# 2020–21 FC Zürich season

The 2020–21 FC Zürich season was the club's 125th season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Zürich participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from 11 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 12 February 2021
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 | BIH | Živko Kostadinović |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Nathan |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Bećir Omeragić |
| 5 | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech |
| 6 | DF | KOS | Fidan Aliti |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Adrian Winter |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Vasilije Janjičić |
| 9 | FW | GAM | Assan Ceesay |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Antonio Marchesano |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Toni Domgjoni |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Tosin Aiyegun |
| 16 | GK | SUI | Novem Baumann |
| 18 | FW | SVN | Blaž Kramer |
| 19 | DF | SUI | Tobias Schättin |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Ousmane Doumbia |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Blerim Dzemaili |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Wilfried Gnonto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Fabian Rohner |
| 25 | GK | SUI | Yanick Brecher |
| 26 | MF | TUN | Salim Khelifi |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Marco Schönbächler |
| 31 | DF | KOS | Mirlind Kryeziu |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Nils Reichmuth |
| 33 | MF | SUI | Stephan Seiler |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Ilan Sauter |
| 35 | MF | SUI | Simon Sohm |
| 36 | DF | SUI | Filip Frei |
| 41 | MF | SUI | Lavdim Zumberi |
| 42 | DF | SUI | Silvan Wallner |
| 48 | MF | SUI | Nils Reichmuth |
| 70 | MF | KOS | Benjamin Kololli |
| 71 | MF | KOS | Hekuran Kryeziu |
| 77 | DF | CIV | Willie Britto |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 19 September 2020 | 21 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 030.56 |
| Swiss Cup | 13 September 2020 | 13 September 2020 | Round 2 | Round 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 029.73 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Lausanne-Sport | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 44 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sion (O) | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 38 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Vaduz (R) | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and relegation to Challenge League |
* ↑ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round by being declared winners of the 2020–21 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:

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position