FC Fribourg
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| Full name | Football Club Fribourg |
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| Founded | 21 October 1900 |
| Ground | Stade Universitaire |
| Capacity | 9,000) (1,000 seated |
| President | Christophe Fragniere |
| Manager | John Dragani |
| League | 1. Liga Classic |
FC Fribourg is a Swiss football club from the town of Fribourg in the Canton of Fribourg. In the 2013/14 season, the team is playing in the 1. Liga Classic, the fourth highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid.
The club was founded on 21 October 1900 and began life as FC Technicum. It took its name from the local school where nine young men gathered in the school brewery to establish the foundations for a football club. The majority of the men were not local, most of the men were students from England. The team had to wait over a year for their first match. On 27 October 1901 the club lost 4–1 to Club Romand.
On 25 September 1904, FC Technicum became a member of Swiss Football Association. On 12 November 1904 the club changed its name to Stella FC. The club at the time were competing in Nationalliga B, the second highest tier in Swiss football. It was around this time, in 1909, that the club held their first match against foreign opponents by playing two matches against Milan Football and Cricket Club. In 1909 the club were promoted to Swiss Super League but lasted just two seasons and in 1911 the club were relegated. In 1910 the club opened a junior team, led by local priest Father Freeley, to serve as a nursery side for the 1st team. This, at the time, was considered to be something new. The junior side was named FC College.
World War I put a stop to the club's progress and between 1914 and 1916 the club did not participate in any official championship. On 22 July 1917 the club changed its name to its present name, FC Fribourg.
In 1929 the club was back in the Swiss Super League but again this was just for two seasons as in 1931 the club dropped down a tier.
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