FC Thun


FC Thun is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Stockhorn Arena which accommodates a total of 10,000 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white.

History

FC Thun was founded on 1 May 1898.
It has played in the Nationalliga B from 1946 to 1950, 1953 to 54, 1955 to 70 and 1997 to 2002. From 2002 to 2008 it played in the Nationalliga A, which was renamed to Axpo Super League. In 2008 the club were relegated to the Swiss Challenge League. Thun is the only club competing in the 2017–18 Swiss Super League that has never won a Swiss football championship.
FC Thun reached for the first time the group stages of the Champions League, and were drawn in Group B alongside European giants Arsenal, Ajax and Sparta Prague. They started their campaign on 14 September 2005 away at Arsenal, where after equalising through Nelson Ferreira, they narrowly lost 2–1 after Dennis Bergkamp scored in the match's dying seconds. On 27 September they hosted the Czech champions Sparta Prague at home, the Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern, where all the club's European home matches were held, as the Lachen Stadium does not meet Uefa's prerequisites for Champions League venues. Thun's 1–0 victory thanks to Selver Hodžić's 80th-minute winner propelled them into second place in the group. Following a loss to Ajax on 2 November they lost 1–0 at home to Arsenal and with Ajax beating Sparta Prague, FC Thun exited the Champions League. However Thun drew 0–0 with Sparta Prague in their last group match and qualifying for the Uefa Cup Round of 32.
Just three days prior to their Uefa Cup tie against Hamburg SV, Thun sacked their coach, Urs Schönenberger who had guided them to the Champions League group stages and was replaced by Heinz Peischl. Despite this Thun managed a surprise 1–0 over Hamburg SV in the first leg at the Stade de Suisse. However Hamburg were too strong at their home, AOL Arena, and managed to overturn the deficit, winning the second leg 2–0.
In November 2019, PMG, Chien Lee and The Seelig Group invested in the club and became the co-owners of FC Thun football club.

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2005–06UEFA Champions LeagueQ2 Dynamo Kyiv1–02–23–2
2005–06UEFA Champions LeagueQ3 Malmö FF3–01–04–0
2005–06UEFA Champions LeagueGroup B Arsenal0–11–23rd
2005–06UEFA Champions LeagueGroup B Sparta Praha1–00–03rd
2005–06UEFA Champions LeagueGroup B Ajax2–40–23rd
2005–06UEFA CupR32 Hamburger SV1–00–21–2
2011–12UEFA Europa LeagueQ2 Vllaznia2–10–02–1
2011–12UEFA Europa LeagueQ3 Palermo1–12–23–3
2011–12UEFA Europa LeaguePO Stoke City0–11–41–5
2013–14UEFA Europa LeagueQ2 Chikhura Sachkhere2–03–15–1
2013–14UEFA Europa LeagueQ3 Häcken1–02–13–1
2013–14UEFA Europa LeaguePO Partizan3–00–13–1
2013–14UEFA Europa LeagueGroup G Dynamo Kyiv0–20–34th
2013–14UEFA Europa LeagueGroup G Genk0–11–24th
2013–14UEFA Europa LeagueGroup G Rapid Wien1–01–24th
2015–16UEFA Europa LeagueQ2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva2–11–13–2
2015–16UEFA Europa LeagueQ3 Vaduz0–02–22–2
2015–16UEFA Europa LeaguePO Sparta Praha3–31–34–6
2019–20UEFA Europa LeagueQ3 FC Spartak Moscow2–31–23–5

Current squad

On loan

Former coaches

Swiss Challenge League/Nationalliga B
Swiss Cup