2022–23 FC Sion season

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2022–23 FC Sion season - Wikipedia

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FC Sion
2022–23 season
President	Christian Constantin
Head coach	Paolo Tramezzani
Stadium	Stade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League	10th (relegated)
Swiss Cup	Quarter-finals
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 114th in the history of FC Sion and their 15th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2022^[1]

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	AUT	Heinz Lindner
2	DF	SUI	Joël Schmied
7	MF	SUI	Luca Zuffi
8	MF	BRA	Batata
9	FW	FRA	Ilyas Chouaref
10	MF	FRA	Wylan Cyprien (on loan from Parma)
11	FW	SUI	Gaëtan Karlen
12	GK	GRE	Alexandros Safarikas
13	FW	CIV	Giovanni Sio
14	MF	SUI	Anto Grgić
15	MF	ESP	José Aguilar
17	FW	SUI	Filip Stojilković
18	GK	SUI	Kevin Fickentscher


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	SUI	Numa Lavanchy
20	MF	SUI	Musa Araz
21	DF	SUI	Dennis Iapichino
22	MF	FRA	Denis-Will Poha
27	FW	BFA	Abdel Zagré
29	FW	KOS	Kevin Halabaku
33	MF	SUI	Kevin Bua
39	DF	GLP	Nathanaël Saintini
45	FW	ITA	Mario Balotelli
67	MF	ANG	Edgar André
71	DF	SUI	Gilles Richard
76	FW	BRA	Itaitinga
90	DF	SUI	François Moubandje
97	DF	GLP	Dimitri Cavaré

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	BRA	Adryan

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	Timothy Fayulu (at Winterthur)
—	DF	SUI	Sandro Theler (at Yverdon-Sport)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Théo Berdayes (at Yverdon-Sport)
—	MF	GNB	Mauro Rodrigues (at Yverdon-Sport)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 June 2022 Friendly	Sion	1–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Ayent, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Clescenco 33'		Del Toro 23'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Jacques

25 June 2022 Friendly	Sion	1–2	Servette	Lens, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sio 45'		Fofana 45' Bedia 76'	Stadium: Stade du Christ-Roi

29 June 2022 Friendly	Yverdon	1–2	Sion	Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 57'		Benito 34' Karlen 42'	Stadium: Stade Municipal

2 July 2022 Global Tour for Peace	Sion	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Savièse, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Vanat 35'	Stadium: Stade St-Germain Attendance: 800

9 July 2022 Friendly	Strasbourg	2–1	Sion	Divonne-les-Bains, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kandil 57' Bellegarde 60'		Batata 32'	Stadium: Complexe sportif de Divonne-les-Bains

30 December 2022 Friendly	Thun	2–1	Sion	Thun, Switzerland
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

8 January 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Sion	Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

13 January 2023 Friendly	Jablonec	0–1	Sion	Estepona, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Campe de Futbol Atalaya Park Hotel

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	17 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	10th	36	7	10	19	41	73	−32	019.44
Swiss Cup	20 August 2023	1 March 2023	Round 1	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	075.00
Total					40	10	10	20	48	78	−30	025.00

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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.^[2]
(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
5	2	2	1	8	7	+1	8	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2	0	0	6	2	+4

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D
Position

Source: Swiss Super League
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	Daprelà 57' Sabbatini 61' De Queiroz 88'	SFL summary	43' (o.g.) Daprelà 59' Cavaré 85' Schmied	Attendance: 2,737 Referee: Fedayi San Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi

24 July 2022 Round 2	Sion	0–3	Young Boys	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:30 CEST	Stojilković 11' Cavaré 29'	SFL summary	Kanga 2' 6' 29' Blum 73' Nsame 82' Ngamaleu 88'	Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Alain Bieri Assistant referees: (VAR) Urs Schnyder

30 July 2022 Round 3	Sion	0–0	Servette	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 CET	Lavanchy 31' Batata 36' Saintini 86' Lindner 90+3'	SFL summary	Rouiller 77' Oberlin 90+7'	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi

7 August 2022 Round 4	Zürich	0–3	Sion	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 CEST	Gnonto 33' Kryeziu 49' Selnæs 87'	SFL summary	Grgić 12' Itaitinga 57' 64' Stojilković 68'	Attendance: 13,619 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi

13 August 2022 (2022-08-13) Round 5	Sion	2–2	Grasshopper	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stojilkovic 22' 52' Cavaré 54' Araz 65' Poha 67'	SFL summary	56' Ribeiro 63' Dadashov 74' Momoh 83' Nadjack	Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

27 August 2022 6	Luzern	2–0	Sion	Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00	Sorgić 2' Sorgić 25' Dräger 29' 87' Frýdek 38' 42' Simani 39' Müller 59' Gentner 88'	SFL summary	17' Poha 63' Karlen 90+2' Sio 90+4' Cavaré	Attendance: 10,067 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn) Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner

3 September 2022 7	Sion	2–1	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Stojilković 17' Batata 19' Tramezzani 88' Sio 89' Bua 90+2' Balotelli 90+3'	SFL summary	50' Lang 55' Burger 62' Burger 87' Comas	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

10 September 2022 8	St. Gallen	1–2	Sion	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00	Guillemenot 17' Latte Lath 50' Stillhart 62' Karlen 87' Görtler 90'	SFL report	18' Chouaref 28' Stojilković 54' Araz 73' Sio 89' Batata 90+1' Grgić	Attendance: 18,579 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

2 October 2022 Round 9	Sion	1–3	Winterthur	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15	Ramizi 33' Balotelli 45+4' Batata 50' Lavanchy 77'	SFL summary	44' Poha 45' (pen.) Buess 45+2' Gelmi 59' Ballet 75' Ballet 90+6' Kamberi	Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Mirel Turkes Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) Round 10	Grasshopper	4–4	Sion	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ndenge 5' Schettine 8' Bolla 49' Kawabe 69'	SFL summary	4' Saintini 34' 86' Stojilkovic 52' Lavanchy 75' Zuffi 82' Balotelli 84' Sio	Attendance: 4,474 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

15 October 2023 11	Sion	2–0	Luzern	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Balotelli 33' Balotelli 64' Araz 83'	SFL summary	68' Beloko 79' Simani	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner

18 October 2022 Round 12	Winterthur	1–0	Sion	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30	Di Giusto 25' Diaby 76'	SFL summary	26' Batata	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alessandro Dudic Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

22 October 2022 Round 13	Young Boys	1–1	Sion	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
18:00 CEST	Itten 48' Nsame 64' (pen.)	SFL summary	Saintini 23' Balotelli 53' (pen.) Schmied 64' Cyprien 90+1'	Attendance: 27,767 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich

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: (VAR) Alain Bieri

6 November 2022 15	Basel	0–0	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Burger 45+3'	SFL summary FCB report	45' 57' Baltazar (Costa) 45+3' Bua 45+4' Balotelli 65' Sio 74' Araz	Attendance: 22,889 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn) Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

12 November 2022 16	Sion	2–7	St. Gallen	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Balotelli 5' (pen.) Saintini 42' Cavaré 53' Zuffi 56' Sio 90' Halabaku 90+5'	SFL summary	4' Guindo 27' Latte Lath 30' Quintillà 31' Akolo 39' Latte Lath 43' Görtler 44' Görtler 50' Latte Lath 52' Görtler 55' Latte Lath 60' Stillhart 64' Stillhart 90+5' Watkowiak	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

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 Assistant referees: (VAR) Lionel Tschudi

29 January 2023 Round 18	Servette	2–2	Sion	Stade de Genève, Lancy
16:30 CET	Bedia 17' 33' Kutsea 70' Diallo 75'	SFL summary	Cavaré 26' Grgić 30' Cyprien 41' 41' Sio 50' Balotelli 84' Douline 85' (o.g.)	Attendance: 14,592 Referee: Urs Schnyder

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)

11 February 2023 20	Basel	3–1	Sion	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Zeqiri 36' Amdouni 61' Novoa 70'	[1] FCB report	15' Araz 55' Lavanchy	Attendance: 19,522 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

18 February 2023 Round 21	Winterthur	1–1	Sion	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00	Ramizi 17' (pen.) Gantenbein 41' Ramizi 61' Schmid 71'	SFL summary	15' Schmied 65' Moubandje 72' Balotelli 85' Sio	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Esther Staubli

25 February 2023 Round 22	Sion	0–4	St. Gallen	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Araz 22' Balotelli 36'	SFL summary	26' Quintillà 33' Akolo 49' Stillhart 60' Karlen 69' (pen.) Guillemenot 81' Guillemenot 85' Maglica	Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Luca Cibelli

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 Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San

11 March 2023 24	Young Boys	4–0	Sion	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00	Elia 2' Elia 38' Blum 49' Rieder 65' Rieder 86'	SFL summary	21' Chouaref	Attendance: 28,052 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) Round 25	Sion	1–2	Grasshopper	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Itaitinga 37' Lavanchy 60' Iapichino 65' Ziegler 84' Balotelli 87'	SFL summary	22' Shabani 32' 71' Schettine 64' Ribeiro 73' Kawabe	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San

2 April 2023 26	Luzern	1–2	Sion	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30	Jaquez 36' Max Meyer 64' 65' Frýdek 80' Villiger 84' Dorn 89'	SFL summary	2' Ziegler 36' Balotelli 50' Sio 61' Diouf 75' Cavaré 90+5' Bua	Attendance: 13,367 Referee: Fedayi San Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

8 April 2023 Round 27	Sion	2–2	Servette	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Grgić 34' Itaitinga 36' Lavanchy 44' Itaitinga 56' Grgić 90+3'	SFL summary	23' Crivelli 33' Vouilloz 46' Cognat 69' Stevanović 83' Stevanović	Attendance: 11,850 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) Round 28	Grasshopper	1–3	Sion	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Shabani 39' Ribeiro 63'	SFL summary	14' 81' Cyprien 45+2' Balotelli 46' Sio 54' Ziegler 55' Grgic 87' Fortuné	Attendance: 4,602 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

23 April 2023 Round 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

27 April 2023 Round 30	Sion	1–2	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Bua 21' Sio 45+2' Batata 56' Araz 63'	FCB report	17' Zeqiri 40' Ndoye 47' Pelmard 85' López	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger

30 April 2023 Round 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

6 May 2023 Round 32	Sion	0–1	Winterthur	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Chouaref 16' Balotelli 71' Cyprien 78'	SFL summary	21' Burkart 56' Kryeziu Di Giusto 73' Gonçalves 77' Ltaief 88'	Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

13 May 2023 Round 33	Servette	5–0	Sion	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30	Pflücke 5' Kutesa 8' Clichy 9' Stevanović 70' Crivelli 85' (pen.)	SFL summary	29' Karlen 33' Costa	Attendance: 14,188 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Alessandro Dudic

Swiss Cup

References

^ "FC Sion – Joueurs". FC Sion. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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