2011–12 FC Sion season

Sion
2012–13 season
Chairman	Christian Constantin
Manager	Sébastien Fournier
Stadium	Stade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League	9th
Swiss Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Vilmos Vanczák (10); All: 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.^[1]

2011–12 Events

FC Sion originally drew 0-0 and won 3–1 against Celtic F.C. in the Europa League.^[2]^[3] However, UEFA overturned the results and awarded Celtic F.C. 3-0 forfeit victories for both legs of the tie.^[4] FC Sion lost their appeal to re-enter the competition.^[5] The Swiss Football Association deducted 36 points from FC Sion.^[1] Three points were deducted for each of the 12 league and cup matches in which one or more of the six ineligible players appeared.^[1] The 36 points deduction left FC Sion in last place and minus 5 points.^[1] FIFA had threatened to suspend the Swiss Football Association if there was no action against FC Sion.^[1] 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.^[1]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Andris Vanins	Latvia	GK	(1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 (age 44)	Ventspils
18	Kevin Fickentscher	Switzerland	GK	(1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 36)	La Chaux-de-Fonds
30	Steven Deana	Switzerland	GK	(1990-03-04) 4 March 1990 (age 34)	Vaduz
Defenders
4	José Gonçalves	Portugal	CB	(1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 39)	St. Gallen
5	Michael Dingsdag	Netherlands	CB	(1982-10-18) 18 October 1982 (age 42)	Heerenveen
6	George Ogăraru	Romania	CB	(1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 (age 44)	Ajax
20	Vilmos Vanczák	Hungary	CB	(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 41)	Újpest
31	Arnaud Bühler	Switzerland	CB	(1985-01-17) 17 January 1985 (age 40)	Sochaux
33	Adaílton	Brazil	CB	(1983-04-16) 16 April 1983 (age 41)	Santos
Midfielders
3	Gabri García	Spain	MF	(1979-02-10) 10 February 1979 (age 45)	Umm Salal
7	Mario Mutsch	Luxembourg	MF	(1984-09-03) 3 September 1984 (age 40)	Metz
8	Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos	Brazil	MF	(1980-10-06) 6 October 1980 (age 44)	Júbilo Iwata
10	Fabrizio Zambrella	Switzerland	MF	(1986-03-01) 1 March 1986 (age 38)	Brescia
12	Billy Ketkeophomphone	France	MF	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 34)	Strasbourg
13	Giovanni Sio	Switzerland	MF	(1984-11-07) 7 November 1984 (age 40)	Real Sociedad
14	Pascal Feindouno	Guinea	MF	(1981-02-21) 21 February 1981 (age 43)	AS Monaco
15	Jonas Elmer	Switzerland	MF	(1988-02-28) 28 February 1988 (age 36)	Aarau
16	Didier Crettenand	Switzerland	MF	(1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 (age 38)	Lausanne-Sport
21	Abdoul Yoda	France	MF	(1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 36)	Servette
22	Goran Obradović	Serbia	MF	(1976-03-01) 1 March 1976 (age 48)	Vaduz
26	Serey Die	Ivory Coast	MF	(1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 36)	ES Sétif
27	Stefan Glarner	Switzerland	MF	(1987-11-21) 21 November 1987 (age 37)	Thun
29	Florian Berisha	Switzerland	MF	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 35)
32	Anthony Sauthier	Switzerland	MF	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33)
Forwards
11	Christ Mbondi	Cameroon	ST	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992 (age 32)
17	Guilherme Afonso	Switzerland	ST	(1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 39)	Lugano
19	Dragan Mrđa	Serbia	FW	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)	Vojvodina

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void

Super League

16 July 2011 1	FC Sion	1–0	FC Zürich	Sion
17:45 CEST	Obradović File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Alain Bieri

23 July 2011 2	FC Sion	1–2	BSC Young Boys	Sion
17:45 CEST	Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 92'	Match report	Schneuwly File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Degen File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

31 July 2011 3	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–3	FC Sion	Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST		Match report	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 81' Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 4,603 Referee: Alain Bieri

6 August 2011 4	FC Basel	3–3	FC Sion	Basel
17:45 CEST	Zoua File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Shaqiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Cabral File:Soccerball shade.svg 92'	Match report	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Adaílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 27,702 Referee: Patrick Graf

13 August 2011 5	FC Sion	1–1	FC Luzern	Sion
17:45 CEST	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Match report	Winter File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

21 August 2011 6	FC Lausanne-Sport	0–2	FC Sion	Lausanne
17:15 CEST		Match report	Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 82', 88'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

28 August 2011 7	FC Sion	0–4	Servette FC	Sion
16:00 CEST		Match report	Routis File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Vitkieviez File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 65' Yartey File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 15,300 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

11 September 2011 8	FC Thun	0–3	FC Sion	Thun
16:00 CEST		Match report	Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 45' Mutsch File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Arena Thun Attendance: 5,822 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

22 September 2011 9	FC Sion	2–0	Grasshopper	Sion
19:45 CEST	Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Mutsch File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Patrick Graf

25 September 2011 10	FC Luzern	2–0	FC Sion	Lucerne
16:00 CEST	Yakin File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (pen.) Renggli File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)	Match report		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 16,315 Referee: Sascha Kever

2 October 2011 11	FC Sion	1–0	FC Lausanne-Sport	Sion
16:00 CEST	Obradović File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alain Bieri

23 October 2011 12	Servette FC	0–2	FC Sion	Geneva
16:00 CEST		Match report	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 10,718 Referee: Stephan Klossner

26 October 2011 13	FC Sion	0–1	FC Basel	Sion
19:45 CEST		Match report	Zoua File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Sascha Kever

29 October 2011 14	FC Sion	2–0	FC Thun	Sion
17:45 CEST	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Mrđa File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Stephan Studer

5 November 2011 15	Grasshopper	2–1	FC Sion	Zürich
16:00 CET	Mustafi File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Feltscher File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Match report	Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

20 November 2011 16	FC Sion	2–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Sion
16:00 CET	Afonso File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Yoda File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Patrick Graf

4 December 2011 17	BSC Young Boys	1–1	FC Sion	Bern
16:00 CET	Costanzo File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Match report	Wölfli File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf Attendance: 22,756 Referee: Stephan Studer

10 December 2011 18	FC Zürich	1–1	FC Sion	Zürich
17:45 CET	Mehmedi File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Match report	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Damien Carrel

5 February 2012 19	FC Basel	0 - 0	FC Sion	Basel
16:00 CET	Shaqiri Yellow card 62'	Summary	Adaílton Yellow card 41' Dingsdag Yellow card 57' Basha Yellow card 67'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25,762 Referee: Damien Carrel

12 February 2012 20	FC Sion	0-1	BSC Young Boys	Sion
16:00 CET		Summary	Spycher File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Stephan Klossner

18 February 2012 21	Neuchâtel Xamax	-	FC Sion	Neuchâtel
17:46 CET				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

26 February 2012 22	FC Sion	0 - 1	Servette FC	Sion
16:00 CET	Margairaz Yellow card 23'	Report	Pizzinat Yellow card 72' Karanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

3 March 2012 23	FC Zürich	0 - 1	FC Sion	Zürich
17:45 CET	Pedro Henrique Konzen Yellow card 53' Koch Yellow card 71' Barmettler Yellow card 82' Chermiti Yellow card 86'	Report	Yoda File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Adaílton Yellow card 28' Vanczák Yellow card 77' Bühler Yellow card 83'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Stephan Studer

10 March 2012 24	FC Sion	1 - 0	FC Thun	Sion
17:45 CET	Danilo File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Yellow card 90+5' Crettenand Yellow card 89'	Report	Matić Yellow card 8' Bättig Yellow card 73' Schirinzi Yellow card 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

17 March 2012 25	FC Luzern	0 - 0	FC Sion	Lucerne
17:45 CET		Report	Rodrigo Yellow card 45'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 11,498 Referee: Damien Carrel

25 March 2012 26	FC Sion	1 - 0	FC Lausanne-Sport	Sion
16:00 CEST	Dingsdag Yellow card 54' Serey Die Yellow card 60' Danick Yerly File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Bah Yellow card 34'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Patrick Graf

31 March 2012 27	Grasshopper	0 - 2	FC Sion	Zürich
17:45 CEST		Report	Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Bühler File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

7 April 2012 28	FC Sion	2 - 1	FC Zürich	Sion
17:45 CEST	Vaņins Yellow card 45' Bühler Yellow card 45' Die File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report	Chikhaoui Yellow card 19' File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (pen.) Glarner Yellow card 26' Barmettler Yellow card 40' Buff Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Damien Carrel

15 April 2012 29	Servette FC	2 - 2	FC Sion	Geneva
16:00 CEST	Pont Yellow card 26' Rüfli Yellow card 45' Routis Yellow card 77' Yartey File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' (pen.) Daniel Soares File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Wüthrich File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Dingsdag Yellow card 87' Karanović File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,212 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

22 April 2012 30	Sion	0–3	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Basha Yellow card 41' Serey Die Yellow card 63' Danilo Yellow card 71'		Yellow card 24' Xhaka File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 83' A. Frei Yellow card 53' Streller File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Steinhöfer	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Stephan Studer

29 April 2012 31	FC Thun	1–1	FC Sion	Thun
16:00 CEST	Aislan File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' (o.g.)	Report	Ianu File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Stadium: Arena Thun Attendance: 5,703 Referee: Sascha Kever

2 May 2012 32	FC Lausanne-Sport	1 - 0	FC Sion	Lausanne
19:45 CEST	Roux File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Tall Yellow card 35' Sanogo Yellow card 62'	Report	Adaílton Yellow card 24' Ianu Yellow card 32'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

6 May 2012 33	FC Sion	3 - 2	Grasshopper	Sion
16:00 CEST	Ianu File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (pen.) Crettenand File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Danick Yerly File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Mutsch Yellow card 74'	Report	Zuber File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 22'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Sascha Amhof

12 May 2012 34	FC Sion	v	Neuchâtel Xamax	Sion
17:45 CEST				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

20 May 2012 35	BSC Young Boys	3 - 0	FC Sion	Bern
16:00 CEST	Farnerud File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Bobadilla File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Spycher Yellow card 77' Nef Yellow card 79' Michael Frey File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Obradović Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 59' Mrđa Yellow card 25' Rodrigo Yellow card 54'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf Attendance: 18,411 Referee: Sascha Arnhof

23 May 2012 36	FC Sion	1 - 3	FC Luzern	Sion
19:45 CEST	Danilo Yellow card 24' Ziburg File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' (o.g.) Wüthrich Yellow card 71' Basha Yellow card 79' Fickentscher Red card 81'	Report	Stahel File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Lustenberger Yellow card 71' Kukeli File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' (pen.) Nelson Ferreira File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Alain Bieri

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Zürich	34	11	8	15	43	44	−1	41
7	Lausanne-Sport	34	8	6	20	29	61	−32	30
8	Grasshopper	34	7	5	22	32	66	−34	26
9	Sion (O)	34	15	8	11	40	35	+5	17^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (R, D, R, R, R)	18	7	5	6	22	22	0	26^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Demotion to the 2. Liga interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.^[6]
↑ Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.^[7] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.^[8]

Relegation play-off

26 May 2012	Sion	3 – 0	Aarau	Sion
15:00 CEST	Mrđa File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 81' Margairaz File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon, Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Stephan Studer

28 May 2012	Aarau	1 – 0	Sion	Aarau
17:00 CEST	Gashi File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld,

Sion won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

Swiss Cup

18 September 2011 Round 1	FC Colombier	0–5	FC Sion	Colombier
14:30 CEST			Mrđa File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (pen.) Crettenand File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Bühler File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Afonso File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Stade des Chézards Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Damien Carrel

15 October 2011 Round 2	FC Sion	2–1	FC Stade Nyonnais	Sion
17:30 CEST	Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Dingsdag File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		Besseyre File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Patrick Graf

27 November 2011 Round of 16	FC Tuggen	1–2	FC Sion	Tuggen
15:00 CET	Senn File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		Yoda File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Elmer File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Stadium: Linthstrasse Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Stephan Klossner

21 March 2012 Quarter-final	FC Biel-Bienne	1 - 3	FC Sion	Biel/Bienne
20:15 CET	Doudin File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 90+3' Rafael Schweizer Yellow card 34' Pietro Di Nardo Yellow card 87' Sallaj Yellow card 90+2'	Report	Yoda File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Wüthrich Yellow card 54' Obradović Yellow card 68' Adaílton Yellow card 68' Vanczák File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Danilo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gurzelen Stadion Attendance: 3,938 Referee: Adrien Jacottet

11 April 2012 Semi Final	FC Sion	0 - 1	FC Luzern	Sion
20:15 CET	Adaílton Yellow card 9' Sauthier Yellow card 19' Bühler Yellow card 58'	Report	Winter File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Ohayon Yellow card 12' Bühler Yellow card 58'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Stephan Studer

UEFA Europa League

18 August 2011 Play-off (1st leg)	Celtic F.C.	0–0¹	FC Sion	Glasgow
21:05 CEST		Match Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,525 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

25 August 2011 Play-off (2nd leg)	FC Sion	3–1¹ (3–1 agg.)	Celtic F.C.	Sion
20:30 CEST	Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.), 63' Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Match Report	Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

18 August 2011 Play-off (1st leg)	Celtic F.C.	3–0¹	FC Sion	Glasgow
21:05 CEST		Match report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,145 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

25 August 2011 Play-off (2nd leg)	FC Sion	0–3¹ (0–6 agg.)	Celtic F.C.	Sion
20:30 CEST	Feindouno File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.), 63' Sio File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Match report	Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

1.^ 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

As of 5 July 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Playoff		Swiss Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Latvia LVA	Andris Vanins	38	0	32+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	Brazil BRA	Aislan	6	0	4+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	Portugal POR	José Gonçalves	7	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	Netherlands NED	Michael Dingsdag	39	1	31+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF	Romania ROU	George Ogăraru	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	Luxembourg LUX	Mario Mutsch	21	2	10+6	2	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	Brazil BRA	Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos	35	0	17+11	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+2	0
9	FW	Brazil BRA	Danilo	16	2	13+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
11	FW	Cameroon CMR	Christ Mbondi	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW	Switzerland SUI	Danick Yerly	7	2	2+4	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	Switzerland SUI	Sébastien Wüthrich	16	1	9+5	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	Switzerland SUI	Vullnet Basha	13	0	6+6	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	MF	Switzerland SUI	Jonas Elmer	5	1	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	1	0+0	0
16	MF	Switzerland SUI	Didier Crettenand	31	2	17+6	1	2+0	0	2+3	1	0+1	0
18	GK	Switzerland SUI	Kevin Fickentscher	5	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	Serbia SRB	Dragan Mrđa	12	4	8+1	1	0+2	2	1+0	1	0+0	0
20	DF	Hungary HUN	Vilmos Vanczák	40	12	32+0	10	2+0	0	4+0	2	2+0	0
21	MF	France FRA	Abdoul Yoda	24	4	10+8	2	1+0	0	3+2	2	0+0	0
22	MF	Serbia SRB	Goran Obradović	32	2	22+4	2	1+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	Switzerland SUI	Xavier Margairaz	17	1	12+3	0	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	Democratic Republic of the Congo COD	Evan Melo	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	Ivory Coast CIV	Serey Die	38	1	28+2	1	2+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW	France FRA	Geoffrey Tréand	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
28	FW	Romania ROU	Cristian Ianu	12	1	6+4	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	Switzerland SUI	Florian Berisha	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	Switzerland SUI	Steven Deana	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	Switzerland SUI	Arnaud Bühler	38	2	29+0	1	2+0	0	5+0	1	2+0	0
32	MF	Switzerland SUI	Anthony Sauthier	14	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
33	DF	Brazil BRA	Adaílton	34	1	26+1	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	Switzerland SUI	Branislav Mićić	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	Angola ANG	Joaquim Adão	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
9	FW	Switzerland SUI	Aleksandar Prijović	7	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	Switzerland SUI	Fabrizio Zambrella	12	0	7+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
3	MF	Spain ESP	Gabri García	7	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
12	MF	France FRA	Billy Ketkeophomphone	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF	Switzerland SUI	Giovanni Sio	22	8	18+0	7	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
14	MF	Guinea GUI	Pascal Feindouno	12	6	8+1	3	0+0	0	0+1	1	2+0	2
17	FW	Switzerland SUI	Guilherme Afonso	16	2	4+7	1	0+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
27	MF	Switzerland SUI	Stefan Glarner	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Super League	Play Off	Swiss Cup	Europa League	Total
1	DF	Hungary	20	Vilmos Vanczák	10	0	2	0	12
2	MF	Switzerland	13	Giovanni Sio	7	0	0	1	8
3	MF	Guinea	14	Pascal Feindouno	3	0	1	2	6
4	MF	France	21	Abdoul Yoda	2	0	2	0	4
4	FW	Serbia	19	Dragan Mrđa	1	2	1	0	4
6				Own Goal	3	0	0	0	3
7	FW	Switzerland	12	Danick Yerly	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	Romania	28	Cristian Ianu	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Serbia	22	Goran Obradović	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Luxembourg	7	Mario Mutsch	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	Switzerland	31	Arnaud Bühler	1	0	1	0	2
	FW	Brazil	9	Danilo	1	0	1	0	2
	MF	Switzerland	16	Didier Crettenand	1	0	1	0	2
14	DF	Brazil	33	Adaílton	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Switzerland	17	Guilherme Afonso	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Ivory Coast	26	Serey Die	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Switzerland	13	Sébastien Wüthrich	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Switzerland	23	Xavier Margairaz	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	Switzerland	15	Jonas Elmer	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	Netherlands	5	Michael Dingsdag	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	40	3	12	3	58

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Super League		Play Off		Swiss Cup		Europa League		Total
1	Latvia	GK	Andris Vanins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5	Netherlands	DF	Michael Dingsdag	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
7	Luxembourg	MF	Mario Mutsch	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
8	Brazil	MF	Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
9	Brazil	FW	Danilo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10	Switzerland	MF	Fabrizio Zambrella	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Switzerland	MF	Giovanni Sio	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
13	Switzerland	MF	Sébastien Wüthrich	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14	Switzerland	MF	Vullnet Basha	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	Switzerland	MF	Jonas Elmer	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	Switzerland	MF	Didier Crettenand	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	Switzerland	FW	Guilherme Afonso	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Switzerland	GK	Kevin Fickentscher	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
19	Serbia	FW	Dragan Mrđa	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20	Hungary	DF	Vilmos Vanczák	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
21	France	MF	Abdoul Yoda	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Serbia	MF	Goran Obradović	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
23	Switzerland	MF	Xavier Margairaz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	Ivory Coast	MF	Serey Die	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
28	Romania	MF	Cristian Ianu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	Switzerland	DF	Arnaud Bühler	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
32	Switzerland	MF	Anthony Sauthier	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
33	Brazil	DF	Adaílton	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	14	1
	Angola	MF	Joaquim Adão	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	83	3	5	0	9	0	5	0	102	3

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
↑ "Celtic 0 - 0 FC Sion". BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
↑ "FC Sion 3 - 1 Celtic (agg 3 - 1)". BBC. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
↑ "Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted". UEFA. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
↑ "Europa League: Sion scheitert mit Klage". Die Welt (in German). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "FC Sion 15-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
↑ "Disziplinarkommission entzieht NE Xamax die Lizenz". Official website (in Deutsch). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
↑ "Resultate / Ranglisten - Axpo Super League". Official website (in Deutsch). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

[table_hth_SIO0.4946396315911-7] Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.^[6]

[table_hth_NX0.4946396315911-10] Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.^[7] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.^[8]

[36pointsbbc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

[2] "Celtic 0 - 0 FC Sion". BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[3] "FC Sion 3 - 1 Celtic (agg 3 - 1)". BBC. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[4] "Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted". UEFA. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[5] "Europa League: Sion scheitert mit Klage". Die Welt (in German). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[6] "FC Sion 15-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

[xamaxLicenseRevoken-8] "Disziplinarkommission entzieht NE Xamax die Lizenz". Official website (in Deutsch). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

[xamaxLicenseRevokenSchedulingOfMatches-9] "Resultate / Ranglisten - Axpo Super League". Official website (in Deutsch). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

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