2011–12 FC Sion season

Sion 2012–13 Sébastien Fournier Christian Constantin Stade Tourbillon Swiss Super League 9th Swiss Cup Semi-Final Vilmos Vanczák (10) Vilmos Vanczák (12) 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 FC Sion season started on 16 July 2011. Review and events Season Transfer controversy History The controversy started when FC Sion signed Essam El-Hadary in 2008.FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16366160.stm 30 December 2011 BBC 30 December 2011 2011–12 Events FC Sion originally drew 0-0 and won 3–1 against Celtic F.C. in the Europa League.Celtic 0 - 0 FC Sion http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14486536.stm 31 December 2011 BBC 18 August 2011FC Sion 3 - 1 Celtic (agg 3 - 1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/14569496.stm 31 December 2011 BBC 25 August 2011 However, UEFA overturned the results and awarded Celtic F.C. 3-0 forfeit victories for both legs of the tie.Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01f5-0e797321195f-efb803a21f27-1000--celtic-protests-over-sion-matches-accepted/ 31 December 2011 UEFA 2 September 2011 live https://web.archive.org/web/20111213152449/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfirst/matchorganisation/disciplinary/news/newsid%3D1672135.html 13 December 2011 FC Sion lost their appeal to re-enter the competition.Europa League: Sion scheitert mit Klage https://www.welt.de/sport/article13602604/Europa-League-Sion-scheitert-mit-Klage.html 31 December 2011 Die Welt 13 September 2011 German The Swiss Football Association deducted 36 points from FC Sion. Three points were deducted for each of the 12 league and cup matches in which one or more of the six ineligible players appeared. The 36 points deduction left FC Sion in last place and minus 5 points. FIFA had threatened to suspend the Swiss Football Association if there was no action against FC Sion. This meant that all national teams and clubs under the jurisdiction of the Swiss Football Association would not be allowed to participate in any FIFA and UEFA competition. Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Andris Vanins LAT GK yes 1980 4 30 Ventspils 18 Kevin Fickentscher SUI GK yes 1988 7 6 La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 Steven Deana SUI GK yes 1990 3 4Vaduz Defenders 4 José Gonçalves POR CB yes 1985 9 17 St. Gallen 5 Michael Dingsdag NLD CB yes 1982 10 18 Heerenveen 6 George Ogăraru ROM CB yes 1980 2 3 Ajax 20 Vilmos Vanczák HUN CB yes 1983 6 20 Újpest 31 Arnaud Bühler SUI CB yes 1985 1 17 Sochaux 33 Adaílton BRA CB yes 1983 4 16 Santos Midfielders 3 Gabri García ESP MF yes 1979 2 10 Umm Salal 7 Mario Mutsch LUX MF yes 1984 9 3 Metz 8 Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos BRA MF yes 1980 10 6 Júbilo Iwata 10 Fabrizio Zambrella SUI MF yes 1986 3 1 Brescia 12 Billy Ketkeophomphone FRA MF yes 1990 3 24 Strasbourg 13 Giovanni Sio SUI MF yes 1984 11 7 Real Sociedad 14 Pascal Feindouno GUI MF yes 1981 2 21 AS Monaco 15 Jonas Elmer SUI MF yes 1988 2 28 Aarau 16 Didier Crettenand SUI MF yes 1986 2 24 Lausanne-Sport 21 Abdoul Yoda FRA MF yes 1988 10 25 Servette 22 Goran Obradović SRB MF yes 1976 3 1 Vaduz 26 Serey Die CIV MF yes 1988 7 6 ES Sétif 27 Stefan Glarner SUI MF yes 1987 11 21 Thun 29 Florian Berisha SUI MF yes 1990 1 18 32 Anthony Sauthier SUI MF yes 1991 2 5 Forwards 11 Christ Mbondi CMR ST yes 1992 2 2 17 Guilherme Afonso SUI ST yes 1985 11 15 Lugano 19 Dragan Mrđa SRB FW yes 1984 1 23 Vojvodina Match results Legend #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Void 1px solid #AAAAAA Super League 2011–12 Swiss Super League 16 July 2011 17:45 CEST 1 FC Sion 1–0 Match report FC Zürich Obradović 74 Stade Tourbillon Sion 10,500 Alain Bieri w 1 23 July 2011 17:45 CEST 2 FC Sion 1–2 Match report BSC Young Boys Sio 92 Schneuwly 34 Degen 84 Stade Tourbillon Sion 12,500 Nikolaj Hänni l 1 31 July 2011 16:00 CEST 3 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–3 Match report FC Sion Vanczák 44 81 Sio 54 Stade de la Maladière Neuchâtel 4,603 Alain Bieri w 1 6 August 2011 17:45 CEST 4 FC Basel 3–3 Match report FC Sion Zoua 15 Shaqiri 24 Cabral 92 Vanczák 6 Adaílton 19 Sio 79 St. Jakob-Park Basel 27,702 Patrick Graf d 1 13 August 2011 17:45 CEST 5 FC Sion 1–1 Match report FC Luzern Vanczák 63 Winter 5 Stade Tourbillon Sion 13,200 Ludovic Gremaud d 1 21 August 2011 17:15 CEST 6 FC Lausanne-Sport 0–2 Match report FC Sion Feindouno 82 88 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne 8,800 Jérôme Laperrière w 1 28 August 2011 16:00 CEST 7 FC Sion 0–4 Match report Servette FC Routis 9 Vitkieviez 20 65 Yartey 24 Stade Tourbillon Sion 15,300 Adrien Jaccottet l 1 11 September 2011 16:00 CEST 8 FC Thun 0–3 Match report FC Sion Sio 13 45Mutsch 90 Arena Thun Thun 5,822 Ludovic Gremaud w 1 22 September 2011 19:45 CEST 9 FC Sion 2–0 Match report Grasshopper Feindouno 11 Mutsch 42 Stade Tourbillon Sion 8,300 Patrick Graf w 1 25 September 2011 16:00 CEST 10 FC Luzern 2–0 Match report FC Sion Yakin 18 pen. Renggli 90 pen. Swissporarena Lucerne 16,315 Sascha Kever l 1 2 October 2011 16:00 CEST 11 FC Sion 1–0 Match report FC Lausanne-Sport Obradović 59 Stade Tourbillon Sion 10,000 Alain Bieri w 1 23 October 2011 16:00 CEST 12 Servette FC 0–2 Match report FC Sion Vanczák 28 Sio 78 Stade de Genève Geneva 10,718 Stephan Klossner w 1 26 October 2011 19:45 CEST 13 FC Sion 0–1 Match report FC Basel Zoua 28 Stade Tourbillon Sion 10,800 Sascha Kever l 1 29 October 2011 17:45 CEST 14 FC Sion 2–0 Match report FC Thun Vanczák 55 Mrđa 78 Stade Tourbillon Sion 9,300 Stephan Studer w 1 5 November 2011 16:00 CET 15 Grasshopper 2–1 Match report FC Sion Mustafi 10 Feltscher 38 Sio 29 Letzigrund Zürich 4,000 Jérôme Laperrière l 1 20 November 2011 16:00 CET 16 FC Sion 2–0 Match report Neuchâtel Xamax Afonso 12 Yoda 18 Stade Tourbillon Sion 9,800 Patrick Graf w 1 4 December 2011 16:00 CET 17 BSC Young Boys 1–1 Match report FC Sion Costanzo 12 Wölfli 12 o.g. Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf Bern 22,756 Stephan Studer d 1 10 December 2011 17:45 CET 18 FC Zürich 1–1 Match report FC Sion Mehmedi 32 Vanczák 65 Letzigrund Zürich 8,600 Damien Carrel d 1 5 February 2012 16:00 CET 19 FC Basel 0 - 0 Summary FC Sion Shaqiri 62 Adaílton 41 Dingsdag 57 Basha 67 St. Jakob-Park Basel 25,762 Damien Carrel D 1 12 February 2012 16:00 CET 20 FC Sion 0-1 Summary BSC Young Boys Spycher 83 pen. Stade Tourbillon Sion 8,700 Stephan Klossner L 1 18 February 2012 17:46 CET 21 Neuchâtel Xamax - FC Sion Stade de la Maladière Neuchâtel P 1 26 February 2012 16:00 CET 22 FC Sion 0 - 1 Report Servette FC Margairaz 23 Pizzinat 72Karanović 84 Stade Tourbillon Sion 12,300 Ludovic Gremaud L 1 3 March 2012 17:45 CET 23 FC Zürich 0 - 1 Report FC Sion Pedro Henrique Konzen 53Koch 71Barmettler 82Chermiti 86 Yoda 16Adaílton 28Vanczák 77Bühler 83 Letzigrund Zürich 10,500 Stephan Studer W 1 10 March 2012 17:45 CET 24 FC Sion 1 - 0 Report FC Thun Danilo 30 90+5Crettenand 89 Matić 8Bättig 73Schirinzi 90+4 Stade Tourbillon Sion 8,800 Daniel Wermelinger W 1 17 March 2012 17:45 CET 25 FC Luzern 0 - 0 Report FC Sion Rodrigo 45 Swissporarena Lucerne 11,498 Damien Carrel D 1 25 March 2012 16:00 CEST 26 FC Sion 1 - 0 Report FC Lausanne-Sport Dingsdag 54Serey Die 60Danick Yerly 74 Bah 34 Stade Tourbillon Sion 10,500 Patrick Graf W 1 31 March 2012 17:45 CEST 27 Grasshopper 0 - 2 Report FC Sion Vanczák 45Bühler 49 Letzigrund Zürich 3,400 Cyril Zimmermann W 1 7 April 2012 17:45 CEST 28 FC Sion 2 - 1 Report FC Zürich Vaņins 45Bühler 45Die 58Vanczák 71 Chikhaoui 19 33 pen.Glarner 26Barmettler 40Buff 88 Stade Tourbillon Sion 10,500 Damien Carrel W 1 15 April 2012 16:00 CEST 29 Servette FC 2 - 2 Report FC Sion Pont 26Rüfli 45Routis 77Yartey 87 pen.Daniel Soares 90 Wüthrich 17Dingsdag 87Karanović 90+3 o.g. Stade de Genève Geneva 8,212 Daniel Wermelinger D 1 30 22 April 2012 16:00 Sion 0–3 Basel Basha 41 Serey Die 63 Danilo 71 24 Xhaka 49 83 A. Frei 53 Streller 74 Steinhöfer Tourbillon, Sion 12,500 Stephan Studer L 1 29 April 2012 16:00 CEST 31 FC Thun 1–1 Report FC Sion Aislan 69 o.g. Ianu 30 Arena Thun Thun 5,703 Sascha Kever D 1 2 May 2012 19:45 CEST 32 FC Lausanne-Sport 1 - 0 Report FC Sion Roux 14Tall 35Sanogo 62 Adaílton 24Ianu 32 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne 7,900 Nikolaj Hänni L 1 6 May 2012 16:00 CEST 33 FC Sion 3 - 2 Report Grasshopper Ianu 15 pen.Crettenand 28Danick Yerly 50Mutsch 74 Zuber 7 22 Stade Tourbillon Sion 6,500 Sascha Amhof W 1 12 May 2012 17:45 CEST 34 FC Sion Neuchâtel Xamax Stade Tourbillon Sion p 1 20 May 2012 16:00 CEST 35 BSC Young Boys 3 - 0 Report FC Sion Farnerud 31Bobadilla 61Spycher 77Nef 79Michael Frey 90 Obradović 2 29 59Mrđa 25Rodrigo 54 Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf Bern 18,411 Sascha Arnhof L 1 23 May 2012 19:45 CEST 36 FC Sion 1 - 3 Report FC Luzern Danilo 24Ziburg 34 o.g.Wüthrich 71Basha 79Fickentscher 0 81 Stahel 39Lustenberger 71Kukeli 83 pen.Nelson Ferreira 90 Stade Tourbillon Sion 5,200 Alain Bieri L 1 Table SIO Relegation play-off 26 May 2012 15:00 CEST Sion Report 3 – 0 Aarau Mrđa 58 81Margairaz 67 Stade Tourbillon, Sion 10,800 Stephan Studer W 1 28 May 2012 17:00 CEST Aarau Report 1 – 0 Sion Gashi 55 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau L 1 Sion won 3 – 1 on aggregate. Swiss Cup 18 September 2011 14:30 CEST Round 1 FC Colombier 0–5 FC Sion Mrđa 16 pen. Crettenand 24 Vanczák 27 Bühler 35 Afonso 90 Stade des Chézards Colombier 1,047 Damien Carrel w 1 15 October 2011 17:30 CEST Round 2 FC Sion 2–1 FC Stade Nyonnais Feindouno 69Dingsdag 75 Besseyre 37 Stade Tourbillon Sion 3,500 Patrick Graf w 1 27 November 2011 15:00 CET Round of 16 FC Tuggen 1–2 FC Sion Senn 69 Yoda 22Elmer 81 Linthstrasse Tuggen 2,250 Stephan Klossner w 1 21 March 2012 20:15 CET Quarter-final FC Biel-Bienne 1 - 3 Report FC Sion Doudin 21 2 65 90+3Rafael Schweizer 34Pietro Di Nardo 87Sallaj 90+2 Yoda 9Wüthrich 54Obradović 68Adaílton 68Vanczák 82Danilo 90 pen. Gurzelen Stadion Biel/Bienne 3,938 Adrien Jacottet W 1 11 April 2012 20:15 CET Semi Final FC Sion 0 - 1 Report FC Luzern Adaílton 9Sauthier 19Bühler 58 Winter 7Ohayon 12Bühler 58 Stade Tourbillon Sion 11,000 Stephan Studer L 1 UEFA Europa League 18 August 2011 21:05 CEST Play-off (1st leg) Celtic F.C. 0–0a 1 Match Report FC Sion Celtic Park Glasgow 51,525 Marijo Strahonja (Croatia) v 25 August 2011 20:30 CEST Play-off (2nd leg) FC Sion 3–1a 1 3–1 Match Report Celtic F.C. Feindouno 3 pen. 63 Sio 22 Mulgrew 78 Stade Tourbillon Sion David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) v 1 18 August 2011 21:05 CEST Play-off (1st leg) Celtic F.C. 3–0a 1 Match report FC Sion Celtic Park Glasgow 10,145 Marijo Strahonja (Croatia) l 1 25 August 2011 20:30 CEST Play-off (2nd leg) FC Sion 0–3a 1 0–6 Match report Celtic F.C. Feindouno 3 pen. 63 Sio 22 Mulgrew 78 Stade Tourbillon Sion David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) l 1 1.a FC Sion originally drew 0–0 in the first leg and won 3–1 in the second leg. UEFA overturned the result of both matches. Both matches were awarded 3–0 in favour of Celtic F.C. Squad statistics Appearances and goals 5 July 2012 Super League Playoff Swiss Cup Europa League 1 Andris Vanins GK LAT 32+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3 Aislan DF BRA 4+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 4 José Gonçalves DF POR 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 5 Michael Dingsdag DF NLD 31+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 6 George Ogăraru DF ROM 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 7 Mario Mutsch MF LUX 10+6 2 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 8 Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos MF BRA 17+11 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+2 0 9 Danilo FW BRA 13+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 11 Christ Mbondi FW CMR 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 12 Danick Yerly FW SUI 2+4 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 13 Sébastien Wüthrich MF SUI 9+5 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 14 Vullnet Basha MF SUI 6+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 15 Jonas Elmer MF SUI 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 0+0 0 16 Didier Crettenand MF SUI 17+6 1 2+0 0 2+3 1 0+1 0 18 Kevin Fickentscher GK SUI 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 19 Dragan Mrđa FW SRB 8+1 1 0+2 2 1+0 1 0+0 0 20 Vilmos Vanczák DF HUN 32+0 10 2+0 0 4+0 2 2+0 0 21 Abdoul Yoda MF FRA 10+8 2 1+0 0 3+2 2 0+0 0 22 Goran Obradović MF SRB 22+4 2 1+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 23 Xavier Margairaz MF SUI 12+3 0 1+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 25 Evan Melo FW DRC 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 26 Serey Die MF CIV 28+2 1 2+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 27 Geoffrey Tréand FW FRA 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 28 Cristian Ianu FW ROM 6+4 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 29 Florian Berisha MF SUI 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 30 Steven Deana GK SUI 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 31 Arnaud Bühler DF SUI 29+0 1 2+0 0 5+0 1 2+0 0 32 Anthony Sauthier MF SUI 6+5 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 33 Adaílton DF BRA 26+1 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 Branislav Mićić DF SUI 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 Joaquim Adão MF ANG 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan: 9 Aleksandar Prijović FW SUI 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 10 Fabrizio Zambrella MF SUI 7+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club: 3 Gabri García MF ESP 3+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 12 Billy Ketkeophomphone MF FRA 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 13 Giovanni Sio MF SUI 18+0 7 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1 14 Pascal Feindouno MF GUI 8+1 3 0+0 0 0+1 1 2+0 2 17 Guilherme Afonso FW SUI 4+7 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 27 Stefan Glarner MF SUI 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 |} Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameSuper LeaguePlay OffSwiss CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 DF HUN 20Vilmos Vanczák 10 0 2 0 122 MF SUI 13Giovanni Sio 7 0 0 1 83 MF GUI 14Pascal Feindouno 3 0 1 2 64 MF FRA 21Abdoul Yoda 2 0 2 0 4 FW SRB 19Dragan Mrđa 1 2 1 0 46 Own goal 3 0 0 0 37 FW SUI 12Danick Yerly 2 0 0 0 2 FW ROM 28Cristian Ianu 2 0 0 0 2 MF SRB 22Goran Obradović 2 0 0 0 2 MF LUX 7 Mario Mutsch 2 0 0 0 2 DF SUI 31Arnaud Bühler 1 0 1 0 2 FW BRA 9 Danilo 1 0 1 0 2 MF SUI 16Didier Crettenand 1 0 1 0 214 DF BRA 33Adaílton 1 0 0 0 1 FW SUI 17Guilherme Afonso 1 0 0 0 1 MF CIV 26Serey Die 1 0 0 0 1 MF SUI 13Sébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1 MF SUI 23Xavier Margairaz 0 1 0 0 1 MF SUI 15Jonas Elmer 0 0 1 0 1 DF NLD 5 Michael Dingsdag 0 0 1 0 1TOTALS40 3 12 3 58 Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameSuper LeaguePlay OffSwiss CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 LAT GKAndris Vanins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05 NLD DFMichael Dingsdag 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 07 LUX MFMario Mutsch 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 08 BRA MFRodrigo Lacerda Ramos 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 09 BRA FWDanilo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 010SUI MFFabrizio Zambrella 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 013SUI MFGiovanni Sio 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 013SUI MFSébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 014SUI MFVullnet Basha 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 015SUI MFJonas Elmer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 016SUI MFDidier Crettenand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 017SUI FWGuilherme Afonso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 018SUI GKKevin Fickentscher 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 119SRB FWDragan Mrđa 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 020HUN DFVilmos Vanczák 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 021FRA MFAbdoul Yoda 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 022SRB MFGoran Obradović 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 123SUI MFXavier Margairaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 026CIV MFSerey Die 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 028ROM MFCristian Ianu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 031SUI DFArnaud Bühler 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 032SUI MFAnthony Sauthier 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 033BRA DFAdaílton 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 14 1 ANG MFJoaquim Adão 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS8335090501023 Sources Category:FC Sion seasons Sion Sion