2008–09 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich
2008–09 season
Manager Switzerland Bernard Challandes
Stadium Letzigrund
Swiss Super League 1st
Swiss Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup First round
Top goalscorer Almen Abdi (19)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

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. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Johnny Leoni
2 Finland DF Veli Lampi
3 Georgia (country) FW Giorgi Ivanishvili
4 Switzerland DF Fabrizio Di Gregorio
5 Switzerland MF Xavier Margairaz (on loan from Osasuna)
6 Switzerland MF Tito Tarchini
7 Switzerland MF Silvan Aegerter
10 Nigeria MF Onyekachi Okonkwo
11 Switzerland MF Adrian Nikçi[2]
12 Guadeloupe FW Alexandre Alphonse[3]
13 Switzerland DF Florian Stahel
14 Sweden MF Dusan Djurić
15 Switzerland DF Daniel Stucki
No. Position Player
16 Switzerland DF Philippe Koch
17 Tunisia MF Yassine Chikhaoui
19 Switzerland DF Alain Rochat[4]
21 Switzerland DF Heinz Barmettler[5]
22 Switzerland GK Orlando Lattmann
23 Switzerland MF Almen Abdi[6]
25 Switzerland FW Admir Mehmedi[7]
26 Liechtenstein MF Martin Büchel
27 Switzerland FW Marco Schönbächler
28 United States FW Remo Staubli
29 France FW Eric Hassli
30 Finland DF Hannu Tihinen
32 Italy GK 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. Position Player
3 Switzerland DF Mehdi Challandes (on loan to Yverdon Sport)
4 Chile DF Adán Vergara (on loan to FC Luzern)
5 Switzerland DF Oumar Kondé (on loan to Chengdu Blades)
8 Sweden FW Emra Tahirović[8] (on loan to Örebro)
No. Position Player
9 Sweden MF Andrés Vasquez[9] (to FC Zürich II)
20 Brazil FW Sílvio (on loan to FC Wil)
24 Switzerland MF Luca Ladner (on loan to FC Wohlen)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/switz/2008-2009/superl/zurich.htm
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Alphonse was born in Paris, France, but also qualifies to represent Guadeloupe internationally and made his international debut for Guadeloupe in 2009.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Tahirović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), but was raised in Sweden and has represented them at U-21 level.
  9. ↑ 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.

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