FC Lugano — season around 1995/96 (Switzerland)

Below are key facts and context for FC Lugano around the 1995/96 season. Some specifics (exact squad lists, match results) can vary by source; the summary focuses on club identity, competition level, stadium, likely competitions and typical squad/staff structure for that period.

• Club name: Football Club Lugano (commonly “FC Lugano”)
• Location: Lugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland
• Home stadium: Stadio Cornaredo (capacity ~15,000–16,000 during the 1990s)
• Coach/Manager (as requested): Roberto Morinini — listed by the user as coach around 1995/96. Historical records from some databases show several managerial changes for Lugano during the mid-1990s; if you need confirmation from a specific match programme, newspaper archive or federation register, archival sources should be consulted.
• Competition level: Swiss Nationalliga A (the top tier of Swiss football in that era; later renamed the Swiss Super League)
• Typical competitions for the season:
  • Nationalliga A (league campaign)
  • Swiss Cup (domestic cup competition)
  • Possible European competition if they had qualified in the previous season (UEFA Cup / Cup Winners' Cup depending on prior results)
• Common squad composition (mid‑1990s): Mixture of Swiss players (often including Italian‑speaking Ticino natives) and a few foreign professionals from Italy, other European countries or South America. Squads then were typically 20–25 players with two or three goalkeepers registered.
• Club colors and crest: White and black are traditional home colors; crest features a stylized shield with club initials and local motifs (subject to small design changes over time).
• Context in the 1990s: FC Lugano has historically oscillated between mid‑table and fighting for higher places in Swiss top flight; the mid‑1990s saw clubs across Switzerland experiencing financial and administrative changes which affected squad turnover and management stability.

Sources and next steps

• If you want precise league position, full squad list, fixtures or results for the 1995/96 season, I can retrieve/assemble those from historical league tables and match records. Specify which detail you want (league finish, appearance/goals for each player, cup run, dates of matches, or confirmations of Roberto Morinini’s tenure from archival newspapers).
• For primary verification, recommended sources are Swiss Football Association archives, contemporary newspaper archives (e.g., local Ticino papers), and historical football databases (RSSSF, WorldFootball.net, Transfermarkt).