# 2021–22 FC Zürich season

The 2021–22 season was FC Zürich's 126th season in existence and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Zürich participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 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 | SUI | Živko Kostadinović |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Lindrit Kamberi |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Guerrero |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Bećir Omeragić |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Silvan Wallner |
| 6 | DF | KOS | Fidan Aliti |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Bledian Krasniqi |
| 9 | FW | GAM | Assan Ceesay |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Antonio Marchesano |
| 14 | MF | CAN | Carson Buschman-Dormond (on loan from Tulevik) |
| 15 | FW | BEN | Tosin Aiyegun |
| 16 | DF | GER | Marc Hornschuh |
| 18 | FW | SVN | Blaž Kramer |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Boranijašević |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Ousmane Doumbia |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Blerim Džemaili |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Wilfried Gnonto |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Fabian Rohner |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Ante Ćorić (on loan from Roma) |
| 25 | GK | SUI | Yanick Brecher (captain) |
| 26 | MF | TUN | Salim Khelifi |
| 28 | DF | EST | Karol Mets |
| 31 | DF | KOS | Mirlind Kryeziu |
| 33 | MF | SUI | Stephan Seiler |
| 34 | GK | SUI | Gianni De Nitti |
| 39 | MF | GER | Akaki Gogia |
| 78 | MF | GER | Moritz Leitner |

### 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 |
| — | MF | SUI | Izer Aliu (at Kriens until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | SUI | Filip Frei (at Wil until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | SUI | Ilan Sauter (at Wil until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SUI | Henri Koide (at Neuchâtel Xamax until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | SUI | Nils Reichmuth (at Wil until 30 June 2022]) |

## 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 | 25 July 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 067.65 |
| Swiss Cup | 14 August 2021 | 26 October 2021 | Round 1 | Round 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 067.57 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zürich (C) | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 76 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Basel | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 62 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Young Boys | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 50 | +30 | 60 | Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lugano | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 54 | Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 50 | |
* ↑ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup champions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 April 2022. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | | | | | | | |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.