Switzerland FC St. Gallen 1879

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Country Switzerland
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Coefficient 6.940 country minimum 2025/26
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Elo 1494

The club is assigned the minimum national coefficient of 6.940. The club from Switzerland enters the UEFA Europa League at the Round 2 as a unseeded team.

Upcoming matches

27.08.2026 FC St. Gallen 1879 45% 25% 30% FC Nordsjælland 2026/27 Conference League Qualifications - Play-off
30.08.2026 FC St. Gallen 1879 53% 24% 23% FC Thun 2026/27 Swiss Super League Matchday 5
02.09.2026 Grasshopper Club Zurich 20% 23% 57% FC St. Gallen 1879 2026/27 Swiss Super League Matchday 6
06.09.2026 Servette FC 34% 25% 41% FC St. Gallen 1879 2026/27 Swiss Super League Matchday 7

Participation in European competitions 2026/27 – Forecast

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Form in recent games

Domestic competitions

09.08.2026 🏠 2:2 FC Luzern Swiss Super League
02.08.2026 🚌 3:2 FC Vaduz Swiss Super League
26.07.2026 🏠 2:1 FC Zürich Swiss Super League
24.05.2026 🏟 3:0 FC Stade Lausanne-Ouchy Domestic cup
17.05.2026 🏠 1:1 FC Thun Swiss Super League

European competitions

20.08.2026 🚌 0:1 FC Nordsjælland Conference League
13.08.2026 🏠 5:1 Sheriff Tiraspol Conference League
06.08.2026 🚌 3:1 Sheriff Tiraspol Conference League
30.07.2026 🚌 0:5 SL Benfica Europa League
23.07.2026 🏠 2:1 SL Benfica Europa League

FC St. Gallen 1879 holds a unique place in football history as the oldest existing football club in continental Europe, founded on 19 April 1879. Based in eastern Switzerland, the club is affectionately nicknamed Espen (Aspen trees) and is defined by its iconic green-and-white colours.

Throughout its history in Swiss football, FC St. Gallen has captured the national championship title twice: first in 1904 and again nearly a century later in the 1999/2000 season. Their domestic honours also include winning the Swiss Cup in 1969 under manager Albert Sing.

On the European stage, the club's most celebrated result came during the 2000/01 UEFA Cup, when they secured a famous 2:0 home victory against English giants Chelsea FC in the second leg of the first round. Having moved from their historic ground, the Espenmoos, to a modern home stadium in 2008, the club has maintained a strong competitive presence in the top flight, notably shaped in recent years by German manager Peter Zeidler.

Ranking points season by season

Over the past five years, the club FC St. Gallen 1879 has earned a total of 4.000 points in the UEFA competitions. Its best season was 2024/25, when it earned 4.000.

Clubs ranked similarly (UEFA)

Club 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 Total
275 Latvia FK Liepaja 1.500 1.500 0.000 1.000 0.000 4.000
276 Slovenia NS Mura 2.500 1.500 0.000 0.000 0.000 4.000
277 San Marino Virtus Acquaviva 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.500 2.500 4.000
278 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 2.000 0.000 0.000 2.000 0.000 4.000
279 Switzerland FC Luzern 2.000 0.000 2.000 0.000 0.000 4.000
280 Northern Ireland Cliftonville FC 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.500 1.000 3.500
281 Malta Birkirkara FC 1.500 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 3.500
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Elo ranking

Club Elo Last changes
162 Switzerland FC St. Gallen 1879 1494 -10.53 +7.58 -5.12 +10.62 +9.52 -4.55 +3.63 +21.05 -2.42 +10.80
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See other clubs from Switzerland: FC Lugano, BSC Young Boys, FC Sion, FC Basel, FC Thun, Servette FC.

FAQ

FC St. Gallen 1879 has an Elo rating of 1494 according to the Euroranking model. The rating is updated after every match, with the latest update on 20.08.2026. The higher a club's Elo rating, the stronger its current playing strength is considered to be. The Elo rating can be used to estimate match outcome probabilities and simulate future rounds of competitions.

Football club FC St. Gallen 1879 was founded in 1879.

The club FC St. Gallen 1879 comes from Switzerland. They currently compete in the Swiss Super League.