- FC St. Gallen
Football club infobox
clubname = FC St. Gallen
fullname = FC St. Gallen 1879
nickname = Espen
founded =1879
ground =AFG Arena ,St. Gallen
capacity = 20,300
chairman = Dieter Fröhlich
manager = flagicon|SwitzerlandUli Forte
league =Swiss Challenge League
season = 2007-08
position =Swiss Super League , 9th (Relegated)| pattern_la1=_white_stripes|pattern_b1=_whitehoops|pattern_ra1=_white_stripes
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FC St. Gallen is a Swiss football club based in the city of
St. Gallen in the canton of the same name. It was founded in 1879 making it the oldest football club in Switzerland. A new stadium facility called the "AFG Arena " is being built in the western part of the city and is scheduled to open in 2008, replacing the existing "Espenmoos " ground in the east end. The club is proud to be the second oldest club in Continental Europe, founded in 1879.2007/2008 season
FC St. Gallen turned to 41-year-old former Bulgaria midfielder
Krasimir Balakov to take over from Rolf Fringer following his sacking in October 2007. He joined the bottom-placed team and signed a contract until the end of the season after having parted company with their Swiss rivals Grasshopper-Club at the end of the 2006-2007 season.Honours
*Swiss Champions: 1904, 2000
*Swiss Cup winners: 1969Current squad
Famous players
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Charles Amoah
*Tranquillo Barnetta
*José Cardozo
*Carlos Chaile
*Willi Dürrschnabel
*Leandro Fonseca
*Ionel Gane
*Radosław Gilewicz
*Eduardo Hurtado
*Siegfried Mauerhofer
*Luiz Filho Jairo
*Everson Ratinho
*Jörg Stiel
*Marco Tardelli
*Hakan Yakın
*Iván Zamorano
*Marc Zellweger
*Marco Zwyssig
*Hugo Rubio
*Fabian Estay
*Frankie Hejduk
*Goran Ljubojević External links
* [http://www.fcsg.ch/ FC St. Gallen Official Website]
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