2022–23 AC Bellinzona season

The 2022–23 season is the 111th season in the history of AC Bellinzona and their first season back in the second division of Swiss football since 2013. The club are participating in Swiss Challenge League and the Swiss Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

AC Bellinzona
2022–23 season
ChairmanPaolo Righetti
ManagerDavid Sesa
(until 22 August)
Fernando Cocimano
(interim, from 22 August until 14 September)
Baldo Raineri
(from 14 September)
StadiumStadio Comunale Bellinzona
Swiss Challenge League6th
Swiss CupRound 2
2023–24 →

Players edit

As of 7 August 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 Yuri-Gino Klein
6 MF   SUI Guélor Samba
7 MF   URU Cristian Souza
10 FW   URU Sergio Cortelezzi
11 MF   SUI Matteo Tosetti
12 GK   SUI Alexander Muci (on loan from Lugano)
13 DF   URU Guillermo Padula
15 DF   SUI Serkan Izmirlioglu (on loan from Luzern)
17 DF   SUI Bruno Morgado
18 FW   POR André Ribeiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   SUI Tresor Samba
23 DF   ARG Isaac Monti
27 MF   CIV Eric Tia
28 DF   SUI Gaetano Berardi
33 MF   TUR Mehmet Manis
47 DF   SUI Santiago Miranda
77 GK   COD Joël Kiassumbua
88 MF   ITA Tommaso Centinaro
99 FW   URU Rodrigo Pollero

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 July 2022 Friendly Bellinzona   0–0   Monza Bellinzona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
17 August 2022 Friendly Bellinzona   2–1   Team Ticino Bellinzona
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
10 January 2023 Friendly Thun   0–1   Bellinzona Thun, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Challenge League 16 July 2022 May 2023 Matchday 1 18 7 2 9 24 34 −10 038.89
Swiss Cup 21 August 2022 17 September 2022 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 20 8 2 10 28 36 −8 040.00

Last updated: 25 November 2022
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Challenge League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
6 Thun 36 12 13 11 62 55 +7 49
7 Schaffhausen 36 12 8 16 51 59 −8 44
8 Vaduz 36 7 16 13 54 56 −2 37 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
9 Bellinzona 36 11 4 21 38 71 −33 37
10 Xamax (O) 36 4 12 20 42 65 −23 24 Qualification for the relegation play-off
Source: Swiss Challenge 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]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

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
5 2 1 2 6 11  −5 7 1 0 2 2 8  −6 1 1 0 4 3  +1

Last updated: 17 August 2022.
Source: Swiss Challenge League

Results by round edit

Round123456
GroundHAHAHH
ResultWDLWL
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2022. Source: Swiss Challenge League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[3]

Swiss Cup edit

21 August 2022 Round 1 FC Widnau 1–4 Bellinzona Widnau
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Aegeten
16–18 September 2022 Round 2 Bellinzona v Luzern Lausanne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière

References edit

  1. ^ "SQUADRA" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23".