# 2012–13 FC Sion season

In the 2012–13 season, Sion competes in the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. In the summer transfer window, they brought in Italian World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso, as well as Kyle Lafferty (former of Rangers). In addition, they bought an until then unknown Brazilian footballer called Léo Itaperuna from the 5th division Club of Arapongas and another forward Mathieu Manset from Reading. Already signed six months earlier, Oussama Darragi coming from Esperance de Tunis joined the team along with André Marques from Sporting Lisabon.
The 2012–13 season began well with Sion staying at the top till the 8th round. Fournier played with a 4-2-3-1 system.
On 4 September 2012, Manset, Joaquim Adão and Darragi were all disciplined after being found in the early hours of the morning in a Lausanne nightclub the day before Sion's game away to FC Zürich. Manset's contract with the club was canceled, Adão was demoted to the youth team for one month and Darragi was handed a large fine. This huge upset resulted in the resignation of Sebastien Fournier as coach.
Following this change, the results were not as convincing as they were at the beginning. Although Sion scored more goals in the second part of the first half, they ended fourth during the winter break, one point away from 2nd and 5 points from first. This increase in goals was due to the change to a 4-4-2 system with Itaperuna and Laffery as center forwards.
The weak spot during the first half was the absence of a winger on the left side. This was because Yoda and Wüthrich were injured at the beginning of the season and never recovered to their original strength. In addition to that, the defense was not as solid as the years before. That resulted in more goals received as in other seasons. The reasons for that were the transfer of the center back Adaílton to Henan Jianye and the simultaneous injuries of Aislan, Vanczák and Sauthier. Vanczák broke this cheekbone, but did play again after two weeks with a mask as there were no backups available. During that time, Basha (normally a defensive midfielder) played as a fullback at the position of Vanczák, while he moved into the center to his original position as a center back.

## 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 |
| 88 | João Couto | GK | (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26) | Estagiário |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Aislan | CB | (1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 36) | Guarani |
| 4 | Adaílton | CB | (1983-04-14) 14 April 1983 (age 41) | Henan Jianye |
| 5 | André Marques | CB | (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37) | Sporting CP |
| 15 | Michael Dingsdag | CB | (1982-10-18) 18 October 1982 (age 42) | Heerenveen |
| 20 | Vilmos Vanczák | CB | (1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 41) | Újpest |
| 27 | Léo Lacroix | CB | (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 31 | Arnaud Bühler | CB | (1985-01-17) 17 January 1985 (age 39) | Sochaux |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | Benjamin Kololli | MF | (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 7 | Sébastien Wüthrich | MF | (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 34) | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| 8 | Gennaro Gattuso | MF | (1978-01-09) 9 January 1978 (age 46) | A.C. Milan |
| 10 | Oussama Darragi | MF | (1987-04-03) 3 April 1987 (age 37) | Espérance |
| 14 | Vullnet Basha | MF | (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34) | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| 16 | Didier Crettenand | MF | (1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 (age 38) | Lausanne-Sport |
| 23 | Xavier Margairaz | MF | (1984-01-07) 7 January 1984 (age 40) | Zürich |
| 26 | Gelson Fernandes | MF | (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986 (age 38) | Loan from Sporting Lisabon |
| 29 | Alberto Regazzoni | CB | (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 41) | St. Gallen |
| 32 | Anthony Sauthier | MF | (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33) | Trainee |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Abdoul Yoda | ST | (1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 36) | Servette |
| 11 | Léo Itaperuna | ST | (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 35) | Arapongas |
| 12 | Kyle Lafferty | ST | (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 37) | Rangers |
| 21 | Yannick N'Djeng | FW | (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 (age 34) | Espérance |
| 22 | Dragan Mrđa | FW | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40) | Vojvodina |
| 25 | Evan Melo | FW | (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 (age 31) | Trainee |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo (at Zorya Luhansk) |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Danick Yerly (at Chiasso) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijovic (at Tromsø IL) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | POR | André Marques (from Sporting CP) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso (from A.C. Milan) |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Oussama Darragi (from Espérance) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Léo Itaperuna (from Arapongas) |
| 12 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty (from Rangers) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset (from Reading) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | ROU | George Ogăraru |
| 7 | MF | LUX | Mario Mutsch (to St. Gallen) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo (on loan at Zorya Luhansk) |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Christ Mbondi (on loan at Bangkok Glass F.C.) |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Danick Yerly (on loan at Chiasso) |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Goran Obradović |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Geoffrey Tréand (to Servette) |
| 28 | FW | ROU | Cristian Ianu (to Wohlen) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Adaílton (to Henan Jianye) |
| 34 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijovic (on loan at Tromsø IL) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Adaílton (from Henan Jianye) |
| 21 | FW | CMR | Yannick N'Djeng (from Espérance) |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Gelson Fernandes (on loan from Sporting Lisbon) |
| 29 | MF | SUI | Alberto Regazzoni (from St. Gallen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SUI | José Goncalves (to New England Revolution) |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Sébastien Wüthrich (loan to St. Gallen) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset (to Carlisle United) |
| 26 | MF | CIV | Serey Die (to FC Basel) |

## Match results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Void

### Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 June 2013. Source: Fussballdaten.de

#### League table
### Swiss Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of 3 June 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | Swiss Cup | Swiss Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Andris Vanins | 39 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | SUI | Benjamin Kololli | 7 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Aislan | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Adaílton | 15 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POR | André Marques | 23 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ANG | Joaquim Adão | 12 | 0 | 0+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso | 29 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SUI | Abdoul Yoda | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Oussama Darragi | 24 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Léo Itaperuna | 36 | 9 | 25+8 | 8 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty | 27 | 8 | 16+9 | 5 | 2+0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | ALB | Vullnet Basha | 27 | 0 | 18+6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Michael Dingsdag | 32 | 1 | 29+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Didier Crettenand | 30 | 2 | 19+8 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Matteo Fedele | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Gaëtan Karlen | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | HUN | Vilmos Vanczák | 32 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CMR | Yannick N'Djeng | 17 | 3 | 13+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | SRB | Dragan Mrđa | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Xavier Margairaz | 22 | 6 | 17+3 | 5 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | POR | Max Veloso | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SUI | Evan Melo | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Gelson Fernandes | 15 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SUI | Léo Lacroix | 9 | 1 | 9+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SUI | Alberto Regazzoni | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SUI | Arnaud Bühler | 36 | 2 | 33+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Anthony Sauthier | 17 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SUI | Edimilson Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | SEN | Ndoye Birama | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SUI | Sébastien Wüthrich | 14 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Danick Yerly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijovic | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | POR | José Gonçalves | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CIV | Serey Die | 12 | 2 | 9+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Super League | Swiss Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 11 | Léo Itaperuna | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 12 | Kyle Lafferty | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | | 23 | Xavier Margairaz | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | | 20 | Vilmos Vanczák | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 21 | Yannick N'Djeng | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | 31 | Arnaud Bühler | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 16 | Didier Crettenand | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 2 | Benjamin Kololli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 26 | Serey Die | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | 19 | Mathieu Manset | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Gennaro Gattuso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 7 | Sébastien Wüthrich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 15 | Michael Dingsdag | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 27 | Léo Lacroix | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 9 | Abdoul Yoda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 10 | Oussama Darragi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 24 | Max Veloso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 19 | Gaëtan Karlen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 22 | Dragan Mrđa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 40 | 8 | 48 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | Swiss Cup | Swiss Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Andris Vanins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Aislan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Adaílton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | José Gonçalves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | André Marques | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Sébastien Wüthrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gennaro Gattuso | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Oussama Darragi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Léo Itaperuna | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Vullnet Basha | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Michael Dingsdag | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Didier Crettenand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Mathieu Manset | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Vilmos Vanczák | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Yannick N'Djeng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Xavier Margairaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Gelson Fernandes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Serey Die | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Léo Lacroix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Alberto Regazzoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Arnaud Bühler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Anthony Sauthier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 96 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 5 |