2014–15 FC Winterthur season

FC Winterthur 2014–15 Jürgen Seeberger SUI Hannes W. Keller Ground Schützenwiese, Winterthur, Switzerland Super League 4th Swiss Cup 2nd round Patrick Bengondo (20) Patrick Bengondo (20) 3,400 on 30 May 2015vs Servette 1,600 on 25 February 2015vs FC Le Mont 2,867 2013–14 2015–16 FC Winterthur are a Swiss football team based in Winterthur. The 2014–15 season was their 118th season since their foundation in 1896. In this campaign they competed in two competitions, the 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League and the 2014–15 Swiss Cup. The club played their home games in the Stadion Schützenwiese. Overview The club's chairman was Hannes W. Keller. It was his 14th and last season as club chairman and he was in office longer than any club president before him. Hansjörg Schifferli 1 July 2015 https://www.nzz.ch/sport/fussball/abgang-eines-eigenwilligen-1.18572840 Abgang eines Eigenwilligen Departure of an idiosyncratic Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2015-07-01 The first team played their home games in the Stadion Schützenwiese, which has been their home ground since the club's foundation. To match the Swiss Football League's license requirements introduced in the 2012/13 season, the stadium was modernized in three stages. The first stage contained improvements to the lighting, security, and catering systems, completed by 2013. This was followed by a rebuild of the eastern standing terrace in the second half of 2014 and early 2015. The capacity of the stadium for the 2014–15 season was reduced to approximately 5,000 spectators, due to this renovation. On Monday evening, 2 March 2015, for the championship match against FC Schaffhausen, the new eastern standing terraces ware officially inaugurated and taken into operation. The final renovation of the main stands was to take place 2016.https://www.winterthur-glossar.ch/app/default/pub/fw.action/wine.article?ce_id=137&ce_name=Building Sportplatz Schützenwiese - Winterthur Glossar www.winterthur-glossar.ch 2019-12-05 2016-09-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160916045346/https://www.winterthur-glossar.ch/app/default/pub/fw.action/wine.article?ce_id=137&ce_name=Building dead Pre-season The most important issue in the preparation of the new season was only achieved two weeks before the start of the championship, although the change in the position of the head-coach had been announced some time in advance. After five years as boss, but because of the previous disappointing season, coach Boro Kuzmanovic had been dismissed. Jürgen Seeberger was hired a new coach. In his last job in Switzerland he led FC Schaffhausen from the third highest league to the Super League. His previous employer, SV Darmstadt 98, had separated themselves from him in December 2012. On the transfer front it was soon clear that central defender Sead Hajrović, brother of Izet Hajrovic, would join the club coming from Grasshopper Club. Other important signings were João Paiva, who had been FC Wohlens' top scorer the previous season, center-back Dennis Iapichino, who had spent the previous two season in the Major League Soccer, by Montreal Impact and D.C. United and Marco Köfler from Kapfenberger SV. Furthermore Kristian Nushi joined from St. Gallen, Amin Tighazoui joined from Vaduz and Christian Fassnacht was signed from FC Tuggen. Swiss Football League (SFL) 2020 https://www.sfl.ch/challengeleague/transfers/archiv/saison-201415/sommer-201415/ Transfers Challenge League 2014/15 (Summer) Swiss Football League (SFL) homepage 2020-07-30 2021-06-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204641/https://www.sfl.ch/challengeleague/transfers/archiv/saison-201415/sommer-201415/ dead The three most prominent departures were that of 33-year-old Sawas Exouzidis, who could no longer find a place in the team that Jürgen Seeberger had massively rejuvenated, Kristian Kuzmanovic, who left the club to play for Vaduz after his father had been fired, and Marco Aratore who transferred to St. Gallen in the top level of Swiss football. First half of season The first half of the season started for Winterthur on July 21, 2014 in the Schützenwiese with a home match against FC Wil. The 4–0 win against Wil was the beginning of a first good third of the championship for the club. By the end of September, six of ten games had been ended victorious and only three had ended in a defeat. Winterthur was in second position in the table at that time, five points behind the surprise leader FC Wohlen. Subsequently, however, the team slackened and only two more victories were achieved before the winter break in the remaining eight games. The gap to the top of the table grew to 9 points and the club over wintered in 4th position. The team were along way from being a promotion candidate. Despite everything, the preliminary round was stronger than the previous season and this left a good impression of the coach. In the individual criticism captain Patrick Bengondo emerged best, because he was involved in each second goal. Second half of season In the second half of the season, Winterthur did bot start as well as in the first half of the season. The first six games after the winter break were an up and down with three wins, two defeats and one draw. Then the team collapsed completely and managed just one single point in the following six games. This was the worst run of results that the club had achieved since the 2003–04 season. Although FCW was able to hold the fourth position in the table despite this victoryless phase, the gap to the leader increased from 11 to 33 points and they lost all contact to the extended top group. The 14 points achieved in the final six games didn't help to correct the effect of this slump either. Hansjörg Schifferli 2 May 2015 https://www.landbote.ch/sport/lokalsport/eine-jahrzehntserie--allerdings-negativ-/story/11087728 Eine Jahrzehntserie – allerdings negativ A decade series - albeit negative landbote.ch 2020-12-06 Winterthur finally finished the season with 53 points in 4th place, 21 points behind the division champions and promotion winners Lugano. In the end, Der Landbote reported a "decent season" for the FCW, but once again missed the "necessary winner mentality".Schifferli Hansjörg 2015-06-02 Nur in der Stammbeiz lustig Funny only in the local pub de-ch Der Landbote Winterthur 27 What was remarkable about the 2014–15 season was the home strength and at the same time away weakness of the team. While they were the second-best team in the "home" table, four points behind newly promoted Lugano, on the other hand they were the second-worst team in the league "away" table, with just one point more than the bottom of the table Biel-Bienne. Servette did not obtain a license for the 2015-16 Challenge League season, due to the fact that they did not provide the necessary financial documents and guarantees. Servette was therefore relegated to the Promotion League. Because Servette had their license revoked Biel-Bienne escaped relegation. Karel Stokkermans https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2015.html Switzerland Challenge League 2014/15 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Swiss Cup Winterthur entered into the 2014–15 Swiss Cup on 23 August 2014 in an away game in the first round against lower tier FC Eschenbach. A tenth minute goal from youngster Mario Budimir put the team on the right track. However, Eschenbach equalised in the 68th minute and Winterthur had to increase the pace. Which they did and Tunahan Cicek and Amin Tighazoui both scored, so that the team could continue to the next round. In the second round Winterthur were drawn at home to reigning Swiss Champions Basel. The match was played on 21 September in the Schützenwiese in front of a full capacity 5,050 spectators. After a short period of testing, in which the hosts kept up well, FCB took over dictation of the game. Mohamed Elneny brought his colors into the lead after half an hour with a remarkable drop kick from outside the penalty area. This was the start of a final phase of the first half in which the Basel team won the game. Breel Embolo scored twice before the break. After the break, he crowned his performance with his third personal goal, a beautiful lifting ball from a tight angle. This 4–0 also meant the final result. Basel's victory was deserved, but FC Winterthur also played a courageous game and would have deserved a goal for the good performance. The defense in front of Basel's goalkeeper Germano Vailati held things tight and so after the first half hour, there was no longer any doubt as to which of the two teams would reach the next round. Caspar Marti FC Basel 1893 21 September 2014 https://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2014/09/21/Winterthur-FCB Der FCB Gewinnt in Winterthur souverän FCB wins confidently in Winterthur FC Basel homepage 2014-09-21 2014-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103224900/http://www.fcb.ch/de-CH/News/2014/09/21/Winterthur-FCB dead FC Basel continued as far as the final, but here they were beaten by FC Sion. This was the 13th cup win for FC Sion in their 13th final. Karel Stokkermans https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2015.html Switzerland Cup 2014/15 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2020-11-16 Players 1 SUI GK Matthias Minder SUI GK David Moser from Thun 18 SUI GK Yannick Bünzli from youth team 3 BRA DF Paulo Menezes 4 SUI DF Sead Hajrović from Grasshopper Club 5 SUI DF Stefan Iten 14 SUI DF Patrik Schuler 15 SUI DF Dennis Iapichino from D.C. United 17 SUI DF Marco Köfler from Kapfenberger SV 21 SUI DF Patrik Baumann 23 SUI DF Jan Elvedi from youth team 25 SUI DF Manuel Akanji from youth team 27 SUI DF Tobias Schättin from youth team 7 KOS MF Kristian Nushi from St. Gallen 8 SUI MF Antonio Marchesano 10 FRA MF Amin Tighazoui from Vaduz 13 SUI MF Gianluca D'Angelo 19 SUI MF Mario Budimir 20 SUI MF Sandro Foschini from Aarau 22 SUI MF Stefano Milani from FC Wohlen 29 TUR MF Tunahan Cicek 9 SUI FW Patrick Bengondo 11 POR FW João Paiva from FC Wohlen 16 SUI FW Christian Fassnacht from FC Tuggen 24 SUI FW Genc Krasniqi from Grasshopper Club 31 SUI FW Simon Mesonero Results Swiss Challenge League 2014–15 Swiss Challenge League Matches W 21 July 2014 19:45 Match 1 Winterthur 4 - 0 Summary Wil Paiva 7 36 79Bengondo 60 Silvano Schäppi 65 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 2,500 SWI Lukas Fähndrich L 26 July 2014 17:45 Match 2 Lugano 2 - 1 Summary Winterthur Rafael da Silva 3 pen. 17 63 D'Angelo 2 1 34Bengondo 10 pen.Tighazoui 79 Cornaredo Stadium Lugano 3,225 SWI Urs Schnyder W 2 August 2014 17:45 Match 3 Winterthur 1 - 0 Summary Chiasso João Paiva 26Bengondo 51Cicek 65 Michele Monighetti 16Diarra 30Emmanuele Sembroni 49 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 2,900 SWI Sascha Amhof W 9 August 2014 17:45 Match 4 Winterthur 4 - 3 Summary Biel-Bienne Bengondo 20Cicek 54D'Angelo 83Menezes 87Minder 90+1 Sheholli 20Sejmenović 41Norman Peyretti 44 58Kaua Safari 75Kamber 83Luís Pimenta 90+1 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,100 SWI Lukas Fähndrich D 13 August 2014 19:45 Match 5 Servette 0 - 0 Summary Winterthur Mfuyi 51Müller 70 Patrik Schuler 80Minder 81 Stade de Genève Geneva 2,432 SWI Pascal Erlachner L 16 August 2014 17:45 Match 6 Winterthur 0 - 2 Summary Wohlen Marchesano 3Patrik Schuler 11Bengondo 88Hajrović 90+2 Brahimi 1Pezzoni 8Stadelmann 33Ramizi 90 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,500 SWI Luca Gut W 1 September 2014 19:45 Match 7 Schaffhausen 1 - 4 Summary Winterthur Cristian Miani 19 47N'Dzomo 2 23 90+1Raphael Mollet 82 Genc Krasniqi 36Iten 43D'Angelo 45+2 53 90+5João Paiva 55Menezes 72Bengondo 78 Stadion Breite Schaffhausen 2,867 SWI Tomasz Supercyznski W 14 September 2014 15:00 CET Match 8 Winterthur 2 - 0 Summary FC Le Mont João Paiva 16 74Foschini 41Iten 56 N'Diasse N'Diaye 57Berisha 69Tall 0 73Reis 74Ndiaye 75Gétaz 0 90+2 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,100 SWI Nicolas Jancevski L 24 September 2014 19:45 CET Match 9 Lausanne-Sport 2 - 1 Summary Winterthur Rippert 55Marazzi 57De Pierro 82 Bengondo 15 24D'Angelo 49Stefano Milani 77João Paiva 85 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne 1,450 SWI Fedayi San W 29 September 2014 19:45 CET Match 10 Winterthur 4 - 2 Summary Servette Bengondo 27João Paiva 37D'Angelo 40Cicek 47 Avanzini 17Vonlanthen 42Pasche 84 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,000 POL Tomasz Superczynski D 5 October 2014 15:00 CET Match 11 FC Chiasso 1 - 1 Summary Winterthur Emmanuele Sembroni 37Mirko Quaresima 61Mihajlović 80Regazzoni 90+2 Akanji 59 90 Stadio Comunale Chiasso 1,000 SWI Nicolas Jancevski L 18 October 2014 17:45 CET Match 12 FC Le Mont 3 - 2 Summary Winterthur Mustafi 27 58 78Berisha 63Araz 88Leoni 88 Cicek 49Hajrović 53Tighazoui 70D'Angelo 90 Stade Sous-Ville Baulmes 350 SWI Luca Gut W 27 October 2014 19:45 CET Match 13 Winterthur 3 - 2 Summary Schaffhausen Bengondo 36Paiva 38Cicek 46Schnorf 56 o.g.Marchesano 72Genc Krasniqi 83 Tadić 9Gül 45Schnorf 51Ivić 86 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,300 SWI Nikolaj Hänni D 1 November 2014 17:45 CET Match 14 FC Winterthur 0 - 0 Summary Lugano Krasniqi 28 Urbano 56Toretti 88 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,100 SWI Urs Schnyder W 8 November 2014 17:45 CET Match 15 Wil 0 - 3 Summary FC Winterthur Bengondo 24 30 66Marchesano 87 IGP Arena Wil 1,740 SWI Esther Staubli L 23 November 2014 15:00 CET Match 16 FC Winterthur 0 - 1 Summary Lausanne-Sport Paulinho 0 18D'Angelo 64 Dupuis 19 pen.Rippert 27 1 69Savic 90 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,000 POL Tomasz Superczynski D 30 November 2014 15:00 CET Match 17 Biel 2 - 2 Summary Winterthur Manière 23Siegrist 63Safari 74Salamand 90+2 Bengondo 46 88 1 90+3Paiva 61Krasniqi 90 Stadion Gurzelen Biel 868 SWI Roland Huwiler L 7 December 2014 15:00 CET Match 18 Wohlen 1 - 0 Summary Winterthur Ramizi 33 83Minkwitz 61Brahimi 84Thaqi 89 D'Angelo 40Paiva 67 Stadion Niedermatten Wohlen 1,650 SWI Nicolas Jancevski W 25 February 2015 19:45 CET Match 19 Winterthur 2 - 1 Summary FC Le Mont Foschini 36D'Angelo 54 1 56Krasniqi 88 Reis 31Sessolo 82 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 1,600 SWI Pascal Erlachner L 18 March 2015 18:30 CET Match 20 Biel 4 - 1 Summary Winterthur Ukoh 30Cidimar 45 76Peyretti 84 Paiva 4 32Paulinho 28Schuler 62 Gurzelen Biel 982 SWI Stephan Studer D 21 February 2015 17:45 CET Match 21 Wil 2 - 2 Summary Winterthur Lekaj 14Stillhart 49 61Koller 67Sacirovic 88 Krasniqi 57 32Paiva 65 IGP Arena Wil 1,450 SWI Nicolas Jancevski W 2 March 2015 19:45 CET Match 22 Winterthur 2 - 1 Summary Schaffhausen Cicek 8 8Foschini 17Schuler 27 Gonçalves 45+1Almerares 58Mariani 80 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,200 SWI Luca Gut L 7 March 2015 16:00 CET Match 23 Servette 2 - 1 Summary Winterthur Dams 47Gazzetta 58 59Vonlanthen 63Doumbia 87 Bengondo 18Paiva 69D'Angelo 85 Stade de Genève Geneva 4,039 BUL Vladimir Ovcharov W 14 March 2015 17:45 CET Match 24 Winterthur 4 - 1 Summary Lausanne-Sport Foschini 7Bengondo 11Paiva 50Cicek 67Nushi 90+3 Malonga 42Krasniqi 85Dessarzin 90 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,000 SWI Lionel Tschudi L 22 March 2015 15:00 CET Match 25 Lugano 3 - 0 Summary Winterthur Paçarizi 14Rey 45+2Tosetti 56Rossini 66 68Cortelezzi 89 Iapichino 13Paulinho 0 45+2Akanji 90+1 Stadio Cornaredo Lugano 2,847 SWI Sascha Amhof L 2 April 2015 19:45 CET Match 26 Winterthur 1 - 2 Summary Wohlen Cicek 22 Pezzoni 7Rapp 55Buess 71 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 2,600 SWI Luca Gut D 11 April 2015 17:45 CET Match 27 Winterthur 0 - 0 Summary Chiasso Iapichino 46Hajrović 77 Parfait 43 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 2,500 BUL Vladimir Ovcharov L 20 April 2015 19:45 Match 28 Schaffhausen 3 - 2 Summary Winterthur Tadic 29Alioski 35Bunjaku 41Mariani 52 57Dos Santos 65 Bengondo 78Tighazoui 88 Stadion Breite Schaffhausen 2,559 SWI Roland Huwiler L 25 April 2015 17:45 CET Match 29 Winterthur 0 - 1 Summary Lugano Iten 87 Basic 37Lombardi 64Malvino 66Melazzi 74Sabbatini 90+4 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 2,500 POL Tomasz Superczynski L 29 April 2015 19:45 Match 30 Wohlen 2 - 1 Summary Winterthur Schultz 26Ramizi 38Giampà 42Brahimi 60Geissmann 87 Iapichino 11Fassnacht 82 Stadion Niedermatten Wohlen 1,240 SWI Esther Staubli W 3 May 2015 15:00 CET Match 31 Winterthur 5 - 2 Summary Biel Foschini 11 44Schuler 13 1 33Tighazoui 17 40Paiva 54Bengondo 90+4 Cidimar 69 pen.Morello 71Safari 77Pimenta 84Sabbatini 90+4 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 2,000 SWI Fedayi San W 10 May 2015 15:00 Match 32 FC Le Mont 1 - 3 Summary Winterthur Reis 0 12Dubajic 34 65Chappuis 48Tall 74 Bengondo 14 pen. 79Iten 45+3Tighazoui 77Cicek 90+1 Stade Sous-Ville Baulmes 350 SWI Lukas Fähndrich D 17 May 2015 15:00 Match 33 Chiasso 0 - 0 Summary Winterthur Maccoppi 31Regazzoni 45 Köfler 32Akanji 90+3 Stadio Comunale Chiasso 1,000 SWI Lionel Tschudi W 22 May 2015 19:45 CET Match 34 Winterthur 4 - 1 Summary Wil Bengondo 5 pen. 69Paiva 25D'Angelo 60Akanji 90+3 Cerrone 14 pen.Matri 89 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,300 SWI Urs Schnyder D 25 May 2015 18:00 Match 35 Lausanne-Sport 1 - 1 Summary Winterthur Dessarzin 22 D'Angelo 75 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne 1,030 QAT Khamis Mohammed Al Marri W 30 May 2015 19:45 CET Match 36 Winterthur 4 - 0 Summary Servette Tighazoui 26 43Bengondo 59Trachsel 77Fassnacht 90+2 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 3,400 SWI Roland Huwiler League standings main football complete LUG Lugano SER Servette WOH Wohlen WIN Winterthur SHA Schaffhausen LAS Lausanne-Sport LMT Le Mont CHI Chiasso WIL Wil BB Biel-Bienne 7 12 17 39 52 9 12 15 30 49 12 8 16 47 57 10 9 17 39 56 22 8 6 64 31 CP 20 7 9 51 40 R 13 8 15 55 54 9 10 17 47 63 15 8 13 65 49 20 4 12 57 43 pro rel rem 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored PR green1 Promotion to 2015–16 Swiss Super League red1 Relegation to 2015–16 1. Liga Promotion red3 Remain in 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League Servette did not obtain a license for the 2015-16 Challenge League season, due to the fact that they did not provide the necessary financial documents and guarantees. Servette was therefore relegated to the Promotion League. Because Servette had their license revoked Biel-Bienne escaped relegation. Swiss Challenge League at SFL Swiss Cup 2014–15 Swiss Cup W 23 August 2014 17:00 CET Round 1 FC Eschenbach 1 - 3 Summary FC Winterthur Silvan Sager 42Raphael Felder 67 Budimir 10Cicek 74Tighazoui 81Krasniqi 90 Sportplatz Weiherhaus Eschenbach 800 SWI Tschudin L 21 September 2014 14:00 CET Round 2 FC Winterthur 0 - 4 Summary(FCB Report) FC Basel Bengondo 14Iapichino 0 71 Elneny 31 45Embolo 36 43 66Díaz64 Stadion Schützenwiese Winterthur 5,050 (sold out) SWI Stephan Studer References Sources Swiss Challenge League 2014–15 at RSSSF External links Official website de "Bierkurve Winterthur" supporters club de "Laufpass" - Fanzine de Soccerway.com profile Football.ch profile de fr it Winterthur Category:FC Winterthur Category:FC Winterthur seasons