The Vaduz Gazette
Match19 Aug 2026
Vaduz march on in the cup
Grasshopper are out and Vaduz go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Vaduz turn down Lugano for Dominik Schwizer
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ângelo Campos hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Vaduz can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ayo Akinola in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vaduz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jorrit Smeets falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Vaduz supporters have found a favourite in Malik Sawadogo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Malik Sawadogo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Luca Mack
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luca Mack, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Vaduz
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Malik Sawadogo
- Match Vaduz and Thun cancel each other out
- Player ratings Nicolas Hasler spends the afternoon fouling