2022–23 FC Lugano season

Lugano
2022–23 season
Chairman	Philippe Regazzoni
Manager	Mattia Croci-Torti
Stadium	Cornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League	3rd
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: 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 participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Amir Saipi
4	DF	KOS	Kreshnik Hajrizi
5	DF	SUI	Albian Hajdari (on loan from Juventus U23)
6	DF	ECU	Jhon Espinoza
7	DF	SUI	Mickaël Facchinetti
8	MF	SUI	Adrian Durrer
9	FW	SVN	Žan Celar
10	FW	SUI	Mattia Bottani
11	MF	SUI	Maren Haile-Selassie
13	GK	SUI	Serif Berbic
14	MF	URU	Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
15	DF	GER	Lars Lukas Mai
17	DF	ARG	Milton Valenzuela
18	MF	FRA	Hicham Mahou
20	MF	CIV	Ousmane Doumbia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	SUI	Renato Steffen
23	DF	BIH	Leonid Srdić
24	MF	NGA	Chinwendu Nkama
25	MF	SUI	Uran Bislimi
27	FW	SUI	Boris Babic
29	MF	TUN	Hadj Mahmoud
30	DF	SUI	Fabio Daprelà
31	FW	ARG	Ignacio Aliseda
34	DF	SUI	Allan Arigoni
41	DF	SUI	Noah De Queiroz
44	DF	ITA	Matteo Lape
45	MF	SUI	Michel De Jesus
47	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Amoura
58	GK	NGA	Sebastian Osigwe
77	MF	CZE	Roman Macek

Other players under contract

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SVN	Abel Marc

Out on loan

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


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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 December 2022 Friendly	Lugano	3–0	SC Freiburg II	Lugano, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

21 December 2022 Friendly	Fiorentina	6–1	Lugano	Florence, Italy
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

7 January 2023 Friendly	Lugano	2–7	FC St. Pauli	Benidorm, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aliseda 42' Arigoni 48' Espinoza Hajrizi		Dźwigała 10', 52' Daschner 11', 24' Otto 20' Eggestein 69' Roggow 119' Aremu Smith	Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center
Note: The game was played in two halves of 60 minutes each.

10 January 2023 Friendly	Piast Gliwice	0–0	Lugano	Benidorm, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center

14 January 2023 Friendly	Lugano	3–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lugano, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

24 March 2023 Friendly	Como	2–2	Lugano	Como
11:00 CET (UTC+2)	Cerri 58' Da Cunha 69'		Sabbatini 26', 34'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Competitions

Overview

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	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
UEFA Europa Conference League	4 August 2022	11 August 2022	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	000.00
Total					44	19	13	12	77	58	+19	043.18

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 the Champions League play-off round
2	Servette	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	12	9	59	47	+12	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Luzern	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	50	Qualification for the 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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	15	12	9	48	44	+4	57	9	5	4	21	18	+3	6	7	5	27	26	+1

Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W
Position	8	10	7	8	6	8	6	8	7	5	6	6	8	8	7	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3

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: Fedayi San

24 July 2022 (2022-07-24) 2	Grasshoppers	2–1	Lugano	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kawabe 12', 47' Dadashov 90+1'	Report	79' (pen.) Celar	Attendance: 4,123 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: 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: 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: Alain Bieri

14 August 2022 5	Basel	0–2	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Xhaka 32'	SFL summary FCB report	4' Arigoni 42' Daprelà 87' Valenzuela 90+1' Babic 90+2' Saipi 90+4' Mahmoud	Attendance: 19,888 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

28 August 2022 6	Lugano	2–3	St. Gallen	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15	Celar 6' Mahmoud 33' Ziegler 57' Babic 65'	SFL summary	5' Sutter 29' Guillemenot 45+2' Witzig 59' Görtler 79' Guindo 90+3' Vallci	Attendance: 3,357 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

3 September 2022 7	Zürich	1–2	Lugano	Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 CEST	Mets 9' Tosin 24' Avdijaj 26' Rohner 60' Selnæs 90'	SFL summary Report	Steffen 5' Celar 19' Amoura 90'	Attendance: 10,360 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

11 September 2022 8	Young Boys	3–0	Lugano	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 CEST	Nsame 2' 63' Niasse 8' Itten 41' (pen.) Camara 74' Rieder 80'	SFL summary Report	Steffen 41' Mahou 90+3' Arigoni 90+4'	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

2 October 2022 9	Lugano	1–0	Servette	Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 CET	Sabbatini 35' Daprelà 46' Doumbia 70'	SFL summary Report	Valls 23' Vouilloz 76' Diallo 86'	Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Alain Bieri

9 October 2022 10	Lugano	1–0	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Sabbatini 24' Mahou 33' Valenzuela 84'	SFL summary FCB report	61' Lang 62' Amdouni	Attendance: 3,389 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

16 October 2022 11	St. Gallen	1–1	Lugano	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15	Görtler 5' Akolo 9' Vallci 10' Schmidt 36'	SFL summary	45+1' Arigoni 60' Saipi 83' Celar 90+4' Haile-Selassie	Attendance: 17,059 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

19 October 2022 12	Lugano	1–4	Young Boys	Stadio di Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 CEST	Ziegler 25' Celar 37' Doumbia 64' Daprelà 79' Bislimi 86'	SFL summary Report	Nsame 21' Rüegg 40' Niasse 57' Lustenberger 60' Garcia 68' Imeri 80' Itten 90+1' 90+5'	Attendance: 3,307 Referee: Sandro Schärer Assistant referees: Sven Wolfensberger (VAR)

22 October 2022 13	Luzern	3–1	Lugano	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Burch 48' Meyer 66' (pen.) Dräger 69' Meyer 82'	SFL summary	52' Arigoni 61' Bislimi 62' Bislimi 74' Daprelà 84' Valenzuela 90+3' Mahou	Attendance: 10,037 Referee: Nico Gianforte Assistant referees: Sandro Schärer (VAR)

29 October 2022 14	Servette	2–2	Lugano	Stade de Genève, Lancy
20:30 CET	Rouiller 3' 44' Stevanović 26' Diogo Monteiro 68'	SFL summary Report	Hajdari 23' Celar 41' Valenzuela 51' 87' Sabbatini 61' Doumbia 82'	Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich Assistant referees: Sascha Kever (VAR)

6 November 2022 15	Lugano	2–0	Zürich	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Steffen 12' Mai 24' Hajdari 48' Mahou 58' 78' Babic 59' Aliseda 71' Saipi 88'	SFL summary	28' Selnæs 43' Marchesano 47' Santini 73' Brecher 78' Katić 88' Aliti	Attendance: 3,560 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: Lukas Fähndrich (VAR)

13 November 2022 16	Lugano	3–1	Winterthur	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Celar 7' Celar 15' Arigoni 33' Valenzuela 50' Amoura 89' 89'	SFL summary	20' Di Giusto	Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Luca Cibelli

22 January 2023 17	Sion	2–3	Lugano	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15	Poha 14' Cyprien 24' Araz 39' Cyprien 58' Doumbia 76]' (o.g.)	SFL summary	3' Amoura 33' Steffen 40' Hajdari 90+1' Mahmoud 90+4' Celar	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 18	Lugano	1–1	Grasshopper	Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hajrizi 12' Amoura 16' Valenzuela 41' Aliseda 88'	SFL summary	20' Abrashi 42' Kawabe 58' Schmid	Attendance: 2,841 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) Assistant referees: Lionel Tschudi (VAR) Man of the Match: Hayao Kawabe^[4]

4 February 2023 19	Winterthur	1–0	Lugano	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30	Arnold 41' Di Giusto 45' Burkart 53' Diaby 70'	SFL summary	18' 90+5' Bottani 38' Espinoza	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Nico Gianforte

12 February 2023 20	Lugano	1–1	Luzern	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15	Celar 38' (pen.) Mahmoud 44' Hajdari 73' Valenzuela 77'	SFL summary	16' Abubakar 17' Schürpf 31' Dräger 36' Dorn 90+3' Klidjé	Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

18 February 2023 21	Young Boys	1–1	Lugano	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET	Zesiger 40' Nsame 48' Blum 75'	SFL summary Report	Sabatini 19' Valenzuela 38'Steffen 45+2'	Attendance: 24,684 Referee: Luca Cibelli

26 February 2023 22	Lugano	2–2	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Celar 33' Aliseda 38' Hajrizi 90+2' Hajdari 90+4'	SFL summary FCB report	4' Vogel 31' Xhaka 42' Burger 74' Males 83' Lang 90+3' Lang	Attendance: 3,205 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

5 March 2023 23	Sion	1–1	Lugano	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
16:30	Poha Sio 66' Chouaref 81'	SFL summary	34' Doumbia 44' Steffen 50' Hajrizi 70' Valenzuela	Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Urs Schnyder

11 March 2023 24	Lugano	2–0	Zürich	Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30	Aliseda 22' Steffen 39' Sabbatini 45' Hajdari 70' Doumbia 79' Babic 83' Bislimi 90+4'	SFL summary	5' Tosin 36' Šimić 90+4' Omeragić	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Esther Staubli

19 March 2023 25	Lugano	1–1	Servette	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Hajrizi 9' Macek 60' Arigoni 71' Celar 90'	SFL summary	21' Antunes 45+1' Céspedes 58' Bedia 74' Valls	Attendance: 2,814 Referee: Mirel Turkes Assistant referees: (VAR) Fedayi San

2 April 2023 (2023-04-02) 26	Grasshopper	2–1	Lugano	Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmid 37' Shabani 41' 56' Pusic 67' Dadashov 76'	Report	30' Celar 90+3' Arigoni 90+7' Daprelà	Attendance: 4,502 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Urs Schnyder

10 April 2023 27	Lugano	1–1	St. Gallen	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15	Hajdari 13' Steffen 22' Steffen 63' Facchinetti 90+4'	SFL summary	61' Görtler 85' Vallci 90+3' Quintillà 90+5' (pen.) Akolo	Attendance: 4,882 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner

15 April 2023 28	Servette	0–0	Lugano	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00		SFL summary	42' Hajrizi 90+2' Macek	Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

23 April 2023 29	Lugano	2–0	Sion	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Steffen 9' Mahmoud 73' 78' Valenzuela 90' Amoura 90+4'	SFL summary	21' Schmied 38' Cyprien 49' 51' Zagré 72' 90+3' Diouf 89' Batata	Attendance: 3,005 Referee: Esther Staubli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

26 April 2023 30	St. Gallen	1–2	Lugano	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Witzig 19' Guillemenot 36' Schmidt 61' Maglica 66' Ati-Zigi 67'	SFL summary	15' Arigoni 57' Amoura 86' Bislimi	Attendance: 12,622 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) 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 28' Steffen 38' Macek 56' Amoura 59', 64' Celar 70'	SFL summary	10' Seko 45+3' Demhasaj 58' Herc	Attendance: 3,627 Referee: Stefan Horisberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner

7 May 2023 32	Luzern	2–2	Lugano	Swissporarena, Luzern
14:15	Beka 27' Meyer 36' Villiger 60' Beka 82' Abubakar 84'	SFL summary	23' Hajrizi 31' Doumbia 52' Celar 74' Steffen 78' Valenzuela 90+2' Steffen	Attendance: 14,358 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

14 May 2023 33	Lugano	2–1	Winterthur	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Aliseda 15' Arigoni 21'	SFL summary	Ardaiz 16'	Referee: Esther Staubli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger

21 May 2023 34	Basel	1–1	Lugano	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Zeqiri 35' Zeqiri 38' Males 62' Calafiori 63' 90+4' Frei 90+4' Heiko Vogel (coach) after match'	FCB resport SFL summary	19' Hajrizi 84' Steffen 89' Steffen 89' Mahou 90+4' Saipi	Attendance: 21,105 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

21 August 2022 First round	Linth	1–5	Lugano	Näfels
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	A. Sabanovic 88'	Report	Arigoni 23', 44' Mahou 73' Haile-Selassie 79', 80'	Stadium: SGU-Platz Nord

18 September 2022 Second round	Breitenrain	0–4	Lugano	Bern
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Babic 47' Aliseda 70', 90' Amoura 87'	Stadium: Spitalacker Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

9 November 2022 Third round	Lugano	1–0	Winterthur	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bottani 67'	Report		Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Referee: Stefan Horisberger

1 March 2023 Quarter-finals	Sion	0–3	Lugano	Sion
20:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Amoura 62' Aliseda 72' (pen.) Sabbatini 81'	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Referee: Sandro Schärer

5 April 2023 Semi-finals	Servette	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Lugano	Lancy
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Kutesa 22' Crivelli 90+6'	Report	Aliseda 31', 40'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Referee: Fedayi San
	Penalties
	Stevanovic Pflücke Crivelli Mbabu		Celar Bottani Amoura Macek Sabbatini
Note: Lugano won 5–3 on penalties.

4 June 2023 Final	Young Boys	3–2	Lugano	Bern
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ugrinic 15' Nsame 20', 45+3', 72' Blum 29' Zesiger 33' Fassnacht 62' Elia 85'	Report	Mahmoud 27' Bislimi 36' Bottani 53' Doumbia 63' Steffen 87'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 31,500^[5] Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

4 August 2022 First leg	Lugano	0–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Lugano, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bottani 8' Arigoni 35'	Report	Yosefi 37', 39' Micha 76' Selmani 85'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,369^[6] Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

11 August 2022 Second leg	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Lugano	Netanya, Israel^{[note 1]}
20:15 IDT (UTC+3)	Bareiro 18' Vítor 51' Hajdari 61' (o.g.) Hatuel 80', 85' Elhamed 90+2'	Report	Mahmoud 21' Arigoni 25' Sabbatini 42' Maccoppi 65' Doumbia 73' (pen.) Hajdari 90+2'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 4,798^[7] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Note: Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 5–1 on aggregate.

Notes

^ Hapoel Be’er Sheva played their home match at the Netanya Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Turner Stadium, Be’er Sheva, due to safety concerns relating to the 2022 Israel–Gaza conflict.

References

^ "Prima squadra" [First team] (in Italian). FC Lugano. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ "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.
^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23". SwissFootballLeague.
^ "Aliseda bewahrt Lugano vor der Heimpleite gegen GC". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
^ "YB holt den Cupsieg und das Double" [YB wins the cup and the double]. blick.ch (in Swiss German). 4 June 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
^ "Lugano vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs. Lugano" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[7] Hapoel Be’er Sheva played their home match at the Netanya Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Turner Stadium, Be’er Sheva, due to safety concerns relating to the 2022 Israel–Gaza conflict.

[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.

[5] "YB holt den Cupsieg und das Double" [YB wins the cup and the double]. blick.ch (in Swiss German). 4 June 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

[6] "Lugano vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[8] "Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs. Lugano" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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