2020–21 FC St. Gallen season

FC St. Gallen
2020–21 season
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Head coach	Peter Zeidler
Stadium	Kybunpark
Swiss Super League	Preseason
Swiss Cup	Preseason
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The 2020–21 season will be 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 will participate in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 22 July 2020^[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
4	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou
7	MF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
8	MF	ESP	Jordi Quintillà
9	FW	SUI	Jérémy Guillemenot
10	FW	BIH	Ermedin Demirović (on loan from Alavés)
11	MF	FRA	Axel Bakayoko (on loan from Inter Milan)
13	FW	SUI	Cedric Itten
14	MF	BRA	Fabiano Alves
15	DF	SRB	Milan Vilotić
16	MF	GER	Lukas Görtler
18	GK	USA	Jonathan Klinsmann
19	MF	POR	André Ribeiro
20	MF	SUI	Moreno Costanzo
21	MF	SUI	Miro Muheim
22	DF	SUI	Adonis Ajeti


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	SUI	Betim Fazliji
24	FW	SUI	Lorenzo González
26	MF	SUI	Tim Staubli
27	MF	SUI	Fabio Solimando
29	MF	SUI	Alessandro Kräuchi
30	GK	GHA	Lawrence Ati-Zigi
33	DF	GHA	Musah Nuhu
34	FW	SUI	Boris Babić
36	DF	SUI	Silvan Hefti
40	GK	SUI	Nico Strübi
50	DF	SUI	Nicolas Lüchinger
52	FW	SUI	Angelo Campos
53	GK	SUI	Armin Abaz
98	DF	FRA	Yannis Letard
99	DF	SUI	Vincent Rüfli

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	SUI	Patrick Sutter (at SC Brühl until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	SUI	Silvan Gönitzer (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020)

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

21 August 2020 Friendly	St. Gallen	5–0	Austria Lustenau	showSt. Margrethen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Rheinau

29 August 2020 Friendly	St. Gallen	3–1	SC Freiburg	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kybunpark

5 September 2020 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	6–2	St. Gallen	showHeidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena

12 September 2020 Friendly	St. Gallen	0–1	Türkgücü München	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kybunpark

8 October 2020 Friendly	Dornbirn	1–1	St. Gallen	showDornbirn, Austria
19:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadion Birkenwiese

9 January 2021 Friendly	Wil	1–4	St. Gallen	showWil, Switzerland
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz

16 January 2021 Friendly	St. Gallen	2–0	Rheindorf Altach	showSt. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Kybunpark

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	August 2020	May 2021	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Swiss Cup	2020		TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: August 2020
Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Luzern	36	12	10	14	62	59	+3	46	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
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 to 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 winner
Notes:

^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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[]

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2021. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

20 September 2020 1	St. Gallen	1 – 0	Sion	showSt. Gallen
16:00 CET	Ati-Zigi 26' Fazliji 38'	Report	Abdellaoui 18' 57' Martić 45+2'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

27 September 2020 2	Vaduz	0 – 1	St. Gallen	showVaduz
16:00 CET	Simani 26' Prokopič 34' Schmid 90+3'	Report	Rüfli 71' André Ribeiro 83'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

4 October 2020 3	St. Gallen	1 – 0	Servette	showSt. Gallen
16:00 CET	Görtler 4' Duah 24' Fazliji 25' Stillhart 42' Ati-Zigi 90+3'	Report	Sauthier 36' Sasso 44' Mendy 45' Stevanović 59' Frick 61'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 9,244 Referee: Urs Schnyder

18 October 2020 4	Luzern	2 – 2	St. Gallen	showLucerne
16:00 CET	Ndenge 27' Tasar 45+3' Sorgić 51' Ugrinic 66'	Report	Víctor Ruiz 5' Jordi Quintillà 59' 61' Kräuchi 79'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 3,569 Referee: Fedayi San

24 October 2020 5	Lugano	1 – 0	St. Gallen	showLugano
19:00 CET	Lavanchy 16' 60' Adrià Guerrero 37' Gerndt 53' Guidotti 73'	Report	Kräuchi 27' Guillemenot 34' Jordi Quintillà 75' André Ribeiro 88'	Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo Attendance: 1,380 Referee: Urs Schnyder

1 November 2020 6	St. Gallen	1 – 3	Basel	showSt. Gallen
16:00 CET	Duah 13' Jordi Quintillà 35' Stillhart 63'	Report	Arthur Cabral 6' 19' Frei 39' Kasami 70'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

8 November 2020 7	Young Boys	0 – 0	St. Gallen	showBern
16:00 CET	Aebischer 45'	Report	Fazliji 20' Stillhart 76' Stergiou 79' Youan 81'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

22 November 2020 8	St. Gallen	2 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	showSt. Gallen
16:00 CET	Babic 62' Duah 88'	Report	Boranijašević 22' Puertas 22' Flo 32' Zekhnini 45' Schneuwly 57'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

9 December 2020 9	Zürich	1 – 2	St. Gallen	showZürich
18:15 CET	Aliti 4' Tosin 28' 62' Nathan 56' Kololli 74' Doumbia 74'	Report	Youan 9' 37' Görtler 52' Rüfli 83'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

13 December 2020 11	Lausanne-Sport	0 – 1	St. Gallen	showLausanne
16:00 CET	Geissmann 14' Zekhnini 40' Zohouri 76'	Report	Víctor Ruiz 61'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

16 December 2020 12	St. Gallen	0 – 0	Lugano	showSt. Gallen
20:30 CET	Fazliji 67' Görtler 83'	Report	Marić 73' Monzialo 89'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

19 December 2020 13	Basel	0 – 0	St. Gallen	showBasel
20:30 CET	Marchand 60'	Report	Babic 36'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

22 December 2020 14	St. Gallen	1 – 2	Young Boys	showSt. Gallen
20:30 CET	Letard 21' Staubli 83' Rüfli 89'	Report	Siebatcheu 62' 68' 72' Aebischer 86'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Léonce Lionel Tschudi
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

20 January 2021 10	St. Gallen	2 – 0	Vaduz	showSt. Gallen
18:00 CET	Duah 62' Stillhart 70' 83'	Report	Sutter 26'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Bieri
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

24 January 2021 19	St. Gallen	0 – 1	Lugano	showSt. Gallen
16:00 CET	Traorè 12' 72'	Report	Asumah Abubakar 33' Kecskés 49' Marić 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

30 January 2021 17	St. Gallen	2 – 3	Zürich	showSt. Gallen
20:30 CET	Duah 2' Stillhart 10' Jordi Quintillà 45+3' Stergiou 66' Staubli 90+4'	Report	Marchesano 16' (pen.) 38' Ceesay 28' Winter 40' Khelifi 45+2'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

3 February 2021 18	Sion	3 – 2	St. Gallen	showSion
20:30 CET	Grgić 14' 32' 61' (pen.) 90+6' Abdellaoui 20'	Report	Guillemenot 4' Traorè 25' Lacroix 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

10 February 2021 15	Servette	2 – 2	St. Gallen	showGeneva
18:15 CET	Rouiller 11' Kyei 20' Fazliji 60' (o.g.)	Report	Stillhart 7' Guillemenot 48'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

13 February 2021 20	Sion	1 – 1	St. Gallen	showSion
20:30 CET	Grgić 4' (pen.) Uldriķis 57'	Report	Nuhu 3' Jordi Quintillà 15' Guillemenot 51'	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

17 February 2021 16	St. Gallen	2 – 1	Luzern	showSt. Gallen
18:15 CET	Traorè 19' Víctor Ruiz 58' (pen.) Duah 72' Görtler 86'	Report	Sorgić 14' Frýdek 56' Schaub 61' Schwegler 70'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Horisberger
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

Second half of season[]

24 April 2021 Round 31	St. Gallen	1–0	Vaduz	showKybunpark, St. Gallen
18:15	Adamu 26' Duah 30' Stillhart 39'	Summary SVF	52' Schmied 76' Simani	Attendance: 100 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Swiss Cup[]

UEFA Europa League[]

24 September 2020 Third Qualifying Round	St. Gallen	0 - 1	AEK Athens	showSt. Gallen
20:30 CET	Muheim 31' Görtler 51' 90+5' Fazliji 80'	Report	Livaja 35' Mantalos 45+1' Krstičić 50' Nélson Oliveira 72'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

References[]

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

External links[]

Official website

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.71994638895613-2] Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

[1] "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[3] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	8	7	7	27	25	+2	31	5	2	4	15	13	+2	3	5	3	12	12	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	8	7	7	27	25	+2	31	5	2	4	15	13	+2	3	5	3	12	12	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	8	7	7	27	25	+2	31	5	2	4	15	13	+2	3	5	3	12	12	0