O FC St. Gallen, fundado em 1879, é o clube de futebol mais antigo ainda em atividade na Suíça e na Europa continental, campeão suíço em 1903-04 e 1999-2000.
FC St. Gallen
FC St. Gallen was founded on April 19, 1879, and is the oldest football club still active in Switzerland and continental Europe. It plays in St. Gallen and is known as Espen.
History
FC St. Gallen was founded on April 19, 1879, in the Hörnli restaurant, and is considered the oldest football club still in existence in Switzerland and continental Europe. Its colors are green and white. The first national title came in 1903-04. In 1910 the club began playing at Espenmoos stadium. In 1969 it won its first Swiss Cup. In 1999-2000 St. Gallen won the second Swiss championship and subsequently competed in the UEFA Cup, in which it eliminated Chelsea. In 2008 it moved to the current stadium, inaugurated as AFG Arena and called Kybunpark between 2016 and 2026, with a capacity of 20,660 seats. It was runner-up in the Swiss championship in 2019-20 and in 2025-26, and won the Swiss Cup in 2025-26.