FC Rapperswil-Jona, officially known as FC Rapperswil-Jona 1928, is a Swiss football club based in Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen. The club was founded in 1928 and currently competes in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football, following promotion from the Promotion League in the 2024–25 season. The club’s official website identifies it as the largest sports club on Lake Zurich and the second-largest association in Switzerland, with more than 1,000 members and nearly 50 teams in league play. [1] [2]
Design and History
The club’s visual identity is rooted in the heraldry of the Rapperswil-Jona municipality. The municipal coat of arms, adopted on December 1, 2005, and valid from January 1, 2007, when the towns of Rapperswil and Jona merged, shows two red roses on white with a blue wavy bar representing the Jona river. The roses derive from the coat of arms of the Counts of Rapperswil and also appeared on the old arms of Jona. [3] [4]
The club’s colors are documented as red and white. The RSSSF archive of Swiss team colors lists FC Rapperswil-Jona as playing in all red, and a 2021 report on the club’s corporate sponsorship noted that players received company cars in the club colors of red and white. [5] [6] The club’s 2025–26 home kit, produced by Macron, is described as a solid red design with black accents. [7]
No documented designer, redesign date, or detailed visual evolution of the club crest itself has been found in available sources. The club’s official website does not provide a history of its logo or visual identity changes.
Meaning and Symbolism
The municipal emblem that informs the club’s identity carries documented heraldic meaning. The two red roses come from the coat of arms of the Counts of Rapperswil, while the blue wavy bar symbolizes the Jona river, which historically formed the border between the communes of Jona and Rapperswil. [4] The roses also appeared on the old arms of Jona, linking both constituent communities of the merged municipality. [3]
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