FC Sion
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| Full name | Football Club de Sion |
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| Founded | 1909 |
| Ground | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
| Capacity | 14,500 |
| Chairman | Christian Constantin |
| Manager | Peter Zeidler |
| League | Swiss Super League |
| 2015–16 | Swiss Super League, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Sion is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion (pronounced: [sjɔ̃]). The club was founded in 1909, and play their home games at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in each of their thirteen appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2015.
FC Sion were founded in 1909 by Robert Gilliard, who became club captain, and played their first game, a 3–2 win against FC Aigle, the same year. The club grew thanks to contributions from local people, and played their first competitive league fixture in 1914, again a 3–2 victory, this time against FC Monthey. In 1919 Sion formally organised its managerial structure, with Gilliard becoming Vice President, and Charles Aymon taking Presidency.
From 1932 Sion played in the fourth tier of Swiss football, where they spent much of the next twenty years, briefely interrupted by promotion to the third tier in 1944, quickly followed by relegation in 1946. In 1952 Sion returned to the third tier, and five years later gained promotion again to the National League B, followed five years later by promotion to the National League A (now the Swiss Super League) in 1962. 1965 saw the first of FC Sion's Swiss Cup wins, with a 2–1 victory over Servette FC.
The 16,263 capacity Stade Tourbillon was officially opened in August 1968, but was followed by relegation in 1969. Sion returned to the National League A at the first attempt, and secured a second victory in the Swiss Cup, winning 3–2 against Neuchâtel Xamax in 1974. Sion would go on to consistently perform well in the Swiss Cup, with victories in 1980 (vs Young Boys), 1982 (vs FC Basel), 1986 (vs Servette FC) and 1991 (vs Young Boys). This period of success also saw the renovation and expansion of the Tourbillon in 1989, and was crowned with Sion's first Swiss League Championship in 1992.
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