2023–24 FC Lugano season

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FC Lugano
2023–24 season
ManagerMattia Croci-Torti
StadiumCornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss CupRound 4
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Žan Celar (6)
All:
Žan Celar (10)
Biggest winFC Gunzwil 0–7 Lugano
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The 2023–24 season is FC Lugano's 116th season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They are also competing in the Swiss Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 6 January 2024[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
6 DF Ecuador ECU Jhon Espinoza
7 MF Czech Republic CZE Roman Macek
8 MF Switzerland SUI Adrian Durrer
9 FW Slovenia SVN Žan Celar
10 FW Switzerland SUI Mattia Bottani
11 FW Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen
13 GK Switzerland SUI Serif Berbic
14 MF Uruguay URU Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
15 GK Greece GRE Fotis Pseftis
16 MF Switzerland SUI Anto Grgić
17 DF Germany GER Lars Lukas Mai
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF France FRA Hicham Mahou
19 FW Kosovo KOS Shkelqim Vladi
21 MF France FRA Yanis Cimignani
22 DF Morocco MAR Ayman El Wafi
23 DF Argentina ARG Milton Valenzuela
25 MF Switzerland SUI Uran Bislimi
26 DF Portugal POR Martim Marques
27 FW Switzerland SUI Boris Babic
28 MF Slovenia SVN Abel Marc
29 MF Tunisia TUN Hadj Mahmoud
31 FW Argentina ARG Ignacio Aliseda
34 DF Switzerland SUI Allan Arigoni
41 DF Switzerland SUI Noah De Queiroz
58 GK Nigeria NGA Sebastian Osigwe

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
— GK Switzerland SUI Attilio Morosoli (at Bellinzona until 31 December 2023)
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Ousmane Doumbia (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Maren Haile-Selassie (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023)
— FW Switzerland SUI Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF France Anto Grgić Switzerland Sion Free 1 July 2023 [2]
MF France Yanis Cimignani France Ajaccio Free 1 July 2023 [3]

Out[edit]

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Switzerland Fabio Daprelà Switzerland Zürich Free 1 July 2023
FW Algeria Mohamed El Amine Amoura Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise €4,000,000 18 August 2023 [4]
MF Switzerland Maren Haile-Selassie United States Chicago Fire 31 December 2023

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

29 June 2023 Friendly Bellinzona Switzerland 2–3 Switzerland Lugano
17:30
4 July 2023 Friendly SpVgg Unterhaching Germany 1–1 Switzerland Lugano Malles Venosta, Italy
17:30 Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta
12 July 2023 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland FC Paradiso
18:30
9 January 2024 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 1-4 Belgium Genk Spain
11:00
12 January 2024 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 1-0 Switzerland FC Schaffhausen
17 January 2024 Friendly Lugano Switzerland 1-1 Switzerland FC Paradiso

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 26 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 18 8 2 8 32 30 +2 044.44
Swiss Cup 19 August 2023 Round 1 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 100.00
UEFA Europa League 24 August 2023 31 August 2023 Play-off round Play-off round 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 21 September 2023 14 December 2023 Group stage Group stage 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 016.67
Total 29 12 3 14 52 47 +5 041.38

Last updated: 17 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Super League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Young Boys (X) 34 20 8 6 69 32 +37 68 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Servette (Y) 34 17 9 8 55 39 +16 60 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Lugano (Y) 34 18 5 11 61 45 +16 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 St. Gallen 34 15 8 11 54 44 +10 53 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Winterthur 34 13 10 11 56 58 −2 49
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[5]
(X) Guaranteed at least Europa League; (Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League second qualifying round
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners (Lugano or Servette) will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 17 December 2023.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWLWLLLWWLLDLLWWWD
Position113235753466687655
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2023. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.[6]

Lugano v Lugano
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund

Swiss Cup[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Cup
August 2023 Round 1 – Lugano
CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
24 August 2024 First leg Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium 2–0 Switzerland Lugano Brussels, Belgium[note 1]
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 7,238[8]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
31 August 2024 Second leg Lugano Switzerland 0–1
(0–3 agg.)		 Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise Geneva, Switzerland[note 2]
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 1,171[9]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Note: Union Saint-Gilloise won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRU BOD BEŞ LUG
1 Belgium Club Brugge 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Advance to round of 16 — 3–1 1–1 2–0
2 Norway Bodø/Glimt 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 — 3–1 5–2
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4[a] 0–5 1–2 — 2–3
4 Switzerland Lugano 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[a] 1–3 0–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.
21 September 2023 1 Lugano Switzerland 0–0 Norway Bodø/Glimt Zürich, Switzerland[note 3]
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 1,384[10]
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
5 October 2023 2 Beşiktaş Turkey 2–3 Switzerland Lugano Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Beşiktaş Park
Attendance: 24,648[11]
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
26 October 2023 3 Lugano Switzerland 1–3 Belgium Club Brugge Zürich, Switzerland[note 3]
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 4,037[12]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
9 November 2023 4 Club Brugge Belgium 2–0 Switzerland Lugano Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 16,493[13]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
30 November 2023 5 Bodø/Glimt Norway 5–2 Switzerland Lugano Bodø, Norway
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 6,295[14]
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
14 December 2023 6 Lugano Switzerland 0–2 Turkey Beşiktaş Zürich, Switzerland[note 3]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,476[15]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Union Saint-Gilloise played their home match at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, instead of their regular stadium, Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[7]
  2. ^ Lugano played their home match at the Stade de Genève in Geneva, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium in Lugano, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[7]
  3. ^ a b c Lugano played their Europa Conference League matches at the Letzigrund, in Zürich, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium, in Lugano, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Prima squadra" [First team] (in Italian). FC Lugano. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ Mellini, Marzio (18 August 2023). "Amoura in Belgio alla Royale Union Saint-Gilloise".
  5. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. ^ [3]
  7. ^ a b "Europe, here we go again! We meet FC Lugano for the first time ever! 🚨 As another club plays in the Stade de Genève, we could play the first leg in Brussels. More information on ticket prices and kick-off times will be announced soon. #UELDRAW". Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Lugano vs. Union Saint-Gilloise" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Lugano vs. Bodø/Glimt" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Beşiktaş vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Lugano vs. Club Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Club Brugge vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Bodø/Glimt vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Lugano vs. Beşiktaş" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

External links[edit]

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