| Full name | Football Femminile Lugano 1976 | ||
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| Founded | 1976 | ||
| Ground | Stadio di Cornaredo | ||
| Capacity | 6,330[1] | ||
| Chairman | Emanuele Gaiarin | ||
| Manager | Massimo Migliorini[2] | ||
| League | Nationalliga A | ||
| 2018–19 | 2nd | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Football Femminile Lugano 1976 known as FF Lugano 1976 or simply Lugano are a Swiss women's football team from Lugano, Ticino who play domestically in the Frauen Nationalliga A.[3]
Since 2015 and through their chairman Emanuele Gaiarin, encourage young American footballers who have played NCAA soccer to play for them by providing free accommodation and classes in Italian.[4] Through this approach, they finished second in the 2018–19 season and made their European debut in the 2019–20 Women's Champions League. The majority of the current squad are American.
- ^ "Lugano - Cornaredo Stadium". www.myfootygrounds.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Lugano 1976, F. F. (1 October 2019). "A huge congratulations to @MassimoMiglio for signing on as our new head coach! We are excited for what's ahead pic.twitter.com/NMxOtgiPUX". @FFLugano_1976. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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- ^ Goff, Steven. "16 U.S. soccer players find a home in Switzerland — and in the Champions League". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2019.