NeuchÃ¢tel Xamax

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS is a Swiss football club based in Neuchâtel (French: Neuchâtel ). The club colors are red and black.

History

The club was formally established in 1916 under the name FC Xamax, after starting from 1912, a group of football enthusiasts had organized at two places in Neuchâtel games. In 1970 he founded in 1906 merged with the city rivals FC Cantonal Neuchâtel. The palindrome " Xamax " originated from the name of co-founder Max Abegglen, called " Xam ". His most successful period was Neuchâtel in the 1980s under his longtime trainer Gilbert Gress. Xamax rose end of 2005/06 season of the Super League from the Challenge League. The team lost the barrage against the Challenge League Second FC Sion. For Xamax this defeat means the first relegation from the top Swiss league after promotion in 1973. With the new coach Gérard Castella and the new goalkeeper Pascal Zuber Buhler, who joined in the second half of the season for the team, managed Xamax in 2007 its chances of promotion. For the season 2007/ 08 Sized Xamax 10 players, including Rainer Bieli, Massimo Lombardo and Javier Delgado. On 11 July 2007 Xamax announced that the former FC Basel player Julio Hernán Rossi has been committed for the upcoming season.

In the season 2011/12 through the guide had given the club a revised club logo. In addition, the owner wanted to name the club Xamax adding " Vainach " translated " club of the people ," to attach. This has not been approved by the League for formal reasons.

In January 2012, the Axpo Super League club withdrew the license for the league, after Xamax displayed multiple times over unpaid salaries in the private Disciplinary Commission. On January 26, 2012 Xamax filed for bankruptcy and was relegated in the sequence in the fifth rate 2 League interregional.

On April 14, 2012 it was announced that the club was re-founded as " Neuchâtel Xamax in 1912 ." In 2013 he merged with FC SERRIERES to Neuchâtel Xamax FCS. The club was 2013 champion interregional in Group 3 of the 2nd league and thus rose to the 1st League Classic.

President and owner

From 2005 to the end of season 2011: Sylvio Bernasconi; the contractor from Geneveys -sur -Coffrane was also the majority shareholder. From June 2011 to July 2011 was Andrei Rudakov, Russian ex-professional footballers, including at Spartak Moscow as president in office.

Since that time: main shareholder was from May 2011, the Geneva-based Chechen businessman Bulat Tschagajew, son of the last Communist Party leaders of Chechnya during the Soviet period. He has appeared as a sponsor of the Chechen club Terek Grozny. Tschagajew was taken on January 26, 2012 due to unfaithful agency in custody and released on May 25 of the same year back from this, the investigation continues.

President of the newly founded association Neuchâtel Xamax 1912 dental technology entrepreneur Christian Binggeli.

Stadium

The home ground of Neuchâtel Xamax is the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel. After the old stadium was demolished in 2004, was the first team to their " home games " temporarily in La Chaux -de-Fonds in the Stade de la Charrière from. On 18 February 2007, the new Stade de la Maladière was inaugurated in Neuchâtel. The small stadium still bears the same name ( Stade de la Maladière ).