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2021–22 FC Zürich season

The 2021–22 season was FC Zürich's 126th season in existence and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Zürich participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup.

FC Zürich
2021–22 season
ChairmanAncillo Canepa
ManagerAndré Breitenreiter
StadiumLetzigrund
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Assan Ceesay (20)
All:
Assan Ceesay (22)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 2 February 2022[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Živko Kostadinović
2 DF   SUI Lindrit Kamberi
3 DF   ESP Adrià Guerrero
4 DF   SUI Bećir Omeragić
5 DF   SUI Silvan Wallner
6 DF   KOS Fidan Aliti
7 MF   SUI Bledian Krasniqi
9 FW   GAM Assan Ceesay
10 MF   SUI Antonio Marchesano
14 MF   CAN Carson Buschman-Dormond (on loan from Tulevik)
15 FW   BEN Tosin Aiyegun
16 DF   GER Marc Hornschuh
18 FW   SVN Blaž Kramer
19 DF   SRB Nikola Boranijašević
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   CIV Ousmane Doumbia
21 MF   SUI Blerim Džemaili
22 FW   ITA Wilfried Gnonto
23 MF   SUI Fabian Rohner
24 MF   CRO Ante Ćorić (on loan from Roma)
25 GK   SUI Yanick Brecher (captain)
26 MF   TUN Salim Khelifi
28 DF   EST Karol Mets
31 DF   KOS Mirlind Kryeziu
33 MF   SUI Stephan Seiler
34 GK   SUI Gianni De Nitti
39 MF   GER Akaki Gogia
78 MF   GER Moritz Leitner

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Izer Aliu (at Kriens until 30 June 2022)
— DF   SUI Filip Frei (at Wil until 30 June 2022)
— DF   SUI Ilan Sauter (at Wil until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Henri Koide (at Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2022)
— MF   SUI Nils Reichmuth (at Wil until 30 June 2022])

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 June 2021 Friendly Zürich   2–2   Wil Zürich, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli
3 July 2021 Friendly Zürich   0–1   Aarau Zürich, Switzerland
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Letzigrund
7 July 2021 Friendly Zürich   0–1   Feyenoord Schruns, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Golm
Attendance: 0
10 July 2021 Friendly Vaduz   0–0   Zürich Sevelen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlage FC Sevelen
17 July 2021 Friendly Zürich   6–1   Kriens Zürich, Switzerland
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli
17 July 2021 Friendly Zürich   1–4   Neuchâtel Xamax Zürich, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli
10 November 2021 Friendly VfB Stuttgart   1–0   Zürich Stuttgart, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Rasenplatz 1 VfB Stuttgart
Attendance: 0
17 January 2022 Friendly Zürich   1–1   Pogoń Szczecin Belek, Turkey
12:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Cornelia Sportcomplex Pitch 1
22 January 2022 Friendly Zürich   1–0   FC Wil Zürich, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 25 July 2021 21 May 2022 Matchday 1 34 23 7 4 75 41 +34 067.65
Swiss Cup 14 August 2021 26 October 2021 Round 1 Round 3 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 066.67
Total 37 25 8 4 88 43 +45 067.57

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League edit

Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Super League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zürich (C) 36 23 7 6 78 46 +32 76 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Basel 36 15 17 4 70 41 +29 62 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 +30 60
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 −4 54 Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 +5 50
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]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
29 19 6 4 62 36  +26 63 10 3 1 34 16  +18 9 3 3 28 20  +8

Last updated: 10 April 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round edit

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GroundAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultWWWWDLDLWWDDWWWWWWWWWDWWWLWDL
Position
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[3]

First half of season edit

25 July 2021 Round 1 Lugano 0–2 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 2,120
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
31 July 2021 Round 2 Zürich 3–1 Lausanne-Sport Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 5,433
Referee: Luca Cibelli
8 August 2021 Round 3 Luzern 1–3 Zürich Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30 SFL summary Attendance: 8,861
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
21 August 2021 Round 4 Zürich 2–1 Grasshopper Club Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 14,,896
Referee: Urs Schnyder
28 August 2021 Round 5 St. Gallen 3–3 Zürich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Luca Cibelli
11 September 2021 Round 6 Young Boys 4–0 Zürich Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
21 September 2021 Round 7 Zürich 2–2 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 7,104
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
26 September 2021 Round 8 Basel 3–1 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Millar   34'
Tavares   73'
Cabral   82'
Burger   86'		 SFL summary
FCB report		   38' Aliti
  73' Boranijašević
  78' Guerrero
  79' Marchesano
  86' Džemaili
  90+4' Gnonto		 Attendance: 27,264
Referee: Urs Schnyder
3 October 2021 Round 9 Zürich 6–2 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 12,896
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
16 October 2021 Round 10 Zürich 1–0 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 7,325
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
23 October 2021 Round 11 Grasshopper Club 3–3 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Pusic   15'
Bonatini   17' (pen.)
Margreitter   27'
Herc   35'   40'
Loosli   76'		 SFL summary   3', 66' Pollero
  10'   15' Džemaili
  13' Kryeziu		 Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
30 October 2021 Round 12 Zürich 3–3 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Boranijašević   47'
Frei   53' (o.g.)
Ceesay   90+3'
Ceesay   90+5'		 SFL summary   29' Cabral
  42' Lang
  48' Ndoye
  63' Millar
  71' Kasami
  90+3' Burger		 Attendance: 15,030
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
7 November 2021 Round 13 Servette 1–2 Zürich Stade de Genève, Geneva
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 6,028
Referee: Luca Cibelli
20 November 2021 Round 14 Sion 0–1 Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Luca Piccolo
28 November 2021 Round 15 Zürich 1–0 Young Boys Zürich
14:15 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 15,338
Referee: Alain Bieri
4 December 2021 Round 16 Zürich 4–0 Luzern Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1) SFL summary Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
11 December 2021 Round 17 Lausanne-Sport 1–3 Zürich Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 3,192
Referee:   Luca Cibelli
18 December 2021 Round 18 Zürich 3–1 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 11,571
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic

Second half of season edit

29 January 2022 Round 19 Zürich 1–0 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 11,007
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
5 February 2022 Round 20 Grasshopper Club 1–3 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Schmid   43'  90+2' Report   33' Krasniqi
  47'  84' Ceesay
  64' Doumbia
  67' Tosin
  83' Gnonto		 Attendance: 16,112
Referee:   Alain Bieri
13 February 2022 Round 21 Zürich 3–0 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 SFL summary Attendance: 11,069
Referee:   Luca Cibelli
20 February 2022 Round 22 Sion 1–1 Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 9,500
Referee:   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
27 February 2022 Round 23 Zürich 4–2 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Marchesano   8'
Kramer   16'
Aliti   63'
Gnonto   78'
Ćorić   85'
Gnonto   88'
Boranijašević   90+5'		 FCB report
SFL summary		   21' Katterbach
  29' Frei
  38' Stocker
  64' Lang
  90+1' Lang		 Attendance: 21,185
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
2 March 2022 Round 24 Luzern 0–2 Zürich Lucerne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) SFL summary Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 9,708
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
5 March 2022 Round 25 Lausanne-Sport 0–2 Zürich Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 2,745
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
12 March 2022 Round 26 Zürich 0–3 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 17,288
Referee:   Stefan Horisberger
19 March 2022 Round 27 Young Boys 1–2 Zürich Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 31,120 (sold out)
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
2 April 2022 Round 28 Zürich 1–1 Grasshopper Club Letzigrund, Zürich
17:30 Boranijasevic   11'
Džemaili   58'
Aliti   82'
Coric   58'		 SFL summary   52' Morandi
  58' Sène
  58' Schmid
  79' Kacuri
  81' Loosli		 Attendance: 15,327
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
10 April 2022 Round 29 Servette 1–0 Zürich Stade de Genève, Geneva
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 7,877
Referee:   Stefan Horisberger
16 April 2021 Round 30 Zürich 2–1 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30   33' Ceesay
  61' Ceesay		 SFL summary   73' Siebatcheu Attendance: 17,663
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
23 April 2022 Round 31 Zürich 5–1 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
17:30 SFL summary Attendance: 14,735
Referee:   Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
1 May 2022 Round 32 Basel 0–2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 López   30'
Kasami   34'
Ndoye   81'
Pavlović   89'		 SFL summary
FCB report		   28' Ceesay
  31' Boranijašević
  34' Kryeziu
  40' Ceesay
  45+3' Boranijašević
  66' Doumbia		 Attendance: 33,810
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
7 May 2022 Round 33 St. Gallen 1–2 Zürich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 18,891 (sold out)
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
12 May 2022 Round 34 Zürich 2–2 Lausanne-Sport Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 11,304
Referee:   Esther Staubli
19 May 2022 Round 35 Lugano v Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 SFL summary
22 May 2022 Round 36 Zürich v Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 SFL summary

Swiss Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Cup
14 August 2021 (2021-08-14) Round 1 FC Solothurn 0–10 Zürich Solothurn
16:00 CEST (UTC+1) Report
  • Lopez   3'   19'
  • Marchesano   4'   35'   45+1'
  • Gogia   23'
  • Gnonto   61' (pen)
  • Krasniqi   76'
  • Ceesay   84'   87'
 Stadium: Stadion FC Solothurn
17 September 2021 Round 2 SC Kriens 0–1 Zürich Kriens
19:30 CEST (UTC+1) Report
  • Marchesano   19'
 Stadium: Stadion Kleinfeld
26 October 2021 Round 3 Yverdon-Sport FC 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(11–10 p)		 Zürich Yverdon-les-Bains
20:15 CEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Municipal
Attendance: 712
Penalties

References edit

  1. ^ "Squad". FC Zürich. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. ^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.

External links edit

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