# 2023–24 FC Sion season

The 2023–24 season was the club's first season since 2006 in the second tier of Swiss football and its 115th year of existence.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 15 February 2024
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 |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Joël Schmied |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Reto Ziegler |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Gora Diouf |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Ilyas Chouaref |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Batata |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Dejan Sorgić |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Théo Bouchlarhem |
| 12 | GK | GRE | Alexandros Safarikas |
| 14 | DF | SUI | Numa Lavanchy |
| 16 | GK | COD | Timothy Fayulu |
| 17 | DF | SUI | Jan Kronig |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jean-Claude Ntenda (on loan from Juventus) |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Nias Hefti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | SUI | Théo Berdayes |
| 27 | FW | BFA | Abdel Zagré |
| 28 | MF | ANG | Edgar André |
| 30 | MF | BUL | Georgi Rusev |
| 33 | MF | SUI | Kevin Bua |
| 35 | MF | SUI | Liam Chipperfield |
| 52 | MF | URU | Cristian Souza |
| 66 | MF | ANG | Hervé Matondo |
| 71 | DF | SUI | Gilles Richard |
| 76 | FW | BRA | Cleilton Itaitinga |
| 88 | MF | SUI | Ali Kabacalman |
| 90 | DF | SUI | François Moubandje |

### 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 | AUT | Heinz Lindner (at Saint-Gilloise until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | GLP | Nathanaël Saintini (at Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | MDA | Nicky Cleșcenco (at Petrocub Hîncești until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Denis-Will Poha (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | SUI | Kevin Halabaku (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | FRA | Yassin Fortuné (at Polissya Zhytomyr until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Dejan Sorgić | Luzern | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ali Kabacalman | Yverdon-Sport | Undisclosed | 13 July 2023 |
| MF | Liam Chipperfield | Basel | Free | 17 July 2023 |
| MF | Cristian Souza | Bellinzona | Free | 17 July 2023 |
| FW | Georgi Rusev | CSKA 1948 | €700,000 | 2 January 2024 |
| DF | Jan Kronig | Aarau | Undisclosed | 1 February 2024 |
| DF | Jean-Claude Ntenda | Juventus Next Gen | Loan | 15 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Wylan Cyprien | Parma | Loan return | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Luca Zuffi | Winterthur | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Siyar Doldur | Locarno | Undisclosed | 9 February 2024 |
| DF | Nathanaël Saintini | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Loan | 14 February 2024 |
| FW | Kevin Halabaku | Schaffhausen | Loan | 15 February 2024 |

## 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 | 23 July 2023 | 20 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 063.89 |
| Swiss Cup | 18 August 2023 | 27 April 2024 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 065.85 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sion (C, P) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 79 | Promotion to Swiss Super League |
| 2 | Thun | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 76 | Qualification for promotion play-off |
| 3 | Vaduz | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 67 | 55 | +12 | 49 | Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Xamax | 36 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 49 | |
| 5 | Wil | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 44 | |
* ↑ Vaduz qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Liechtenstein Cup.

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

The matches were unveiled on 21 June 2023.