2024–25 FC St. Gallen season

FC St. Gallen
2024–25 season
Manager	Enrico Maaßen
Stadium	Kybunpark
Swiss Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round
Highest home attendance	18,720 vs Young Boys
Lowest home attendance	11,300 vs Tobol
Biggest win	St. Gallen 4–0 Young Boys
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 146th season in the history of FC St. Gallen, and the club's 13th consecutive season in the Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Stephan Ambrosius	Hamburger SV	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
FW	Moustapha Cissé	Atalanta BC U23	Loan	25 July 2024	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Leonidas Stergiou	VfB Stuttgart	€2,000,000^[3]	1 July 2024
MF	Richard van der Venne	RKC Waalwijk	Contract termination	1 July 2024	^[4]^[5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

22 June 2024 Friendly	FC Kreuzlingen	0–9	St. Gallen	Kreuzlingen
13:00		Report	Konietzke 12', 46' Parente 21' Ortancioglu 24' (o.g.) Lymann 57', 73' Stevanović 66' Ruiz 76', 80'	Stadium: Bemix Arena (Sportplatz Hafenareal) Attendance: 1,501 Referee: Hajrim Qovanaj

26 June 2024 Friendly	St. Gallen	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Zams, Austria
18:00			Chochev 36' Tekpetey 62'	Stadium: Eurogast-Grissemann-Arena Zams

30 June 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	St. Gallen	Kematen
17:00	Mitriță 11'		Geubbels 14' Neziri 52'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen

6 July 2024 Friendly	FC Rapperswil-Jona	3–1	St. Gallen	Rapperswil-Jona
14:00	Ribeiro 29' Schmidt 37' (pen.) Volkart 42'	Report	Mambimbi 76'	Stadium: Sportanlage Grünfeld Attendance: 721 Referee: Tobias Thies

13 July 2024 Friendly	Vaduz	0–1	St. Gallen	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
14:00		Report	Witzig 54'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,568 Referee: Hüseyin Sanli

14 July 2024 Friendly	St. Gallen	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern
13:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	20 July 2024	22–24 May 2025	Matchday 1	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00
Swiss Cup	18 August 2024		First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00
Total				8	6	0	2	18	8	+10	075.00

Last updated: 15 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
4	Servette	14	7	4	3	23	21	+2	25	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Luzern	14	6	4	4	26	22	+4	22
6	St. Gallen	14	5	5	4	25	19	+6	20

7	Lausanne-Sport	14	6	2	6	22	20	+2	20
8	Sion	14	4	5	5	18	18	0	17

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[6]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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
4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	2	0	0	5	0	+5	1	0	1	4	4	0

Last updated: 11 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[7]

20 July 2024 1	Winterthur	1–0	St. Gallen	Winterthur
20:30	Rohner 25' Di Giusto 70'		Görtler 76' Quintillà 89'	Stadium: Schützenwiese Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

28 July 2024 2	St. Gallen	4–0	Young Boys	St. Gallen
16:30	Chadrac Akolo 9' Geubbels 18' Mambimbi 51' Witzig 55'		Maleš 81'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 18,720 Referee: Urs Schnyder

3 August 2024 3	Lausanne-Sport	3–4	St. Gallen	Lausanne
14:15	Okoroji 37' (o.g.) Dussenne 77' Diabaté 80'		Schmidt 1' Geubbels 20' (pen.) Akolo 50' Cissé 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 6,024 Referee: Nico Gianforte

11 August 2024 4	St. Gallen	1–0	Grasshopper	St. Gallen
14:15				Stadium: Kybunpark

Swiss Cup

18 August 2024 First round	AC Malcantone	v	St. Gallen	TBD
16:30

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.^[8]

25 July 2024 First leg	St. Gallen	4–1	Tobol	St. Gallen
20:00	Stevanovic 35' Akolo 39' Toma 77' Quintillà 89' Vallci 90+7'	Report	Mosiashvili 18' Vallci 28' (o.g.) Asrankulov 45+3' Essien 63' El Messaoudi 81' Chesnokov 85' Rui Costa 89'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Tobol	0–1 (1–5 agg.)	St. Gallen	Kostanay, Kazakhstan
21:00 UTC+5	Essien 58' 68' Galym 90'	Report	Cissé 73'	Stadium: Kostanay Central Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Joni Hyytiä (Finland)

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.

7 August 2024 First leg	St. Gallen	2–0	Śląsk Wrocław	St. Gallen, Switzerland
	Akolo 5' Geubbels 40'	Report		Stadium: Kybunpark Referee: Jan Petrik (Czech Republic)

15 August 2024 Second leg	Śląsk Wrocław	3–2 (3–4 agg.)	St. Gallen	Wrocław
20:30		Report		Stadium: Wrocław Stadium

Play-off round

22 August 2024 First leg	St. Gallen	v	Trabzonspor	St. Gallen, Switzerland
				Stadium: Kybunpark

29 August 2024 Second leg	Trabzonspor	v	St. Gallen	Trabzon
				Stadium: Papara Park

References

^ "Live Sport und News".
^ "Moustapha Cisse wechselt zum FC St.Gallen 1879". stgallen24.ch.
^ "Official | Leonidas Stergiou joins VfB Stuttgart on a permanent basis". OneFootball. June 6, 2024.
^ "Live Sport und News".
^ "Richard van der Venne keert na Australisch en Zwitsers avontuur terug bij RKC | Flashscore.nl". www.flashscore.nl.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Live Sport und News".
^ "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.

[6] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Live Sport und News".

[2] "Moustapha Cisse wechselt zum FC St.Gallen 1879". stgallen24.ch.

[3] "Official | Leonidas Stergiou joins VfB Stuttgart on a permanent basis". OneFootball. June 6, 2024.

[4] "Live Sport und News".

[5] "Richard van der Venne keert na Australisch en Zwitsers avontuur terug bij RKC | Flashscore.nl". www.flashscore.nl.

[rules-7] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[8] "Live Sport und News".

[9] "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.

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