2020–21 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich
2020–21 season
Stadium	Letzigrund
Swiss Super League	8th
Swiss Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Antonio Marchesano (13); All: ; Antonio Marchesano (13)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 FC Zürich season was the club's 125th season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Zürich participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from 11 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 12 February 2021

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	BIH	Živko Kostadinović
3	DF	BRA	Nathan
4	DF	SUI	Bećir Omeragić
5	DF	GER	Lasse Sobiech
6	DF	KOS	Fidan Aliti
7	MF	SUI	Adrian Winter
8	MF	SUI	Vasilije Janjičić
9	FW	GAM	Assan Ceesay
10	MF	SUI	Antonio Marchesano
14	MF	SUI	Toni Domgjoni
15	FW	NGA	Tosin Aiyegun
16	GK	SUI	Novem Baumann
18	FW	SVN	Blaž Kramer
19	DF	SUI	Tobias Schättin
20	MF	CIV	Ousmane Doumbia
21	MF	SUI	Blerim Dzemaili
22	FW	ITA	Wilfried Gnonto


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	SUI	Fabian Rohner
25	GK	SUI	Yanick Brecher
26	MF	TUN	Salim Khelifi
27	MF	SUI	Marco Schönbächler
31	DF	KOS	Mirlind Kryeziu
32	MF	SUI	Nils Reichmuth
33	MF	SUI	Stephan Seiler
34	DF	SUI	Ilan Sauter
35	MF	SUI	Simon Sohm
36	DF	SUI	Filip Frei
41	MF	SUI	Lavdim Zumberi
42	DF	SUI	Silvan Wallner
48	MF	SUI	Nils Reichmuth
70	MF	KOS	Benjamin Kololli
71	MF	KOS	Hekuran Kryeziu
77	DF	CIV	Willie Britto

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2020 Friendly	Zürich	2–5	FC Schaffhausen	Zürich
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli

25 August 2020 Friendly	Luzern	2–0	Zürich	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Swissporarena

28 August 2020 Friendly	Zürich	1–0	Wil	Zürich
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli

5 September 2020 Friendly	Zürich	3–0	Winterthur	Zürich
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund

9 January 2021 Friendly	Zürich	3–1	Luzern	Kriens
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Kleinfeld

16 January 2021 Friendly	Zürich	1–1	Winterthur	Schaffhausen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: LIPO Park Schaffhausen

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	19 September 2020	21 May 2021	Matchday 1	8th	36	11	10	15	53	57	−4	030.56
Swiss Cup	13 September 2020		Round 2	Round 2	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					37	11	10	16	55	60	−5	029.73

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Lausanne-Sport	36	12	10	14	52	55	−3	46
7	St. Gallen	36	11	11	14	45	48	−3	44
8	Zürich	36	11	10	15	53	57	−4	43
9	Sion (O)	36	8	14	14	48	58	−10	38	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Vaduz (R)	36	9	9	18	36	58	−22	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League^[a]

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.^[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

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
36	11	10	15	53	57	−4	43	6	5	7	27	21	+6	5	5	8	26	36	−10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

19 September 2020 1	Young Boys	2–1	Zürich	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
19:00	Mambimbi 24' Fassnacht 69' Zesiger 16' 70'	https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/matchcenter/match/202021/yb-fcz-162082/ Summary	5' Kololli 28' Ceesay 45' 56' Kryeziu	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Urs Schnyder

26 September 2020 2	Zürich	2–2	Lugano	Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Sobiech 37' Marchesano 76' Cardoso 90'	Report	Lovric 4' Alexander Gerndt 9' Sabbatini 26' 54' Guidotti 90+1'	Stadium: Letzigrund, Zürich Attendance: 1000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

3 October 2020 3	Lausanne-Sport	4–0	Zürich	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
19:00	Turkeš 12' Puertas 41' Boranijasevic 52' Boranijasevic 76' Guessand 88'	Report		Stadium: Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 2350 Referee: Luca Cibelli

18 October 2020 4	Zürich	P-P	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00

24 October 2020 5	Vaduz	1–4	Zürich	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:00	Lüchinger 39' Schmied 74'	Report	Sobiech 6' Marchesano 23' Aiyegun 41' Ceesay 68' Gnonto 74' Schönbächler 76' Gnonto 78' Doumbia 82'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz Attendance: 1396 Referee: Luca Piccolo

4 November 2020 4	Zürich	1–0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Doumbia 21' Marchesano 46'	Report	van der Werff 21'	Attendance: 50 Referee: Alain Bieri

7 November 2020 7	Zürich	2–0	Luzern	Letzigrund, Zürich
19:00	Kololli 23' Tosin 39' 61' Marchesano 45' Nathan 47' Doumbia 54' Brecher 89'	Report	Alves 22' Schaub 34' Sorgić 35' Bürki 77' Alounga 90'	Attendance: 50 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

22 November 2020 8	Sion	2–2	Zürich	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Ndoye 2' Abdellaoui 22' Karlen 34' Karlen 48' Araz 61' Khasa 79' Serey Dié 90+4'	Report	Aliti 40' Schönbächler 47' Kololli 55'	Attendance: 5 Referee: Sandro Schärer

2 December 2020 6	Servette	2–1	Zürich	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:15	Kyei 60' Kyei 69' Ondoua 79' Valls 94'	Report	Domgjoni 75'	Attendance: 5 Referee: David Schärli

6 December 2020 10	Zürich	4–0	Lausanne-Sport	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 CET	Domgjoni 17' Tosin 28' Kololli 90' Ceesay 90+1'	Report	Loosli 26' Geissmann 55' Boranijašević 80'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San

29 November 2020 9	Zürich	1–2	St. Gallen	Zürich
18:15 CET	Aliti 4' Tosin 28' 62' Nathan 56' Kololli 74' Doumbia 74'	Report	Youan 9' 37' Görtler 52' Rüfli 83'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

13 December 2020 11	Lugano	0–1	Zürich	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00 CET	Lovrić 63' Lavanchy 90+1'	Report	Kramer 58' Marchesano 76' Rohner 84'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer

16 December 2020 12	Luzern	0–0	Zürich	Swissporarena, Luzern
18:15 CET	Ugrinic 61' Sorgić 88' Alounga 89'	Report	Doumbia 22' Nathan 30' Domgjoni 88'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Léonce Lionel Tschudi

20 December 2020 13	Zürich	0–1	Servette	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00 CET		Report

23 December 2020 14

Zürich

0–0

Sion

Letzigrund, Zürich

23 January 2021 15	Basel	1–4	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Arthur Cabral 75'	SFL summary	Cömert 67' (o.g.) Sobiech 73' Frei 80' (o.g.) Marchesano 90+4' (pen.)	Referee: Sandro Schärer

27 January 2021 16	Zürich	0–1	Vaduz	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:15	Kramer 44' 89' Ceesay 70'	Summary	31' Gajić 47' Obexer 61' Schmid 65' Wieser	Attendance: 5 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet, Basel

30 January 2021 17

St. Gallen

2–3

Zürich

Kybunpark, St. Gallen

3 February 2021 18

Zürich

1–4

Young Boys

Letzigrund, Zürich

6 February 2021 19	Vaduz	3–2	Zürich	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
20:30	Cicek 31' Gajić 42' 54' Schmied 64' Di Giusto 78' Rahimi 90+1'	Summary	43' 46' Marchesano 58' Winter 65' Džemaili 83' Aliti 90+4' Kramer	Attendance: 5 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

14 February 2021 20	Zürich	2–0	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00	Aliti 17' Marchesano 26' (pen.) Nathan 40' Kramer 77' 90+2'	SFL summary	Frei 90+3'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

21 February 2021 21	Zürich	1–1	Sion	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:00
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

27 February 2021 22	Servette	3–1	Zürich	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:15	Rouiller 19' Miroslav Stevanović 26' Valls 45+1' Miroslav Stevanović 62' Valls 67' (pen.)	SFL summary	12' Fabian Rohner 54' Brecher 56' Khelifi 66' H. Kryeziu	Attendance: 5 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

4 March 2021 23	Zürich	1–2	Luzern	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

7 March 2021 24	Lugano	0–1	Zürich	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:00
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

13 March 2021 25	Zürich	1–1	Lausanne-Sport	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:15

21 March 2021 26	Young Boys	4–0	Zürich	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30

3 April 2021 27	St. Gallen	1–1	Zürich	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30

11 April 2021 28

Zürich

1–2

Servette

Letzigrund, Zürich

17 April 2021 29

Sion

2–2

Zürich

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

22 April 2021 30

Zürich

1–2

Young Boys

Letzigrund, Zürich

25 April 2021 31

Luzern

3–1

Zürich

Swissporarena, Luzern

2 May 2021 32

Zürich

3–0

Lugano

Letzigrund, Zürich

9 May 2021 33

Lausanne-Sport

2–2

Zürich

Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne

12 May 2021 34

Zürich

2–2

St. Gallen

Letzigrund, Zürich

15 May 2021 35	Basel	4–0	Zürich	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Petretta 21' Zhegrova 30' Kasami 63' Petretta 77' Cabral 86'	FCB report	4' Nathan 40' Schönbächler 40' Domgjoni 71' Kramer	Attendance: 100 Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

21 May 2021 36	Zürich	4–1	Vaduz	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:00

Swiss Cup[edit]

13 September 2020 Round 2	Chiasso	3–2	Zürich	Chiasso
16:00	Sofian Bahloul 17' 88' (pen.) Sifneos 23' 35' Christian Nzila 48' Strechie 90+5'	Report	Britto 34' Ceesay 40' 76' 90+5' Bangura 69' Sohm 86'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

References[edit]

^ "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.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_res_RECL2Q0.52882808657774-1] Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 Liechtenstein Cup.

[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.

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