2012–13 FC Sion season

Sion
2012–13 season
Chairman Christian Constantin
Manager

Vladimir Petković
till June 2012
Sébastien Fournier
June - September 2012
Michel Decastel
September - October 2012
Pierre-André Schürmann
October - December 2012
Victor Munoz
December 2012 - February 2013
Gennaro Gattuso
25 February 2013 - 13 May 2013[1]

Michel Decastel
13 May 2013 -
Stadium Stade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League 6th
Swiss Cup Semi-final vs Basel
Top goalscorer League: Léo Itaperuna (8)
All: Léo Itaperuna (9)
Highest home attendance 14,850 vs Basel
4 August 2012
Lowest home attendance 5,800 vs Thun
22 September 2012 (majority of the stadium was closed due to sanctions by the SFL)
Average home league attendance 11,380
20 December 2012

In the 2012–13 season, Sion competes in the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. In the summer transfer window, they brought in Italian World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso, as well as Kyle Lafferty (former of Rangers). In addition, they bought an until then unknown Brazilian footballer called Léo Itaperuna from the 5th division Club of Arapongas and another forward Mathieu Manset from Reading. Already signed six months earlier, Oussama Darragi coming from Esperance de Tunis joined the team along with André Marques from Sporting Lisabon.

The 2012–13 season began well with Sion staying at the top till the 8th round. Fournier played with a 4-2-3-1 system.

On 4 September 2012, Manset, Joaquim Adão and Darragi were all disciplined after being found in the early hours of the morning in a Lausanne nightclub the day before Sion's game away to FC Zürich. Manset's contract with the club was canceled, Adão was demoted to the youth team for one month and Darragi was handed a large fine.[2] This huge upset resulted in the resignation of Sebastien Fournier as coach.

Following this change, the results were not as convincing as they were at the beginning. Although Sion scored more goals in the second part of the first half, they ended fourth during the winter break, one point away from 2nd and 5 points from first. This increase in goals was due to the change to a 4-4-2 system with Itaperuna and Laffery as center forwards.

The weak spot during the first half was the absence of a winger on the left side. This was because Yoda and Wüthrich were injured at the beginning of the season and never recovered to their original strength. In addition to that, the defense was not as solid as the years before. That resulted in more goals received as in other seasons. The reasons for that were the transfer of the center back Adailton to Henan Jianye and the simultaneous injuries of Aislan, Vanczák and Sauthier. Vanczák broke this cheekbone, but did play again after two weeks with a mask as there were no backups available. During that time, Basha (normally a defensive midfielder) played as a fullback at the position of Vanczák, while he moved into the center to his original position as a center back.

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
3 Aislan Brazil CB 11 January 1988 Guarani
4 José Adailton Brazil CB 14 April 1983 Henan Jianye
5 André Marques Portugal CB 1 August 1987 Sporting CP
15 Michael Dingsdag Netherlands CB 18 October 1982 Heerenveen
20 Vilmos Vanczák Hungary CB 20 June 1983 Újpest
27 Léo Lacroix Switzerland CB 27 February 1992 Trainee
31 Arnaud Bühler Switzerland CB 17 January 1985 Sochaux
Midfielders
2 Benjamin Kololli SwitzerlandKosovo MF 15 February 1992 Trainee
7 Sébastien Wüthrich Switzerland MF 29 May 1990 Neuchâtel Xamax
8 Gennaro Gattuso Italy MF 9 January 1978 A.C. Milan
10 Oussama Darragi Tunisia MF 3 April 1987 Espérance
14 Vullnet Basha AlbaniaSwitzerland MF 11 July 1990 Neuchâtel Xamax
16 Didier Crettenand Switzerland MF 24 February 1986 Lausanne-Sport
23 Xavier Margairaz Switzerland MF 7 January 1984 Zürich
26 Gelson Fernandes Switzerland MF 2 July 1986 Loan from Sporting Lisabon
29 Alberto Regazzoni Switzerland CB 4 May 1983 St. Gallen
32 Anthony Sauthier Switzerland MF 5 February 1991 Trainee
Forwards
9 Abdoul Yoda Switzerland ST 25 October 1988 Servette
11 Léo Itaperuna Brazil ST 12 April 1989 Arapongas
12 Kyle Lafferty Northern Ireland ST 16 September 1987 Rangers
21 Yannick N'Djeng Cameroon FW 11 March 1990 Espérance
22 Dragan Mrđa Serbia FW 23 January 1984 Vojvodina
25 Evan Melo Switzerland FW 31 May 1993 Trainee

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
9 Brazil FW Danilo (at Ukraine Zorya Luhansk)
17 Switzerland FW Danick Yerly (at Chiasso)
No. Position Player
34 Switzerland FW Aleksandar Prijovic (at Norway Tromsö IL)

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Super League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 13 9 14 40 54  −14 48 6 6 5 17 20  −3 7 3 9 23 34  −11

Last updated: 3 June 2013.
Source: Fussballdaten.de

Results

League table

Swiss Cup

Squad statistics

As of 3 June 2013

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSuper LeagueSwiss Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Latvia Andris Vanins 39036+003+00
2 MF Switzerland Benjamin Kololli 725+220+00
3 DF Brazil Aislan 15013+100+10
4 DF Brazil Adaílton 15014+001+00
5 DF Portugal André Marques 23014+701+10
6 MF Angola Joaquim Adão 1200+1200+00
8 MF Italy Gennaro Gattuso 29125+212+00
9 MF Switzerland Abdoul Yoda 712+510+00
10 MF Tunisia Oussama Darragi 24120+410+00
11 FW Brazil Léo Itaperuna 36925+883+01
12 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 27816+952+03
14 MF Albania Vullnet Basha 27018+603+00
15 DF Netherlands Michael Dingsdag 32129+013+00
16 MF Switzerland Didier Crettenand 30219+821+20
17 FW Switzerland Matteo Fedele 401+300+00
19 FW Switzerland Gaëtan Karlen 310+310+00
20 DF Hungary Vilmos Vanczák 32329+132+00
21 FW Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng 17313+321+01
22 FW Serbia Dragan Mrđa 610+500+11
23 MF Switzerland Xavier Margairaz 22617+352+01
24 MF Portugal Max Veloso 313+010+00
25 FW Switzerland Evan Melo 301+100+10
26 MF Switzerland Gelson Fernandes 15014+001+00
27 DF Switzerland Léo Lacroix 919+010+00
29 MF Switzerland Alberto Regazzoni 1109+200+00
31 DF Switzerland Arnaud Bühler 36233+023+00
32 MF Switzerland Anthony Sauthier 1709+503+00
33 FW Switzerland Edimilson Fernandes 101+000+00
34 MF Senegal Ndoye Birama 303+000+00
Players away from the club on loan:
7 MF Switzerland Sébastien Wüthrich 1413+1011+00
9 FW Brazil Danilo 000+000+00
17 FW Switzerland Danick Yerly 000+000+00
34 FW Switzerland Aleksandar Prijovic 000+000+00
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
4 DF Portugal José Gonçalves 100+100+00
19 FW France Mathieu Manset 512+310+00
26 MF Ivory Coast Serey Die 1229+211+01

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1FWBrazil11Léo Itaperuna819
2FWNorthern Ireland12Kyle Lafferty538
3MFSwitzerland23Xavier Margairaz516
4DFHungary20Vilmos Vanczák303
FWCameroon21Yannick N'Djeng213
6DFSwitzerland31Arnaud Bühler202
MFSwitzerland16Didier Crettenand202
MFSwitzerland2Benjamin Kololli202
MFIvory Coast26Serey Die112
10FWFrance19Mathieu Manset101
MFItaly8Gennaro Gattuso101
MFSwitzerland7Sébastien Wüthrich101
DFNetherlands15Michael Dingsdag101
DFSwitzerland27Léo Lacroix101
MFSwitzerland9Abdoul Yoda101
MFTunisia10Oussama Darragi101
MFPortugal24Max Veloso101
FWSwitzerland19Gaëtan Karlen101
FWSerbia22Dragan Mrđa011
Own Goal101
TOTALS 40848

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1LatviaGKAndris Vanins300030
3BrazilDFAislan400040
4BrazilDFAdaílton100010
4PortugalDFJosé Gonçalves310031
5PortugalDFAndré Marques411051
7SwitzerlandMFSébastien Wüthrich100010
8ItalyMFGennaro Gattuso11000110
10TunisiaMFOussama Darragi700070
11BrazilFWLéo Itaperuna600060
12Northern IrelandFWKyle Lafferty10010110
14AlbaniaMFVullnet Basha610061
15NetherlandsDFMichael Dingsdag910091
16SwitzerlandMFDidier Crettenand100010
19FranceFWMathieu Manset100010
20HungaryDFVilmos Vanczák800080
21CameroonFWYannick N'Djeng300030
23SwitzerlandMFXavier Margairaz700070
26SwitzerlandMFGelson Fernandes401050
26Ivory CoastMFSerey Die410041
27SwitzerlandDFLéo Lacroix100010
29SwitzerlandMFAlberto Regazzoni200020
31SwitzerlandDFArnaud Bühler100010
32SwitzerlandMFAnthony Sauthier100010
TOTALS 96 5 3 0 99 5

References

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