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| Full name | Association du Servette Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Grenats (The Maroons) | |||
| Founded | 17 January 1900 | |||
| Ground | Stade de Genève | |||
| Capacity | 30,084 | |||
| Owner | 1890 Foundation | |||
| Chairman | Hervé Boch | |||
| Sporting director | René Weiler | |||
| Coach | Thomas Häberli | |||
| League | Swiss Super League | |||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Super League, 3rd of 12 | |||
| Website | servettefc.ch | |||
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Servette FC is a Swiss professional football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the Swiss Super League.
Servette is one of Switzerland's most successful clubs and the most successful Romandy club, winning 17 national titles, as well as 8 Swiss cups. Founded in 1890, the team has spent the majority of its history in the top flight of Swiss football, regularly contesting for the title. They are rivals with FC Lausanne-Sport and FC Sion.
However, after their last league title in 1999, Servette began experiencing financial problems, which led to a turbulent decade. The club was relegated to the third division in 2004–05 due to a bankruptcy, but achieved promotion to the Swiss Challenge League after the 2005–06 season, where the club remained until 2011. Servette earned promotion to the Swiss Super League after defeating Bellinzona in a relegation/promotion playoff on 31 May 2011. The club finished fourth in its first season back in the top flight, thereby gaining entrance to the Europa League second round qualification round for the 2012–13 season. However, they were relegated at the end of the 2013 season. They returned to the Swiss first tier in 2019, being promoted as Challenge League champions with a 15 points lead in front of the 2nd ranked FC Aarau.