FC Sion and 2012. The club are known for their club football chant: ""sit down if you love Sitten"" a wordplay on the town's German name Sitten. The club also has a training centre near its office in Martigny and a youth development center in nearby Riddes. FC Sion Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion (). The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and the Swiss Cup in 13 of
Gheorghe Sion Gheorghe Sion Gheorghe Sion (May 22, 1822 – October 1, 1892) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, playwright, translator and memoirist. He was born in Mamornița to "paharnic" (royal cup-bearer) Ioniță Sion and his wife Eufrosina ("née" Schina), the daughter of Filiki Eteria member Gheorghe Schina. His uncles included Constantin Sion, author of a semi-fictitious noble genealogy ("Arhondologia Moldovei"); and "spătar" Antohi Sion, the rumored author of "Izvodul lui Clănău", an outright forgery. After spending two years (1837-1839) at Saint Sava College in Bucharest, the capital of Wallachia, he returned to his native Moldavia. Entering the Iași-based provincial administration, he