# 2023–24 FC Lugano season

The 2023–24 season was FC Lugano's 116th season in existence and ninth consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They also competed in the Swiss Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 January 2024
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 | SUI | Amir Saipi |
| 4 | DF | KOS | Kreshnik Hajrizi |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Albian Hajdari |
| 6 | DF | ECU | Jhon Espinoza |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Roman Macek |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Adrian Durrer |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Žan Celar |
| 10 | FW | SUI | Mattia Bottani |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Renato Steffen |
| 13 | GK | SUI | Serif Berbic |
| 14 | MF | URU | Jonathan Sabbatini (captain) |
| 15 | GK | GRE | Fotis Pseftis |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Anto Grgić |
| 17 | DF | GER | Lars Lukas Mai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Hicham Mahou |
| 19 | FW | KOS | Shkelqim Vladi |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Yanis Cimignani |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayman El Wafi |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Milton Valenzuela |
| 25 | MF | SUI | Uran Bislimi |
| 26 | DF | POR | Martim Marques |
| 27 | FW | SUI | Boris Babic |
| 28 | MF | SVN | Abel Marc |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Hadj Mahmoud |
| 31 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Aliseda |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Allan Arigoni |
| 41 | DF | SUI | Noah De Queiroz |
| 58 | GK | NGA | Sebastian Osigwe |

### 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 |
| — | GK | SUI | Attilio Morosoli (at Bellinzona until 31 December 2023) |
| — | MF | CIV | Ousmane Doumbia (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SUI | Maren Haile-Selassie (at Chicago Fire until 31 December 2023) |
| — | FW | SUI | Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Anto Grgić | Sion | Free | 1 July 2023 | |
| MF | Yanis Cimignani | Ajaccio | Free | 1 July 2023 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Fabio Daprelà | Zürich | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Mohamed El Amine Amoura | Union Saint-Gilloise | €4,000,000 | 18 August 2023 |
| MF | Maren Haile-Selassie | Chicago Fire | | 31 December 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 26 July 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 044.44 |
| Swiss Cup | 19 August 2023 | | Round 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 24 August 2023 | 31 August 2023 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 September 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 041.38 |
Last updated: 17 December 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Lugano | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zürich | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2024. Source:

#### 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 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.

#### Championship Round
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRU | BOD | BEŞ | LUG |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 |
| 4 | Lugano | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.