FC Solothurn is a Swiss football club based in Solothurn, Switzerland. The club has formerly played in the Challenge League (2nd tier) and currently play in 1. Liga Classic (4th tier).
FC Solothurn is ranking as the number 1 club of Switzerland in the all-time table of the 1. Liga.
From season 1925âÂÂ26 to 1930âÂÂ31, when a new system got introduced, FC Solothurn played in the highest football league in Switzerland.
The former manager of Grasshopper Club Zürich, Hanspeter Latour, managed FC Solothurn for 13 years in 1983âÂÂ1996. In the 1997âÂÂ98 season the club reached the Promotion Group to the Nationalliga A and missed the promotion by one point. 2001 the club was in the last place in the Nationalliga B and was relegated to the 1. Liga, where it plays since then.