The now defunct Lausanne Football and Cricket Club is founded in Switzerland, the first football club to be formed outside England, although it is believed to have been primarily a cricket club.
However, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club was established in 1860, believed to be the oldest football club on the European continent by some historians.
The world-wide first soccer club Sheffield F.C. is only three years older, however it is likely that Lausanne played cricket before football at the club (as it was more well established).
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