2022–23 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich
2022–23 season
PresidentAncillo Canepa
Head coachFranco Foda
(until 21 September)
Genesio Colatrella
(caretaker, from 23 September)
Bo Henriksen
(from 10 October)
StadiumLetzigrund
Swiss Super League8th
Swiss CupRound 2
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tosin Aiyegun (12)

All:
Tosin Aiyegun (16)
Average home league attendance15,387

The 2022–23 season was the 127th season in the history of FC Zürich and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

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  BIH Živko Kostadinović
2 DF  SUI Lindrit Kamberi
3 DF  ESP Adrià Guerrero
4 DF  SUI Bećir Omeragić
6 DF  KOS Fidan Aliti
7 MF  SUI Bledian Krasniqi
8 MF  NOR Ole Selnæs
9 FW  CRO Ivan Santini
10 MF  SUI Antonio Marchesano
11 FW  COD Jonathan Okita
14 MF  NED Carson Buschman-Dormond (on loan from Tulevik)
15 FW  BEN Tosin Aiyegun
16 DF  GER Marc Hornschuh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  GUI Cheick Condé
19 DF  SRB Nikola Boranijašević
21 MF  SUI Blerim Džemaili
22 FW  CRO Roko Šimić (on loan from RB Salzburg)
23 MF  SUI Fabian Rohner
24 DF  CRO Nikola Katić
25 GK  SUI Yanick Brecher (captain)
26 MF  SUI Miguel Reichmuth
31 DF  KOS Mirlind Kryeziu
32 MF  SUI Selmin Hodza
34 GK  SUI Gianni De Nitti
35 DF  SUI Ilan Sauter
39 FW  GHA Daniel Afriyie

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
DF  SUI Silvan Wallner (at FC Wil until 30 June 2023)
DF  EST Karol Mets (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2023)
MF  KOS Donis Avdijaj (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  SUI Nils Reichmuth (at FC Wil until 30 June 2023)
MF  SUI Stephan Seiler (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 June 2022 Friendly Thalwil 0–7 Zürich Thalwil, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportplätze Brand II
15 June 2022 Friendly Zürich 11–0 Baden Hausen am Albis, Switzerland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportplatz Jonentäli
18 June 2022 Friendly Zürich 3–2 Wil Uitikon, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sürenloh
Attendance: 864
22 June 2022 Friendly Viktoria Köln 1–3 Zürich St. Margrethen, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportanlage Rheinau
2 July 2022 Friendly Zürich 4–1 Rheindorf Altach Zürich, Switzerland
16:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 0
9 July 2022 Friendly VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Zürich Friedrichshafen, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Zeppelinstadion
9 December 2022 Friendly Zürich 2–1 Dornbirn Zürich, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli
17 December 2022 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 Zürich Leverkusen, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nico Fuchs (Germany)
7 January 2023 Friendly Universitatea Cluj 1–3 Zürich Belek, Turkey
11:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1
7 January 2023 Friendly Schalke 04 2–2 Zürich Belek, Turkey
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kemal Ögen
10 January 2023 Friendly Hannover 96 2–2 Zürich Belek, Turkey
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Cornelia Diamond Hotel

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 6 August 2022 29 May 2023 Matchday 1 8th 36 10 14 12 41 55 −14 027.78
Swiss Cup 21 August 2022 18 September 2022 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 050.00
UEFA Champions League 19 July 2022 27 July 2022 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
UEFA Europa League 4 August 2022 3 November 2022 Third qualifying round Group stage 10 5 0 5 13 17 −4 050.00
Total 50 16 15 19 64 80 −16 032.00

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St. Gallen 36 11 12 13 66 52 +14 45
7 Grasshopper 36 12 8 16 56 64 −8 44
8 Zürich 36 10 14 12 41 55 −14 44
9 Winterthur 36 8 8 20 32 66 −34 32
10 Sion (R) 36 7 10 19 41 73 −32 31 Qualification for the relegation play-off
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.
(R) Relegated

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 10 14 12 41 55  −14 44 5 8 5 23 26  −3 5 6 7 18 29  −11

Source: soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLDLLDLLLDDDDLWLWDWWDWDDLWDDLWLDWDWWL
Position101010101010101010101010101010999998888888888888878
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

16 July 2022 1 Young Boys 4–0 Zürich Bern
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Sandro Schärer
23 July 2022 2 Zürich 0–0 Luzern Zürich
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 12,905
Referee: Luca Piccolo
30 July 2022 3 St.Gallen 2–0 Zürich St. Gallen
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,838
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
7 August 2022 4 Zürich 0–3 Sion Zürich
14:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 13,619
Referee: Urs Schnyder
14 August 2022 5 Winterthur 1–1 Zürich Winterthur
14:15 CEST Report
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Sandro Schärer
28 August 2022 6 Zürich 2–4 Basel Zürich
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 19,111
Referee: Fedayi San
3 September 2022 7 Zürich 1–2 Lugano Zürich
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,360
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
11 September 2022 8 Servette 3–2 Zürich Lancy
14:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 10,168
Referee: Fedayi San
1 October 2022 9 Grasshopper 1–1 Zürich Zürich
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 16,974
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
9 October 2022 10 Zürich 0–0 Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST Boranijašević  42' Report Arnold  33' Attendance: 15,481
Referee: Luca Piccolo
16 October 2022 11 Zürich 0–0 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST Santini  35' SFL summary
Report
Niasse  21'
Fassnacht  63'
Attendance: 14,565
Referee: Fedayi San
Assistant referees: Sandro Schärer (VAR)
20 October 2022 12 Basel 0–0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Ndoye  57'
Zeqiri  90+3'
SFL summary
FCB report
 13' Santini
 45' Boranijašević
 67' Kamberi
 83' Condé
 90+3' Katić
Attendance: 23,241
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: Fedayi San (VAR)
23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 13 Zürich 1–4 Grasshopper Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
SFL summary
Attendance: 15,496
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: Alain Bieri (VAR)
Man of the Match: Guilherme Schettine
30 October 2022 14 Sion 0–1 Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Grgić  66'
Araz  73'
Lavanchy  90'
Karlen  90+2'
Poha  90+4'
SFL summary 8' Okita
 12' Katić
 36' Condé
 47' Tosin
 57' Kamberi
 78' Boranijašević
 83' Okita
 87' Guerrero
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: Alain Bieri (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 Zürich 4–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 CET
SFL summary
Report
Attendance: 12,776
Referee: Mirel Turkes
Assistant referees: Fedayi San (VAR)
21 January 2023 17 Luzern 2–2 Zürich Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00 Jashari  4'
Meyer 62'
Beka  69'
Beloko  76'
Chader 83'
SFL summary  38' Guerrero
 61' Condé
89' Šimić
90+3' Šimić
 After full-time' Džemaili
Attendance: 13,979
Referee: Fedayi San
29 January 2023 18 Zürich 1–0 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Krasniqi  17'
Šimić  18'
Boranijašević  68'
Hornschuh 88'
SFL summary  45' Alves
 86' Quintillà
Attendance: 14,950
Referee: Luca Piccolo
5 February 2023 19 Sion 0–1 Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Itaitinga  28'
Lavanchy  46'
Bua  53'
Sio  73'
SFL summary  27' Omeragić
 36' Šimić
59' Okita
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
12 February 2023 20 Zürich 1–1 Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Aliti  30'
Tosin 32'
Condé 46'
Seiler  62'
SFL summary  16' Ramizi
39' Ramizi
 42' Schmid
 44' Arnold
 62' Lekaj
 90+3' Ballet
Attendance: 13,690
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 21 Grasshopper 1–2 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Dadashov 30' (pen.)
Abrashi  57'
Loosli  86'
Report  30' Katic
66', 73' Tosin
 88' Condé
Attendance: 16,185
Referee: Urs Schyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Esther Staubli
25 February 2023 22 Zürich 2–2 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Okita 40'
Kryeziu  49'
Tosin 75'
SFL summary 57' Monteiro
84' Fassnacht
Attendance: 15,393
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
5 March 2023 23 Zürich 1–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Aliti  66'
Junior Ligue 78'
Mathew  83'
SFL summary  11' Kutesa
73' Crivelli
 85' Cognat
 88' Rouiller
Attendance: 13,780
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
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
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger
18 March 2023 25 Zürich 2–1 Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Tosin 32'
Condé  67'
Tosin 76'
Krasniqi  90+1'
SFL summary 21' (pen.) Meyer
 60' Ottiger
Attendance: 15,330
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
26 April 2023 26 St. Gallen 2–2 Zürich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Guillemenot 44'
Latte Lath 51'
Stillhart  52'
Stergiou  70'
Dajaku  73'  90+1'
SFL summary  23' Aliti
26' Tosin
 36'  85' Omeragić
 44' Brecher
 44' Džemaili
56' Okita
 90+3' Kryeziu
Attendance: 19,540
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever
8 April 2023 27 Zürich 1–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 López 19'
Ndoye  74'
SFV summary  23' Kamberi
26' Condé
 82' Hodza
 83' Mathew
Attendance: 19,451
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
15 April 2023 28 Luzern 4–1 Zürich Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Meyer 28'
Sorgić 37'
Dorn 49'
Dorn 64'
SFL summary 45' Mathew Attendance: 14,217
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
23 April 2023 29 Zürich 1–0 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Okita 57' (pen.)
Kryeziu  62'
SFL summary  34' Vallci
 83' Quintillà
 85' Dajaku
Attendance: 16,585
Referee: Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
26 April 2023 30 Servette 4–0 Zürich Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 Bedia 1'
Pflücke 38'
Bedia 54'
Touati 85'
SFL summary  43' Aliti
 57' Šimić
 66' Selnæs
Attendance: 4,818
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
30 April 2023 31 Zürich 2–2 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 Condé  10'
Džemaili 25' (pen.)
Kryeziu  60'
Džemaili 78' (pen.)
Boranijašević  85'
Ligue  90+5'
Rohner  90+5'
SFL summary 20' Fortuné
 24' Ziegler
44' Cyprien
 60' Karlen
 78' Sio
 90+5' Schmied
Attendance: 14,608
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Esther Staubli
7 May 2023 32 Basel 0–2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka  56'
Augustin  85'
Adams  85'
Heiko Vogel (coach)  90'
Burger  90+7'
Xhaka  90+12'
SFL summary  14' Aliti
 76' Kamberi
 81' Guerrero
 85' Katić
 85' Boranijašević
90+1' (pen.) Šimić
 90+1' Šimić
90+4' Mathew
 90+7' Kryeziu
 90+7' Marchesano
Attendance: 27,295
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner
14 May 2023 33 Young Boys 1–1 Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
21 May 2023 34 Zürich 2–1 Grasshoppers Zürich
Stadium: Letzigrund
25 May 2023 35 Winterthur 0–2 Zürich Winterthur
20:30 Report Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
29 May 2023 36 Zürich 2–3 Lugano Zürich
16:30
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Swiss Cup

21 August 2022 Round 1 SC Cham 0–4 Zürich Cham
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Eizmoos
18 September 2022 Round 2 Lausanne-Sport 3–2 (a.e.t.) Zürich Lausanne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 5,050
Referee: Alain Bieri

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

19 July 2022 First leg Qarabağ 3–2 Zürich Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)
Report
Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Attendance: 30,782
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
27 July 2022 Second leg Zürich 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 agg.)
Qarabağ Zürich
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,237
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

4 August 2022 First leg Linfield 0–2 Zürich Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 3,044
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
11 August 2022 Second leg Zürich 3–0
(5–0 agg.)
Linfield Zürich
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 7,904
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg Zürich 2–1 Heart of Midlothian St. Gallen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 7,958
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Note: Zürich will play their play-off round home match at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, in Zürich, which is hosting a concert.
25 August 2022 Second leg Heart of Midlothian 0–1
(1–3 agg.)
Zürich Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 17,225
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS PSV BOD ZUR
1 Arsenal 6 5 0 1 8 3 +5 15 Advance to round of 16 1–0 3–0 1–0
2 PSV Eindhoven 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–0 1–1 5–0
3 Bodø/Glimt 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–1 1–2 2–1
4 Zürich 6 1 0 5 5 16 −11 3 1–2 1–5 2–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
8 September 2022 1 Zürich 1–2 Arsenal St. Gallen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,070
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
15 September 2022 2 Bodø/Glimt 2–1 Zürich Bodø, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
6 October 2022 3 Zürich 1–5 PSV Eindhoven Zürich
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,626
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
13 October 2022 4 PSV Eindhoven 5–0 Zürich Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
27 October 2022 5 Zürich 2–1 Bodø/Glimt Zürich
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,168
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
3 November 2022 6 Arsenal 1–0 Zürich London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Notes

  1. ^ Zürich played their first home match at Kybunpark, St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, Zürich, due to a music concert and athletic event.

References

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