# 2022–23 FC Zürich season

The 2022–23 season was the 127th season in the history of FC Zürich and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BIH | Živko Kostadinović |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Lindrit Kamberi |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Guerrero |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Bećir Omeragić |
| 6 | DF | KOS | Fidan Aliti |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Bledian Krasniqi |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Ole Selnæs |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Antonio Marchesano |
| 11 | FW | COD | Jonathan Okita |
| 14 | MF | NED | Carson Buschman-Dormond (on loan from Tulevik) |
| 15 | FW | BEN | Tosin Aiyegun |
| 16 | DF | GER | Marc Hornschuh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GUI | Cheick Condé |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Boranijašević |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Roko Šimić (on loan from RB Salzburg) |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Fabian Rohner |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Nikola Katić |
| 25 | GK | SUI | Yanick Brecher (captain) |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Miguel Reichmuth |
| 31 | DF | KOS | Mirlind Kryeziu |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Selmin Hodza |
| 34 | GK | SUI | Gianni De Nitti |
| 35 | DF | SUI | Ilan Sauter |
| 39 | FW | GHA | Daniel Afriyie |

### 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 |
| — | DF | SUI | Silvan Wallner (at FC Wil until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | EST | Karol Mets (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KOS | Donis Avdijaj (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SUI | Nils Reichmuth (at FC Wil until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | SUI | Stephan Seiler (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 6 August 2022 | 29 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 027.78 |
| Swiss Cup | 21 August 2022 | 18 September 2022 | Round 1 | Round 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 19 July 2022 | 27 July 2022 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 4 August 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 64 | 80 | −16 | 032.00 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | PSV | BOD | ZUR |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Bodø/Glimt | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 | | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | — |