- Address: La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Country: Swiss Confederation
- Capacity: 12,000
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- Main use: Football
- Tenants: FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (football)
Extra stadium info – Stade de la Charrière
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds use the stadium named Stade de la Charrière for home matches. The football club was founded in 1894. They won the Swiss cup tournament several times. In 1948, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the Swiss cup tournament for the first time in their history. They won the Swiss cup tournament four times in the 1950s. FC La Chaux-de-Fonds won their fifth Swiss cup title in 1961.
Swiss football champions and the European championship for football clubs
In 1954, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds were crowned Swiss football champions for the first time in their history. They won 20 of the 26 league games during that football season. Two of those 26 games ended in a draw. In 1955, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds were crowned Swiss football champions for the second time in their history. They won 19 of the 26 matches in that domestic league season. Four of those 26 matches ended in a draw. FC La Chaux-de-Fonds won the Swiss top-flight football league in 1964 for the third time in their history. The same year, they made their debut in the European championship for football clubs.
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds versus Sport Lisboa e Benfica
On 9 December 1964, FC La Chaux-de-Fonds faced the Portuguese side Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the European championship for football clubs. That day, Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the tournament after defeating FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. Several players from Sport Lisboa e Benfica scored against FC La Chaux-de-Fonds on 9 December 1964. One of those players was the football legend Eusébio da Silva Ferreira.
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira was born in Africa in 1942. He scored played 301 domestic league matches for SL Benfica. Eusébio scored 317 goals in those 301 matches. He also played 64 games for the national football team of the Portuguese Republic, commonly known as Portugal. Eusébio scored 41 goals in those 64 games. In 1962, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira won the European championship for football clubs with Benfica after beating the Spanish side Real Madrid. He scored once in the final between Benfica and Real Madrid, which took place in the Dutch city of Amsterdam in front of 61,000 spectators.
