FC Lugano
2022–23 season
ChairmanPhilippe Regazzoni
ManagerMattia Croci-Torti
StadiumCornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Žan Celar (16)
All: Žan Celar (16)

The 2022–23 FC Lugano season was the club's 115th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Lugano will participate in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 September 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 Switzerland SUI Amir Saipi
4 DF Kosovo KOS Kreshnik Hajrizi
5 DF Switzerland SUI Albian Hajdari (on loan from Juventus U23)
6 DF Ecuador ECU Jhon Espinoza
7 DF Switzerland SUI Mickaël Facchinetti
8 MF Switzerland SUI Adrian Durrer
9 FW Slovenia SVN Žan Celar
10 FW Switzerland SUI Mattia Bottani
11 MF Switzerland SUI Maren Haile-Selassie
13 GK Switzerland SUI Serif Berbic
14 MF Uruguay URU Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
15 DF Germany GER Lars Lukas Mai
17 DF Argentina ARG Milton Valenzuela
18 MF France FRA Hicham Mahou
20 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ousmane Doumbia
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen
23 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Leonid Srdić
24 MF Nigeria NGA Chinwendu Nkama
25 MF Switzerland SUI Uran Bislimi
27 FW Switzerland SUI Boris Babic
29 MF Tunisia TUN Hadj Mahmoud
30 DF Switzerland SUI Fabio Daprelà
31 FW Argentina ARG Ignacio Aliseda
34 DF Switzerland SUI Allan Arigoni
41 DF Switzerland SUI Noah De Queiroz
44 DF Italy ITA Matteo Lape
45 MF Switzerland SUI Michel De Jesus
47 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed El Amine Amoura
58 GK Nigeria NGA Sebastian Osigwe
77 MF Czech Republic CZE Roman Macek

Other players under contract

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 Slovenia SVN Abel Marc

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Switzerland SUI Alexander Muci (at Bellinzona until 30 June 2023)
FW Italy ITA Alessandro Casciato (at Rapperswil-Jona until 31 December 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

17 December 2022 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 3–0 Germany SC Freiburg II Lugano, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
21 December 2022 Friendly Fiorentina Italy 6–1 Switzerland Lugano Florence, Italy
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
7 January 2023 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 2–7 Germany FC St. Pauli Benidorm, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center
Note: The game was played in two halves of 60 minutes each.
10 January 2023 Friendly Piast Gliwice Poland 0–0 Switzerland Lugano Benidorm, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center
14 January 2023 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Lugano, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
24 March 2023 Friendly Como Italy 2–2 Switzerland Lugano Como
11:00 CET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 17 July 2022 29 May 2023 Matchday 1 3rd 36 15 12 9 59 47 +12 041.67
Swiss Cup 21 August 2022 4 June 2023 Round 1 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 17 6 +11 066.67
Total 42 19 13 10 76 53 +23 045.24

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 21 11 4 82 30 +52 74 Qualification for Champions League play-off round
2 Servette 36 14 16 6 53 48 +5 58 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano 36 15 12 9 59 47 +12 57 Qualification for Europa League play-off round
4 Luzern 36 13 11 12 56 52 +4 50 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Basel 36 11 14 11 51 50 +1 47
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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 15 12 9 48 44  +4 57 9 5 4 21 18  +3 6 7 5 27 26  +1

Source:

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLLWLWLWLWWDLLDWWWDLDDDDWDLDDWWWDWDWW
Position8107868687566887433444544345444233333
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

17 July 2022 1 Lugano 2–3 Sion Cornaredo, Lugano
16;30 Sabbatini 61'
De Queiroz 88'
SFL summary 43' (o.g.) Daprelà
59' Cavaré
85' Schmied
Attendance: 2,737
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
24 July 2022 (2022-07-24) 2 Grasshoppers 2–1 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Kawabe 12', 47'
Dadashov Yellow card 90+1'
Report 79' (pen.) Celar Attendance: 4,123
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: Switzerland Fedayi San (VAR)
31 July 2022 3 Winterthur 1–4 Lugano Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 Buess 11' SFL summary 20' Celar
22' Haile-Selassie
31' Bottani
90+1' Celar
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
7 August 2022 4 Lugano 1–2 Luzern Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Ziegler 75' SFL summary 32' Dorn
84' Beloko
Attendance: 3,060
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
14 August 2022 5 Basel 0–2 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka Yellow card 32' SFL summary
FCB report
Yellow card 4' Arigoni
Yellow card 42' Daprelà
Yellow card 87' Valenzuela
90+1' Babic
Yellow card 90+2' Saipi
90+4' Mahmoud
Attendance: 19,888
Referee: Switzerland Alessandro Dudic
28 August 2022 6 Lugano 2–3 St. Gallen Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 Celar 6'
Mahmoud Yellow card 33'
Ziegler Yellow card 57'
Babic 65'
SFL summary Yellow card 5' Sutter
29' Guillemenot
45+2' Witzig
59' Görtler
Yellow card 79' Guindo
Yellow card 90+3' Vallci
Attendance: 3,357
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
3 September 2022 7 Zürich 1–2 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 CEST Mets Yellow card 9'
Tosin 24'
Avdijaj Yellow card 26'
Rohner Yellow card 60'
Selnæs Yellow card 90'
SFL summary
Report
Steffen 5'
Celar Yellow card 19'
Amoura 90'
Attendance: 10,360
Referee: Switzerland Alessandro Dudic
11 September 2022 8 Young Boys 3–0 Lugano Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 CEST Nsame 2' 63'
Niasse Yellow card 8'
Itten 41' (pen.)
Camara Yellow card 74'
Rieder Yellow card 80'
SFL summary
Report
Steffen Yellow card 41'
Mahou Yellow card 90+3'
Arigoni Yellow card 90+4'
Attendance: 31,120
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
2 October 2022 9 Lugano 1–0 Servette Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 CET Sabbatini 35'
Daprelà Yellow card 46'
Doumbia Yellow card 70'
SFL summary
Report
Valls Yellow card 23'
Vouilloz Yellow card 76'
Diallo Yellow card 86'
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
9 October 2022 10 Lugano 1–0 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Sabbatini Yellow card 24'
Mahou 33'
Valenzuela Yellow card 84'
SFL summary
FCB report
Yellow card 61' Lang
Yellow card 62' Amdouni
Attendance: 3,389
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
16 October 2022 11 St. Gallen 1–1 Lugano Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 Görtler Yellow card 5'
Akolo 9'
Vallci Yellow card 10'
Schmidt Yellow card 36'
SFL summary Yellow card 45+1' Arigoni
Yellow card 60' Saipi
83' Celar
Yellow card 90+4' Haile-Selassie
Attendance: 17,059
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
19 October 2022 12 Lugano 1–4 Young Boys Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 CEST Ziegler 25'
Celar Yellow card 37'
Doumbia Yellow card 64'
Daprelà Yellow card 79'
Bislimi Yellow card 86'
SFL summary
Report
Nsame 21'
Rüegg Yellow card 40'
Niasse Yellow card 57'
Lustenberger Yellow card 60'
Garcia 68'
Imeri 80'
Itten Yellow card 90+1' 90+5'
Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
Assistant referees: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger (VAR)
22 October 2022 13 Luzern 3–1 Lugano Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Burch Yellow card 48'
Meyer 66' (pen.)
Dräger 69'
Meyer 82'
SFL summary Yellow card 52' Arigoni
61' Bislimi
Yellow card 62' Bislimi
Yellow card 74' Daprelà
Yellow card 84' Valenzuela
Yellow card 90+3' Mahou
Attendance: 10,037
Referee: Switzerland Nico Gianforte
Assistant referees: Switzerland Sandro Schärer (VAR)
29 October 2022 14 Servette 2–2 Lugano Stade de Genève, Lancy
20:30 CET Rouiller 3' Red card 44'
Stevanović 26'
Diogo Monteiro Yellow card 68'
SFL summary
Report
Hajdari Yellow card 23'
Celar 41'
Valenzuela Yellow card 51' Yellow-red card 87'
Sabbatini Yellow card 61'
Doumbia 82'
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: Switzerland Sascha Kever (VAR)
6 November 2022 15 Lugano 2–0 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Steffen 12'
Mai Yellow card 24'
Hajdari Yellow card 48'
Mahou Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 78'
Babic Yellow card 59'
Aliseda 71'
Saipi Yellow card 88'
SFL summary Yellow card 28' Selnæs
Yellow card 43' Marchesano
Yellow card 47' Santini
Yellow card 73' Brecher
Yellow card 78' Katić
Yellow card 88' Aliti
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich (VAR)
13 November 2022 16 Lugano 3–1 Winterthur Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Celar 7'
Celar 15'
Arigoni Yellow card 33'
Valenzuela Yellow card 50'
Amoura Yellow card 89' 89'
SFL summary 20' Di Giusto
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
22 January 2023 17 Sion 2–3 Lugano Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Poha Yellow card 14'
Cyprien 24'
Araz Yellow card 39'
Cyprien Yellow card 58'
Doumbia 76]' (o.g.)
SFL summary 3' Amoura
33' Steffen
Yellow card 40' Hajdari
Yellow card 90+1' Mahmoud
90+4' Celar
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 18 Lugano 1–1 Grasshopper Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Hajrizi Yellow card 12'
Amoura Yellow card 16'
Valenzuela Yellow card 41'
Aliseda 88'
SFL summary Yellow card 20' Abrashi
42' Kawabe
Yellow card 58' Schmid
Attendance: 2,841
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
Assistant referees: Switzerland Lionel Tschudi (VAR)
Man of the Match: Hayao Kawabe[4]
4 February 2023 19 Winterthur 1–0 Lugano Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30 Arnold Yellow card 41'
Di Giusto 45'
Burkart Yellow card 53'
Diaby Yellow card 70'
SFL summary Yellow card 18' Yellow-red card 90+5' Bottani
Yellow card 38' Espinoza
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Switzerland Nico Gianforte
12 February 2023 20 Lugano 1–1 Luzern Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 Celar 38' (pen.)
Mahmoud Yellow card 44'
Hajdari Yellow card 73'
Valenzuela Yellow card 77'
SFL summary 16' Abubakar
Yellow card 17' Schürpf
Yellow card 31' Dräger
Yellow card 36' Dorn
Yellow card 90+3' Klidjé
Attendance: 3,026
Referee: Switzerland Anojen Kanagasingam
18 February 2023 21 Young Boys 1–1 Lugano Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET Zesiger Yellow card 40'
Nsame 48'
Blum Yellow card 75'
SFL summary
Report
Sabatini Yellow card 19'
Valenzuela 38'Steffen Yellow card 45+2'
Attendance: 24,684
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
26 February 2023 22 Lugano 2–2 Basel Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Celar 33'
Aliseda 38'
Hajrizi Yellow card 90+2'
Hajdari Yellow card 90+4'
SFL summary
FCB report
Yellow card 4' Vogel
Yellow card 31' Xhaka
Yellow card 42' Burger
74' Males
83' Lang
Yellow card 90+3' Lang
Attendance: 3,205
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
5 March 2023 23 Sion 1–1 Lugano Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:30 Poha Yellow card
Sio 66'
Chouaref Yellow card 81'
SFL summary 34' Doumbia
Yellow card 44' Steffen
Yellow card 50' Hajrizi
Yellow card 70' Valenzuela
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
11 March 2023 24 Lugano 2–0 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 Aliseda 22'
Steffen Yellow card 39'
Sabbatini 45'
Hajdari Yellow card 70'
Doumbia Yellow card 79'
Babic Yellow card 83'
Bislimi Yellow card 90+4'
SFL summary Yellow card 5' Tosin
Yellow card 36' Šimić
Yellow card 90+4' Omeragić
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Switzerland Esther Staubli
19 March 2023 25 Lugano 1–1 Servette Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Hajrizi Yellow card 9'
Macek Yellow card 60'
Arigoni Yellow card 71'
Celar 90'
SFL summary Yellow card 21' Antunes
Yellow card 45+1' Céspedes
Yellow card 58' Bedia
74' Valls
Attendance: 2,814
Referee: Switzerland Mirel Turkes
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Fedayi San
2 April 2023 (2023-04-02) 26 Grasshopper 2–1 Lugano Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Schmid Yellow card 37'
Shabani 41' Yellow card 56'
Pusic 67'
Dadashov Yellow card 76'
Report 30' Celar
Yellow card 90+3' Arigoni
Yellow card 90+7' Daprelà
Attendance: 4,502
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Urs Schnyder
10 April 2023 27 Lugano 1–1 St. Gallen Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 Hajdari Yellow card 13'
Steffen 22'
Steffen Yellow card 63'
Facchinetti Yellow card 90+4'
SFL summary Yellow card 61' Görtler
Yellow card 85' Vallci
Yellow card 90+3' Quintillà
90+5' (pen.) Akolo
Attendance: 4,882
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Stephan Klossner
15 April 2023 28 Servette 0–0 Lugano Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00 SFL summary Yellow card 42' Hajrizi
Yellow card 90+2' Macek
Attendance: 4,141
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
23 April 2023 29 Lugano 2–0 Sion Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Steffen Yellow card 9'
Mahmoud Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 78'
Valenzuela 90'
Amoura 90+4'
SFL summary Yellow card 21' Schmied
Yellow card 38' Cyprien
Yellow card 49' Yellow-red card 51' Zagré
Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 90+3' Diouf
Yellow card 89' Batata
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Switzerland Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sandro Schärer
26 April 2023 30 St. Gallen 1–2 Lugano Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 Witzig 19'
Guillemenot Yellow card 36'
Schmidt Yellow card 61'
Maglica Yellow card 66'
Ati-Zigi Yellow card 67'
SFL summary Yellow card 15' Arigoni
57' Amoura
86' Bislimi
Attendance: 12,622
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sascha Kever
29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 31 Lugano 5–1 Grasshopper Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Aliseda 25', 78'
Sabbatini Yellow card 28'
Steffen Yellow card 38'
Macek Yellow card 56'
Amoura 59', 64'
Celar 70'
SFL summary Yellow card 10' Seko
45+3' Demhasaj
Yellow card 58' Herc
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Stephan Klossner
7 May 2023 32 Luzern 2–2 Lugano Swissporarena, Luzern
14:15 Beka 27'
Meyer 36'
Villiger Yellow card 60'
Beka Yellow card 82'
Abubakar Yellow card 84'
SFL summary Yellow card 23' Hajrizi
Yellow card 31' Doumbia
52' Celar
74' Steffen
Yellow card 78' Valenzuela
Yellow card 90+2' Steffen
Attendance: 14,358
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sascha Kever
14 May 2023 33 Lugano 2–1 Winterthur Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30
SFL summary
Referee: Switzerland Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
21 May 2023 34 Basel 1–1 Lugano St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Zeqiri 35'
Zeqiri Yellow card 38'
Males Yellow card 62'
Calafiori Yellow card 63' Yellow-red card 90+4'
Frei Yellow card 90+4'
Heiko Vogel (coach) Yellow card Yellow-red card after match'
FCB resport
SFL summary
Yellow card 19' Hajrizi
84' Steffen
Yellow card 89' Steffen
Yellow card 89' Mahou
Yellow card 90+4' Saipi
Attendance: 21,105
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR) Switzerland Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

References

  1. "Prima squadra" [First team] (in Italian). FC Lugano. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. "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.
  3. "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23". SwissFootballLeague.
  4. "Aliseda bewahrt Lugano vor der Heimpleite gegen GC". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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