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)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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 22 220 026‡ 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 back 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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 July 2012
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSuper League Playoff Swiss Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Latvia Andris Vanins 38 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Brazil Aislan 6 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
4 DF Portugal José Gonçalves 7 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Netherlands Michael Dingsdag 39 1 31+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
6 DF Romania George Ogăraru 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Luxembourg Mario Mutsch 21 2 10+6 2 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF Brazil Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos 35 0 17+11 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+2 0
9 FW Brazil Danilo 16 2 13+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
11 FW Cameroon Christ Mbondi 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 FW Switzerland Danick Yerly 7 2 2+4 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF Switzerland Sébastien Wüthrich 16 1 9+5 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Switzerland Vullnet Basha 13 0 6+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
15 MF Switzerland Jonas Elmer 5 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 0+0 0
16 MF Switzerland Didier Crettenand 31 2 17+6 1 2+0 0 2+3 1 0+1 0
18 GK Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher 5 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Serbia Dragan Mrđa 12 4 8+1 1 0+2 2 1+0 1 0+0 0
20 DF Hungary Vilmos Vanczák 40 12 32+0 10 2+0 0 4+0 2 2+0 0
21 MF France Abdoul Yoda 24 4 10+8 2 1+0 0 3+2 2 0+0 0
22 MF Serbia Goran Obradović 32 2 22+4 2 1+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF Switzerland Xavier Margairaz 17 1 12+3 0 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Evan Melo 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Ivory Coast Serey Die 38 1 28+2 1 2+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
27 FW France Geoffrey Tréand 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
28 FW Romania Cristian Ianu 12 1 6+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Switzerland Florian Berisha 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK Switzerland Steven Deana 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF Switzerland Arnaud Bühler 38 2 29+0 1 2+0 0 5+0 1 2+0 0
32 MF Switzerland Anthony Sauthier 14 0 6+5 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
33 DF Brazil José Adailton 34 1 26+1 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
DF Switzerland Branislav Mićić 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Angola Joaquim Adão 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
9 FW Switzerland Aleksandar Prijović 7 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Switzerland Fabrizio Zambrella 12 0 7+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
3 MF Spain Gabri García 7 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
12 MF France Billy Ketkeophomphone 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF Switzerland Giovanni Sio 22 8 18+0 7 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
14 MF Guinea Pascal Feindouno 12 6 8+1 3 0+0 0 0+1 1 2+0 2
17 FW Switzerland Guilherme Afonso 16 2 4+7 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
27 MF Switzerland Stefan Glarner 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Super League Play Off Swiss Cup Europa League Total
1 DF Hungary 20Vilmos Vanczák 10 0 2 0 12
2 MF Switzerland 13Giovanni Sio 7 0 0 1 8
3 MF Guinea 14Pascal Feindouno 3 0 1 2 6
4 MF France 21Abdoul Yoda 2 0 2 0 4
FW Serbia 19Dragan Mrđa 1 2 1 0 4
6 Own Goal 3 0 0 0 3
7 FW Switzerland 12Danick Yerly 2 0 0 0 2
FW Romania 28Cristian Ianu 2 0 0 0 2
MF Serbia 22Goran Obradović 2 0 0 0 2
MF Luxembourg 7 Mario Mutsch 2 0 0 0 2
DF Switzerland 31Arnaud Bühler 1 0 1 0 2
FW Brazil 9 Danilo 1 0 1 0 2
MF Switzerland 16Didier Crettenand 1 0 1 0 2
14 DF Brazil 33José Adailton 1 0 0 0 1
FW Switzerland 17Guilherme Afonso 1 0 0 0 1
MF Ivory Coast 26Serey Die 1 0 0 0 1
MF Switzerland 13Sébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1
MF Switzerland 23Xavier Margairaz 0 1 0 0 1
MF Switzerland 15Jonas Elmer 0 0 1 0 1
DF Netherlands 5 Michael Dingsdag 0 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 40 3 12 3 58

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Super League Play Off Swiss Cup Europa League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Latvia GKAndris Vanins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Netherlands DFMichael Dingsdag 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
7 Luxembourg MFMario Mutsch 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
8 Brazil MFRodrigo Lacerda Ramos 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
9 Brazil FWDanilo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10Switzerland MFFabrizio Zambrella 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13Switzerland MFGiovanni Sio 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
13Switzerland MFSébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
14Switzerland MFVullnet Basha 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15Switzerland MFJonas Elmer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
16Switzerland MFDidier Crettenand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17Switzerland FWGuilherme Afonso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18Switzerland GKKevin Fickentscher 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
19Serbia FWDragan Mrđa 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20Hungary DFVilmos Vanczák 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
21France MFAbdoul Yoda 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22Serbia MFGoran Obradović 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
23Switzerland MFXavier Margairaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26Ivory Coast MFSerey Die 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
28Romania MFCristian Ianu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31Switzerland DFArnaud Bühler 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
32Switzerland MFAnthony Sauthier 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
33Brazil DFJosé Adailton 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 14 1
Angola MFJoaquim Adão 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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. 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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