UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen

UHC Waldkirch-St.Gallen is a Swiss floorball team out of Waldkirch and St. Gallen, which plays in the highest Swiss league.[1]

UHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen
Full nameUHC Waldkirch-St. Gallen
Nickname(s)UHC WaSa
Short nameUHC WaSa
Founded1997
GroundTal der Demut
Capacity1500
ChairmanJoe P. Stöckli
ManagerFabian Arvidsson
LeagueNational League A
Websitehttp://www.uhcwasa.ch/en/

History

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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

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Pos Nr Name Nationality
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

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  1. ^ "Club History – UHC Waldkirch – St. Gallen". UHC Waldkirch – St. Gallen. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
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