UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen
Appearance
Full name | UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen |
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Nickname(s) | UHC WaSa |
Short name | UHC WaSa |
Founded | 1997 |
Ground | Tal der Demut |
Capacity | 1500 |
Chairman | Joe P. Stöckli |
Manager | Fabian Arvidsson |
League | National League A |
Website | http://www.uhcwasa.ch/en/ |
UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen is a Swiss floorball team out of Waldkirch and St. Gallen, which plays in the highest Swiss league.[1]
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1997 through the fusion of the club UHC St.Gallen and the TSV Waldkirch. In the season 2002/03 WaSa were promoted to the national league A for the first time in the club's history. After two season the club out of the Eastern part of Switzerland were relegated to the league B.
Another two years later in 2007/08 they were promoted again. WaSa won the Best-of-five series against the last of the league a Club, Basel Magic, with 3:0. The last game of this series was attempted by more than a thousand visitors.
In 2017 the women team advanced to the highest Swiss league.
Squad 2015/2016
[edit]Pos | Nr | Name | Nationality |
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T | 1 | Ruven Gruber | Switzerland |
T | 39 | Dominic Jud | Switzerland |
V | 15 | Stefan Meier | Switzerland |
V | 21 | Manuel Büsser | Switzerland |
V | 22 | Moreno Sonderegger | Switzerland |
V | 23 | Patrick Obrist | Switzerland |
V | 24 | Andrin Flüeler | Switzerland |
V | 44 | Thomas Mittelholzer | Switzerland |
V | 53 | Markus Olavi Lajunen | Finland |
V | 99 | Jeanot Eschbach | Switzerland |
C | 11 | Louis Pfau | Switzerland |
C | 12 | Dario Löhrer | Switzerland |
C | 13 | Gustav Kroona | Sweden |
S | 14 | Andrin Zellweger | Switzerland |
S | 5 | Manuel Rüegg | Switzerland |
S | 10 | Chris Eschbach | Switzerland |
S | 17 | Sandro Büchel | Switzerland |
S | 19 | Silas Lienert | Switzerland |
S | 20 | Maurin Rüegg | Switzerland |
S | 27 | Roman Mittelholzer | Switzerland |
S | 72 | Riku Laaksonen | Finland |
Coaches | |||
HC | Fabian Arvidsson | Sweden | |
AC | Jérôme Baumann | Switzerland | |
AC | Benjamin Zöllig | Switzerland | |
GC | Kornelius Birrer | Switzerland |
References
[edit]- ^ "Club History – UHC Waldkirch – St. Gallen". UHC Waldkirch – St. Gallen. Retrieved 16 January 2016.