# 2023–24 FC Zürich season

The 2023–24 season was FC Zürich's 128th season in existence and seventh consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They also competed in the Swiss Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 7 September 2023
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 |
| 2 | DF | SUI | Lindrit Kamberi |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Adrià Guerrero |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Silvan Wallner |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Fabio Daprelà |
| 7 | MF | SUI | Bledian Krasniqi |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Arad Bar |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Antonio Marchesano |
| 11 | FW | COD | Jonathan Okita |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Ifeanyi Mathew |
| 16 | DF | GER | Marc Hornschuh |
| 17 | MF | GUI | Cheick Condé |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Daniel Afriyie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Nikola Boranijašević |
| 20 | FW | SUI | Calixte Ligue |
| 22 | FW | IRL | Armstrong Oko-Flex |
| 23 | MF | SUI | Fabian Rohner |
| 24 | DF | BIH | Nikola Katić |
| 25 | GK | SUI | Yanick Brecher (captain) |
| 26 | MF | SUI | Miguel Reichmuth |
| 27 | DF | POR | Rodrigo Conceição |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Ramon Guzzo |
| 29 | FW | SUI | Labinot Bajrami |
| 31 | DF | KOS | Mirlind Kryeziu |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Selmin Hodza |
| 37 | MF | SUI | Nils Reichmuth |
| 40 | GK | SUI | Alan Omerovic |

### 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 | Gianni De Nitti (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | CUB | Fabian Gloor (at Baden until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Fabio Daprelà | Lugano | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Armstrong Oko-Flex | West Ham United | Free | 14 August 2023 |
| DF | Rodrigo Conceição | Porto | Free | 17 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| DF | Karol Mets | FC St. Pauli | €450,000 | 1 July 2023 | |
| FW | Aiyegun Tosin | Lorient | €4,000,000 | 25 July 2023 | |

## 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 | 23 July 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 044.44 |
| Swiss Cup | August 2023 | | | Round 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 052.38 |
Last updated: 16 December 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Young Boys (C) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Lugano | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zürich | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St. Gallen | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Winterthur | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 71 | −11 | 49 | |
| 7 | Luzern | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Basel | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 49 | |
| 9 | Yverdon-Sport | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 47 | |
| 10 | Lausanne-Sport | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 45 | |
| 11 | Grasshopper (O) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 38 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Lausanne Ouchy (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 29 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ Servette qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as the 2023–24 Swiss Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 December 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.