Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss

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....

 omnisport club based in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

. Its football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 section was founded in 1896.

The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève.

Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against Young Boys. This same year, the club is champion of the French part of Switzerland (Champion romand).

In 1931, UGS finishes at the second place of the Swiss championship, just behind Grasshopper Club Zürich.

Actually UGS plays in the third Swiss division, a non professional league.

For the 2010/2011 season, and for its away games, the players will wear a special blue/white jersey commemorating the coming to UGS of the Argentine Alberto Tarantini 20 years ago. Tarantini was World champion in 1978 and realised a goal against Peru, being the youngest player of his team. At that time he was a free-non team player, signed directly with the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino(AFA).

Current squad

Notable former players

Augustine Simo

Augustine Simo

Augustine Simo is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for FC UGS.-Career:Simo played for several clubs in Europe, including AS Saint-Étienne in France and AC Lugano, Neuchâtel Xamax, FC Zürich and FC Aarau in Switzerland....

 Roger Courtois

Roger Courtois

Roger Courtois was a French association football striker and manager.He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1934 and 1938.- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:* Division 1: 1935, 1938* Coupe de France: 1937...

 Samir Ibrahim

Samir Ibrahim

Samir Ibrahim is a Libyan footballer. He currently plays for Hapoel Halat al-Sharif Tamra.-Playing career:On May 27, 2009 the North York Astros under newly appointed head coach Uğur Çimen announced the signing of Ibrahim for the 2009 season. He made his debut for the Astros in a 2-0 defeat away at...

 Guilherme Afonso

Guilherme Afonso

Guilherme Afonso is a professional footballer who plays for Swiss club FC Sion, as a striker. He has dual Angolan-Swiss nationality.-Career:...

 Eugène Parlier

Eugène Parlier

Eugène Parlier is a Swiss football goalkeeper who played for Switzerland in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Neuchâtel Xamax, Servette FC, Urania Genève Sport, FC Biel-Bienne, FC Lausanne-Sport, and Étoile Carouge FC....

 Roger Vonlanthen

Roger Vonlanthen

Roger Vonlanthen is a retired Swiss football player and manager.During his club career he played for Grasshoppers , Inter Milan , Alessandria and Lausanne . He earned 27 caps and scored 8 goals for the Switzerland national football team from 1954 to 1966, and participated in two World Cups...

 Eugène Walaschek

Managerial history

• Waldvogel (1928-29)
• Conrad Ross (1932)
• Albert Châtelain (1940-49)
• Ludwick Dupal (1949-50)
• Georges Aeby
  Georges Aeby
  Georges Aeby was a Swiss footballer who played for Switzerland in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He also played for FC Biel-Bienne, Servette FC, FC Lausanne-Sport, and Urania Genève Sport. He was Paul Aeby's younger brother....
  
   (1950-53)
• Genia Walachek (1953-60)
• Albert Châtelain (1961-71)
• Roland Guillod (1971-72)
• René Schneider (1972-73)
• Albert Châtelain (1973-74)
• Francis Anker (1974-76)
• Gaston Sar (1976-77)

• Jean Coutaz
• Rody Tschan (1981-84)
• Paul Garbani (1987-89)
• Gérard Castella (1989-93)
• Miroslav Tlokinski (1993-94)
• Paul Garbani (1994-95)
• Paul Garbani (1997-01)
• Albert Châtelain (2001-02)
• Jean-Noël Dumont (2002-05)
• Borisav Mitrovic (2005-)
• David Joye

External links

Official website