Now a football euphoria has broken out in Schaffhausen! While the rivals Winterthur and Aarau mobilize the most fans in the Challenge League, leader FCS has so far had an average of almost 900 fans. But now this: The rise thriller against Aarau is sold out with 8222 entries.
Never before have so many people seen a football game in the Munot city. In 2017 there were 7,727 fans at the opening game in the new arena, while the old stadium width could not hold more than 7,500 spectators.
Record backdrop – what a final bang in a crazy FCS season. Because it starts with a shock. Coach Murat Yakin (47) is moving to the national team. The supposed successor Artim Shaqiri (48) from North Macedonia does not get a work permit.
Andermatt takes over as an emergency solution
But the mess turns into a stroke of luck: Because when Martin Andermatt (60) takes over as an emergency solution and his former player Hakan Yakin (45) becomes an assistant coach at eye level, the Schaffhauser Express gets rolling. In the league it goes up from 8th place, overwintering is 4th place.
Captain Uran Bislimi says before the second half of the season: “We have the best team in the league!” The opponents are still smiling. But Schaffhausen hasn’t lost since March 1 and mercilessly exploited the weak phases in Aarau and Winti. In February, old star Raul Bobadilla (34) joins FCS, the risk transfer pays off in full.
The fan sector scandal in March shows that the team around league top scorer Joaquin Ardaiz (23) is not bothered by irritation off the pitch. President Roland Klein and the FCS fans are arguing publicly whether the club should close the fan sector for reasons of savings or not. Crazy: A few weeks later this sector is sold out like all the others. Schaffhausen is upside down and dreams of the Super League.
But with which coach? Possibly with Hakan Yakin. He said in the “Schaffhauser Nachrichten” that he would like to be a head coach somewhere when he is included in the upcoming pro license course from summer. Since the FCS would be obvious.
Especially since Andermatt was terminated according to the “Aargauer Zeitung”. As Klein says, only because the league affiliation is not yet clear, they will sit together after the end of the season. He wants to almost double the budget in the Upper House of around 3 million. If you win against Aarau, Klein can speed up these plans!
Ten Challenge League
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