2013–14 FC Sion season

Sion
2013–14 season
Chairman Christian Constantin
Manager Laurent Roussey
23 October 2013 -
Stadium Stade Tourbillon

In the 2013–14 season, Sion competes in the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. In the summer transfer window 2013, the Chairman promoted 7 U21 Player to the 1st Team. To bring stability and experience in they bought Vincent Rüfli and Xavier Kouassi from Servette FC, Pa Modou Jagne replacing Arnaud Bühler, twenty-one-year-old Freddy Mveng, Demitris Christofi as a winger and Ismael Yartey on loan as well as Beg Ferati and Ovidiu Herea.

The 2013–14 season began rather poor with Sion not scoring a goal till the 7th round and holding a new record in the Swiss Super League for the lowest scoring season start. Decastel played with a 4-2-3-1 system.

Squad

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Andris Vanins Latvia GK 30 April 1980 Ventspils
18 Steven Deana Switzerland GK 4 March 1990 Vaduz
30 Mathieu Debonnaire Switzerland GK 26 April 1987 FC Lausanne-Sport
Defenders
4 Milos Bakrac Montenegro CB 25 February 1992 Trainee
5 André Marques Portugal LB 1 August 1987 Sporting CP
13 Mathieu Debons Switzerland LB 21 September 1992 Trainee
17 Pa Modou Jagne The Gambia LB 26 December 1989 FC St. Gallen
20 Vilmos Vanczák Hungary RB 20 June 1983 Újpest
22 Vincent Rüfli Switzerland RB 22 January 1988 Servette FC
27 Léo Lacroix Switzerland CB 27 February 1992 Trainee
28 Beg Ferati Switzerland CB 10 November 1986 SC Freiburg
32 Arnaud Bühler Switzerland LB 17 January 1985 SC Freiburg
Midfielders
2 Benjamin Kololli Kosovo MF 15 February 1992 Trainee
6 Xavier Kouassi Ivory Coast MF 28 December 1989 Servette FC
7 Demetris Christofi Cyprus MF 28 September 1988 Omonia Nicosia
8 Vullnet Basha Switzerland MF 11 July 1990 Neuchâtel Xamax
10 Ovidiu Herea Romania MF 26 March 1985 Rapid Bucharest
14 Freddy Mveng Switzerland MF 29 May 1992 BSC Young Boys
15 Ismael Yartey Ghana MF 11 January 1990 Loan From FC Sochaux
16 Matteo Fedele Switzerland MF 20 July 1992 Trainee
23 Dario Vidosic Australia MF 8 April 1987 Adelaide United FC
24 Max Veloso Switzerland MF 27 March 1992 Neuchatel Xamax
34 Ndoye Birama Senegal MF 17 April 1994 Trainee
Forwards
9 Fousseyni Cissé France ST 17 July 1989 Le Mans FC
11 Léo Itaperuna Brazil ST 12 April 1989 Arapongas
19 Gaetan Karlen Switzerland FW 6 July 1993 Trainee
21 Ebenezer Assifuah Ghana FW 3 July 1993 Liberty Professionals F.C.

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
17 Switzerland FW Danick Yerly (at SwitzerlandChiasso)
16 Switzerland MF Joaquim Adao (at SwitzerlandChiasso)
4 Brazil DF Adailton (at Switzerland FC Chiasso)
18 Switzerland GK Kevin Fickentscher (atSwitzerland FC Lausanne-Sport)
34 Switzerland DF Anthony Sauthier (atSwitzerland Servette FC)

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
30 Switzerland GK Mathieu Debonnaire (from Switzerland FC Lausanne-Sport)
17 The Gambia DF Pa Modou Jagne (from Switzerland FC St.Gallen)
22 Switzerland DF Vincent Rufli (from Switzerland Servette FC)
28 Switzerland DF Beg Ferati (from Germany SC Freiburg)
31 Argentina DF Emiliano Dudar (from Switzerland FC Chiasso)
6 Ivory Coast MF Xavier Kouassi (from Switzerland Servette FC)
10 Romania MF Ovidiu Herea (from Romania Rapid Bucarest)
14 Switzerland MF Freddy Mveng (from Switzerland BSC Young Boys)
15 Ghana MF Ishmael Yartey (from France FC Sochaux)
7 Cyprus FW Demitris Christofi (from Cyprus Omonia Nicosia)
21 Ghana FW Ebenezer Assifuah (from Ghana Liberty Professionals F.C.)
23 Australia MF Dario Vidosic (from Australia Adelaide United FC)

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 Brazil DF Aislan
6 Switzerland MF Joaoquim Adao (on loan at Switzerland Chiasso)
8 Italy MF Gennaro Gattuso (Retired, Manager at Palermo)
9 Brazil FW Danilo (Ukraine Zorya Luhansk)
10 Tunisia MF Ousamma Darragi (TunisiaEspérance de Tunis)
11 Cameroon FW Yannick N'Djeng (TunisiaEspérance de Tunis)
12 Northern Ireland FW Kyle Lafferty (ItalyUS Palermo)
15 Netherlands DF Michael Dingsdag
16 Switzerland MF Didier Crettenand (SwitzerlandServette)
17 Switzerland FW Danick Yerly (on loan at SwitzerlandChiasso)
18 Switzerland GK Kevin Fickentscher (on loan at SwitzerlandLausanne)
21 France MF Karim Yoda
22 Serbia MF Dragan Mrdja
24 Switzerland MF Xavier Margairaz
25 Switzerland MF Evan Melo
32 Switzerland MF Anthony Sauthier (SwitzerlandServette)
33 Brazil DF José Adaílton (to Switzerland Chiasso)
34 Switzerland FW Aleksandar Prijovic (Sweden Djurgardens)

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