2022–23 FC Lugano season

Lugano
2022–23 season
ChairmanPhilippe Regazzoni
ManagerMattia Croci-Torti
StadiumCornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Žan Celar (16)
All: Žan Celar (16)

The 2022–23 FC Lugano season was the club's 115th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Lugano participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SUI Amir Saipi
4 DF  KOS Kreshnik Hajrizi
5 DF  SUI Albian Hajdari (on loan from Juventus U23)
6 DF  ECU Jhon Espinoza
7 DF  SUI Mickaël Facchinetti
8 MF  SUI Adrian Durrer
9 FW  SVN Žan Celar
10 FW  SUI Mattia Bottani
11 MF  SUI Maren Haile-Selassie
13 GK  SUI Serif Berbic
14 MF  URU Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
15 DF  GER Lars Lukas Mai
17 DF  ARG Milton Valenzuela
18 MF  FRA Hicham Mahou
20 MF  CIV Ousmane Doumbia
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  SUI Renato Steffen
23 DF  BIH Leonid Srdić
24 MF  NGA Chinwendu Nkama
25 MF  SUI Uran Bislimi
27 FW  SUI Boris Babic
29 MF  TUN Hadj Mahmoud
30 DF  SUI Fabio Daprelà
31 FW  ARG Ignacio Aliseda
34 DF  SUI Allan Arigoni
41 DF  SUI Noah De Queiroz
44 DF  ITA Matteo Lape
45 MF  SUI Michel De Jesus
47 FW  ALG Mohamed El Amine Amoura
58 GK  NGA Sebastian Osigwe
77 MF  CZE Roman Macek

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  SVN Abel Marc

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  SUI Alexander Muci (at Bellinzona until 30 June 2023)
FW  ITA Alessandro Casciato (at Rapperswil-Jona until 31 December 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  SUI Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 December 2022 Friendly Lugano 3–0 SC Freiburg II Lugano, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
21 December 2022 Friendly Fiorentina 6–1 Lugano Florence, Italy
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
7 January 2023 Friendly Lugano 2–7 FC St. Pauli Benidorm, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center
Note: The game was played in two halves of 60 minutes each.
10 January 2023 Friendly Piast Gliwice 0–0 Lugano Benidorm, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center
14 January 2023 Friendly Lugano 3–0 Neuchâtel Xamax Lugano, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
24 March 2023 Friendly Como 2–2 Lugano Como
11:00 CET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 17 July 2022 29 May 2023 Matchday 1 3rd 36 15 12 9 59 47 +12 041.67
Swiss Cup 21 August 2022 4 June 2023 Round 1 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 17 6 +11 066.67
UEFA Europa Conference League 4 August 2022 11 August 2022 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 000.00
Total 44 19 13 12 77 58 +19 043.18

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 21 11 4 82 30 +52 74 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Servette 36 14 16 6 53 48 +5 58 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 12 9 59 47 +12 57 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Luzern 36 13 11 12 56 52 +4 50 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Basel 36 11 14 11 51 50 +1 47
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 15 12 9 48 44  +4 57 9 5 4 21 18  +3 6 7 5 27 26  +1

Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLWLWLWLWWDLLDWWWDLDDDDWDLDDWWWDWDWW
Position8107868687566887433444544345444233333
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

17 July 2022 1 Lugano 2–3 Sion Cornaredo, Lugano
16;30 Sabbatini 61'
De Queiroz 88'
SFL summary 43' (o.g.) Daprelà
59' Cavaré
85' Schmied
Attendance: 2,737
Referee: Fedayi San
24 July 2022 (2022-07-24) 2 Grasshoppers 2–1 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kawabe 12', 47'
Dadashov  90+1'
Report 79' (pen.) Celar Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: Fedayi San (VAR)
31 July 2022 3 Winterthur 1–4 Lugano Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 Buess 11' SFL summary 20' Celar
22' Haile-Selassie
31' Bottani
90+1' Celar
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Luca Cibelli
7 August 2022 4 Lugano 1–2 Luzern Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Ziegler 75' SFL summary 32' Dorn
84' Beloko
Attendance: 3,060
Referee: Alain Bieri
14 August 2022 5 Basel 0–2 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka  32' SFL summary
FCB report
 4' Arigoni
 42' Daprelà
 87' Valenzuela
90+1' Babic
 90+2' Saipi
90+4' Mahmoud
Attendance: 19,888
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
28 August 2022 6 Lugano 2–3 St. Gallen Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 Celar 6'
Mahmoud  33'
Ziegler  57'
Babic 65'
SFL summary  5' Sutter
29' Guillemenot
45+2' Witzig
59' Görtler
 79' Guindo
 90+3' Vallci
Attendance: 3,357
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
3 September 2022 7 Zürich 1–2 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 CEST Mets  9'
Tosin 24'
Avdijaj  26'
Rohner  60'
Selnæs  90'
SFL summary
Report
Steffen 5'
Celar  19'
Amoura 90'
Attendance: 10,360
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
11 September 2022 8 Young Boys 3–0 Lugano Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 CEST Nsame 2' 63'
Niasse  8'
Itten 41' (pen.)
Camara  74'
Rieder  80'
SFL summary
Report
Steffen  41'
Mahou  90+3'
Arigoni  90+4'
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
2 October 2022 9 Lugano 1–0 Servette Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 CET Sabbatini 35'
Daprelà  46'
Doumbia  70'
SFL summary
Report
Valls  23'
Vouilloz  76'
Diallo  86'
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Alain Bieri
9 October 2022 10 Lugano 1–0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Sabbatini  24'
Mahou 33'
Valenzuela  84'
SFL summary
FCB report
 61' Lang
 62' Amdouni
Attendance: 3,389
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
16 October 2022 11 St. Gallen 1–1 Lugano Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 Görtler  5'
Akolo 9'
Vallci  10'
Schmidt  36'
SFL summary  45+1' Arigoni
 60' Saipi
83' Celar
 90+4' Haile-Selassie
Attendance: 17,059
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
19 October 2022 12 Lugano 1–4 Young Boys Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 CEST Ziegler 25'
Celar  37'
Doumbia  64'
Daprelà  79'
Bislimi  86'
SFL summary
Report
Nsame 21'
Rüegg  40'
Niasse  57'
Lustenberger  60'
Garcia 68'
Imeri 80'
Itten  90+1' 90+5'
Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Sandro Schärer
Assistant referees: Sven Wolfensberger (VAR)
22 October 2022 13 Luzern 3–1 Lugano Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Burch  48'
Meyer 66' (pen.)
Dräger 69'
Meyer 82'
SFL summary  52' Arigoni
61' Bislimi
 62' Bislimi
 74' Daprelà
 84' Valenzuela
 90+3' Mahou
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Nico Gianforte
Assistant referees: Sandro Schärer (VAR)
29 October 2022 14 Servette 2–2 Lugano Stade de Genève, Lancy
20:30 CET Rouiller 3'  44'
Stevanović 26'
Diogo Monteiro  68'
SFL summary
Report
Hajdari  23'
Celar 41'
Valenzuela  51'  87'
Sabbatini  61'
Doumbia 82'
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: Sascha Kever (VAR)
6 November 2022 15 Lugano 2–0 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Steffen 12'
Mai  24'
Hajdari  48'
Mahou  58'  78'
Babic  59'
Aliseda 71'
Saipi  88'
SFL summary  28' Selnæs
 43' Marchesano
 47' Santini
 73' Brecher
 78' Katić
 88' Aliti
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: Lukas Fähndrich (VAR)
13 November 2022 16 Lugano 3–1 Winterthur Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Celar 7'
Celar 15'
Arigoni  33'
Valenzuela  50'
Amoura  89' 89'
SFL summary 20' Di Giusto
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: Luca Cibelli
22 January 2023 17 Sion 2–3 Lugano Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Poha  14'
Cyprien 24'
Araz  39'
Cyprien  58'
Doumbia 76]' (o.g.)
SFL summary 3' Amoura
33' Steffen
 40' Hajdari
 90+1' Mahmoud
90+4' Celar
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 18 Lugano 1–1 Grasshopper Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Hajrizi  12'
Amoura  16'
Valenzuela  41'
Aliseda 88'
SFL summary  20' Abrashi
42' Kawabe
 58' Schmid
Attendance: 2,841
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: Lionel Tschudi (VAR)
Man of the Match: Hayao Kawabe
4 February 2023 19 Winterthur 1–0 Lugano Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 Arnold  41'
Di Giusto 45'
Burkart  53'
Diaby  70'
SFL summary  18'  90+5' Bottani
 38' Espinoza
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Nico Gianforte
12 February 2023 20 Lugano 1–1 Luzern Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 Celar 38' (pen.)
Mahmoud  44'
Hajdari  73'
Valenzuela  77'
SFL summary 16' Abubakar
 17' Schürpf
 31' Dräger
 36' Dorn
 90+3' Klidjé
Attendance: 3,026
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam
18 February 2023 21 Young Boys 1–1 Lugano Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET Zesiger  40'
Nsame 48'
Blum  75'
SFL summary
Report
Sabatini  19'
Valenzuela 38'Steffen  45+2'
Attendance: 24,684
Referee: Luca Cibelli
26 February 2023 22 Lugano 2–2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Celar 33'
Aliseda 38'
Hajrizi  90+2'
Hajdari  90+4'
SFL summary
FCB report
 4' Vogel
 31' Xhaka
 42' Burger
74' Males
83' Lang
 90+3' Lang
Attendance: 3,205
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
5 March 2023 23 Sion 1–1 Lugano Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:30 Poha
Sio 66'
Chouaref  81'
SFL summary 34' Doumbia
 44' Steffen
 50' Hajrizi
 70' Valenzuela
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Urs Schnyder
11 March 2023 24 Lugano 2–0 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 Aliseda 22'
Steffen  39'
Sabbatini 45'
Hajdari  70'
Doumbia  79'
Babic  83'
Bislimi  90+4'
SFL summary  5' Tosin
 36' Šimić
 90+4' Omeragić
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Esther Staubli
19 March 2023 25 Lugano 1–1 Servette Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Hajrizi  9'
Macek  60'
Arigoni  71'
Celar 90'
SFL summary  21' Antunes
 45+1' Céspedes
 58' Bedia
74' Valls
Attendance: 2,814
Referee: Mirel Turkes
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San
2 April 2023 (2023-04-02) 26 Grasshopper 2–1 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Schmid  37'
Shabani 41'  56'
Pusic 67'
Dadashov  76'
Report 30' Celar
 90+3' Arigoni
 90+7' Daprelà
Attendance: 4,502
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Urs Schnyder
10 April 2023 27 Lugano 1–1 St. Gallen Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 Hajdari  13'
Steffen 22'
Steffen  63'
Facchinetti  90+4'
SFL summary  61' Görtler
 85' Vallci
 90+3' Quintillà
90+5' (pen.) Akolo
Attendance: 4,882
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
15 April 2023 28 Servette 0–0 Lugano Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00 SFL summary  42' Hajrizi
 90+2' Macek
Attendance: 4,141
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger
23 April 2023 29 Lugano 2–0 Sion Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Steffen  9'
Mahmoud  73'  78'
Valenzuela 90'
Amoura 90+4'
SFL summary  21' Schmied
 38' Cyprien
 49'  51' Zagré
 72'  90+3' Diouf
 89' Batata
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer
26 April 2023 30 St. Gallen 1–2 Lugano Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 Witzig 19'
Guillemenot  36'
Schmidt  61'
Maglica  66'
Ati-Zigi  67'
SFL summary  15' Arigoni
57' Amoura
86' Bislimi
Attendance: 12,622
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 31 Lugano 5–1 Grasshopper Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Aliseda 25', 78'
Sabbatini  28'
Steffen  38'
Macek  56'
Amoura 59', 64'
Celar 70'
SFL summary  10' Seko
45+3' Demhasaj
 58' Herc
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
7 May 2023 32 Luzern 2–2 Lugano Swissporarena, Luzern
14:15 Beka 27'
Meyer 36'
Villiger  60'
Beka  82'
Abubakar  84'
SFL summary  23' Hajrizi
 31' Doumbia
52' Celar
74' Steffen
 78' Valenzuela
 90+2' Steffen
Attendance: 14,358
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
14 May 2023 33 Lugano 2–1 Winterthur Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30
SFL summary
Referee: Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger
21 May 2023 34 Basel 1–1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Zeqiri 35'
Zeqiri  38'
Males  62'
Calafiori  63'  90+4'
Frei  90+4'
Heiko Vogel (coach)   after match'
FCB resport
SFL summary
 19' Hajrizi
84' Steffen
 89' Steffen
 89' Mahou
 90+4' Saipi
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

21 August 2022 First round Linth 1–5 Lugano Näfels
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • A. Sabanovic 88'
Report
Stadium: SGU-Platz Nord
18 September 2022 Second round Breitenrain 0–4 Lugano Bern
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Spitalacker
Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam
9 November 2022 Third round Lugano 1–0 Winterthur Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
1 March 2023 Quarter-finals Sion 0–3 Lugano Sion
20:15 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
Referee: Sandro Schärer
5 April 2023 Semi-finals Servette 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
Lugano Lancy
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Referee: Fedayi San
Penalties
Note: Lugano won 5–3 on penalties.
4 June 2023 Final Young Boys 3–2 Lugano Bern
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

4 August 2022 First leg Lugano 0–2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva Lugano, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 3,369
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
11 August 2022 Second leg Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3–1
(5–1 agg.)
Lugano Netanya, Israel
20:15 IDT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 4,798
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Note: Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 5–1 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ Hapoel Be’er Sheva played their home match at the Netanya Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Turner Stadium, Be’er Sheva, due to safety concerns relating to the 2022 Israel–Gaza conflict.

References

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