2013–14 FC Sion season

Sion
2013–14 season
Chairman	Christian Constantin
Manager	Laurent Roussey ; 23 October 2013 -
Stadium	Stade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League	8th
Swiss Cup	3rd round

In the 2013–14 season, Sion competed in the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup. In the summer transfer window 2013, the Chairman promoted 7 U21 players to the 1st Team. To bring stability and experience in they bought Vincent Rüfli and Xavier Kouassi from Servette FC, Pa Modou Jagne replacing Arnaud Bühler, twenty-one-year-old Freddy Mveng, Demitris Christofi as a winger and Ismael Yartey on loan as well as Beg Ferati and Ovidiu Herea.

The 2013–14 season began rather poorly with Sion not scoring a goal until the 7th round and setting a new record in the Swiss Super League for the lowest scoring season start. Decastel played with a 4-2-3-1 system.

Squad

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Andris Vanins	GK	(1980-04-30) 30 April 1980	Ventspils
18	Steven Deana	GK	(1990-03-04) 4 March 1990	Vaduz
30	Mathieu Debonnaire	GK	(1987-04-26) 26 April 1987	FC Lausanne-Sport
Defenders
4	Milos Bakrac	CB	(1992-02-25) 25 February 1992	Trainee
5	André Marques	LB	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987	Sporting CP
13	Mathieu Debons	LB	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992	Trainee
17	Pa Modou Jagne	LB	(1989-12-26) 26 December 1989	FC St. Gallen
20	Vilmos Vanczák	RB	(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983	Újpest
22	Vincent Rüfli	RB	(1988-01-22) 22 January 1988	Servette FC
27	Léo Lacroix	CB	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992	Trainee
28	Beg Ferati	CB	(1986-11-10) 10 November 1986	SC Freiburg
32	Arnaud Bühler	LB	(1985-01-17) 17 January 1985	SC Freiburg
Midfielders
2	Benjamin Kololli	MF	(1992-02-15) 15 February 1992	Trainee
6	Xavier Kouassi	MF	(1989-12-28) 28 December 1989	Servette FC
7	Demetris Christofi	MF	(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988	Omonia Nicosia
8	Vullnet Basha	MF	(1990-07-11) 11 July 1990	Neuchâtel Xamax
10	Ovidiu Herea	MF	(1985-03-26) 26 March 1985	Rapid București
14	Freddy Mveng	MF	(1992-05-29) 29 May 1992	BSC Young Boys
15	Ismael Yartey	MF	(1990-01-11) 11 January 1990	Loan From FC Sochaux
16	Matteo Fedele	MF	(1992-07-20) 20 July 1992	Trainee
23	Dario Vidosic	MF	(1987-04-08) 8 April 1987	Adelaide United FC
24	Max Veloso	MF	(1992-03-27) 27 March 1992	Neuchatel Xamax
34	Ndoye Birama	MF	(1994-04-17) 17 April 1994	Trainee
Forwards
9	Fousseyni Cissé	ST	(1989-07-17) 17 July 1989	Le Mans FC
11	Léo Itaperuna	ST	(1989-04-12) 12 April 1989	Arapongas
19	Gaetan Karlen	FW	(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993	Trainee
21	Ebenezer Assifuah	FW	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993	Liberty Professionals F.C.

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
17	FW	SUI	Danick Yerly (at Chiasso)
16	MF	SUI	Joaquim Adao (at Chiasso)
4	DF	BRA	Adaílton (at FC Chiasso)
18	GK	SUI	Kevin Fickentscher (at FC Lausanne-Sport)
34	DF	SUI	Anthony Sauthier (at Servette FC)

Transfers

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	SUI	Mathieu Debonnaire (from FC Lausanne-Sport)
17	DF	GAM	Pa Modou Jagne (from FC St.Gallen)
22	DF	SUI	Vincent Rufli (from Servette FC)
28	DF	SUI	Beg Ferati (from SC Freiburg)
31	DF	ARG	Emiliano Dudar (from FC Chiasso)
6	MF	CIV	Xavier Kouassi (from Servette FC)
10	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Herea (from București)
14	MF	SUI	Freddy Mveng (from BSC Young Boys)
15	MF	GHA	Ishmael Yartey (from FC Sochaux)
7	FW	CYP	Demitris Christofi (from Omonia Nicosia)
21	FW	GHA	Ebenezer Assifuah (from Liberty Professionals F.C.)
23	MF	AUS	Dario Vidosic (from Adelaide United FC)

Out: 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	BRA	Aislan
6	MF	SUI	Joaoquim Adao (on loan at Chiasso)
8	MF	ITA	Gennaro Gattuso (Retired, Manager at Palermo)
9	FW	BRA	Danilo ( Zorya Luhansk)
10	MF	TUN	Ousamma Darragi (Espérance de Tunis)
11	FW	CMR	Yannick N'Djeng (Espérance de Tunis)
12	FW	NIR	Kyle Lafferty (US Palermo)
15	DF	NED	Michael Dingsdag
16	MF	SUI	Didier Crettenand (Servette)
17	FW	SUI	Danick Yerly (on loan at Chiasso)
18	GK	SUI	Kevin Fickentscher (on loan at Lausanne)
21	MF	FRA	Karim Yoda
22	MF	SRB	Dragan Mrdja
24	MF	SUI	Xavier Margairaz
25	MF	SUI	Evan Melo
32	MF	SUI	Anthony Sauthier (Servette)
33	DF	BRA	Adaílton (to Chiasso)
34	FW	SUI	Aleksandar Prijovic ( Djurgardens)

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