# 2022–23 FC Lugano season

The 2022–23 FC Lugano season was the club's 115th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Lugano participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 September 2022
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 (on loan from Juventus U23) |
| 6 | DF | ECU | Jhon Espinoza |
| 7 | DF | SUI | Mickaël Facchinetti |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Adrian Durrer |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Žan Celar |
| 10 | FW | SUI | Mattia Bottani |
| 11 | MF | SUI | Maren Haile-Selassie |
| 13 | GK | SUI | Serif Berbic |
| 14 | MF | URU | Jonathan Sabbatini (captain) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Lars Lukas Mai |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Milton Valenzuela |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Hicham Mahou |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Ousmane Doumbia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SUI | Renato Steffen |
| 23 | DF | BIH | Leonid Srdić |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Chinwendu Nkama |
| 25 | MF | SUI | Uran Bislimi |
| 27 | FW | SUI | Boris Babic |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Hadj Mahmoud |
| 30 | DF | SUI | Fabio Daprelà |
| 31 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Aliseda |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Allan Arigoni |
| 41 | DF | SUI | Noah De Queiroz |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Matteo Lape |
| 45 | MF | SUI | Michel De Jesus |
| 47 | FW | ALG | Mohamed El Amine Amoura |
| 58 | GK | NGA | Sebastian Osigwe |
| 77 | MF | CZE | Roman Macek |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVN | Abel Marc |

### 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 | Alexander Muci (at Bellinzona until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessandro Casciato (at Rapperswil-Jona until 31 December 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SUI | Nikolas Muci (at Wil until 30 June 2024) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 17 July 2022 | 29 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 041.67 |
| Swiss Cup | 21 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Round 1 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 August 2022 | 11 August 2022 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 043.18 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 82 | 30 | +52 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Servette | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Lugano | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Basel | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |

#### 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 | 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.