2023–24 Servette FC season

The 2023–24 season was Servette FC's 126th season in existence and 23rd consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They also competed in the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Servette FC
2023–24 season
ManagerRaphaël Wicky
StadiumStade de Genève
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Chris Bedia (10)

All:
Chris Bedia (16)

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 22 February 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   CYP Joël Mall
2 DF   FRA Moussa Diallo
3 DF   JPN Keigo Tsunemoto
4 DF   SUI Steve Rouiller
5 MF   CMR Gaël Ondoua
6 DF   GLP Anthony Baron
8 MF   FRA Timothé Cognat
9 MF   BIH Miroslav Stevanović
10 MF   SUI Alexis Antunes
11 FW   FRA Boubacar Fofana
12 DF   SUI Issa Kaloga
17 MF   SUI Dereck Kutesa
18 DF   CGO Bradley Mazikou
19 DF   FRA Yoan Severin
20 DF   SUI Théo Magnin
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   SUI Jérémy Guillemenot
22 MF   DEN Alexander Lyng
26 DF   SUI Noah Henchoz
27 FW   FRA Enzo Crivelli
28 MF   FRA David Douline
29 FW   CIV Chris Bedia
30 MF   SEN Samba Lélé Diba
31 FW   CIV Tiemoko Ouattara
32 GK   SUI Jérémy Frick
33 DF   SUI Nicolas Vouilloz
44 GK   KOS Léo Besson
45 MF   FRA Hussayn Touati
68 DF   CMR Jérôme Onguéné (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
77 DF   HUN Bendegúz Bolla (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
DF   SUI Baba Souare

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW   FRA Ronny Rodelin (at Perly-Certoux until 30 June 2024)
GK   SUI Edin Omeragić (at Stade Nyonnais until 30 June 2024)
DF   KOS Valton Behrami (at Bellinzona until 1 January 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   SUI Malik Sawadogo (at Stade Nyonnais until 30 June 2024)
MF   CIV Sidiki Camara (at Stade Nyonnais until 30 June 2024)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 June 2023 Friendly Servette FC   4–0   Neuchâtel Xamax
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
30 June 2023 Friendly Servette FC   1–0   Stade Nyonnais
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
7 July 2023 Friendly Servette   2–0   Cercle Brugge
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
11 July 2023 Friendly Servette FC   5–2   FC Rapperswil-Jona
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 22 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 17 8 6 3 28 20 +8 047.06
Swiss Cup 19 August 2023 Round 1 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 066.67
UEFA Champions League 25 July 2023 15 August 2023 Third qualifying round Play-off round 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 000.00
UEFA Europa League 21 September 2023 14 December 2023 Group stage Group stage 6 1 2 3 4 13 −9 016.67
UEFA Europa Conference League 15 February 2024 Knockout round play-offs 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 30 11 12 7 50 41 +9 036.67

Last updated: 13 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Young Boys (C) 38 23 8 7 76 34 +42 77 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Lugano 38 20 5 13 67 51 +16 65 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Servette 38 18 10 10 59 43 +16 64 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4 Zürich 38 16 12 10 53 41 +12 60 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 St. Gallen 38 16 9 13 60 51 +9 57
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.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
17 8 6 3 28 20  +8 30 4 3 1 17 10  +7 4 3 2 11 10  +1

Last updated: 14 December 2023.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAH
ResultWDDDLLLDWWWWWWWDD
Position22559999875444344
Updated to match(es) played on November 2023. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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22 July 2023 1 Grasshoppers 1–3 Servette Zürich
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ndenge   23'
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 4,371
Referee: Luca Cibelli
29 July 2023 2 Servette 2–2 Zürich Lancy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 7,103
Referee: Fedayi San
5 August 2023 3 Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 1–1 Servette Lausanne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 3,257
Referee: Johannes von Mandach
12 August 2023 4 Servette 1–1 St. Gallen Lancy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 6,541
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
26 August 2023 5 Yverdon-Sport 4–1 Servette Neuchâtel
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
3 September 2023 6 Servette 0–1 Young Boys Lancy
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 10,593
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
24 September 2023 7 Luzern 2–0 Servette Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 13,256
Referee: Urs Schnyder
27 September 2023 8 Servette 2–2 Winterthur Lancy
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
30 September 2023 9 Servette 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Lancy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 9,023
Referee: Esther Staubli
8 October 2023 10 Lugano 0–1 Servette Lugano
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Sandro Schärer
21 October 2023 11 Basel 0–1 Servette Basel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 20,194
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
29 October 2023 12 Servette 4–2 Luzern Lancy
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 7,236
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
4 November 2023 13 Zürich 0–2 Servette Zürich
19:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 12,910
Referee: Sven Wolfensberger
12 November 2023 14 Servette 4–1 Basel Lancy
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 7,273
Referee: Sandro Schärer
26 November 2023 15 Servette 2–0 Grasshopper Lancy
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 7,124
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
3 December 2023 16 Young Boys 1–1 Servette Bern
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
9 December 2023 17 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 Servette Lausanne
19:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 9,237
Referee: Lionel Tschudi
17 December 2023 18 Servette 2–2 Lugano Lancy
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 2,873
Referee: Luca Cibelli

Swiss Cup

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19 August 2023 First round Meyrin 0–8 Servette Meyrin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade des Arbères
Referee: Michèle Schmölzer
16 September 2023 Second round Bulle 1–4 Servette Bulle
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade de Bouleyres
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Johannes von Mandach
1 November 2023 Round of 16 Servette 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)
Lausanne Ouchy Lancy
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Luca Cibelli
Penalties
27 February 2024 Quarter-finals Delémont 0–2 Servette Delémont
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: La Blancherie

UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

25 July 2023 First leg Servette   1–1   Genk Geneva
20:30
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 18,026
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
2 August 2023 Second leg Genk   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–3 agg.)
(1–4 p)
  Servette Genk, Belgium
19:00
Report
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 16,280
Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)
Penalties

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

9 August 2023 First leg Rangers   2–1   Servette Glasgow, Scotland
19:45
Report
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,956
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
15 August 2023 Second leg Servette   1–1
(2–3 agg.)
  Rangers Lancy
20:30
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SLP ROM SRV SHE
1   Slavia Prague 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Advance to round of 16 2–0 4–0 6–0
2   Roma 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–0 4–0 3–0
3   Servette 6 1 2 3 4 13 −9 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–2 1–1 2–1
4   Sheriff Tiraspol 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 2–3 1–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1 Servette   0–2   Slavia Prague Lancy
18:45 Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 19,783[3]
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) 2 Roma   4–0   Servette Rome, Italy
21:00
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,764[4]
Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)
26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 3 Sheriff Tiraspol   1–1   Servette Tiraspol, Moldova
21:00 (22:00 EEST)
Report
Stadium: Sheriff Arena
Attendance: 2,834[5]
Referee: John Brooks (England)
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 4 Servette   2–1   Sheriff Tiraspol Lancy
18:45
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 15,822[6]
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
30 November 2023 5 Servette   1–1   Roma Lancy
21:00
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 28,534[7]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 6 Slavia Prague   4–0   Servette Prague, Czech Republic
18:45
Report Stadium: Fortuna Arena
Attendance: 18,380[8]
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Knockout phase

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Knockout round play-offs
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The draw for the knockout round play-offs will be held on 18 December 2023.

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) First leg Servette   0–0   Ludogorets Razgrad Stade de Genève, Geneva
21:00 Report Attendance: 13,847[9]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) Second leg Ludogorets Razgrad   0–1
(0–1 agg.)
  Servette Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad
18:45 (19:45 EET) Report
Attendance: 6,487[10]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Round of 16

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7 March 2024 (2024-03-07) First leg Servette   0–0   Viktoria Plzeň Stade de Genève, Geneva
21:00 Report Attendance: 15,354[11]
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)
14 March 2024 (2024-03-14) Second leg Viktoria Plzeň   0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
  Servette Doosan Arena, Plzeň
18:45 Report Attendance: 11,225[12]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Penalties

References

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  1. ^ "Effectif". Servette FC (in French). 29 November 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Servette vs. Slavia Prague" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Roma vs. Servette" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Sheriff Tiraspol vs. Servette" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Servette vs. Sheriff Tiraspol" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Servette vs. Roma" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Slavia Prague vs. Servette" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Servette vs. Ludogorets Razgrad" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Ludogorets Razgrad vs. Servette" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Servette vs. Viktoria Plzeň" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Servette" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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