2008–09 FC Zürich season

During the 2008–09 Swiss football season, FC Zürich competed in the Swiss Super League.

FC Zürich
2008–09 season
ManagerSwitzerland Bernard Challandes
StadiumLetzigrund
Swiss Super League1st
Swiss CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerAlmen Abdi (19)

Season summary

FC Zürich managed to reclaim the Swiss league title (their last as of 2016), but were knocked out of the Swiss Cup in the quarter-finals. The club were knocked out of the UEFA Cup in the first round by Italian giants AC Milan.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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 Switzerland SUI Johnny Leoni
2 DF Finland FIN Veli Lampi
3 FW Georgia (country) GEO Giorgi Ivanishvili
4 DF Switzerland SUI Fabrizio Di Gregorio
5 MF Switzerland SUI Xavier Margairaz (on loan from Osasuna)
6 MF Serbia SRB Radovan Savić
7 MF Switzerland SUI Silvan Aegerter
10 MF Nigeria NGA Onyekachi Okonkwo
11 MF Switzerland SUI Adrian Nikçi[notes 1]
12 FW Guadeloupe GLP Alexandre Alphonse[notes 2]
13 DF Switzerland SUI Florian Stahel
14 MF Sweden SWE Dusan Djurić
15 DF Switzerland SUI Daniel Stucki
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Switzerland SUI Philippe Koch
17 MF Tunisia TUN Yassine Chikhaoui
19 DF Switzerland SUI Alain Rochat[notes 3]
21 DF Switzerland SUI Heinz Barmettler[notes 4]
22 GK Switzerland SUI Orlando Lattmann
23 MF Switzerland SUI Almen Abdi[notes 5]
25 FW Switzerland SUI Admir Mehmedi[notes 6]
26 MF Liechtenstein LIE Martin Büchel
27 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Schönbächler
28 FW United States USA Remo Staubli
29 FW France FRA Eric Hassli
30 DF Finland FIN Hannu Tihinen
32 GK Italy ITA Andrea Guatelli

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Switzerland SUI Mehdi Challandes (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
4 DF Chile CHI Adán Vergara (on loan to FC Luzern)
5 DF Switzerland SUI Oumar Kondé (on loan to Chengdu Blades)
8 FW Sweden SWE Emra Tahirović[notes 7] (on loan to Örebro)
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF Sweden SWE Andrés Vasquez[notes 8] (to FC Zürich II)
20 FW Brazil BRA Sílvio (on loan to FC Wil)
24 MF Switzerland SUI Luca Ladner (on loan to FC Wohlen)

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Nikçi was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level, and has also expressed interest in representing Albania internationally.
  2. Alphonse was born in Paris, France, but also qualifies to represent Guadeloupe internationally and made his international debut for Guadeloupe in 2009.
  3. Rochat was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada, but was raised in Switzerland from the age of two and made his international debut for Switzerland in June 2005.
  4. Barmettler was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and made his international debut for Switzerland in November 2009, but also qualifies to represent the Dominican Republic and would make his international debut for the Dominican Republic in September 2012.
  5. Abdi was born in Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualifies to represent Switzerland internationally and made his international debut for Switzerland in August 2008.
  6. Mehmedi was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Macedonia), but was raised in Switzerland from the age of two and represented Switzerland at every youth level up to U-21, and would make his international debut for Switzerland in 2011.
  7. Tahirović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but was raised in Sweden and has represented them at U-21 level.
  8. Vasquez was born in Lima, Peru, but also qualifies to represent Sweden internationally and has represented them at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Zürich - 2008/09".
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