2022–23 FC Zürich season
The 2022–23 season is 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.
2022–23 season | ||||
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President | Ancillo Canepa | |||
Head coach | Franco Foda (until 21 September) Genesio Colatrella (caretaker, from 23 September) Bo Henriksen (from 10 October) | |||
Stadium | Letzigrund | |||
Swiss Super League | 9th | |||
Swiss Cup | Round 2 | |||
UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | |||
UEFA Europa League | Group stage | |||
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All statistics correct as of 5 February 2023. |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 4 February 2023[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
12 June 2022 Friendly | Thalwil ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() | Thalwil, Switzerland |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sportplätze Brand II |
15 June 2022 Friendly | Zürich ![]() | 11–0 | ![]() | Hausen am Albis, Switzerland |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Sportplatz Jonentäli |
18 June 2022 Friendly | Zürich ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Uitikon, Switzerland |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Sürenloh Attendance: 864 |
22 June 2022 Friendly | Viktoria Köln ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | St. Margrethen, Switzerland |
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Sportanlage Rheinau |
2 July 2022 Friendly | Zürich ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Zürich, Switzerland |
16:05 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 0 |
9 July 2022 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Friedrichshafen, Switzerland |
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Zeppelinstadion |
9 December 2022 Friendly | Zürich ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Zürich, Switzerland |
14:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli |
17 December 2022 Friendly | Bayer Leverkusen ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Leverkusen, Germany |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nico Fuchs (Germany) |
7 January 2023 Friendly | Universitatea Cluj ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Belek, Turkey |
11:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1 |
7 January 2023 Friendly | Schalke 04 ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Belek, Turkey |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1 Attendance: 500 Referee: Kemal Ögen |
Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Swiss Super League | 6 August 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 21.05 | |
Swiss Cup | 21 August 2022 | 18 September 2022 | Round 1 | Round 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 50.00 |
UEFA Champions League | 19 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0.00 | |
UEFA Europa League | 4 August 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 50.00 |
Total | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 30.30 |
Last updated: 5 February 2023
Source: Soccerway
Swiss Super League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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6 | Basel | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 42 | |
7 | St. Gallen | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 40 | |
8 | Zürich | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 38 | |
9 | Winterthur | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 32 | |
10 | Sion | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 31 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 |
Last updated: 29 January 2023.
Source: soccerway
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[3]
First half of season
16 July 2022 1 | Young Boys | 4–0 | Zürich | Bern |
18:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,120 Referee: ![]() |
23 July 2022 2 | Zürich | 0–0 | Luzern | Zürich |
18:00 CEST |
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Report | Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 12,905 Referee: ![]() |
30 July 2022 3 | St.Gallen | 2–0 | Zürich | St. Gallen |
18:00 CEST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,838 Referee: ![]() |
7 August 2022 4 | Zürich | 0–3 | Sion | Zürich |
14:15 CEST | Report |
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Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 13,619 Referee: ![]() |
14 August 2022 5 | Winterthur | 1–1 | Zürich | Winterthur |
14:15 CEST | Report | Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 8,400 Referee: ![]() |
28 August 2022 6 | Zürich | 2–4 | Basel | Zürich |
16:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 19,111 Referee: ![]() |
3 September 2022 7 | Zürich | 1–2 | Lugano | Zürich |
20:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,360 Referee: ![]() |
11 September 2022 8 | Servette | 3–2 | Zürich | Lancy |
14:15 CEST | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 10,168 Referee: ![]() |
1 October 2022 9 | Grasshopper | 1–1 | Zürich | Zürich |
20:30 CEST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 16,974 Referee: ![]() |
9 October 2022 Round 10 | Zürich | 0–0 | Winterthur | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 CEST | Boranijašević ![]() |
Report | Arnold ![]() |
Attendance: 15,481 Referee: ![]() |
16 October 2022 Round 11 | Zürich | 0–0 | Young Boys | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 CEST | Santini ![]() |
SFL summary Report |
Niasse ![]() Fassnacht ![]() |
Attendance: 14,565 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: ![]() |
20 October 2022 Round 12 | Basel | 0–0 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
20:30 | Ndoye ![]() Zeqiri ![]() |
SFL summary FCB report |
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Attendance: 23,241 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: ![]() |
23 October 2022 Round 13 | Zürich | 1–4 | Grasshopper | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) | SFL summary | Attendance: 15,496 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: ![]() Man of the Match: Guilherme Schettine[4] |
30 October 2022 Round 14 | Sion | 0–1 | Zürich | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
14:15 | Grgić ![]() Araz ![]() Lavanchy ![]() Karlen ![]() Poha ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 10,300 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: ![]() |
6 November 2022 Round 15 | Lugano | 2–0 | Zürich | Cornaredo, Lugano |
16:30 | Steffen ![]() Mai ![]() Hajdari ![]() Mahou ![]() ![]() Babic ![]() Aliseda ![]() Saipi ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 3,560 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: ![]() |
13 November 2022 Round 16 | Zürich | 4–1 | Servette | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:15 CET | SFL summary Report |
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Attendance: 12,776 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: ![]() |
21 January 2023 Round 17 | Luzern | 2–2 | Zürich | Swissporarena, Luzern |
18:00 | Jashari ![]() Meyer ![]() Beka ![]() Beloko ![]() Chader ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 13,979 Referee: ![]() |
29 January 2023 Round 18 | Zürich | 1–0 | St. Gallen | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 | Krasniqi ![]() Šimić ![]() Boranijašević ![]() Hornschuh ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,950 Referee: ![]() |
Second half of season
5 February 2023 Round 19 | Sion | 0–1 | Zürich | Stade Tourbillon, Sion |
14:15 | Itaitinga ![]() Lavanchy ![]() Bua ![]() Sio ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 7,600 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
12 February 2023 Round 20 | Zürich | 1–1 | Winterthur | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 | Aliti ![]() Tosin ![]() Condé ![]() Seiler ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 13,690 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
19 February 2023 Round 21 | Grasshopper | 1–2 | Zürich | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 CET (UTC+1) | Dadashov ![]() Abrashi ![]() Loosli ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,185 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
25 February 2023 Round 22 | Zürich | 2–2 | Young Boys | Letzigrund, Zürich |
20:30 | Okita ![]() Kryeziu ![]() Tosin ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 15,393 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
5 March 2023 Round 23 | Zürich | 1–1 | Servette | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 | Aliti ![]() Junior Ligue ![]() Mathew ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 13,780 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
11 March 2023 Round 24 | Lugano | 2–0 | Zürich | Cornaredo, Lugano |
20:30 | Aliseda ![]() Steffen ![]() Sabbatini ![]() Hajdari ![]() Doumbia ![]() Babic ![]() Bislimi ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,700 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
18 March 2023 Round 25 | Zürich | 2–1 | Luzern | Letzigrund, Zürich |
18:00 | Tosin ![]() Condé ![]() Tosin ![]() Krasniqi ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 15,330 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
26 April 2023 Round 26 | St. Gallen | 2–2 | Zürich | Kybunpark, St. Gallen |
16:30 | Guillemenot ![]() Latte Lath ![]() Stillhart ![]() Stergiou ![]() Dajaku ![]() ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 19,540 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
8 April 2023 Round 27 | Zürich | 1–1 | Basel | Letzigrund, Zürich |
18:00 | López ![]() Ndoye ![]() |
SFV summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 19,451 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
15 April 2023 Round 28 | Luzern | 4–1 | Zürich | Swissporarena, Luzern |
20:30 | Meyer ![]() Sorgić ![]() Dorn ![]() Dorn ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() |
Attendance: 14,217 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards |
23 April 2023 Round 29 | Zürich | 1–0 | St. Gallen | Letzigrund, Zürich |
16:30 | Okita ![]() Kryeziu ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,585 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
26 April 2023 Round 30 | Servette | 4–0 | Zürich | Stade de Genève, Geneva |
20:30 | Bedia ![]() Pflücke ![]() Bedia ![]() Touati ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,818 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
30 April 2023 Round 31 | Zürich | 2–2 | Sion | Letzigrund, Zürich |
14:15 | Condé ![]() Džemaili ![]() Kryeziu ![]() Džemaili ![]() Boranijašević ![]() Ligue ![]() Rohner ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 14,608 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
7 May 2023 Round 32 | Basel | 0–2 | Zürich | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
16:30 | Xhaka ![]() Augustin ![]() Adams ![]() Heiko Vogel (coach) ![]() Burger ![]() Xhaka ![]() |
SFL summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 27,295 Referee: ![]() Assistant referees: (VAR) ![]() |
Swiss Cup
18 September 2022 Round 2 | Lausanne-Sport | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Zürich | Lausanne |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 5,050 Referee: ![]() |
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 | ![]() | 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.) | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
19:45 BST (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) |
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.
18 August 2022 First leg | Zürich ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 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.[5] |
25 August 2022 Second leg | Heart of Midlothian ![]() | 0–1 (1–3 agg.) | ![]() | Edinburgh, Scotland |
20:00 BST (UTC+1) | Report |
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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 | |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | — |
8 September 2022 1 | Zürich ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | St. Gallen[note 1] |
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,070 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden) |
15 September 2022 2 | Bodø/Glimt ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Bodø, Norway |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
6 October 2022 3 | Zürich ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | Zürich |
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,626 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
13 October 2022 4 | PSV Eindhoven ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Zürich |
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,168 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine) |
Notes
- 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.[6]
References
- 2022–23 FC Zürich season at Swiss Football League
- "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League.
- "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23". SwissFootballLeague.
- "Schlusslicht FCZ bleibt auch im 13. Ligaspiel sieglos". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- Pilcher, Ross (11 August 2022). "Hearts to face Zurich in the Europa League playoffs after Donis Avdijaj dumps out Linfield". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- "Ticket information: FC Zurich v Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.