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2023–24 FC Lugano season

The 2023–24 season is FC Lugano's 116th season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They are also competing in the Swiss Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

FC Lugano
2023–24 season
ManagerMattia Croci-Torti
StadiumCornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss CupRound 4
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Žan Celar (6)
All:
Žan Celar (10)
Biggest winFC Gunzwil 0–7 Lugano
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Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 6 January 2024[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SUI Amir Saipi
4 DF   KOS Kreshnik Hajrizi
5 DF   SUI Albian Hajdari
6 DF   ECU Jhon Espinoza
7 MF   CZE Roman Macek
8 MF   SUI Adrian Durrer
9 FW   SVN Žan Celar
10 FW   SUI Mattia Bottani
11 FW   SUI Renato Steffen
13 GK   SUI Serif Berbic
14 MF   URU Jonathan Sabbatini (captain)
15 GK   GRE Fotis Pseftis
16 MF   SUI Anto Grgić
17 DF   GER Lars Lukas Mai
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   FRA Hicham Mahou
19 FW   KOS Shkelqim Vladi
21 MF   FRA Yanis Cimignani
22 DF   MAR Ayman El Wafi
23 DF   ARG Milton Valenzuela
25 MF   SUI Uran Bislimi
26 DF   POR Martim Marques
27 FW   SUI Boris Babic
28 MF   SVN Abel Marc
29 MF   TUN Hadj Mahmoud
31 FW   ARG Ignacio Aliseda
34 DF   SUI Allan Arigoni
41 DF   SUI Noah De Queiroz
58 GK   NGA Sebastian Osigwe

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   SUI Attilio Morosoli (at Bellinzona until 31 December 2023)
— MF   CIV Ousmane Doumbia (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SUI Maren Haile-Selassie (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023)
— FW   SUI Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024)

Transfers edit

In edit

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF   Anto Grgić   Sion Free 1 July 2023 [2]
MF   Yanis Cimignani   Ajaccio Free 1 July 2023 [3]

Out edit

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF   Fabio Daprelà   Zürich Free 1 July 2023
FW   Mohamed El Amine Amoura   Union Saint-Gilloise €4,000,000 18 August 2023 [4]
MF   Maren Haile-Selassie   Chicago Fire 31 December 2023

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

29 June 2023 Friendly Bellinzona   2–3   Lugano
17:30
4 July 2023 Friendly SpVgg Unterhaching   1–1   Lugano Malles Venosta, Italy
17:30 Stadium: Stadio Malles Venosta
12 July 2023 Friendly Lugano   5–1   FC Paradiso
18:30
9 January 2024 Friendly Lugano   0-4   Genk Spain
11:00 Report Stadium: Melia Villaitana Football Center
12 January 2024 Friendly Lugano   1-0   FC Schaffhausen Lugano
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
17 January 2024 Friendly Lugano   1-1   FC Paradiso Biasca
14:00 CET Report Stadium: Campo Sportivo "Al Vallone"

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 26 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 18 8 2 8 32 30 +2 044.44
Swiss Cup 19 August 2023 Round 1 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 100.00
UEFA Europa League 24 August 2023 31 August 2023 Play-off round Play-off round 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 21 September 2023 14 December 2023 Group stage Group stage 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 016.67
Total 29 12 3 14 52 47 +5 041.38

Last updated: 17 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League edit

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Super League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Young Boys (X) 35 20 8 7 69 33 +36 68 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Lugano (Y) 35 19 5 11 62 45 +17 62 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Servette (Y) 35 17 10 8 56 40 +16 61 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 St. Gallen 35 15 9 11 55 45 +10 54 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Zürich 35 13 12 10 47 38 +9 51
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[5]
(X) Guaranteed at least Europa League; (Y) Guaranteed at least Conference League second qualifying round
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners (Lugano or Servette) will qualify for the Europa League third qualifying round (or the third-placed team if the Cup winners finish first or second). If the Cup winners finish in the top four, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
35 19 5 11 62 45  +17 62 9 3 5 27 18  +9 10 2 6 35 27  +8

Last updated: 11 May 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAH
ResultWWLWLLLWWLLDLLWWWDLWDWDLWWWWWWDWWLW
Position11323575346668765555665554333333332
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.[6]

26 July 2023 1 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 0–3 Lugano Lausanne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 1,784
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
29 July 2023 2 Lugano 1–0 St. Gallen Lugano
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 4,902
Referee:   Sven Wolfensberger
5 August 2023 3 Zürich 3–0 Lugano Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 13,735
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
13 August 2023 4 Lugano 6–1 Yverdon-Sport Lugano
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 3,144
Referee:   Mirel Turkes
3 September 2023 6 Luzern 3–2 Lugano Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Cup edit

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Cup
19 August 2023 Round 1 FC Gunzwil 0–7 Lugano Gunzwil
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Linden
Referee:   David Schärli
16 September 2023 Round 2 Lancy FC 0–3 Lugano Lancy
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Isaac Ibongo   62'
 Report
Stadium: Stade de Marignac
Attendance: 500
Referee:   Anojen Kanagasingam
1 November 2023 Round of 16 Lausanne-Sport 0–4 Lugano Lausanne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 3,026
Referee:   Urs Schnyder

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
24 August 2024 First leg Union Saint-Gilloise   2–0   Lugano Brussels, Belgium[note 1]
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 7,238[8]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
31 August 2024 Second leg Lugano   0–1
(0–3 agg.)		   Union Saint-Gilloise Geneva, Switzerland[note 2]
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 1,171[9]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Note: Union Saint-Gilloise won 3–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa Conference League edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage § Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRU BOD BEŞ LUG
1   Club Brugge 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Advance to round of 16 — 3–1 1–1 2–0
2   Bodø/Glimt 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 — 3–1 5–2
3   Beşiktaş 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4[a] 0–5 1–2 — 2–3
4   Lugano 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[a] 1–3 0–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.
21 September 2023 1 Lugano   0–0   Bodø/Glimt Zürich, Switzerland[note 3]
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 1,384[10]
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
5 October 2023 2 Beşiktaş   2–3   Lugano Istanbul, Turkey
19:45 TRT (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Beşiktaş Park
Attendance: 24,648[11]
Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)
26 October 2023 3 Lugano   1–3   Club Brugge Zürich, Switzerland[note 3]
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 4,037[12]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
9 November 2023 4 Club Brugge   2–0   Lugano Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 16,493[13]
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
30 November 2023 5 Bodø/Glimt   5–2   Lugano Bodø, Norway
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 6,295[14]
Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)
14 December 2023 6 Lugano   0–2   Beşiktaş Zürich, Switzerland[note 3]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,476[15]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Union Saint-Gilloise played their home match at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, instead of their regular stadium, Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[7]
  2. ^ Lugano played their home match at the Stade de Genève in Geneva, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium in Lugano, which did not meet UEFA requirements.[7]
  3. ^ a b c Lugano played their Europa Conference League matches at the Letzigrund, in Zürich, instead of their regular stadium, the Cornaredo Stadium, in Lugano, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References edit

  1. ^ "Prima squadra" [First team] (in Italian). FC Lugano. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ Mellini, Marzio (18 August 2023). "Amoura in Belgio alla Royale Union Saint-Gilloise".
  5. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. ^ [3]
  7. ^ a b "Europe, here we go again! We meet FC Lugano for the first time ever! 🚨 As another club plays in the Stade de Genève, we could play the first leg in Brussels. More information on ticket prices and kick-off times will be announced soon. #UELDRAW". Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Lugano vs. Union Saint-Gilloise" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Lugano vs. Bodø/Glimt" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Beşiktaş vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Lugano vs. Club Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Club Brugge vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Bodø/Glimt vs. Lugano" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Lugano vs. Beşiktaş" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

External links edit

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