19 Nov 2030
Tuesday
Process
225 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

18 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

21 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match

Vaduz are in real trouble now

Position 10, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Gabriele de Donno 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.

Market

Antonio Verinac has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vaduz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Liridon Berisha

16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

Filippo Berti in the eights

A performance of 9.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No hiding place for Liridon Berisha

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Liridon Berisha, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

Back issues
224 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

11 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

20 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 20, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Sion

0‑2 to Sion, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Brian Beyer gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Vaduz lose Noah Ndoye

29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

223 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

4 Nov 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

19 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 19, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Vaduz boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Lorenz Hassler keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vaduz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Filippo Berti

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.81, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Niklas Lang

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Vaduz share the spoils with Zurich

A 1‑1 draw with Zurich leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic leaves them behind him

Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

222 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

28 Oct 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Vaduz's wait for a win

18 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vaduz has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Antonio Verinac asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Altin Shala

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Honours even between Vaduz and Thun

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

  • Squad Dejan Djokic knocks on the manager's door
  • Player ratings Ayo Akinola runs at them all day
  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running
221 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

21 Oct 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Vaduz's wait for a win

17 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vaduz has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Vaduz are in real trouble now

Position 10, 4 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Gabriele de Donno asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Market

Antonio Verinac has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vaduz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Dominik Schwizer

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.18, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Dejan Djokic

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dejan Djokic, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

220 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

14 Oct 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

16 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Liridon Berisha gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Honours even between Vaduz and Luzern

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

219 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

7 Oct 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

15 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Match

Chastening afternoon for Vaduz

A 1‑4 beating by St. Gallen was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Leon Schaffran signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leon Schaffran commits to Vaduz for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Dejan Djokic

Marked 8.04 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Niklas Lang gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Inquest at Vaduz

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

218 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

30 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Vaduz's wait for a win

14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vaduz has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Uran Bislimi

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 37 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

Antonio Verinac asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Dorian Paloschi

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

No hiding place for Mats Hammerich

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mats Hammerich, and the manager let it.

Match

No goals between Vaduz and Grasshopper

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Grasshopper will be the happier side with the point.

Squad

Gabriele de Donno knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Vaduz, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

217 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

23 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Vaduz

Position 10 and 1 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Match

Nowhere to hide for Vaduz

0‑3 against Young Boys, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market

Gabriele de Donno asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Market

Only the photograph left for Antonio Verinac

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Antonio Verinac will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Vaduz the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

Inquest at Vaduz

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

216 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

16 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

12 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Lugano

0‑1 to Lugano, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Niko Dockhorn out for 32 days

The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Niko Dockhorn, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Brian Beyer gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

215 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

9 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Uran Bislimi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Uran Bislimi commits to Vaduz for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gabriele de Donno

Marked 8.96 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dejan Djokic

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Honours even between Vaduz and Sion

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings

Filippo Berti runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

214 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

2 Sep 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Dejan Djokic has been here 9 seasons

242 appearances across 9 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Squad

Uran Bislimi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Uran Bislimi and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

Zurich take the points off Vaduz

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Dorian Paloschi

Marked 8.43 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic keeps on missing

Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

213 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

26 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Antonio Verinac runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

9 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Match

Vaduz sink to position 10

0 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

The small margins put Vaduz out

Out, 0‑1 to Lugano, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Antonio Verinac is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Vaduz is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Thun take the points off Vaduz

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dorian Paloschi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

212 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

19 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Gabriele de Donno asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Match

No end in sight to Vaduz's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vaduz has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Basel

1‑3 to Basel, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

One of those days for Ayo Akinola

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.81, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Shairell Wouden signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shairell Wouden and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

Squad

No hiding place for Roman Dixon

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roman Dixon, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

Ayo Akinola finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Vaduz have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

211 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

12 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Niklas Lang signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Niklas Lang and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

Match

Vaduz come up short against Luzern

Luzern left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Vaduz lose Niko Dockhorn

75 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Gabriele de Donno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic leaves them behind him

Shots: 13. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Altin Shala

Marked 5.64, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

In brief

210 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

5 Aug 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

5 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Liridon Berisha signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Liridon Berisha and Vaduz agree another 2 years.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

St. Gallen take the points off Vaduz

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Liridon Berisha gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

The one thing Dejan Djokic could not do

Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Market

Breel Seferovic leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Breel Seferovic leaves Vaduz the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

209 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

29 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Antonio Verinac has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vaduz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

4 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Grasshopper

0‑1 to Grasshopper, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Antonio Verinac

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

The one thing Dejan Djokic could not do

Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Squad

Marcel Monsberger knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Vaduz, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

208 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

22 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Vaduz lose Dorian Paloschi

26 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Market

Haris Mvogo is a Vaduz player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Ruben Akanji is a Vaduz player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Admir Ndoye is a Vaduz player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Mario Schär comes home

The shirt still fits. Mario Schär is back at Vaduz, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Match

Vaduz come up short against Young Boys

Young Boys left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Dejan Djokic

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dejan Djokic, and the manager let it.

In brief

207 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

15 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Brian Beyer out for 35 days

The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Brian Beyer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

206 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

8 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Market

St. Gallen join the queue for Antonio Verinac

Add another name to the list: St. Gallen have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Antonio Verinac. The answer from Vaduz has not changed — yet.

Squad

Niko Dockhorn signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Niko Dockhorn and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief

205 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

1 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz are in real trouble now

Position 9, 15 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Nerves in the Vaduz squad

Uran Bislimi has been around long enough to know what the spring feels like when it goes wrong, and he can feel it. A dressing room that is frightened plays like one.

In brief

204 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

24 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Vaduz lose Dorian Paloschi

58 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Matis Brault signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matis Brault and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief

203 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

17 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Vaduz lose Brian Beyer

69 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

202 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

10 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Joss Marques da Silva out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Joss Marques da Silva, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Jonathan de Donno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Squad Nerves in the Vaduz squad
  • Market Altin Shala's agent talks up a move
  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running
201 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

3 Jun 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz sink to position 9

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Verinac

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Verinac, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Squad Nerves in the Vaduz squad
  • Squad Altin Shala knocks on the manager’s door
200 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

27 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Jonathan de Donno out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Jonathan de Donno, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

No hiding place for Axel Kedvesi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Axel Kedvesi, and the manager let it.

In brief

199 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

20 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The scrutiny sharpens at Vaduz

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Vaduz is running low.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Brian Beyer

101 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

198 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

13 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Roman Dixon gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

A wage question at Vaduz

Altin Shala has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

In brief

  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running
  • Squad The penny has dropped for Brian Beyer
197 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

6 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz sink to position 9

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Boardroom

Vaduz put Fabian Kobel on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Dominik Schwizer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dominik Schwizer and Vaduz agree another 2 years.

Boardroom

Vaduz pull $3.2M back off the table

The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.

Boardroom

Vaduz sign a deal worth $364.4K a year

Commercial news is the news nobody sings about and everything else is paid for with. The board will call it a partnership; the accountants will call it the difference between this squad and a smaller one.

In brief

  • Squad Roman Dixon asks for a word with the manager
  • Squad A wage question at Vaduz
  • Market Denis Simani leaves for nothing
  • Boardroom Vaduz were not finished after all
196 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

29 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Jonathan de Donno

48 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Loris Fassnacht

21 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

195 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

22 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Brian Beyer out for 132 days

The medical room confirms 132 days on the sidelines for Brian Beyer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

194 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

15 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Denis Simani

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Simani, and the manager let it.

Squad

Nerves in the Vaduz squad

Leon Schaffran has been around long enough to know what the spring feels like when it goes wrong, and he can feel it. A dressing room that is frightened plays like one.

In brief

  • Squad Antonio Verinac knocks on the manager's door
  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running
193 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

8 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for Vaduz

Position 9 and 15 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Filippo Berti stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Filippo Berti and Vaduz agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

192 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

1 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Jonathan de Donno

79 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Antonio Verinac

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

  • Squad Nerves in the Vaduz squad
191 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

25 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Vaduz boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Roman Dixon gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

190 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

18 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Roman Dixon asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Boardroom

The Vaduz production line keeps running

20 graduates out of an academy now rated 7 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

In brief

189 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

11 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz sink to position 9

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Philipp Rodriguez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Philipp Rodriguez and Vaduz agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

188 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

4 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Dorian Paloschi

36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Jonathan de Donno out for 110 days

The medical room confirms 110 days on the sidelines for Jonathan de Donno, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

187 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

25 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Tobias Blumenthal

16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

186 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

18 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Lukas Heeb

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Mats Hammerich knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mats Hammerich trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running
  • Squad Niklas Lang is not doing himself any favours
185 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

11 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz are in real trouble now

Position 9, 15 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Joss Marques da Silva signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joss Marques da Silva commits to Vaduz for another 3 years.

In brief

184 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

4 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Vaduz put Fabian Kobel on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Market

Antonio Verinac asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Squad

Antonio Verinac says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Jonathan de Donno

142 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Denis Simani

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

183 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

28 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Tobias Blumenthal

45 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

182 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

21 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Roman Dixon out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Roman Dixon, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Ilias Splinter signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ilias Splinter and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief

181 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

14 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for Vaduz

Position 9 and 15 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Noah Lahmadi moves on

Basel pay $3.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

In brief

180 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

7 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mats Hammerich says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Antonio Verinac puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vaduz, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Basel join the queue for Noah Lahmadi

Add another name to the list: Basel have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Noah Lahmadi. The answer from Vaduz has not changed — yet.

In brief

179 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

31 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Mats Hammerich asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

178 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

24 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Noah Lahmadi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Denis Simani asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

177 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

17 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz sink to position 9

15 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

Noah Lahmadi says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

In brief

176 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

10 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jonathan de Donno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ayo Akinola is doing the arithmetic

The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Vaduz says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.

In brief

175 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

3 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Mats Hammerich gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

174 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

26 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz out of the cup

Young Boys ended it 0‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Market

Antonio Verinac 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.

Squad

Antonio Verinac: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Vaduz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Liridon Berisha

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Vaduz dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Jonathan de Donno

Marked 5.52, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Player ratings

Altin Shala never got going

5.49 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

173 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

19 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Vaduz are in real trouble now

Position 9, 15 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

Uran Bislimi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Vaduz come up short against Lugano

Lugano left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Luca Mack's mistake decides it

Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Vaduz needed to.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marcel Monsberger

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

172 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

12 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Nobody wants to play Vaduz right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Brian Beyer

Marked 9.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Vaduz get the job done against Sion

A 2‑1 win over Sion, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Dorian Paloschi

Marked 8.86 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Dominik Schwizer in the eights

A performance of 8.52 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No place for Mats Hammerich on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Vaduz pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad

Jonathan de Donno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

171 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

5 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Uran Bislimi shuts the door

Defensive actions: 47, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Dorian Paloschi

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 32 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Vaduz boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Lukas Heeb says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Ayo Akinola

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.29, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Vaduz see off Zurich

Three points for Vaduz, 2‑0 the final word against Zurich in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Noah Lahmadi in the eights

A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

170 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

29 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Uran Bislimi shuts the door

Defensive actions: 36, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market

Antonio Verinac puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vaduz, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Luca Mack

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Ayo Akinola

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Vaduz find a way past Thun

Thun made Vaduz work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

One of those days for Noah Lahmadi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.26, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Vaduz lose Albian Shaqiri

21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

  • Squad The manager makes an example of Denis Simani
  • Boardroom Vaduz keep producing them
  • The terraces The press have found their man in Ayo Akinola
169 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

22 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Vaduz sink to position 10

6 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

6 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

Uran Bislimi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dejan Djokic

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

168 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

15 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

5 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Alessandro Lo Russo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vaduz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Vaduz come up short against Luzern

Luzern left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Dominik Schwizer

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Uran Bislimi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.57, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Ayo Akinola

Marked 8.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

No hiding place for Brian Beyer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brian Beyer, and the manager let it.

In brief

167 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

8 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Uran Bislimi

Defensive actions: 33. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Dorian Paloschi

Defensive actions: 31. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

4 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Dominik Schwizer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dominik Schwizer and Vaduz agree another 2 years.

Player ratings

Brian Beyer runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Vaduz lose Tyron Akpata

43 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Luca Mack

Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief

166 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

1 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Marcel Monsberger’s goal not enough for Vaduz

Marcel Monsberger scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Grasshopper, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Liridon Berisha

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Costly mistake from Leon Schaffran

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Leon Schaffran knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Leon Schaffran

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

165 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Every point is an argument now for Vaduz

Position 9 and 5 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

Denis Simani: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Vaduz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

Vaduz come up short against Young Boys

Young Boys left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Leon Schaffran

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leon Schaffran, and the manager let it.

In brief

164 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

17 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Vaduz come up short against Lugano

Lugano left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Marcel Monsberger

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marcel Monsberger, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A day to forget for Altin Shala

Marked 5.35, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Marcel Monsberger

A mark of 5.78 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

163 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Uran Bislimi shuts the door

Defensive actions: 27, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

Dejan Djokic sends Vaduz past Sion

It finished 1‑0, and it was Dejan Djokic’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Vaduz.

Player ratings

One of those days for Dejan Djokic

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.35, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Roman Dixon signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Roman Dixon and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

Luca Mack shuts the door

Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Noah Lahmadi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Levin Lampert

34 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

162 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

3 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

10 matches without a win for Vaduz

The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Vaduz are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Luca Mack

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Zurich

0‑1 to Zurich, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Joe Boggan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joe Boggan commits to Vaduz for another 4 years.

Player ratings

Ayo Akinola runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Jonathan de Donno never got going

5.52 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Market

Roman Dixon linked with a move away

The name of Roman Dixon keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Vaduz say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

161 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Leon Schaffran decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Cup progress for Vaduz

A 0‑0 win over Lugano, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match

No end in sight to Vaduz's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vaduz has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Vaduz sink to position 10

2 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Player ratings

Joss Marques da Silva shuts the door

Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Alessio Hasler

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Joe Boggan

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic in the eights

A performance of 8.31 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

160 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Leon Schaffran

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Niklas Lang: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Vaduz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

In brief

159 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Roman Dixon keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vaduz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Vaduz against Luzern

0‑2 to Luzern, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dejan Djokic

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

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.

Squad

Vaduz lose Simon Fernandes

22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Dejan Djokic

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Player ratings

Jonathan de Donno never got going

5.49 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

158 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

6 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Vaduz

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

8 seasons of Dejan Djokic

219 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Vaduz know what they have.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Vaduz lose Noah Lahmadi

20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Vaduz come up short against St. Gallen

St. Gallen left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Liridon Berisha

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Liridon Berisha, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Dejan Djokic keeps on missing

Shots: 11, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Market

The clock runs on Jonathan de Donno's contract

36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief

157 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

30 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Leon Schaffran keeps Vaduz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

No end in sight to Vaduz's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vaduz has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Ayo Akinola was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Dorian Paloschi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.72, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Dominik Schwizer in the eights

A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriele de Donno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Dorian Paloschi rescues a point for Vaduz

It needed Dorian Paloschi to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Grasshopper, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Squad

Dorian Paloschi finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Vaduz have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ayo Akinola

Successful dribbles: 11. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

156 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

23 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Vaduz

A 0‑4 beating by Young Boys was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Remo Comert comes home

The shirt still fits. Remo Comert is back at Vaduz, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Breel Seferovic is a Vaduz player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Philipp Schär comes home

The shirt still fits. Philipp Schär is back at Vaduz, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Renato Akanji comes home

The shirt still fits. Renato Akanji is back at Vaduz, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Leon Schaffran

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Vaduz board go back on their word

Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Vaduz dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

In brief

155 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

16 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Ilan Ettori

28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad

Marcel Monsberger gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Squad A wage question at Vaduz
154 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

9 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Cédric Gasser has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vaduz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Vaduz count the cost of losing Noah Lahmadi

51 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

153 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Dejan Djokic signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dejan Djokic and Vaduz agree another 4 years.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Verinac

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Verinac, and the manager let it.

In brief

152 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

25 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Junior Robinson signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Junior Robinson and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief

151 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

18 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Axel Kedvesi knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Axel Kedvesi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

The manager comes out for Liridon Berisha

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Liridon Berisha has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

  • Squad Ayo Akinola is training like a man with a point to make
150 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

11 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Only the photograph left for Cédric Gasser

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Cédric Gasser will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Vaduz the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Altin Shala

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Altin Shala, and the manager let it.

Market

Daris Zulji leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daris Zulji leaves Vaduz the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market

Cedric Widmer leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Cedric Widmer leaves Vaduz the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Boardroom

Vaduz keep producing them

10 graduates from an academy now rated 7 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.

In brief

149 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Verinac

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Verinac, and the manager let it.

Squad

Is this Denis Simani’s last season?

“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Denis Simani is 37, with 11 appearances behind him, and Vaduz will have to plan for whichever answer comes.

In brief

  • Squad Josh Dede knocks on the manager's door
148 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Vaduz boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Niklas Lang knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Niklas Lang trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

147 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

21 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Alessandro Lo Russo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Vaduz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Niklas Lang knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Niklas Lang trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

146 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Cédric Gasser has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Vaduz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Marcel Monsberger

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marcel Monsberger, and the manager let it.

In brief

145 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

7 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Vaduz put Fabian Kobel on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Niko Dockhorn signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Niko Dockhorn and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief

144 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Noah Lahmadi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

143 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Roman Dixon

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roman Dixon, and the manager let it.

Squad

Questions about Liridon Berisha on the training pitch

The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.

In brief

142 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Cédric Gasser is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Vaduz is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Ayo Akinola was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

No hiding place for Denis Simani

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Simani, and the manager let it.

In brief

  • Squad A wage question at Vaduz
  • Squad Alessio Hasler knocks on the manager's door
  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running
141 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Marcel Monsberger stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Marcel Monsberger and Vaduz agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Niko Dockhorn gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

140 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Niklas Lang says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

In brief

139 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Gabriele de Donno gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Antonio Verinac asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

138 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Cédric Gasser is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Vaduz is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Omari Mrisho gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

137 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Axel Kedvesi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Dorian Paloschi has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Vaduz that is a harder question to answer.

In brief

136 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

5 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vaduz

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Altin Shala says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Leon Schaffran signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Leon Schaffran and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief

135 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Denis Simani gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Josh Dede asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

134 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Only the photograph left for Cédric Gasser

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Cédric Gasser will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Vaduz the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Altin Shala

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Altin Shala, and the manager let it.

In brief

133 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Matis Brault signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matis Brault commits to Vaduz for another 3 years.

Squad

No hiding place for Alessandro Lo Russo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alessandro Lo Russo, and the manager let it.

In brief

132 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Fabian Kobel has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Vaduz can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Vaduz boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad

Alessandro Lo Russo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vaduz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio Verinac

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Verinac, and the manager let it.

Boardroom

$2.7M taken back off the Vaduz table

What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.

In brief

131 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Axel Kedvesi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Axel Kedvesi commits to Vaduz for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gabriele de Donno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

130 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Denis Simani asks to leave Vaduz

“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.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Roman Dixon gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

129 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Junior Robinson still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Vaduz would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Squad

Altin Shala has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Vaduz that is a harder question to answer.

In brief

128 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

8 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

St. Gallen come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Vaduz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Liridon Berisha stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Liridon Berisha and Vaduz agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Ayo Akinola was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

127 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Uran Bislimi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Denis Simani is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Vaduz has been clear about where Denis Simani stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marcel Monsberger

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

126 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

25 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mats Hammerich says Vaduz went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Uran Bislimi 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.

Squad

Vaduz lose Mouhamed Souare

15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

  • Squad Roman Dixon gets it from the manager
  • Boardroom The Vaduz production line keeps running