Lausanne Football and Cricket Club

The club was founded in 1860 by English students studying at local private schools. Due to the founding year of this club could have been the first football club in continental Europe. The world's first regarded as Sheffield FC with the founding in 1857 is three years older. It is unknown what form of football played the Lausanne club, especially since there was at that time not yet a set of rules for association football.

The club is a founding member of the Swiss Football Association and participated in the first Swiss Championship 1897/98 and the second championship in 1899.

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  • Former Swiss football club
  • Cricket club
  • Sport ( Lausanne)
  • Cricket in Switzerland
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