2008–09 FC Zürich season

During the 2008–09 Swiss football season, FC Zürich competed in the Swiss Super League.

FC Zürich
2008–09 season
Manager Bernard Challandes
StadiumLetzigrund
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerAlmen Abdi (19)

Season summary

FC Zürich managed to reclaim the Swiss league title (their last as of 2016), but were knocked out of the Swiss Cup in the quarter-finals. The club were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the first round by Italian giants AC Milan.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Johnny Leoni
2 DF Veli Lampi
3 FW Giorgi Ivanishvili
4 DF Fabrizio Di Gregorio
5 MF Xavier Margairaz (on loan from Osasuna)
6 MF Tito Tarchini
7 MF Silvan Aegerter
10 MF Onyekachi Okonkwo
11 MF Adrian Nikçi[2]
12 FW Alexandre Alphonse[3]
13 DF Florian Stahel
14 MF Dusan Djurić
15 DF Daniel Stucki
No. Position Player
16 DF Philippe Koch
17 MF Yassine Chikhaoui
19 DF Alain Rochat[4]
21 DF Heinz Barmettler[5]
22 GK Orlando Lattmann
23 MF Almen Abdi[6]
25 FW Admir Mehmedi[7]
26 MF Martin Büchel
27 FW Marco Schönbächler
28 FW Remo Staubli
29 FW Eric Hassli
30 DF Hannu Tihinen
32 GK Andrea Guatelli

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
3 DF Mehdi Challandes (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
4 DF Adán Vergara (on loan to FC Luzern)
5 DF Oumar Kondé (on loan to Chengdu Blades)
8 FW Emra Tahirović[8] (on loan to Örebro)
No. Position Player
9 MF Andrés Vasquez[9] (to FC Zürich II)
20 FW Sílvio (on loan to FC Wil)
24 MF Luca Ladner (on loan to FC Wohlen)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/switz/2008-2009/superl/zurich.htm
  2. Nikçi was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level, and has also expressed interest in representing Albania internationally.
  3. Alphonse was born in Paris, France, but also qualifies to represent Guadeloupe internationally and made his international debut for Guadeloupe in 2009.
  4. Rochat was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada, but was raised in Switzerland from the age of two and made his international debut for Switzerland in June 2005.
  5. Barmettler was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and made his international debut for Switzerland in November 2009, but also qualifies to represent the Dominican Republic and would make his international debut for the Dominican Republic in September 2012.
  6. Abdi was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008.
  7. Mehmedi was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Macedonia), but was raised in Switzerland from the age of two and represented Switzerland at every youth level up to U-21, and would make his international debut for Switzerland in 2011.
  8. Tahirović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but was raised in Sweden and has represented them at U-21 level.
  9. Vasquez was born in Lima, Peru, but also qualifies to represent Sweden internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.

Template:FC Zürich

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.