FC Guardia

FC Guardia is a Vaticanese football club that currently plays in the Vatican City Championship, the top level of football in Vatican City. The current club president is Christoph Graf and the current manager is Fabio Bortoluzzi.[1] The team, like all Vatican clubs, plays its matches at the Campo Cardinale Francis Joseph Spellman in Rome, Italy.[2] Despite being founded in 1934, the team has never won the league championship.[3][4][5] The squad consists of members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard.[6]

FC Guardia
Full nameFootball Club Guardia
Founded1934
GroundCampo Cardinale Francis Joseph Spellman
Rome, Italy
Capacity500
ChairmanChristoph Graf
ManagerFabio Bortoluzzi
LeagueVatican City Championship
2016/178th

In October 2017 the team was a guest of German football club FC Bayern Munich, touring their facilities and meeting with its Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti.[7]

Current squad
As of 10 May 2017[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
—   SUI Gian Andri Arpagaus
—   SUI Philipp Bischof
—   SUI Barnabé Borreggine
—   SUI Maxime Bruchez
—   SUI Nikolaus Brunner
—   SUI Oliver Bühlmann
—   SUI Gian Luca Burkard
—   SUI Antoine Campo
—   SUI Remy Castella
—   SUI Nico Castelluzzo
—   SUI Arnaud Cattin
—   SUI Federico Cosma
—   SUI Michael Di Maria
—   SUI Cyril Duruz
—   SUI Guillaume Favre
—   SUI Andrea Foletti
—   SUI Yves Frei
—   SUI Theophane Gaillard
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   SUI Andrew Galantay
—   SUI Dorian Germiquet
—   SUI Mauro Giovanola
—   SUI Sebastian Hahn
—   SUI Fabian Halter
—   SUI Sandro Hildebrand
—   SUI Filippo Inches
—   SUI Karl Inderbitzin
—   SUI Christian Kuhne
—   SUI Fabio Remo Paggiola
—   SUI Lucas Perera
—   SUI Mario Pfister
—   SUI Oliver Ritz
—   SUI Romain Sahli
—   SUI Lucas Schafer
—   SUI Clemens Shaffhauser
—   SUI Marco Tavares Marques
—   SUI Nicolai Weyl

References
  1. "FC Guardia" (PDF) (in Italian). Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. "Storia" (in Italian). Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. Mattei, Giampala. "Lo scudetto vaticano? Ai Gendarmi E per gli Svizzeri «zero tituli»" (in Italian). L'Osservatore Romano. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. Rota, Davide. "Vatican City-List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. "Albo d'Oro" (in Italian). Sport in Vaticano. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. "Vita Nella Guardia" (in Italian). guardiasvizzera.va. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  7. "Vatikan Fussballer besuchen Carlo Ancelotti" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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