# 2020–21 FC St. Gallen season

The 2020–21 season was FC St. Gallen's 142nd season in existence and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, St. Gallen participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GHA | Lawrence Ati-Zigi |
| 3 | DF | GHA | Musah Nuhu |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Leonidas Stergiou |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Basil Stillhart |
| 7 | FW | AUT | Chukwubuike Adamu (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Jordi Quintillà |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Jérémy Guillemenot |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz |
| 15 | DF | POR | Euclides Cabral |
| 16 | MF | GER | Lukas Görtler |
| 18 | GK | GER | Lukas Watkowiak |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Lorenzo González |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Élie Youan (on loan from Nantes) |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Miro Muheim |
| 22 | DF | SUI | Adonis Ajeti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | KOS | Betim Fazliji |
| 24 | MF | SUI | Kwadwo Duah |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Boubacar Traorè |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Tim Staubli |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Fabio Solimando |
| 29 | MF | SUI | Alessandro Kräuchi |
| 34 | FW | SUI | Boris Babic |
| 40 | GK | SUI | Nico Strübi |
| 50 | DF | SUI | Nicolas Lüchinger |
| 52 | FW | SUI | Angelo Campos |
| 53 | GK | SUI | Armin Abaz |
| 55 | MF | BFA | Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas) |
| 77 | MF | FRA | Nsana Simon |
| 98 | DF | FRA | Yannis Letard |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SUI | Patrick Sutter (at SC Brühl until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | SUI | Silvan Gönitzer (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020) |
| 7 | FW | ALB | Florian Kamberi (at Aberdeen until 30 June 2021) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Swiss Super League | 20 September 2020 | 21 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 030.56 |
| Swiss Cup | 8 April 2021 | 24 May 2021 | Round 3 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Europa League | 24 September 2020 | 24 September 2020 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 034.15 |
Source: Soccerway

### Swiss Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 44 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sion (O) | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 38 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 February 2021. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |