2012–13 FC Sion season

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.

Sion
2012–13 season
ChairmanChristian Constantin
ManagerVladimir Petković
till June 2012

Sébastien Fournier
June - September 2012
Michel Decastel
September - October 2012
Pierre-André Schürmann
October - December 2012
Víctor Muñoz
December 2012 - February 2013
Gennaro Gattuso
25 February 2013 - 13 May 2013[1]

Michel Decastel
13 May 2013 -
StadiumStade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League6th
Swiss CupSemi-final vs Basel
Top goalscorerLeague: Léo Itaperuna (8)
All: Léo Itaperuna (9)
Highest home attendance14,850 vs Basel
4 August 2012
Lowest home attendance5,800 vs Thun
22 September 2012 (majority of the stadium was closed due to sanctions by the SFL)
Average home league attendance11,380
20 December 2012

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 Adaílton 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 GK (1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 Ventspils
18 Kevin Fickentscher GK (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 La Chaux-de-Fonds
30 Steven Deana GK (1990-03-04) 4 March 1990 Vaduz
Defenders
3 Aislan CB (1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 Guarani
4 Adaílton CB (1983-04-14) 14 April 1983 Henan Jianye
5 André Marques CB (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 Sporting CP
15 Michael Dingsdag CB (1982-10-18) 18 October 1982 Heerenveen
20 Vilmos Vanczák CB (1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 Újpest
27 Léo Lacroix CB (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 Trainee
31 Arnaud Bühler CB (1985-01-17) 17 January 1985 Sochaux
Midfielders
2 Benjamin Kololli MF (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 Trainee
7 Sébastien Wüthrich MF (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 Neuchâtel Xamax
8 Gennaro Gattuso MF (1978-01-09) 9 January 1978 A.C. Milan
10 Oussama Darragi MF (1987-04-03) 3 April 1987 Espérance
14 Vullnet Basha MF (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 Neuchâtel Xamax
16 Didier Crettenand MF (1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 Lausanne-Sport
23 Xavier Margairaz MF (1984-01-07) 7 January 1984 Zürich
26 Gelson Fernandes MF (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 Loan from Sporting Lisabon
29 Alberto Regazzoni CB (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 St. Gallen
32 Anthony Sauthier MF (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 Trainee
Forwards
9 Abdoul Yoda ST (1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 Servette
11 Léo Itaperuna ST (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 Arapongas
12 Kyle Lafferty ST (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 Rangers
21 Yannick N'Djeng FW (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 Espérance
22 Dragan Mrđa FW (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 Vojvodina
25 Evan Melo FW (1993-05-31) 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. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW  BRA Danilo (at Zorya Luhansk)
17 FW   SUI Danick Yerly (at Chiasso)
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 FW   SUI Aleksandar Prijovic (at Tromsø IL)

Transfers

Summer

Winter

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

15 July 2012 1 Grasshopper 0 – 2 Sion Zürich
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Léo Itaperuna  39', 77' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 7,900
Referee: Stephan Klossner
22 July 2012 2 Sion 1 – 0 Servette Sion
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Manset  86' (pen.) Summary Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
29 July 2012 3 Luzern 0 – 3 Sion Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Margairaz  29'
Lafferty  90'
Die  90'
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 13,298
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann
4 August 2012 4 Sion 1 – 1 Basel Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Léo Itaperuna  80' Summary Kováč  49' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 14,850
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
11 August 2012 5 Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Sion Lausanne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Vanczák  12'
Margairaz  86'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 8,750
Referee: Ludovic Gremaud
19 August 2012 6 Sion 1 – 0 Young Boys Sion
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Crettenand  23' Summary Nuzzolo  79' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Sascha Kever
26 August 2012 7 Zürich 1 – 0 Sion Zürich
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Chiumiento  35' (pen.) Summary Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 11,016
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
1 September 2012 8 Sion 0 – 3 St. Gallen Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Mathys  12', 43'
Scarione  90+3'
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Sascha Amhof
22 September 2012 9 Sion 2 – 1 Thun Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Itaperuna  14', 61' Summary Ngamukol  42' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Sascha Kever
26 September 2012 10 Basel 4 – 1 Sion Basel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) P.Degen  42', 55'
Stocker  74'
Sauro  80'
Summary Gattuso  43' Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 27,575
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
30 September 2012 11 Sion 2 – 2 Zürich Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Lafferty  7'
Margairaz  26'
Summary Gavranović  46'
Teixeira  90+1'
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Patrick Graf
7 October 2012 12 Sion 3 – 2 Luzern Sion
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Margairaz  30'
Die  19'  32'
Lafferty  38'
Bühler  74'
Summary Andrist  20' (pen.)
Puljić  90' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 8,850
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
20 October 2012 13 Thun 1 - 1 Sion Thun
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Ghezal  44' Summary Margairaz  85' Stadium: Arena Thun
Attendance: 5,148
Referee: Sebastien Pache
27 October 2012 14 Sion 1 - 1 Lausanne-Sport Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Vanczák  50' Summary Marazzi  81' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Ludovic Gremaud
4 November 2012 15 St. Gallen 0 - 3 Sion St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Mutsch  37' Summary Bühler  38'
Crettenand  83'
Wüthrich  90+2'
Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 15,241
Referee: Stephan Studer
18 November 2012 16 Servette 0 - 2 Sion Geneva
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Summary Lafferty  45+1' (pen.)
Itaperuna  77'
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 11,923
Referee: Damien Carrel
24 November 2012 17 Sion 1 - 1 Grasshopper Sion
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Itaperuna  30' Summary Gashi  3' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
2 December 2012 18 Young Boys 3 - 1 Sion Bern
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Ojala  27'
Nef  45+2'
Nuzzolo  79' (pen.), 90+4'
Summary Dingsdag  29' Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 17,737
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
9 February 2013 19 Basel 3 – 0 Sion St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Streller  45'
P. Degen  50'
Salah  52'
Stocker  58'
Summary  44' Gattuso
 50' Dingsdag
 57' Fernandes
 64' 'Djeng
Attendance: 24,265
Referee: Stephan Studer
16 February 2013 20 Sion 1 - 0 St. Gallen Sion
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Montandon  64' (o.g.) Summary Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
24 February 2013 21 Thun 4 - 0 Sion Thun
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Salamand  8'
Ferreira  10'
Schneuwly  35'
Sadik  74'
Summary Stadium: Arena Thun
Attendance: 4,374
Referee: Sascha Kever
2 March 2013 22 Zürich 3 - 1 Sion Zürich
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Drmić  13', 63'
Schönbächler  38'
Summary N'Djeng  61' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 8,325
Referee: Stephan Klossner
10 March 2013 23 Sion 0 - 1 Lausanne-Sport Sion
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Basha  31'  41' Summary Malonga  14' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Patrick Graf
17 March 2013 24 Young Boys 0 - 0 Sion Bern
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Summary Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 15,173
Referee: Sascha Amhof
30 March 2013 25 Sion 1 - 1 Servette Sion
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Itaperuna  61'
Adaílton  23'  63'
Summary De Azevedo  77' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
6 April 2013 26 Sion 2 - 1 Luzern Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Lacroix  27'
Lafferty  67'
Summary Wiss  51' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Patrick Graf
14 April 2013 27 Grasshopper 1 - 1 Sion Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Feltscher  37' Summary Yoda  66' Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Stephan Studer
21 April 2013 28 Sion 0 - 0 Young Boys Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
27 April 2013 29 Servette Postponed Sion Geneva
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Stadium: Stade de Genève
Referee: Stephan Klossner
5 May 2013 30 Sion 0 - 1 Basel Sion
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Dingsdag  51'  90+3' Summary Díaz  44' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Sascha Kever
8 May 2013 31 Lausanne-Sport 1 - 3 Sion Lausanne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Sonnerat  28' Summary N'Djeng  17' (pen.)
Kololli  43'
Darragi  74'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
11 May 2013 32 St. Gallen 5 - 0 Sion St. Gallen
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Wüthrich  10'
Scarione  16', 27', 68' (pen.)
Jagne  89'
Summary Stadium: AFG Arena
Attendance: 13,274
Referee: Sascha Amhof
16 May 2013 33 Sion 0 - 4 Grasshopper Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Summary Gashi  25'
Zuber  33'
Ngamukol  64'
Brahimi  90+1'
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Stephan Klossner
22 May 2013 29 Servette 4 - 0 Sion Geneva
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Vitkieviez  2'
Tréand  19'
Karanović  55', 68'
Summary Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 10,622
Referee: Stephan Klossner
25 May 2013 34 Sion 0 - 1 Thun Sion
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) André Marques  55'  83' Summary Schneuwly  58' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
29 May 2013 35 Luzern 2 - 0 Sion Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Gygax  17', 84'
Stahel  29'
Summary Adaílton  12'
Darragi  77'
N'Djeng  78'
Margairaz  89'
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 11,724
Referee: Patrick Graf
1 June 2013 36 Sion 4 - 2 Zürich Sion
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Vanczák  54'
Kololli  61'
Karlen  73'
Veloso  86'
Summary Gavranović  50'
Drmić  56'
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

League table

Swiss Cup

16 September 2012 First Round FC Richemond 0 - 1 Sion Fribourg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Die  22' Stadium: St. Leonard Stadion
11 November 2012 Second Round FC Hergiswil 0 - 3 Sion Hergiswil
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Margairaz  25'
Itaperuna  34'
Lafferty  89'
Stadium: Sportplatz Grossmatt
3 February 2013 Third Round SC Kriens 0 - 4 Sion Kriens
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Lafferty  25', 38'
N'Djeng  83'
Mrđa  90'
Stadium: Stadion Kleinfeld
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
27 February 2013 Quarter-final FC Lausanne-Sport 0 – 2 Sion Lausanne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Summary Vanczák  28'
N'Djeng  90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
17 April 2013 Semi-final Sion 0 - 1 FC Basel Sion
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Summary Stocker  73' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

Squad statistics

As of 3 June 2013

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSuper LeagueSwiss Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Andris Vanins 39036+003+00
2 MF Benjamin Kololli 725+220+00
3 DF Aislan 15013+100+10
4 DF Adaílton 15014+001+00
5 DF André Marques 23014+701+10
6 MF Joaquim Adão 1200+1200+00
8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 29125+212+00
9 MF Abdoul Yoda 712+510+00
10 MF Oussama Darragi 24120+410+00
11 FW Léo Itaperuna 36925+883+01
12 FW Kyle Lafferty 27816+952+03
14 MF Vullnet Basha 27018+603+00
15 DF Michael Dingsdag 32129+013+00
16 MF Didier Crettenand 30219+821+20
17 FW Matteo Fedele 401+300+00
19 FW Gaëtan Karlen 310+310+00
20 DF Vilmos Vanczák 32329+132+00
21 FW Yannick N'Djeng 17313+321+01
22 FW Dragan Mrđa 610+500+11
23 MF Xavier Margairaz 22617+352+01
24 MF Max Veloso 313+010+00
25 FW Evan Melo 301+100+10
26 MF Gelson Fernandes 15014+001+00
27 DF Léo Lacroix 919+010+00
29 MF Alberto Regazzoni 1109+200+00
31 DF Arnaud Bühler 36233+023+00
32 MF Anthony Sauthier 1709+503+00
33 FW Edimilson Fernandes 101+000+00
34 MF Ndoye Birama 303+000+00
Players away from the club on loan:
7 MF Sébastien Wüthrich 1413+1011+00
9 FW Danilo 000+000+00
17 FW Danick Yerly 000+000+00
34 FW Aleksandar Prijovic 000+000+00
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
4 DF José Gonçalves 100+100+00
19 FW Mathieu Manset 512+310+00
26 MF Serey Die 1229+211+01

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1FW11Léo Itaperuna819
2FW12Kyle Lafferty538
3MF23Xavier Margairaz516
4DF20Vilmos Vanczák303
FW21Yannick N'Djeng213
6DF31Arnaud Bühler202
MF16Didier Crettenand202
MF2Benjamin Kololli202
MF26Serey Die112
10FW19Mathieu Manset101
MF8Gennaro Gattuso101
MF7Sébastien Wüthrich101
DF15Michael Dingsdag101
DF27Léo Lacroix101
MF9Abdoul Yoda101
MF10Oussama Darragi101
MF24Max Veloso101
FW19Gaëtan Karlen101
FW22Dragan Mrđa011
Own Goal101
TOTALS 40848

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1GKAndris Vanins300030
3DFAislan400040
4DFAdaílton100010
4DFJosé Gonçalves310031
5DFAndré Marques411051
7MFSébastien Wüthrich100010
8MFGennaro Gattuso11000110
10MFOussama Darragi700070
11FWLéo Itaperuna600060
12FWKyle Lafferty10010110
14MFVullnet Basha610061
15DFMichael Dingsdag910091
16MFDidier Crettenand100010
19FWMathieu Manset100010
20DFVilmos Vanczák800080
21FWYannick N'Djeng300030
23MFXavier Margairaz700070
26MFGelson Fernandes401050
26MFSerey Die410041
27DFLéo Lacroix100010
29MFAlberto Regazzoni200020
31DFArnaud Bühler100010
32MFAnthony Sauthier100010
TOTALS 96 5 3 0 99 5

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