# 2011–12 FC Sion season

The 2011–12 FC Sion season started on 16 July 2011.

## Review and events
### Transfer controversy
#### History

The controversy started when FC Sion signed Essam El-Hadary in 2008.

#### 2011–12 Events

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

## Squad

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

## Match results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Void

### Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Neuchâtel Xamax (R, D, R, R, R) | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26 | Demotion to the 2. Liga interregional |
* ↑ Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.
* ↑ 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. The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.

#### Relegation play-off

Sion won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

### UEFA Europa League

* 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 | Total | Super League | Super League | Playoff | Playoff | Swiss Cup | Swiss Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Andris Vanins | 38 | 0 | 32+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Aislan | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | José Gonçalves | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Michael Dingsdag | 39 | 1 | 31+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | George Ogăraru | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | LUX | Mario Mutsch | 21 | 2 | 10+6 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos | 35 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo | 16 | 2 | 13+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Christ Mbondi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SUI | Danick Yerly | 7 | 2 | 2+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SUI | Sébastien Wüthrich | 16 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Vullnet Basha | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SUI | Jonas Elmer | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Didier Crettenand | 31 | 2 | 17+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | SUI | Kevin Fickentscher | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Dragan Mrđa | 12 | 4 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Vilmos Vanczák | 40 | 12 | 32+0 | 10 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Abdoul Yoda | 24 | 4 | 10+8 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Goran Obradović | 32 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Xavier Margairaz | 17 | 1 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | COD | Evan Melo | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CIV | Serey Die | 38 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Geoffrey Tréand | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ROU | Cristian Ianu | 12 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SUI | Florian Berisha | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Steven Deana | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SUI | Arnaud Bühler | 38 | 2 | 29+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Anthony Sauthier | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Adaílton | 34 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SUI | Branislav Mićić | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | 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 | SUI | Aleksandar Prijović | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | 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 | ESP | Gabri García | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Billy Ketkeophomphone | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SUI | Giovanni Sio | 22 | 8 | 18+0 | 7 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | GUI | Pascal Feindouno | 12 | 6 | 8+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Guilherme Afonso | 16 | 2 | 4+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Stefan Glarner | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

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

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | Play Off | Play Off | Swiss Cup | Swiss Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Andris Vanins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Michael Dingsdag | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Mario Mutsch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Danilo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Fabrizio Zambrella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Giovanni Sio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Sébastien Wüthrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Vullnet Basha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jonas Elmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Didier Crettenand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Guilherme Afonso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Kevin Fickentscher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Dragan Mrđa | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Vilmos Vanczák | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Abdoul Yoda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Goran Obradović | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Xavier Margairaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Serey Die | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Cristian Ianu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Arnaud Bühler | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Anthony Sauthier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Adaílton | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| | 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 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
* ↑ "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 German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
* ↑ "Resultate / Ranglisten - Axpo Super League". Official website (in German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
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