2023–24 FC Lugano season

FC Lugano 2023–24 football season
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.

Players

First-team squad

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

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

In

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round 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
Total 21 11 2 8 46 30 +16 052.38

Last updated: 17 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
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  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Young Boys (Y) 33 19 8 6 67 32 +35 65 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Lugano 33 18 5 10 61 44 +17 59 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Servette 33 16 9 8 53 38 +15 57 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
4 St. Gallen 33 14 8 11 53 44 +9 50
5 Winterthur 33 13 10 10 55 56 −1 49
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 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]
(Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League
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

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

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

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

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

Swiss Cup

v Lugano
August 2023 Round 1 Lugano
CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Cup

References

  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]

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