The 2011–12 FC Sion season started on 16 July 2011.
Review and events
Season
Transfer controversy
History The controversy started when FC Sion signed Essam El-Hadary in 2008.
2011–12 Events FC Sion originally drew 0-0 and won 3–1 against Celtic F.C. in the Europa League. However, UEFA overturned the results and awarded Celtic F.C. 3-0 forfeit victories for both legs of the tie. FC Sion lost their appeal to re-enter the competition.
The Swiss Football Association deducted 36 points from FC Sion. Three points were deducted for each of the 12 league and cup matches in which one or more of the six ineligible players appeared. The 36 points deduction left FC Sion in last place and minus 5 points. FIFA had threatened to suspend the Swiss Football Association if there was no action against FC Sion. This meant that all national teams and clubs under the jurisdiction of the Swiss Football Association would not be allowed to participate in any FIFA and UEFA competition.
Squad No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Andris Vanins GK Ventspils 18 Kevin Fickentscher GK La Chaux-de-Fonds 30 Steven Deana GK Vaduz Defenders 4 José Gonçalves CB St. Gallen 5 Michael Dingsdag CB Heerenveen 6 George Ogăraru CB Ajax 20 Vilmos Vanczák CB Újpest 31 Arnaud Bühler CB Sochaux 33 Adaílton CB Santos Midfielders 3 Gabri García MF Umm Salal 7 Mario Mutsch MF Metz 8 Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos MF Júbilo Iwata 10 Fabrizio Zambrella MF Brescia 12 Billy Ketkeophomphone MF Strasbourg 13 Giovanni Sio MF Real Sociedad 14 Pascal Feindouno MF AS Monaco 15 Jonas Elmer MF Aarau 16 Didier Crettenand MF Lausanne-Sport 21 Abdoul Yoda MF Servette 22 Goran Obradović MF Vaduz 26 Serey Die MF ES Sétif 27 Stefan Glarner MF Thun 29 Florian Berisha MF 32 Anthony Sauthier MF Forwards 11 Christ Mbondi ST 17 Guilherme Afonso ST Lugano 19 Dragan Mrđa FW Vojvodina
Match results
Legend
Super League
Table
Relegation play-off
Sion won 3 – 1 on aggregate.
Swiss Cup
UEFA Europa League
1. FC Sion originally drew 0–0 in the first leg and won 3–1 in the second leg. UEFA overturned the result of both matches. Both matches were awarded 3–0 in favour of Celtic F.C.
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
Top scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameSuper LeaguePlay OffSwiss CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 DF 20Vilmos Vanczák 10 0 2 0 122 MF 13Giovanni Sio 7 0 0 1 83 MF 14Pascal Feindouno 3 0 1 2 64 MF 21Abdoul Yoda 2 0 2 0 4 FW 19Dragan Mrđa 1 2 1 0 46 Own goal 3 0 0 0 37 FW 12Danick Yerly 2 0 0 0 2 FW 28Cristian Ianu 2 0 0 0 2 MF 22Goran Obradović 2 0 0 0 2 MF 7 Mario Mutsch 2 0 0 0 2 DF 31Arnaud Bühler 1 0 1 0 2 FW 9 Danilo 1 0 1 0 2 MF 16Didier Crettenand 1 0 1 0 214 DF 33Adaílton 1 0 0 0 1 FW 17Guilherme Afonso 1 0 0 0 1 MF 26Serey Die 1 0 0 0 1 MF 13Sébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1 MF 23Xavier Margairaz 0 1 0 0 1 MF 15Jonas Elmer 0 0 1 0 1 DF 5 Michael Dingsdag 0 0 1 0 1TOTALS40 3 12 3 58
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameSuper LeaguePlay OffSwiss CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 GKAndris Vanins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05 DFMichael Dingsdag 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 07 MFMario Mutsch 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 08 MFRodrigo Lacerda Ramos 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 09 FWDanilo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 010 MFFabrizio Zambrella 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 013 MFGiovanni Sio 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 013 MFSébastien Wüthrich 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 014 MFVullnet Basha 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 015 MFJonas Elmer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 016 MFDidier Crettenand 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 017 FWGuilherme Afonso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 018 GKKevin Fickentscher 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 119 FWDragan Mrđa 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 020 DFVilmos Vanczák 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 021 MFAbdoul Yoda 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 022 MFGoran Obradović 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 123 MFXavier Margairaz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 026 MFSerey Die 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 028 MFCristian Ianu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 031 DFArnaud Bühler 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 032 MFAnthony Sauthier 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 033 DFAdaílton 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 14 1 MFJoaquim Adão 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TOTALS8335090501023
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