# 2013–14 FC Sion season

In the 2013–14 season, Sion competed in the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. In the summer transfer window 2013, the chairman promoted 7 U21 players to the 1st Team. To bring stability and experience in they bought Vincent Rüfli and Xavier Kouassi from Servette FC, Pa Modou Jagne replacing Arnaud Bühler, twenty-one-year-old Freddy Mveng, Demitris Christofi as a winger and Ismael Yartey on loan as well as Beg Ferati and Ovidiu Herea.
The 2013–14 season began rather poorly with Sion not scoring a goal until the 7th round and setting a new record in the Swiss Super League for the lowest scoring season start. Decastel played with a 4-2-3-1 system.

## 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 | Steven Deana | GK | (1990-03-04) 4 March 1990 (age 34) | Vaduz |
| 30 | Mathieu Debonnaire | GK | (1987-04-26) 26 April 1987 (age 37) | FC Lausanne-Sport |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Milos Bakrac | CB | (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 5 | André Marques | LB | (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37) | Sporting CP |
| 13 | Mathieu Debons | LB | (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 17 | Pa Modou Jagne | LB | (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 35) | FC St. Gallen |
| 20 | Vilmos Vanczák | RB | (1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 41) | Újpest |
| 22 | Vincent Rüfli | RB | (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 36) | Servette FC |
| 27 | Léo Lacroix | CB | (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 28 | Beg Ferati | CB | (1986-11-10) 10 November 1986 (age 38) | SC Freiburg |
| 32 | Arnaud Bühler | LB | (1985-01-17) 17 January 1985 (age 39) | SC Freiburg |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 2 | Benjamin Kololli | MF | (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 6 | Xavier Kouassi | MF | (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 (age 35) | Servette FC |
| 7 | Demetris Christofi | MF | (1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 36) | Omonia Nicosia |
| 8 | Vullnet Basha | MF | (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34) | Neuchâtel Xamax |
| 10 | Ovidiu Herea | MF | (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 39) | Rapid București |
| 14 | Freddy Mveng | MF | (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 32) | BSC Young Boys |
| 15 | Ismael Yartey | MF | (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 35) | Loan From FC Sochaux |
| 16 | Matteo Fedele | MF | (1992-07-20) 20 July 1992 (age 32) | Trainee |
| 23 | Dario Vidosic | MF | (1987-04-08) 8 April 1987 (age 37) | Adelaide United FC |
| 24 | Max Veloso | MF | (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 32) | Neuchatel Xamax |
| 34 | Ndoye Birama | MF | (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 30) | Trainee |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Fousseyni Cissé | ST | (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989 (age 35) | Le Mans FC |
| 11 | Léo Itaperuna | ST | (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 35) | Arapongas |
| 19 | Gaetan Karlen | FW | (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) | Trainee |
| 21 | Ebenezer Assifuah | FW | (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) | Liberty Professionals F.C. |

### 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 |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Danick Yerly (at Chiasso) |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Joaquim Adao (at Chiasso) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Adaílton (at FC Chiasso) |
| 18 | GK | SUI | Kevin Fickentscher (at FC Lausanne-Sport) |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Anthony Sauthier (at Servette FC) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Mathieu Debonnaire (from FC Lausanne-Sport) |
| 17 | DF | GAM | Pa Modou Jagne (from FC St.Gallen) |
| 22 | DF | SUI | Vincent Rufli (from Servette FC) |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Beg Ferati (from SC Freiburg) |
| 31 | DF | ARG | Emiliano Dudar (from FC Chiasso) |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Xavier Kouassi (from Servette FC) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Herea (from București) |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Freddy Mveng (from BSC Young Boys) |
| 15 | MF | GHA | Ishmael Yartey (from FC Sochaux) |
| 7 | FW | CYP | Demitris Christofi (from Omonia Nicosia) |
| 21 | FW | GHA | Ebenezer Assifuah (from Liberty Professionals F.C.) |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Dario Vidosic (from Adelaide United FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Aislan |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Joaoquim Adao (on loan at Chiasso) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso (Retired, Manager at Palermo) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Danilo ( Zorya Luhansk) |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Ousamma Darragi (Espérance de Tunis) |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Yannick N'Djeng (Espérance de Tunis) |
| 12 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty (US Palermo) |
| 15 | DF | NED | Michael Dingsdag |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Didier Crettenand (Servette) |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Danick Yerly (on loan at Chiasso) |
| 18 | GK | SUI | Kevin Fickentscher (on loan at Lausanne) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Karim Yoda |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Dragan Mrdja |
| 24 | MF | SUI | Xavier Margairaz |
| 25 | MF | SUI | Evan Melo |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Anthony Sauthier (Servette) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Adaílton (to Chiasso) |
| 34 | FW | SUI | Aleksandar Prijovic ( Djurgården) |
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