# 2022–23 FC Vaduz season

The 2022–23 season was the 91st season in the history of FC Vaduz and their second consecutive season in the Swiss Challenge League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
Vaduz became the first club from Liechtenstein to play in a UEFA tournament group stage.

## Players

    As of 6 September 2022
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 |
| 1 | GK | LIE | Benjamin Büchel (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Anthony Goelzer |
| 4 | MF | LIE | Nicolas Hasler |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Anes Omerovic |
| 6 | DF | KOS | Fuad Rahimi |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Merlin Hadzi |
| 8 | MF | LIE | Sandro Wieser |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Manuel Sutter |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Tunahan Cicek |
| 13 | DF | SUI | Kevin Iodice |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Milan Gajić |
| 17 | MF | SUI | Joël Ris |
| 19 | FW | SUI | Dejan Djokic |
| 20 | MF | LIE | Simon Lüchinger |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | KOS | Arbenit Xhemajli |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Dario Ulrich |
| 24 | MF | SUI | Cédric Gasser |
| 25 | GK | LIE | Gabriel Foser |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Franklin Sasere |
| 28 | DF | LIE | Lars Traber |
| 29 | DF | GER | Gabriel Isik |
| 42 | GK | MOZ | Gion Chande |
| 47 | DF | SUI | Fabio Fehr |
| 53 | MF | KOS | Gezim Pepsi |
| 74 | FW | SUI | Elmin Rastoder (on loan from Grasshoppers) |
| 77 | MF | AUT | Kristijan Dobras |
| 80 | MF | SUI | Ryan Fosso |

### 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 |
| — | GK | LIE | Justin Ospelt (at Dornbirn until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | SUI | Giosue Capozzi (at Brühl until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AUT | Elvin Ibrisimovic (at Dornbirn 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 Challenge League | 15 July 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 019.44 |
| Liechtenstein Cup | 31 August 2022 | | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | +31 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 3 November 2022 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 100 | 73 | +27 | 026.92 |
Source: Soccerway

### Swiss Challenge League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 6 | Thun | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 49 | |
| 7 | Schaffhausen | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Vaduz | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 9 | Bellinzona | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 37 | |
| 10 | Xamax (O) | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
* ↑ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Liechtenstein Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Swiss Challenge League

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

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

#### 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 | AZ | DNI | APL | VAD |
| 1 | AZ | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Vaduz | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |