In the 128 years of their existence, this tiny Swiss club had never won a trophy — until now

FC Thun are not used to making headlines, but the newly-crowned champions of Switzerland are arguably this season’s greatest European football story.Home to fewer than 45,000 inhabitants and 16 miles (26 kilometres) south-east of Bern, Thun is not among the 10 biggest Swiss cities by population. Its football club, which marked their 128th anniversary on Friday, had never previously won a major trophy, were outside the top division for the previous five years and had come close to bankruptcy.Advertisement