2022–23 FC Winterthur season

FC Winterthur
2022–23 season
Chairman	Mike Keller
Manager	Bruno Berner
Stadium	Stadion Schützenwiese
Swiss Super League	9th
Swiss Cup	Round 3
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 127th season in the history of FC Winterthur and their first season back in the top flight. The club participated in Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	COD	Timothy Fayulu (on loan from Sion)
3	DF	SUI	Tobias Schättin
4	DF	KOS	Granit Lekaj (captain)
5	DF	SUI	Roy Gelmi
8	MF	SRB	Samir Ramizi
9	FW	SUI	Roman Buess
10	MF	SUI	Matteo Di Giusto
11	FW	SUI	Neftali Manzambi
14	MF	SUI	Thibault Corbaz
15	DF	SUI	Michael Gonçalves
16	MF	SUI	Remo Arnold
17	FW	SUI	Samuel Ballet
18	DF	CIV	Souleymane Diaby


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	SUI	Adrian Gantenbein
20	MF	SUI	Carmine Chiappetta (on loan from Basel)
21	MF	SUI	Kevin Costinha
25	DF	SUI	Yannick Schmid
27	GK	SUI	Armin Abaz
30	GK	AUT	Markus Kuster
35	MF	SUI	Arlind Dakaj
36	GK	KOS	Jozef Pukaj
40	MF	KOS	Hekuran Kryeziu
42	MF	TUN	Sayfallah Ltaief (on loan from Basel)
44	MF	SUI	Francisco Rodríguez
77	MF	KOS	Eris Abedini
99	FW	SUI	Nishan Burkart (on loan from Freiburg)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Marin Cavar (at Brühl until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Pascal Hammer (at Biel-Bienne until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

17 June 2022 Friendly	Luzern	2–1	Winterthur	Eich, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Brand

2 July 2022 Friendly	Winterthur	3–0	Schaffhausen	Winterthur, Switzerland
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese

8 July 2022 Friendly	Rheindorf Altach	1–1	Winterthur	Altach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz

12 July 2022 Friendly	Winterthur	3–0	Brühl	Bern, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf

21 September 2022 Friendly	Karlsruher SC	4–0	Winterthur	Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

4 January 2023 Friendly	Winterthur	1–0	Málaga	Coín, Spain
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	79'	Report		Stadium: Estadio José Burgos Quintana

5 January 2023 Friendly	Winterthur	0–2	Linense	Sotogrande, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Santa Maria Polo Cancha 1

8 January 2023 Friendly	Winterthur	5–1	SC Freiburg II	Spain
11:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

14 January 2023 Friendly	Winterthur	6–0	Dornbirn	Winterthur, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Fussballplatz Flüeli

17 January 2023 Friendly	Rapperswil-Jona	0–2	Winterthur	Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
16:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld

25 January 2023 Friendly	Winterthur	2–1	Flora	Winterthur, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Fussballplatz Flüeli

22 March 2023 Friendly	Winterthur	Cancelled	Karlsruher SC	Winterthur, Switzerland
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	15 July 2022	29 May 2023	Matchday 1	9th	36	8	8	20	32	66	−34	022.22
Swiss Cup	21 August 2022	9 November 2022	Round 1	Round 3	3	2	0	1	11	1	+10	066.67
Total					39	10	8	21	43	67	−24	025.64

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	St. Gallen	36	11	12	13	66	52	+14	45
7	Grasshopper	36	12	8	16	56	64	−8	44
8	Zürich	36	10	14	12	41	55	−14	44
9	Winterthur	36	8	8	20	32	66	−34	32
10	Sion (R)	36	7	10	19	41	73	−32	31	Qualification for the relegation play-off

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[1]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	8	8	20	32	66	−34	32	5	4	9	15	32	−17	3	4	11	17	34	−17

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Position	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[2]

16 July 2022 1	Winterthur	1–1	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30	Ramizi 3' Gonçalves 59' Ramizi 60' Corbaz 76'	SFL summary	45' Millar 70' Burger 74' Djiga 90+1' Burger 90+5' Ndoye	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Alain Bieri (Solothurn)

23 July 2022 2	St. Gallen	2–0	Winterthur	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Schubert 20' Schubert 40'	SFL summary		Attendance: 15,673 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

31 July 2022 3	Winterthur	1–4	Lugano	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30	Buess 11'	SFL summary	20' Celar 22' Haile-Selassie 31' Bottani 90+1' Celar	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Luca Cibelli

6 August 2022 4	Servette	1–0	Winterthur	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00	Cognat 8' Pflücke 81' Frick 86'	SFV summary	11' Buess 38' Rodríguez 75' Gelmi 80' Lekaj 82' Ramizi 85' Kamberi	Attendance: 4,624 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

14 August 2022 5	Winterthur	1–1	Zürich	Winterthur
14:15	Rodríguez 73' Schättin 80'	SFV summary	Santini 37' Džemaili 41' Aliti 60' Kryeziu 84' Rohner 85'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Sandro Schärer

28 August 2022 6	Winterthur	1–5	Young Boys	Winterthur
16:30	Buess 3' (pen.) Abedini 39' Lekaj 85'	SFV summary Report	Camara 9' Elia 17' Zesiger 45' Nsame 50' Ugrinic 52' Itten 69' 76'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

4 September 2022 7	Grasshopper Club	3–0	Winterthur	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30	Kacuri 27' Ribeiro 60' Kawabe 62'	SFV summary	47' Diaby 85' Manzambi	Attendance: 8,270 Referee: Nico Gianforte

10 September 2022 8	Winterthur	0–6	Luzern	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30	Schättin 20' Buess 64'	SFV summary	14' Meyer 22' Burch 25' Abubakar 32' Meyer 54' Kadák 64' Burch 84' Gentner	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Johannes von Mandach

2 October 2022 9	Sion	1–3	Winterthur	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15	Ramizi 33' Balotelli 45+4' Batata 50' Lavanchy 77'	SFV summary	44' Poha 45' (pen.) Buess 45+2' Gelmi 59' Ballet 75' Ballet 90+6' Kamberi	Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Mirel Turkes

9 October 2022 10	Zürich	0–0	Winterthur	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30	Boranijašević 42'	SFV summary	33' Arnold 62' Fayulu 84' Buess 90+2' Gonçalves	Attendance: 15,481 Referee: Luca Piccolo

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 11	Winterthur	1–0	Grasshopper	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ramizi 53' 74' 90+7' Gonçalves 70' Gelmi 84' Fayulu 86' Gantenbein 87'	SFL summary	9' Abrashi 37' Schettine 43' Jeong 83' Pusic	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: Sascha Kever (VAR)

18 October 2022 12	Winterthur	1–0	Sion	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30	Di Giusto 25' Diaby 76'	SFL summary	26' Batata	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alessandro Dudic Assistant referees: Sascha Kever (VAR)

23 October 2022 13	Basel	3–1	Winterthur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:15	Comas 2' (1:0) Comas 8' (2:0) Comas 23' Millar 48' Fink 58' (3:0) Males 67'	SFL summary	36' Corbaz 64' Seiler 90+1' (3:1) Seiler	Attendance: 22,027 Referee: Esther Staubli

30 October 2022 14	Winterthur	1–0	St. Gallen	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30	Burkart 21' Ramizi 26' Seiler 87'	SFL summary	42' Maglica 61' Schmidt	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Johannes von Mandach

5 November 2022 15	Luzern	1–1	Winterthur	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Beloko 29' Meyer 33' Abubakar 51' Chader 55' 83'	SFL summary	15' Di Giusto 25' Gelmi 33' Lekaj 39' Corbaz 75' Kamberi	Attendance: 11,516 Referee: Luca Piccolo

13 November 2022 16	Lugano	3–1	Winterthur	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Celar 7' Celar 15' Arigoni 33' Valenzuela 50' Amoura 89' 89'	SFL summary	20' Di Giusto	Attendance: 3,140 Referee: Luca Cibelli

15 February 2023 17	Winterthur	1–2	Servette	Winterthur
18:45 CET	Ardaiz 53' Gantenbein 72'	SFL summary Report	52' Antunes 63' Stevanović 77' Valls	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

29 January 2023 Round 18	Young Boys	5–1	Winterthur	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
14:15 CET	Nsame 17' 52' 79' Niasse 22' Itten 24' 27' Blum 31' Rieder 74'	Report	Burkart 7' Ramizi 40' (pen.) Ltaief 85'	Attendance: 27,310 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

4 February 2023 19	Winterthur	1–0	Lugano	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30	Arnold 41' Di Giusto 45' Burkart 53' Diaby 70'	SFL summary	18' 90+5' Bottani 38' Espinoza	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Nico Gianforte

12 February 2023 20	Zürich	1–1	Winterthur	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30	Aliti 30' Tosin 32' Condé 46' Seiler 62'	SFL summary	16' Ramizi 39' Ramizi 42' Schmid 44' Arnold 62' Lekaj 90+3' Ballet	Attendance: 13,690 Referee: Luca Cibelli

18 February 2023 21	Winterthur	1–1	Sion	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00	Ramizi 17' (pen.) Gantenbein 41' Ramizi 61' Schmid 71'	SFL summary	15' Schmied 65' Moubandje 72' Balotelli Sio 85'	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

26 February 2023 22	Servette	1–1	Winterthur	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30	Severin 42' Crivelli 69'	SFL summary	44' Schmid 52' Ardaiz 77' Ramizi 81' Arnold	Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Esther Staubli

4 March 2023 23	Winterthur	1–1	Young Boys	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00	Buess 62'	SFL summary	21' Elia 62' Zesiger 73' Fassnacht	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Luca Piccolo

12 March 2023 (2023-03-12) 24	Grasshopper Club	2–1	Winterthur	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30	Dadashov 41' 90+4' Schettine 51' 63' Seko 77' Herc 90+1'	SFL summary	10' Corbaz 47' Rodríguez 53' Gonçalves	Attendance: 7,343 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: Alessandro Dudic (VAR) Man of the Match: Renat Dadashov^[3]

19 March 2023 25	Winterthur	1–0	St. Gallen	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
14:15	Arnold 33' Holenstein 53' Abedini 71'	SFL summary	45' Görtler 70' Schmidt	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Stefan Horisberger

1 April 2023 26	Basel	2–0	Winterthur	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Augustin 25' Xhaka 21' Diouf 78' Fink 85'	SFL summary FCB report	12' Arnold	Attendance: 19,921 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: Before the match, one minute silence in honor of the deceased former FCB player Peter Marti

10 April 2023 27	Winterthur	1–2	Luzern	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
15:30	Ltaief 78' Lekaj 80' Ltaief 90+1'	SFL summary	6' Villiger 26' Chader 49' Dräger 51' Beka 60' Sorgić 77' Frýdek 84' Ottiger 90+1' Beloko	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Johannes von Mandach

16 April 2023 28	St. Gallen	2–3	Winterthur	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:30	Latte Lath 12' Schmidt 18' Guillemenot 28' Guillemenot 80' Ati-Zigi 82' Görtler 90+2'	SFL summary	7' Burkart 37' Di Giusto 43' Di Giusto 52' Lekaj 56' Ltaief 74' Arnold 90+2' Rodríguez 90+4' Kryeziu	Attendance: 18,376 Referee: Esther Staubli

22 April 2023 29	Winterthur	1–2	Grasshopper Club	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00	Diaby 22' Buess 86' (pen.)	SFL summary	3' Herc 35' Bolla 45+1' Dadashov 84' Schmid 90+5' Abrashi	Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Fedayi San Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

27 April 2023 30	Luzern	3–1	Winterthur	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Meyer 35' Dorn 40' Burch 62' Sorgić 65' Beloko 70' Schürpf 81'	SFL summary	25' Ardaiz 39' Kryeziu 88' Corbaz	Attendance: 10,865 Referee: Luca Piccolo Assistant referees: (VAR) Johannes von Mandach

30 April 2023 31	Winterthur	1–4	Basel	Schützenwiese, Winterthur
16:30	Burkart 6' Ardaiz 21' (pen.) Gelmi 56' Ramizi 56'	SFL summary FCB report	7' Adams 12' Males 24' Heiko Vogel (coach) 33' Ndoye 45' Diouf 71' Amdouni 83' Zeqiri	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf) Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich

6 May 2023 32	Sion	0–1	Winterthur	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Chouaref 16' Balotelli 71' Cyprien 78'	SFL summary	21' Burkart 56' Kryeziu Di Giusto 73' Gonçalves 77' Ltaief 88'	Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

14 May 2023 33	Lugano	2–1	Winterthur	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30

20 May 2023 34	Winterthur	0–1	Servette	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00

25 May 2023 35	Winterthur	0–2	Zürich	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30

29 May 2023 36	Young Boys	2–1	Winterthur	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30

Swiss Cup

21 August 2022 Round 1	FC Muri	0–7	Winterthur	Wohlen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten

17 September 2022 Round 2	FC Meyrin	0–4	Winterthur	Meyrin
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade des Arbères

9 November 2022 Round 3	Lugano	1–0	Winterthur	Lugano
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bottani 67'	Report		Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

References

^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23".
^ "GC verschafft sich im Abstiegskampf etwas Luft". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

[1] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[2] "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23".

[3] "GC verschafft sich im Abstiegskampf etwas Luft". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.

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