# 2022–23 FC Winterthur season

The 2022–23 season was the 127th season in the history of FC Winterthur and their first season back in the top flight. The club participated in Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | COD | Timothy Fayulu (on loan from Sion) |
| 3 | DF | SUI | Tobias Schättin |
| 4 | DF | KOS | Granit Lekaj (captain) |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Roy Gelmi |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Samir Ramizi |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Roman Buess |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Matteo Di Giusto |
| 11 | FW | SUI | Neftali Manzambi |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Thibault Corbaz |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Michael Gonçalves |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Remo Arnold |
| 17 | FW | SUI | Samuel Ballet |
| 18 | DF | CIV | Souleymane Diaby |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | SUI | Adrian Gantenbein |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Carmine Chiappetta (on loan from Basel) |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Kevin Costinha |
| 25 | DF | SUI | Yannick Schmid |
| 27 | GK | SUI | Armin Abaz |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Markus Kuster |
| 35 | MF | SUI | Arlind Dakaj |
| 36 | GK | KOS | Jozef Pukaj |
| 40 | MF | KOS | Hekuran Kryeziu |
| 42 | MF | TUN | Sayfallah Ltaief (on loan from Basel) |
| 44 | MF | SUI | Francisco Rodríguez |
| 77 | MF | KOS | Eris Abedini |
| 99 | FW | SUI | Nishan Burkart (on loan from Freiburg) |

### 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 |
| — | DF | SUI | Marin Cavar (at Brühl until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | SUI | Pascal Hammer (at Biel-Bienne until 30 June 2023) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 15 July 2022 | 29 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 022.22 |
| Swiss Cup | 21 August 2022 | 9 November 2022 | Round 1 | Round 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 025.64 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 45 | |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 44 | |
| 8 | Zürich | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 44 | |
| 9 | Winterthur | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 32 | |
| 10 | Sion (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 73 | −32 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Swiss Super League

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.