SC Buochs
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SC Buochs is a Swiss football club, founded in 1934 (officially). The club colours are blue and white derived from the town Buochs
Buochs
Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.-History:Buochs is first mentioned in 1124 as Boches. In 1184 it was mentioned as Buoches in 1210 as Buches, and in 1229 as Buchs.-Geography:...

's coat of arms.

Their home ground is Stadion Seefeld, which has a proclaimed capacity of 5'000 (1000 seats, 4000 standing). However and average of a couple hundred per home game( varying on significance) who turn up to watch their club play.

SC Buochs's greatest success was playing one season (1972/73) in the second pier of Swiss Football, at that time still National Liga B (NLB), which is now been renamed to the Challenge League
Challenge League
The Swiss Challenge League is the second highest tier of the Swiss Football League. Sixteen teams play in the Challenge League. The winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, and the bottom two teams are relegated to the 1. Liga...

.

SC Buochs are currently playing in the 2 Liga Interregional after being relegated from the Swiss 1. Liga (football)
Swiss 1. Liga (football)
1. Liga is the third tier of the Swiss Football League. The division is split into three groups of 16 teams, by geographical region.-Regional Format:...

 2 years ago in the season 2005/06.

Fc Avanti

Is a Football Club located in the lake side town of Buochs in Canton Nidwalden
Nidwalden
Nidwalden is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population is 40,287 of which 4,046 are foreigners. The capital is Stans.-History:...

 Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. The club first started with the Name "Fc Avanti" after World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 (1918-1919 estimated) but didn't have the status of proper football club. It was made by some football loving chaps after the First World War, however disappeared around 1924 to be replaced by the actual SC buochs in 1934 (officially).

Founding of SC Buochs

In 1933 was the first attempt made to establish SC Buochs but it failed due to only 9 people turning up which was insufficient to inaugurate the club. However then on the 21 of September 1934 13 'Friends of Football' met up to commence this new football Club, SC Buochs.

History of club

SC Buochs was initially an athletics club with the "SC" meaning sport club in German. SC Buochs started off in the lowest league in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 called the "Serie C" playing against in a small pool of amateur sides at first. As World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 started in 1939 the football was put to a stand still until 1941. A great amount of the clubs didn't have an actual football field during this time as it was used for the cultivation of field crops, subsequently results in clubs like Hergiswil
Hergiswil
Hergiswil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.-Geography:Hergiswil has an area, , of . Of this area, 29.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.4% is forested...

 using Buochs's primacies. This also resulted in these clubs having withdraw which earned Buochs a promotion without actually being promoted to the 3 Liga.

Buochs 1

"Buochs 1" refers to SC Buochs first squad that currently play in the 2 Liga Interregional which is one of the many forth piers in Swiss football. They are the best team in Canton Nidwalden and used to be one of the best teams in the IFV (Innerschweizer Fussball Verband) and is a considerable force to reckon with once this young team flourishes to compact squad with a lot of experience. There have been a few exceptional players who have played for this 'petty' club in the 'heart of Switzerland', including Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League.-Football career:Zanni started off playing football for SC Buochs and then was scouted by Grasshopper-Club Zürich subsequently starting his professional career with Grasshopper-Club in 1998 at the age of 18...

,(currently playing for FC Basel
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...

), Selver Hodžić
Selver Hodzic
Selver Hodžić is a Bosnian-Swiss football defender playing for FC Lugano from the Swiss Challenge League....

 (who played in the champions league later with FC Thun
FC Thun
FC Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club currently plays in the Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2009/10 season. The club plays at the Arena Thun which accommodates a total of 10,300 supporters, both seated and standing...

) and Ryszard Komornicki (who played with Poland in the 1986 World Cup).

Juniors

SC buochs has a quality Junior program starting with the" football school" during spring teaching the youngsters the fundamentals of shooting, technique, rules, endurance and comradship before actually playing for the club. The clubs youth program starts at F Juniors all the way up to A juniors and after that Buochs
Buochs
Buochs is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.-History:Buochs is first mentioned in 1124 as Boches. In 1184 it was mentioned as Buoches in 1210 as Buches, and in 1229 as Buchs.-Geography:...

 1 or 2 and 3. Over the past years there have been some young and talented players who emerged from Buochs's youth system and have managed to play professionally or transferred to a professional club during the juniors and are still playing youth football. Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League.-Football career:Zanni started off playing football for SC Buochs and then was scouted by Grasshopper-Club Zürich subsequently starting his professional career with Grasshopper-Club in 1998 at the age of 18...

 who played for the Switzerland national under-21 football team
Switzerland national under-21 football team
The Switzerland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association...

 and now plays for FC Basel
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...

 and Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for AC Bellinzona.-External links:* at Eurosoccer.ch *http://www.soccerway.com/players/christophe-lambert/11364/...

 who currently plays for FC Luzern.

Seefeld

SC Buochs's home ground is located by the Lake of Lucerne, consisting of three pitches (one of them being artificial, two natural grass), one main building for changing, storage, office and stands and a restaurant.

Notable players

Selver Hodžić
Selver Hodzic
Selver Hodžić is a Bosnian-Swiss football defender playing for FC Lugano from the Swiss Challenge League....

 Owusu Benson
Owusu Benson
Owusu Benson or Benson Owusu is a Ghanaian football player. He currently plays for SC Buochs.- Career :He played in Switzerland since 1995, except one and a half year left for JEF United Japan. He also holds a Swiss passport....

 Ryszard Komornicki Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert is a footballer from Switzerland who currently plays as defender for AC Bellinzona.-External links:* at Eurosoccer.ch *http://www.soccerway.com/players/christophe-lambert/11364/...

 Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni
Reto Zanni is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League.-Football career:Zanni started off playing football for SC Buochs and then was scouted by Grasshopper-Club Zürich subsequently starting his professional career with Grasshopper-Club in 1998 at the age of 18...


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