The club at the time were competing in Nationalliga B, the second highest tier in Swiss football.

During World War II there was some minor interruptions to the football calendar but in the 1939–40 season the club narrowly missed out on promotion back to the Super League by losing a play-off match against FC Basel.

In 1954 the club also reached the final of the Swiss Cup losing 2–0 to FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, the best Swiss club at that time, inside the Wankdorf Stadium which later became the Stade de Suisse.

The club bounced back at the first attempt and at the end of the 1971–72 season they gained promotion back to the Super League but lasted just one term, as they suffered relegation at the end of the 1972–73 season.

This was to be for the last time as to this day the club have not played in the top level of Swiss football.

FC Fribourg play their home games at Stade Universitaire.

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