The Rapperswil-Jona Chronicle
Market19 Jul 2027
Leon Borković asks to leave Rapperswil-Jona
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Rapperswil-Jona
Jonathan Fontana and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Rapperswil-Jona
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on David Ivić
Rapperswil-Jona asked and Zeleznicar Pancevo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Jul 2027
Rapperswil-Jona promote Noah Freuler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noah Freuler has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
Cedric Schär steps up from the Rapperswil-Jona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cedric Schär has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Djibril Okafor steps up from the Rapperswil-Jona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Djibril Okafor has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Rapperswil-Jona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Samuel Biek is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Rapperswil-Jona say no to the training-ground money
The plan went upstairs and came back down. Nothing about that will make a headline anywhere else, and everybody who works at the training ground will remember it for years.
In brief
- The dugout Samuel Biek knocks on the manager's door
- Squad A season on the outside for Saidy Janko
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Wil