Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva.
Founded in 1890, Servette won 17 Swiss league championships and seven Swiss cups. In the 2003-04 season the club finished third in the Swiss Super League, the top league in Switzerland. However, on 4 February 2005 the parent company of the club was declared bankrupt with debts of over 10 million Swiss francs, having not paid the players since the previous September, and consequently the club suffered an exodus of players looking for paying clubs. As a consequence of the bankruptcy the club will be demoted two divisions.
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