FC Sion 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 their 14 appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2015. FC Sion were founded in 1909 by Robert Gilliard, who became club captain, and played their first match the same year, a 3–2 win against FC Aigle. The club grew thanks to contributions
Gheorghe Sion elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy. In Bucharest, he founded "Revista Carpaților" in 1860 and, together with V. A. Urechia, published "Transacțiuni literare și științifice" starting in 1872. His volumes included poetry ("Ciasurile de mulțămire a lui Gheorghe Sion", 1844; "Din poeziile lui Gheorghe Sion", 1857), plays ("Influința morală", 1869; "La Plevna!", 1878; "Dramatice", 1879; "Sărutarea", 1888), a travel book ("Suvenire de călătoria în Basarabia meridională", 1857), and memoirs ("Suvenire contimpurane", 1888). 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