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Where is Servette from? Football club from Ginebra, Suiza. Home stadium: Stade de Genève. Honors: 33 official titles, crest & history on DataFútbol.

Servette Football Club (Super League)

Where is Servette from? It is a football club based in the city of Ginebra (Suiza). Home matches are played at Stade de Genève.

Historic giant of French-speaking Switzerland based in Geneva. Holder of 17 league titles and 8 cups, it is one of the country's great traditional entertainers.

General Information & Facts

Founded: 20 de marzo de 1890
Nickname: Les Grenats • Les Servettiens
Stadium: Stade de Genève (La Praille) - Capacity: 30084 spectators

Historical Records

All-time top scorer: Jacky Fatton (273 goles)
Most appearances: Jean-Luc Fournier (350 partidos)
Biggest win: 11-0 a FC Cantonal Neuchâtel (Liga 1930)

Honours & Official Titles

17x Super League de Suiza (1907, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1940, 1946, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1979, 1985, 1994, 1999)
8x Copa de Suiza (1928, 1949, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1984, 2001, 2024)
3x Copa de la Liga Suiza (1977, 1979, 1980)
4x Copa de los Alpes (1973, 1975, 1976, 1979)
1x Challenge League (Segunda División) (2019)

Historical Timeline

Year 1890 - Club founded in Pré-l'Évêque and transition to football

On March 20, 1890, a group of young Genevans and British students from the Collège de Genève, led by Émile Fiala, met in the Servette neighborhood to found the 'Football Club de la Servette', initially established for the practice of rugby football in the Pré-l'Évêque meadow. With François Dégerine becoming president and the rise of English association football, on November 17, 1899, it was formally resolved to create the association football section ('fútbol 11'). The club adopted the distinctive maroon color (grenat) and the imperial eagle from the Geneva coat of arms, joining the Swiss Football Association in 1900 as the main stronghold of French-speaking Romandy.

Year 1907 - First Swiss Serie A championship

In the 1906/07 season, Servette FC broke the monopoly of German-Swiss clubs by winning the first Swiss Serie A title in its history. After winning the western zonal group undefeated, they overcame FC Basel (5-1) and Young Fellows Zürich (1-0) in the final champions' playoff. This championship consecrated French-speaking football within the Helvetic structure and opened a prolonged cycle of dominance where the Genevans accumulated multiple national crowns in the first two decades of the 20th century.

Year 1930 - Organization of the Coupe des Nations (precursor to the Champions League)

In the summer of 1930, coinciding with the inauguration of the historic Stade des Charmilles and the opening of the League of Nations headquarters in Geneva, Servette FC organized the 'Coupe des Nations 1930'. The tournament brought together the reigning champions of ten European leagues (including Bologna, Slavia Prague, Rapid Vienna, SpVgg Fürth, and Real Unión de Irún), a tournament unanimously recognized by sports historians as the embryo and direct precursor of the European Cup (current UEFA Champions League).

Year 1978-1979 - The historic 'Grand Chelem' of four titles

In the 1978/79 season, under the tactical guidance of Hungarian strategist Péter Pázmándy, Servette FC completed the greatest sporting feat by a Swiss club by winning the 'Grand Chelem' (all four possible trophies in a single season): the National League A, the Swiss Cup, the Swiss League Cup, and the Alps Cup. With a squad of that era led by Claude Andrey, Franco Marchi, and Umberto Barberis (voted best Swiss footballer of the year), the Genevan team imposed an undeniable superiority in both domestic tournaments and continental duels.

Year 2024 - Swiss Cup conquest and resurrection after bankruptcy

On June 2, 2024, Servette FC ended a 23-year agony without official top-level titles by being crowned champion of the 2023/24 Swiss Cup at the Stadion Wankdorf in Bern. After a 0-0 draw in 120 regulation minutes against FC Lugano, a marathon penalty shootout (9-8) sealed the heroic consecration of substitute goalkeeper Joël Mall. The trophy rewarded the patient institutional reconstruction of the maroon club after overcoming two administrative relegations and two financial bankruptcies in 2005 and 2015.

Official 2026 Squad

#78 L. Besson - Goalkeeper (Switzerland)
#32 J. Frick - Goalkeeper (Switzerland)
#1 E. Gertmonas - Goalkeeper (Switzerland)
#44 Louis Rieder - Goalkeeper (Switzerland)
#34 T. Allix - Defender (Switzerland)
#25 D. Bronn - Defender (Switzerland)
#15 M. Burch - Defender (Switzerland)
#37 S. Djoho - Defender (Switzerland)
#23 Q. Maceiras - Defender (Switzerland)
#18 B. Mazikou - Defender (Switzerland)
#17 Houboulang Mendes - Defender (Switzerland)
#14 L. Njoh - Defender (Switzerland)
#4 S. Rouiller - Defender (Switzerland)
#8 T. Cognat - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#28 D. Douline - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#11 L. Fomba - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#42 I. Izquierdo - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#30 A. Jallow - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#36 Thomas Lopes - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#6 Pedro Naressi - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#20 Jarell Njike Simo - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#9 M. Stevanović - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#35 A. Vincent - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#27 D. Fofana - Attacker (Switzerland)
#21 J. Karlsson - Midfielder (Switzerland)
#22 M. Lambourde - Attacker (Switzerland)
#90 S. Mráz - Attacker (Switzerland)
#7 K. Mutandwa - Attacker (Switzerland)
#41 T. Nunez - Attacker (Switzerland)
#77 T. Ouattara - Attacker (Switzerland)
#38 Benoit Sida - Attacker (Switzerland)