FC Stade Nyonnais

FC Stade Nyonnais is an association football club based in the town of Nyon, Switzerland. The team currently competes in the Promotion League, the third tier of the Swiss football league system and plays its home matches at Stade de Colovray, where it has been since 1991. Founded in 1905, it is nicknamed the "jaune et noir" (which translates to "yellow and black") and affiliated to the Vaud Cantonal Football Association.

History

FC Stade Nyonnais was founded in 1905 by then-teenagers Oscar Aeby, Edmond Delay, Emile Aeby and Pierre Robin as Bluet. Football was rapidly popularising in Nyon and Switzerland at the start of the 20th Century and the club was one of many emerging football teams in the town along with FC Nyon (who were the first club in Nyon), Fortuna Nyon, Nyon-Sport, Nyon FC, and Rive. As an editor of the Feuille d'avis de Lausanne (now renamed to 24 heures) wrote on September 24, 1904, “currently, there is no town or even village without its own football club. This is understandable. Played in the open air, in the middle of the green countryside, football interests, excites, strengthens and quickly develops supporters" (original quote in French: «A l'heure actuelle, il n'est pas jusqu'a la moindre ville, meme jusqu'au village qui n'ait son club de football. Ceci se comprend. Pratique en plein air, au milieu de la verte campagne, le football interesse, passionne, fortifie et a vite fait des partisans»). They initially played their home games at a courtyard of a local Catholic church in Nyon. The pitch dimensions, however, did not meet requirements and they therefore relocated to Place Perdtemps (now converted into a car park) in 1906. Their stay there ended swiftly as the local authorities took issue with having a group of boys (their oldest player was 18 at the time) playing football in a public space. The club played their first 4 seasons in the Coup de Leman; a competition created by FC Nyon in which all clubs in Romandy competed in. After undergoing several