2020–21 FC St. Gallen season

The 2020–21 season was FC St. Gallen's 142nd season in existence and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, St. Gallen participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

FC St. Gallen
2020–21 season
ChairmanMatthias Hüppi
Head coachPeter Zeidler
StadiumKybunpark
Swiss Super League7th
Swiss CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kwadwo Duah (9)

All:
Kwadwo Duah (10)

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ghana GHA Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3 DF Ghana GHA Musah Nuhu
4 DF Switzerland SUI Leonidas Stergiou
6 MF Switzerland SUI Basil Stillhart
7 FW Austria AUT Chukwubuike Adamu (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
8 MF Spain ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW Switzerland SUI Jérémy Guillemenot
10 MF Spain ESP Víctor Ruiz
15 DF Portugal POR Euclides Cabral
16 MF Germany GER Lukas Görtler
18 GK Germany GER Lukas Watkowiak
19 FW Switzerland SUI Lorenzo González
20 FW France FRA Élie Youan (on loan from Nantes)
21 MF Switzerland SUI Miro Muheim
22 DF Switzerland SUI Adonis Ajeti
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Kosovo KOS Betim Fazliji
24 MF Switzerland SUI Kwadwo Duah
25 FW Senegal SEN Boubacar Traorè
26 MF Switzerland SUI Tim Staubli
27 MF Switzerland SUI Fabio Solimando
29 MF Switzerland SUI Alessandro Kräuchi
34 FW Switzerland SUI Boris Babic
40 GK Switzerland SUI Nico Strübi
50 DF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Lüchinger
52 FW Switzerland SUI Angelo Campos
53 GK Switzerland SUI Armin Abaz
55 MF Burkina Faso BFA Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas)
77 MF France FRA Nsana Simon
98 DF France FRA Yannis Letard

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
FW Switzerland SUI Patrick Sutter (at SC Brühl until 30 June 2020)
DF Switzerland SUI Silvan Gönitzer (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020)
7 FW Albania ALB Florian Kamberi (at Aberdeen until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 August 2020 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 5–0 Austria Austria Lustenau St. Margrethen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlage Rheinau
29 August 2020 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 3–1 Germany SC Freiburg St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Kybunpark
5 September 2020 Friendly 1. FC Heidenheim Germany 6–2 Switzerland St. Gallen Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Voith-Arena
12 September 2020 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 0–1 Germany Türkgücü München St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Kybunpark
8 October 2020 Friendly Dornbirn Austria 1–1 Switzerland St. Gallen Dornbirn, Austria
19:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadion Birkenwiese
9 January 2021 Friendly Wil Switzerland 1–4 Switzerland St. Gallen Wil, Switzerland
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz
16 January 2021 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 2–0 Austria Rheindorf Altach St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET Report Stadium: Kybunpark

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 20 September 2020 21 May 2021 Matchday 1 7th 36 11 11 14 45 48 −3 030.56
Swiss Cup 8 April 2021 24 May 2021 Round 3 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 075.00
Europa League 24 September 2020 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 41 14 11 16 53 54 −1 034.15

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Luzern 36 12 10 14 62 59 +3 46 Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Lausanne-Sport 36 12 10 14 52 55 3 46
7 St. Gallen 36 11 11 14 45 48 3 44
8 Zürich 36 11 10 15 53 57 4 43
9 Sion (O) 36 8 14 14 48 58 10 38 Qualification for relegation play-offs
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 8 7 7 27 25  +2 31 5 2 4 15 13  +2 3 5 3 12 12  0

Last updated: 27 February 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDLLDDWWWDDLDWLLLDLWLLDLDLDLWLLDWW
Position3333333333333333333333
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 September 2020 1 St. Gallen 1–0 Sion St. Gallen
16:00 CET
  • Ati-Zigi Yellow card 26'
  • Fazliji 38'
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
27 September 2020 2 Vaduz 0–1 St. Gallen Vaduz
16:00 CET
Report Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
4 October 2020 3 St. Gallen 1–0 Servette St. Gallen
16:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 9,244
Referee: Urs Schnyder
18 October 2020 4 Luzern 2–2 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CET
Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Fedayi San
24 October 2020 5 Lugano 1–0 St. Gallen Lugano
19:00 CET
Report Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Urs Schnyder
1 November 2020 6 St. Gallen 1–3 Basel St. Gallen
16:00 CET Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
8 November 2020 7 Young Boys 0–0 St. Gallen Bern
16:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Urs Schnyder
22 November 2020 8 St. Gallen 2–2 Lausanne-Sport St. Gallen
16:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Piccolo
9 December 2020 9 Zürich 1–2 St. Gallen Zürich
18:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
20 January 2021 10 St. Gallen 2–0 Vaduz St. Gallen
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alain Bieri
13 December 2020 11 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 St. Gallen Lausanne
16:00 CET
Report Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Piccolo
16 December 2020 12 St. Gallen 0–0 Lugano St. Gallen
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Urs Schnyder
19 December 2020 13 Basel 0–0 St. Gallen Basel
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fedayi San
22 December 2020 14 St. Gallen 1–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Léonce Lionel Tschudi
10 February 2021 15 Servette 2–2 St. Gallen Geneva
18:15 CET
Report Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 0
Referee: Urs Schnyder
17 February 2021 16 St. Gallen 2–1 Luzern St. Gallen
18:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
30 January 2021 17 St. Gallen 2–3 Zürich St. Gallen
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
3 February 2021 18 Sion 3–2 St. Gallen Sion
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
24 January 2021 19 St. Gallen 0–1 Lugano St. Gallen
16:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fedayi San
13 February 2021 20 Sion 1–1 St. Gallen Sion
20:30 CET
Report Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Piccolo
20 February 2021 21 Vaduz 2–1 St. Gallen Vaduz
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
27 February 2021 22 St. Gallen 3–1 Basel St. Gallen
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
3 March 2021 23 St. Gallen 0–1 Servette St. Gallen
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
7 March 2021 24 Luzern 4–2 St. Gallen Lucerne
Stadium: Swissporarena
14 March 2021 25 St. Gallen 2–2 Young Boys St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Referee: Urs Schnyder
20 March 2021 26 Lausanne-Sport 4–3 St. Gallen Lausanne
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 0
3 April 2021 27 St. Gallen 1–1 Zürich St. Gallen
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
11 April 2021 28 Young Boys 2–0 St. Gallen Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
17 April 2021 29 St. Gallen 0–0 Luzern St. Gallen
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
21 April 2021 30 Lugano 2–0 St. Gallen Lugano
Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
24 April 2021 31 St. Gallen 1–0 Vaduz Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:15 Adamu 26'
Duah Yellow card 30'
Stillhart Yellow card 39'
Summary SVF Yellow card 52' Schmied
Yellow card 76' Simani
Attendance: 100
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
1 May 2021 32 Basel 1–0 St. Gallen Basel
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 0
9 May 2021 33 St. Gallen 0–3 Sion St. Gallen
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
12 May 2021 34 Zürich 2–2 St. Gallen Zürich
Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
Attendance: 0
15 May 2021 35 St. Gallen 5–0 Lausanne-Sport St. Gallen
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
21 May 2021 36 Servette 1–2 St. Gallen Geneva
20:30 Report Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

UEFA Europa League

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round St. Gallen Switzerland 0–1 Greece AEK Athens St. Gallen
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

References

  1. "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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