2011–12 FC Sion season

Sion
2012–13 season
Chairman Christian Constantin
Manager Sébastien Fournier
Stadium Stade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League 9th
Swiss Cup Semi-Final
Top goalscorer League: Vilmos Vanczák (10)
All: Vilmos Vanczák (12)

The 2011–12 FC Sion season started on 16 July 2011.

Review and events

Transfer controversy

History

The controversy started when FC Sion signed Essam El-Hadary in 2008.[1]

2011–12 Events

FC Sion originally drew 0-0 and won 3-1 against Celtic F.C. in the Europa League.[2][3] However, UEFA overturned the results and awarded Celtic F.C. 3-0 forfeit victories for both legs of the tie.[4] FC Sion lost their appeal to re-enter the competition.[5]

The Swiss Football Association deducted 36 points from FC Sion.[1] Three points were deducted for each of the 12 league and cup matches in which one or more of the six ineligible players appeared.[1] The 36 points deduction left FC Sion in last place and minus 5 points.[1] FIFA had threatened to suspend the Swiss Football Association if there was no action against FC Sion.[1] This meant that all national teams and clubs under the jurisdiction of the Swiss Football Association would not be allowed to participate in any FIFA and UEFA competition.[1]

Squad

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Andris Vanins Latvia GK 30 April 1980 Ventspils
18 Kevin Fickentscher Switzerland GK 6 July 1988 La Chaux-de-Fonds
30 Steven Deana Switzerland GK 4 March 1990 Vaduz
Defenders
4 José Gonçalves Portugal CB 17 September 1985 St. Gallen
5 Michael Dingsdag Netherlands CB 18 October 1982 Heerenveen
6 George Ogăraru Romania CB 3 February 1980 Ajax
20 Vilmos Vanczák Hungary CB 20 June 1983 Újpest
31 Arnaud Bühler Switzerland CB 17 January 1985 Sochaux
33 José Adailton Brazil CB 16 April 1983 Santos
Midfielders
3 Gabri García Spain MF 10 February 1979 Umm Salal
7 Mario Mutsch Luxembourg MF 3 September 1984 Metz
8 Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos Brazil MF 6 October 1980 Júbilo Iwata
10 Fabrizio Zambrella Switzerland MF 1 March 1986 Brescia
12 Billy Ketkeophomphone France MF 24 March 1990 Strasbourg
13 Giovanni Sio Switzerland MF 7 November 1984 Real Sociedad
14 Pascal Feindouno Guinea MF 21 February 1981 AS Monaco
15 Jonas Elmer Switzerland MF 28 February 1988 Aarau
16 Didier Crettenand Switzerland MF 24 February 1986 Lausanne-Sport
21 Abdoul Yoda France MF 25 October 1988 Servette
22 Goran Obradović Serbia MF 1 March 1976 Vaduz
26 Serey Die Ivory Coast MF 6 July 1988 ES Sétif
27 Stefan Glarner Switzerland MF 21 November 1987 Thun
29 Florian Berisha Switzerland MF 18 January 1990
32 Anthony Sauthier Switzerland MF 5 February 1991
Forwards
11 Christ Mbondi Cameroon ST 2 February 1992
17 Guilherme Afonso Switzerland ST 15 November 1985 Lugano
19 Dragan Mrđa Serbia FW 23 January 1984 Vojvodina

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Super League

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 34 22 8 4 78 32 +46 74 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Luzern (Q) 34 14 12 8 46 32 +14 54 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
3 Young Boys (Q) 34 13 12 9 52 38 +14 51 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
4 Servette (Q) 34 14 6 14 45 53 8 48
5 Thun 34 11 10 13 38 41 3 43
6 Zürich 34 11 8 15 43 44 1 41
7 Lausanne-Sport 34 8 6 20 29 61 32 30
8 Grasshopper Club Zürich 34 7 5 22 32 66 34 26
9 Sion (O) 34 15 8 11 40 35 +5 017 Relegation play-offs
10 Neuchâtel Xamax (DQ) 18 7 5 6 22 22 0 026 Demotion to the 2012–13 2. Liga interregional

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.
Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.[6]
Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.[7] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.[8]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation Play-off

Sion won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

Swiss Cup

UEFA Europa League

  • 1.^ FC Sion originally drew 0–0 in the first leg and won 3–1 in the second leg. UEFA overturned the result of both matches. Both matches were awarded 3–0 in favour of Celtic F.C..

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 July 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSuper LeaguePlayoffSwiss CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Latvia Andris Vanins 38032+002+002+002+00
3 DF Brazil Aislan 604+000+100+100+00
4 DF Portugal José Gonçalves 704+100+001+001+00
5 DF Netherlands Michael Dingsdag 39131+102+003+012+00
6 DF Romania George Ogăraru 400+300+001+000+00
7 MF Luxembourg Mario Mutsch 21210+620+201+001+10
8 MF Brazil Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos 35017+1101+004+000+20
9 FW Brazil Danilo 16213+011+002+010+00
11 FW Cameroon Christ Mbondi 300+200+000+001+000+00
12 FW Switzerland Danick Yerly 722+421+000+000+00
13 MF Switzerland Sébastien Wüthrich 1619+511+001+000+00
14 MF Switzerland Vullnet Basha 1306+600+000+100+00
15 MF Switzerland Jonas Elmer 511+200+001+110+00
16 MF Switzerland Didier Crettenand 31217+612+002+310+10
18 GK Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher 502+000+003+000+00
19 FW Serbia Dragan Mrđa 1248+110+221+010+00
20 DF Hungary Vilmos Vanczák 401232+0102+004+022+00
21 MF France Abdoul Yoda 24410+821+003+220+00
22 MF Serbia Goran Obradović 32222+421+003+002+00
23 MF Switzerland Xavier Margairaz 17112+301+110+000+00
25 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Evan Melo 300+300+000+000+00
26 MF Ivory Coast Serey Die 38128+212+004+002+00
27 FW France Geoffrey Tréand 301+100+000+100+00
28 FW Romania Cristian Ianu 1216+411+001+000+00
29 MF Switzerland Florian Berisha 000+000+000+000+00
30 GK Switzerland Steven Deana 000+000+000+000+00
31 DF Switzerland Arnaud Bühler 38229+012+005+012+00
32 MF Switzerland Anthony Sauthier 1406+500+002+100+00
33 DF Brazil José Adailton 34126+112+003+002+00
DF Switzerland Branislav Mićić 100+000+000+100+00
MF Angola Joaquim Adão 100+100+000+000+00
Players away from the club on loan:
9 FW Switzerland Aleksandar Prijović 705+100+000+000+10
10 MF Switzerland Fabrizio Zambrella 1207+500+000+000+00
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
3 MF Spain Gabri García 703+200+001+000+10
12 MF France Billy Ketkeophomphone 201+000+000+100+00
13 MF Switzerland Giovanni Sio 22818+070+002+002+01
14 MF Guinea Pascal Feindouno 1268+130+000+112+02
17 FW Switzerland Guilherme Afonso 1624+710+003+012+00
27 MF Switzerland Stefan Glarner 400+300+001+000+00

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Super League Play Off Swiss Cup Europa League Total
1DFHungary20Vilmos Vanczák1002012
2MFSwitzerland13Giovanni Sio70018
3MFGuinea14Pascal Feindouno30126
4MFFrance21Abdoul Yoda20204
FWSerbia19Dragan Mrđa12104
6Own Goal30003
7FWSwitzerland12Danick Yerly20002
FWRomania28Cristian Ianu20002
MFSerbia22Goran Obradović20002
MFLuxembourg7Mario Mutsch20002
DFSwitzerland31Arnaud Bühler10102
FWBrazil9Danilo10102
MFSwitzerland16Didier Crettenand10102
14DFBrazil33José Adailton10001
FWSwitzerland17Guilherme Afonso10001
MFIvory Coast26Serey Die10001
MFSwitzerland13Sébastien Wüthrich10001
MFSwitzerland23Xavier Margairaz01001
MFSwitzerland15Jonas Elmer00101
DFNetherlands5Michael Dingsdag00101
TOTALS 40312358

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Super League Play Off Swiss Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1LatviaGKAndris Vanins3000000030
5NetherlandsDFMichael Dingsdag110000020130
7LuxembourgMFMario Mutsch3000100040
8BrazilMFRodrigo Lacerda Ramos7000000070
9BrazilFWDanilo3000000030
10SwitzerlandMFFabrizio Zambrella2000000020
13SwitzerlandMFGiovanni Sio4000001050
13SwitzerlandMFSébastien Wüthrich1000100020
14SwitzerlandMFVullnet Basha3000000030
15SwitzerlandMFJonas Elmer0000100010
16SwitzerlandMFDidier Crettenand1000000010
17SwitzerlandFWGuilherme Afonso1000000010
18SwitzerlandGKKevin Fickentscher0100100011
19SerbiaFWDragan Mrđa1020000030
20HungaryDFVilmos Vanczák6000000060
21FranceMFAbdoul Yoda3000000030
22SerbiaMFGoran Obradović6100100071
23SwitzerlandMFXavier Margairaz1010000020
26Ivory CoastMFSerey Die7000001080
28RomaniaMFCristian Ianu1000000010
31SwitzerlandDFArnaud Bühler5020100080
32SwitzerlandMFAnthony Sauthier2000100030
33BrazilDFJosé Adailton111002010141
AngolaMFJoaquim Adão1000000010
TOTALS 83 3 5 0 9 0 5 0 102 3

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  2. "Celtic 0 - 0 FC Sion". BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. "FC Sion 3 - 1 Celtic (agg 3 - 1)". BBC. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. "Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted". UEFA. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  5. "Europa League: Sion scheitert mit Klage". Die Welt (in German). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. "FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  7. "Disziplinarkommission entzieht NE Xamax die Lizenz". Official website (in German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  8. "Resultate / Ranglisten - Axpo Super League". Official website (in German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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