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 were closed due to sanctions by the SFL)
Average home league attendance 11,380
20 December 2012
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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 Kosovo 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 Switzerland 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

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

No. Position Player
5 Portugal DF André Marques (from Portugal Sporting CP)
8 Italy MF Gennaro Gattuso (from Italy A.C. Milan)[3]
10 Tunisia MF Oussama Darragi (from Tunisia Espérance)
11 Brazil FW Léo Itaperuna (from Brazil Arapongas)
12 Northern Ireland FW Kyle Lafferty (from Scotland Rangers)[4]
19 France FW Mathieu Manset (from England Reading)[5]

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

No. Position Player
6 Romania MF George Ogăraru
7 Luxembourg MF Mario Mutsch (to Switzerland St. Gallen)
9 Brazil FW Danilo (on loan at Ukraine Zorya Luhansk)
11 Cameroon FW Christ Mbondi (on loan at ThailandBangkok Glass F.C.)
17 Switzerland FW Danick Yerly (on loan at Chiasso)
22 Serbia MF Goran Obradović
27 France FW Geoffrey Tréand (to Switzerland Servette)
28 Romania FW Cristian Ianu (to Switzerland Wohlen)
33 Brazil DF José Adaílton (to China Henan Jianye)
34 Switzerland FW Aleksandar Prijovic (on loan at Norway Tromsö IL)

Winter

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

No. Position Player
4 Brazil DF José Adailton (from China Henan Jianye)
21 Cameroon FW Yannick N'Djeng (from Tunisia Espérance)
26 Switzerland MF Gelson Fernandes (on loan from Portugal Sporting Lisbon)[6]
29 Switzerland MF Alberto Regazzoni (from Switzerland St. Gallen)

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

No. Position Player
3 Switzerland DF José Goncalves (to United States New England Revolution)[7]
7 Switzerland MF Sébastien Wüthrich (loan to Switzerland St. Gallen)
19 France FW Mathieu Manset (to England Carlisle United)[8][9]
26 Ivory Coast MF Serey Die (to Switzerland FC Basel)[10]

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

Main article: 2012–13 Swiss Cup

Squad statistics

As of 3 June 2013

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSuper League Swiss Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Latvia Andris Vanins 39 0 36+0 0 3+0 0
2 MF Kosovo Benjamin Kololli 7 2 5+2 2 0+0 0
3 DF Brazil Aislan 15 0 13+1 0 0+1 0
4 DF Brazil Adaílton 15 0 14+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Portugal André Marques 23 0 14+7 0 1+1 0
6 MF Angola Joaquim Adão 12 0 0+12 0 0+0 0
8 MF Italy Gennaro Gattuso 29 1 25+2 1 2+0 0
9 MF Switzerland Abdoul Yoda 7 1 2+5 1 0+0 0
10 MF Tunisia Oussama Darragi 24 1 20+4 1 0+0 0
11 FW Brazil Léo Itaperuna 36 9 25+8 8 3+0 1
12 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 27 8 16+9 5 2+0 3
14 MF Switzerland Vullnet Basha 27 0 18+6 0 3+0 0
15 DF Netherlands Michael Dingsdag 32 1 29+0 1 3+0 0
16 MF Switzerland Didier Crettenand 30 2 19+8 2 1+2 0
17 FW Switzerland Matteo Fedele 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0
19 FW Switzerland Gaëtan Karlen 3 1 0+3 1 0+0 0
20 DF Hungary Vilmos Vanczák 32 3 29+1 3 2+0 0
21 FW Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng 17 3 13+3 2 1+0 1
22 FW Serbia Dragan Mrđa 6 1 0+5 0 0+1 1
23 MF Switzerland Xavier Margairaz 22 6 17+3 5 2+0 1
24 MF Portugal Max Veloso 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0
25 FW Switzerland Evan Melo 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
26 MF Switzerland Gelson Fernandes 15 0 14+0 0 1+0 0
27 DF Switzerland Léo Lacroix 9 1 9+0 1 0+0 0
29 MF Switzerland Alberto Regazzoni 11 0 9+2 0 0+0 0
31 DF Switzerland Arnaud Bühler 36 2 33+0 2 3+0 0
32 MF Switzerland Anthony Sauthier 17 0 9+5 0 3+0 0
33 FW Switzerland Edimilson Fernandes 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF Senegal Ndoye Birama 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
7 MF Switzerland Sébastien Wüthrich 14 1 3+10 1 1+0 0
9 FW Brazil Danilo 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Switzerland Danick Yerly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW Switzerland Aleksandar Prijovic 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
4 DF Portugal José Gonçalves 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW France Mathieu Manset 5 1 2+3 1 0+0 0
26 MF Ivory Coast Serey Die 12 2 9+2 1 1+0 1

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1 FWBrazil 11Léo Itaperuna 8 1 9
2 FWNorthern Ireland 12Kyle Lafferty 5 3 8
3 MFSwitzerland 23Xavier Margairaz 5 1 6
4 DFHungary 20Vilmos Vanczák 3 0 3
FWCameroon 21Yannick N'Djeng 2 1 3
6 DFSwitzerland 31Arnaud Bühler 2 0 2
MFSwitzerland 16Didier Crettenand 2 0 2
MFKosovo 2 Benjamin Kololli 2 0 2
MFIvory Coast 26Serey Die 1 1 2
10 FWFrance 19Mathieu Manset 1 0 1
MFItaly 8 Gennaro Gattuso 1 0 1
MFSwitzerland 7 Sébastien Wüthrich 1 0 1
DFNetherlands 15Michael Dingsdag 1 0 1
DFSwitzerland 27Léo Lacroix 1 0 1
MFSwitzerland 9 Abdoul Yoda 1 0 1
MFTunisia 10Oussama Darragi 1 0 1
MFPortugal 24Max Veloso 1 0 1
FWSwitzerland 19Gaëtan Karlen 1 0 1
FWSerbia 22Dragan Mrđa 0 1 1
Own Goal 1 0 1
TOTALS 40 8 48

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card
1 Latvia GKAndris Vanins 3 0 0 0 3 0
3 Brazil DFAislan 4 0 0 0 4 0
4 Brazil DFAdaílton 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 Portugal DFJosé Gonçalves 3 1 0 0 3 1
5 Portugal DFAndré Marques 4 1 1 0 5 1
7 Switzerland MFSébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Italy MFGennaro Gattuso 11 0 0 0 11 0
10Tunisia MFOussama Darragi 7 0 0 0 7 0
11Brazil FWLéo Itaperuna 6 0 0 0 6 0
12Northern Ireland FWKyle Lafferty 10 0 1 0 11 0
14Switzerland MFVullnet Basha 6 1 0 0 6 1
15Netherlands DFMichael Dingsdag 9 1 0 0 9 1
16Switzerland MFDidier Crettenand 1 0 0 0 1 0
19France FWMathieu Manset 1 0 0 0 1 0
20Hungary DFVilmos Vanczák 8 0 0 0 8 0
21Cameroon FWYannick N'Djeng 3 0 0 0 3 0
23Switzerland MFXavier Margairaz 7 0 0 0 7 0
26Switzerland MFGelson Fernandes 4 0 1 0 5 0
26Ivory Coast MFSerey Die 4 1 0 0 4 1
27Switzerland DFLéo Lacroix 1 0 0 0 1 0
29Switzerland MFAlberto Regazzoni 2 0 0 0 2 0
31Switzerland DFArnaud Bühler 1 0 0 0 1 0
32Switzerland MFAnthony Sauthier 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 96 5 3 0 99 5

References

  1. ↑ "Gennaro Gattuso sacked as FC Sion manager". BBC. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.sport365.fr/fc-sion-manset-vire-darragi-paiera-888587.shtml
  3. ↑ "Gennaro Gattuso signs for FC Sion | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  4. ↑ "Kyle Lafferty set to make Sion bow this weekend after quitting Rangers". Daily Record. 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  5. ↑ "Mathieu Manset signs au Sion". 20min.ch. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gelson de retour". FC Sion (www.fc-sion.ch). 21 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Revs sign Portuguese defender Jose Goncalves". RevolutionSoccer.net. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Manset terminates contract". Manset22. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Former-Royal to join Blues". Carlisle United F.C. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  10. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2012). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Geoffroy Serey Die vom FC Sion" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2012-12-13.

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