2008–09 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich 2008–09 Bernard Challandes Letzigrund Swiss Super League 1st Swiss Cup Quarter-finals UEFA Cup First round Almen Abdi (19) 2007–08 2009–10 During the 2008–09 Swiss football season, FC Zürich competed in the Swiss Super League. Season summary FC Zürich managed to reclaim the Swiss league title (their last as of 2016), but were knocked out of the Swiss Cup in the quarter-finals. The club were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the first round by Italian giants AC Milan. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/switz/2008-2009/superl/zurich.htm FootballSquads - Zürich - 2008/09 1 SUI GK Johnny Leoni 2 FIN DF Veli Lampi 3 GEO FW Giorgi Ivanishvili 4 SUI DF Fabrizio Di Gregorio 5 SUI MF Xavier Margairaz on loan from Osasuna 6 SRB MF Radovan Savić 7 SUI MF Silvan Aegerter 10 NGA MF Onyekachi Okonkwo 11 SUI MF Adrian NikçiNikçi was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level, and has also expressed interest in representing Albania internationally. 12 Guadeloupe FW Alexandre AlphonseAlphonse was born in Paris, France, but also qualifies to represent Guadeloupe internationally and made his international debut for Guadeloupe in 2009. 13 SUI DF Florian Stahel 14 SWE MF Dusan Djurić 15 SUI DF Daniel Stucki 16 SUI DF Philippe Koch 17 TUN MF Yassine Chikhaoui 19 SUI DF Alain RochatRochat was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada, but was raised in Switzerland from the age of two and made his international debut for Switzerland in June 2005. 21 SUI DF Heinz BarmettlerBarmettler was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and made his international debut for Switzerland in November 2009, but also qualifies to represent the Dominican Republic and would make his international debut for the Dominican Republic in September 2012. 22 SUI GK Orlando Lattmann 23 SUI MF Almen AbdiAbdi was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008. 25 SUI FW Admir MehmediMehmedi was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Macedonia), but was raised in Switzerland from the age of two and represented Switzerland at every youth level up to U-21, and would make his international debut for Switzerland in 2011. 26 LIE MF Martin Büchel 27 SUI FW Marco Schönbächler 28 USA FW Remo Staubli 29 FRA FW Eric Hassli 30 FIN DF Hannu Tihinen 32 ITA GK Andrea Guatelli Left club during season 3 SUI DF Mehdi Challandes on loan to Yverdon Sport 4 CHI DF Adán Vergara on loan to FC Luzern 5 SUI DF Oumar Kondé on loan to Chengdu Blades 8 SWE FW Emra TahirovićTahirović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but was raised in Sweden and has represented them at U-21 level. on loan to Örebro 9 SWE MF Andrés VasquezVasquez was born in Lima, Peru, but also qualifies to represent Sweden internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level. to FC Zürich II 20 BRA FW Sílvio on loan to FC Wil 24 SUI MF Luca Ladner on loan to FC Wohlen Notes and references Notes notes References Category:FC Zürich seasons Zurich Category:Swiss football championship–winning seasons