Wikipedia - FC Aarau

FC Aarau is a Swiss professional football club based in Aarau. Founded in 1902, the club competes in Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from Swiss Super League.

History

Chart of FC Aarau table positions in the Swiss football league system

FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local brewery. The early days of the club were a success and they won the Swiss championship in 1911–12 and then again in 1913–14. The club spent 25 years, from 1907 to 1933, in the top league but were relegated to the lower league and were unable to return to the top flight for a number of decades. In the 1980–81 season the club were able to return to the top league in the Swiss football pyramid after a 3–1 victory over Vevey-Sports. They have stayed there ever since and in the 1992–93 season they won the Swiss National League A managed by Austrian Rolf Fringer.

The club have also had success in the Swiss Cup finishing as runners up in 1930, 1989. In 1985 Aarau tasted their only victory in the Swiss Cup, coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld.

At the end of 2002 the club was almost in financial ruin. They were saved when the then Club President Michael Hunziker made 15,100 shares available to purchase. This succeeded in staving off the threat of liquidation.

Futbalový klub FC Aarau je futbalový klub z Aarau vo Švajčiarsku. Klub bol založený v roku 1902 a jeho domovský štadión je Stadion Brügglifeld. Aarau vyhralo Švajčiarsky pohár v rokoch 1985 a 2009 a švajčiarsku Challenge League v roku 2013. Klub hráva v súčasnosti v najvyššej švajčiarskej lige, Super League.