Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

St Gallen FC, founded in April 1879,  claims to be the oldest club in continental Europe. The club was founded by young businessmen ...

A very heroic photograph. Severino Minelli  represented Switzerland 80 times (1930-43). He played for Servette and  Grasshopper Cl...

T he Hungarian Izidor Kürschner-Sz ű cs, usually known as Dori  Kürschner (or  Dori Kruschner in Brazil) was one of the coaches who contri...

Grasshopper Club Zürich The Swiss league in   the 1897–1898 season was contested by 9 teams divided into 3 groups.It was a curio...

In 1900 the Belgian count Van der Straeten Ponthoz offered a cup to the winner of an international tournament. At the time national  leagues...