2011–12 FC Sion season

Swiss Super League
Season	2011–12
Champions	Basel; 15th title
Relegated	Neuchâtel Xamax
Champions League	Basel
Europa League	Luzern; Young Boys; Servette
Matches played	162
Goals scored	405 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Frei (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Zürich 6–0 Grasshopper; Basel 6–0 Lausanne
Biggest away win	Servette 0–4 Basel; Sion 0–4 Servette
Highest scoring	Basel 6–3 Grasshopper
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Sion
2012–13 season
Chairman	Christian Constantin
Manager	Sébastien Fournier
Stadium	Stade Tourbillon
Swiss Super League	9th
Swiss Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Vilmos Vanczák (10); All: Vilmos Vanczák (12)

The 2011–12 FC Sion season started on 16 July 2011.

Review and events

Season

Transfer controversy

History

The controversy started when FC Sion signed Essam El-Hadary in 2008.[1]

2011–12 Events

FC Sion originally drew 0-0 and won 3-1 against Celtic F.C. in the Europa League.[2][3] However, UEFA overturned the results and awarded Celtic F.C. 3-0 forfeit victories for both legs of the tie.[4] FC Sion lost their appeal to re-enter the competition.[5]

The Swiss Football Association deducted 36 points from FC Sion.[1] Three points were deducted for each of the 12 league and cup matches in which one or more of the six ineligible players appeared.[1] The 36 points deduction left FC Sion in last place and minus 5 points.[1] FIFA had threatened to suspend the Swiss Football Association if there was no action against FC Sion.[1] This meant that all national teams and clubs under the jurisdiction of the Swiss Football Association would not be allowed to participate in any FIFA and UEFA competition.[1]

Squad

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Andris Vanins	GK	(1980-04-30) 30 April 1980	Ventspils
18	Kevin Fickentscher	GK	(1988-07-06) 6 July 1988	La Chaux-de-Fonds
30	Steven Deana	GK	(1990-03-04) 4 March 1990	Vaduz
Defenders
4	José Gonçalves	CB	(1985-09-17) 17 September 1985	St. Gallen
5	Michael Dingsdag	CB	(1982-10-18) 18 October 1982	Heerenveen
6	George Ogăraru	CB	(1980-02-03) 3 February 1980	Ajax
20	Vilmos Vanczák	CB	(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983	Újpest
31	Arnaud Bühler	CB	(1985-01-17) 17 January 1985	Sochaux
33	Adaílton	CB	(1983-04-16) 16 April 1983	Santos
Midfielders
3	Gabri García	MF	(1979-02-10) 10 February 1979	Umm Salal
7	Mario Mutsch	MF	(1984-09-03) 3 September 1984	Metz
8	Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos	MF	(1980-10-06) 6 October 1980	Júbilo Iwata
10	Fabrizio Zambrella	MF	(1986-03-01) 1 March 1986	Brescia
12	Billy Ketkeophomphone	MF	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990	Strasbourg
13	Giovanni Sio	MF	(1984-11-07) 7 November 1984	Real Sociedad
14	Pascal Feindouno	MF	(1981-02-21) 21 February 1981	AS Monaco
15	Jonas Elmer	MF	(1988-02-28) 28 February 1988	Aarau
16	Didier Crettenand	MF	(1986-02-24) 24 February 1986	Lausanne-Sport
21	Abdoul Yoda	MF	(1988-10-25) 25 October 1988	Servette
22	Goran Obradović	MF	(1976-03-01) 1 March 1976	Vaduz
26	Serey Die	MF	(1988-07-06) 6 July 1988	ES Sétif
27	Stefan Glarner	MF	(1987-11-21) 21 November 1987	Thun
29	Florian Berisha	MF	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990
32	Anthony Sauthier	MF	(1991-02-05) 5 February 1991
Forwards
11	Christ Mbondi	ST	(1992-02-02) 2 February 1992
17	Guilherme Afonso	ST	(1985-11-15) 15 November 1985	Lugano
19	Dragan Mrđa	FW	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984	Vojvodina

Match results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void

Super League

16 July 2011 1	FC Sion	1–0	FC Zürich	Sion
17:45 CEST	Obradović 74'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Alain Bieri

23 July 2011 2	FC Sion	1–2	BSC Young Boys	Sion
17:45 CEST	Sio 92'	Match report	Schneuwly 34' Degen 84'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

31 July 2011 3	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–3	FC Sion	Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST		Match report	Vanczák 44', 81' Sio 54'	Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 4,603 Referee: Alain Bieri

6 August 2011 4	FC Basel	3–3	FC Sion	Basel
17:45 CEST	Zoua 15' Shaqiri 24' Cabral 92'	Match report	Vanczák 6' Adaílton 19' Sio 79'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 27,702 Referee: Patrick Graf

13 August 2011 5	FC Sion	1–1	FC Luzern	Sion
17:45 CEST	Vanczák 63'	Match report	Winter 5'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

21 August 2011 6	FC Lausanne-Sport	0–2	FC Sion	Lausanne
17:15 CEST		Match report	Feindouno 82', 88'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

28 August 2011 7	FC Sion	0–4	Servette FC	Sion
16:00 CEST		Match report	Routis 9' Vitkieviez 20', 65' Yartey 24'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 15,300 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

11 September 2011 8	FC Thun	0–3	FC Sion	Thun
16:00 CEST		Match report	Sio 13', 45' Mutsch 90'	Stadium: Arena Thun Attendance: 5,822 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

22 September 2011 9	FC Sion	2–0	Grasshopper	Sion
19:45 CEST	Feindouno 11' Mutsch 42'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Patrick Graf

25 September 2011 10	FC Luzern	2–0	FC Sion	Lucerne
16:00 CEST	Yakin 18' (pen.) Renggli 90' (pen.)	Match report		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 16,315 Referee: Sascha Kever

2 October 2011 11	FC Sion	1–0	FC Lausanne-Sport	Sion
16:00 CEST	Obradović 59'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alain Bieri

23 October 2011 12	Servette FC	0–2	FC Sion	Geneva
16:00 CEST		Match report	Vanczák 28' Sio 78'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 10,718 Referee: Stephan Klossner

26 October 2011 13	FC Sion	0–1	FC Basel	Sion
19:45 CEST		Match report	Zoua 28'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Sascha Kever

29 October 2011 14	FC Sion	2–0	FC Thun	Sion
17:45 CEST	Vanczák 55' Mrđa 78'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Stephan Studer

5 November 2011 15	Grasshopper	2–1	FC Sion	Zurich
16:00 CET	Mustafi 10' Feltscher 38'	Match report	Sio 29'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

20 November 2011 16	FC Sion	2–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Sion
16:00 CET	Afonso 12' Yoda 18'	Match report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Patrick Graf

4 December 2011 17	BSC Young Boys	1–1	FC Sion	Bern
16:00 CET	Costanzo 12'	Match report	Wölfli 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf Attendance: 22,756 Referee: Stephan Studer

10 December 2011 18	FC Zürich	1–1	FC Sion	Zurich
17:45 CET	Mehmedi 32'	Match report	Vanczák 65'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Damien Carrel

5 February 2012 19	FC Basel	0 - 0	FC Sion	Basel
16:00 CET	Shaqiri 62'	Summary	Adaílton 41' Dingsdag 57' Basha 67'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 25,762 Referee: Damien Carrel

12 February 2012 20	FC Sion	0-1	BSC Young Boys	Sion
16:00 CET		Summary	Spycher 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Stephan Klossner

18 February 2012 21	Neuchâtel Xamax	-	FC Sion	Neuchâtel
17:46 CET				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

26 February 2012 22	FC Sion	0 - 1	Servette FC	Sion
16:00 CET	Margairaz 23'	Report	Pizzinat 72' Karanović 84'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Ludovic Gremaud

3 March 2012 23	FC Zürich	0 - 1	FC Sion	Zurich
17:45 CET	Pedro Henrique Konzen 53' Koch 71' Barmettler 82' Chermiti 86'	Report	Yoda 16' Adaílton 28' Vanczák 77' Bühler 83'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Stephan Studer

10 March 2012 24	FC Sion	1 - 0	FC Thun	Sion
17:45 CET	Danilo 30' 90+5' Crettenand 89'	Report	Matić 8' Bättig 73' Schirinzi 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

17 March 2012 25	FC Luzern	0 - 0	FC Sion	Lucerne
17:45 CET		Report	Rodrigo 45'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 11,498 Referee: Damien Carrel

25 March 2012 26	FC Sion	1 - 0	FC Lausanne-Sport	Sion
16:00 CEST	Dingsdag 54' Serey Die 60' Danick Yerly 74'	Report	Bah 34'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Patrick Graf

31 March 2012 27	Grasshopper	0 - 2	FC Sion	Zurich
17:45 CEST		Report	Vanczák 45' Bühler 49'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

7 April 2012 28	FC Sion	2 - 1	FC Zürich	Sion
17:45 CEST	Vaņins 45' Bühler 45' Die 58' Vanczák 71'	Report	Chikhaoui 19' 33' (pen.) Glarner 26' Barmettler 40' Buff 88'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Damien Carrel

15 April 2012 29	Servette FC	2 - 2	FC Sion	Geneva
16:00 CEST	Pont 26' Rüfli 45' Routis 77' Yartey 87' (pen.) Daniel Soares 90'	Report	Wüthrich 17' Dingsdag 87' Karanović 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,212 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

22 April 2012 30	Sion	0–3	Basel	Tourbillon, Sion
16:00	Basha 41' Serey Die 63' Danilo 71'		24' Xhaka 49', 83' A. Frei 53' Streller 74' Steinhöfer	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Stephan Studer

29 April 2012 31	FC Thun	1–1	FC Sion	Thun
16:00 CEST	Aislan 69' (o.g.)	Report	Ianu 30'	Stadium: Arena Thun Attendance: 5,703 Referee: Sascha Kever

2 May 2012 32	FC Lausanne-Sport	1 - 0	FC Sion	Lausanne
19:45 CEST	Roux 14' Tall 35' Sanogo 62'	Report	Adaílton 24' Ianu 32'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

6 May 2012 33	FC Sion	3 - 2	Grasshopper	Sion
16:00 CEST	Ianu 15' (pen.) Crettenand 28' Danick Yerly 50' Mutsch 74'	Report	Zuber 7', 22'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Sascha Amhof

12 May 2012 34	FC Sion	v	Neuchâtel Xamax	Sion
17:45 CEST				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

20 May 2012 35	BSC Young Boys	3 - 0	FC Sion	Bern
16:00 CEST	Farnerud 31' Bobadilla 61' Spycher 77' Nef 79' Michael Frey 90'	Report	Obradović 29' 59' Mrđa 25' Rodrigo 54'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf Attendance: 18,411 Referee: Sascha Arnhof

23 May 2012 36	FC Sion	1 - 3	FC Luzern	Sion
19:45 CEST	Danilo 24' Ziburg 34' (o.g.) Wüthrich 71' Basha 79' Fickentscher 81'	Report	Stahel 39' Lustenberger 71' Kukeli 83' (pen.) Nelson Ferreira 90'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Alain Bieri

Table

The 2011–12 Swiss Super League season was the 115th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 16 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.[6]

Basel successfully defended their title. No team was directly relegated after Neuchâtel Xamax were expelled midway through the season over severe financial irregularities.

The league comprised the best eight sides from the 2010–11 season, the 2010–11 Swiss Challenge League champions Lausanne-Sport, and Servette, the winners of the relegation/promotion play-off between the ninth-placed Super League team and the Challenge League runners-up.

Since Switzerland dropped from thirteenth to sixteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[7] the league lost its second spot for the UEFA Champions League. The league champions will now enter the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 tournament, while the runners-up and third-placed sides will enter the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Season events

Teams

FC St. Gallen were relegated after finishing in last place of the table after the 2010–11 season. The club thus completed a two-year tenure in the Super League. St. Gallen were replaced by 2010–11 Challenge League champions FC Lausanne-Sport, who returned to the highest football league of Switzerland after a nine-year absence.

A further spot in the league was contested in a relegation/promotion playoff between ninth-placed AC Bellinzona and Challenge League runners-up Servette FC from Geneva. Both teams played a two-legged series, which was won by Servette, 3–2 on aggregate. The Geneva side thus returned to the Super League after six years, while Bellinzona were relegated to the Challenge League after three years in the highest Swiss football league.

Stadia and locations

Neuchâtel

Location of teams in the 2011–12 Swiss Super League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Basel	Basel	St. Jakob-Park	38,512
Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zurich	Letzigrund	23,605
FC Lausanne-Sport	Lausanne	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise	15,850
FC Luzern	Lucerne	Swissporarena	17,500
Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel	Stade de la Maladière	12,000
Servette FC	Geneva	Stade de Genève	30,084
FC Sion	Sion	Stade Tourbillon	16,500
FC Thun	Thun	Arena Thun	10,000
Young Boys	Bern	Wankdorf	31,783
FC Zürich	Zürich	Letzigrund	23,605

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	34	22	8	4	78	32	+46	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Luzern	34	14	12	8	46	32	+14	54	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Young Boys	34	13	12	9	52	38	+14	51	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Servette	34	14	6	14	45	53	−8	48
5	Thun	34	11	10	13	38	41	−3	43
6	Zürich	34	11	8	15	43	44	−1	41
7	Lausanne-Sport	34	8	6	20	29	61	−32	30
8	Grasshopper	34	7	5	22	32	66	−34	26
9	Sion (O)	34	15	8	11	40	35	+5	17[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Neuchâtel Xamax (D)	18	7	5	6	22	22	0	26[lower-alpha 3]	Demotion to the 2. Liga interregional

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.
Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.[8]
Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.[9] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.[10]

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed Super League team played a two-legged play-off against the 2011–12 Challenge League runners-up for a spot in the 2012–13 season.

26 May 2012

15:00 CEST

Sion	2–0	Aarau
Winter 58', 81'	Report

Stade Tourbillon, Sion

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Stephan Studer

28 May 2012

17:00 CEST

Aarau	1–0	Sion
Gashi 55'	Report

Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau

Attendance: 8,800

Referee: Patrick Graf

Sion won 2–1 on aggregate.

Results

All ten clubs played twice against each other during the first half of the season, once at home and once away, for a total of 18 matches. As Neuchâtel Xamax had their license revoked during the winter break, the club's second-half matches were entirely cancelled. The second half of the season thus was competed by only nine clubs, which played another double round-robin schedule; each of these nine clubs hence had played 34 matches at the end of the season.[10]

First half of season

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUZ	NX	SER	SIO	THU	YB	ZÜR
Basel		4–1	6–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–2
Grasshopper	2–2		2–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	0–3	3–0
Lausanne-Sport	2–3	2–1		0–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	2–1
Luzern	3–1	2–1	2–0		1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
Neuchâtel Xamax	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–3		0–0	0–3	4–0	0–0	3–1
Servette	0–4	3–4	4–2	0–2	2–1		0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1
Sion	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–4		2–0	1–2	1–0
Thun	1–1	3–0	5–2	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–3		1–1	0–2
Young Boys	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		2–3
Zürich	0–1	6–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–2

Source: Swiss Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	BAS	GCZ	LS	LUZ	SER	SIO	THU	YB	ZÜR
Basel		6–3	3–1	3–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0
Grasshopper	0–2		0–0	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1
Lausanne-Sport	0–2	2–1		0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Luzern	1–1	1–0	3–2		3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Servette	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1		5–2	0–2	2–1	1–1
Sion	4–3	3–2	4–2	3–0	5–1		5–0	6–2	4–0
Thun	2–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–4		2–2	2–4
Young Boys	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–5	4–0		1–0
Zürich	1–5	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2

Source: Swiss Football League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[11]
1	Alexander Frei	Basel	24
2	Marco Streller	Basel	13
3	Emmanuel Mayuka	Young Boys	9
	Vilmos Vanczák	Sion	9
	Xherdan Shaqiri	Basel	9
	Matías Vitkieviez	Servette / YB	9
7	Goran Karanović	Servette	8
	Matt Moussilou	Lausanne-Sport	8
	Christian Schneuwly	Thun	8
	Ishmael Yartey	Servette	8
	Steven Zuber	Grasshopper	8

_{Updated 23 May 2012}
_{Source Swiss Football League}

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References

"FC Sion 36-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
"Celtic 0 - 0 FC Sion". BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
"FC Sion 3 - 1 Celtic (agg 3 - 1)". BBC. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
"Celtic protests over Sion matches accepted". UEFA. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
"Europa League: Sion scheitert mit Klage". Die Welt (in German). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
"Datenplan 2011/12" (PDF). Swiss Football League. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
"UEFA Country Ranking 2011". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
"FC Sion 15-point penalty ends Man Utd hopes of European reprieve". BBC News. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
"Disziplinarkommission entzieht NE Xamax die Lizenz". Official website (in German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
"Resultate / Ranglisten - Axpo Super League". Official website (in German). Swiss Football League. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
Swiss Football League goalscorers list

External links

Official website (in German)

Relegation play-off

26 May 2012	Sion	3 – 0	Aarau	Sion
15:00 CEST	Mrđa 58', 81' Margairaz 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade Tourbillon, Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Stephan Studer

28 May 2012	Aarau	1 – 0	Sion	Aarau
17:00 CEST	Gashi 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld,

Sion won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

Swiss Cup

18 September 2011 Round 1	FC Colombier	0–5	FC Sion	Colombier
14:30 CEST			Mrđa 16' (pen.) Crettenand 24' Vanczák 27' Bühler 35' Afonso 90'	Stadium: Stade des Chézards Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Damien Carrel

15 October 2011 Round 2	FC Sion	2–1	FC Stade Nyonnais	Sion
17:30 CEST	Feindouno 69' Dingsdag 75'		Besseyre 37'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Patrick Graf

27 November 2011 Round of 16	FC Tuggen	1–2	FC Sion	Tuggen
15:00 CET	Senn 69'		Yoda 22' Elmer 81'	Stadium: Linthstrasse Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Stephan Klossner

21 March 2012 Quarter-final	FC Biel-Bienne	1 - 3	FC Sion	Biel/Bienne
20:15 CET	Doudin 21' 65' 90+3' Rafael Schweizer 34' Pietro Di Nardo 87' Sallaj 90+2'	Report	Yoda 9' Wüthrich 54' Obradović 68' Adaílton 68' Vanczák 82' Danilo 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gurzelen Stadion Attendance: 3,938 Referee: Adrien Jacottet

11 April 2012 Semi Final	FC Sion	0 - 1	FC Luzern	Sion
20:15 CET	Adaílton 9' Sauthier 19' Bühler 58'	Report	Winter 7' Ohayon 12' Bühler 58'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Stephan Studer

UEFA Europa League

18 August 2011 Play-off (1st leg)	Celtic F.C.	0–0¹	FC Sion	Glasgow
21:05 CEST		Match Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 51,525 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

25 August 2011 Play-off (2nd leg)	FC Sion	3–1¹ (3–1 agg.)	Celtic F.C.	Sion
20:30 CEST	Feindouno 3' (pen.), 63' Sio 22'	Match Report	Mulgrew 78'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

18 August 2011 Play-off (1st leg)	Celtic F.C.	3–0¹	FC Sion	Glasgow
21:05 CEST		Match report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 10,145 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

25 August 2011 Play-off (2nd leg)	FC Sion	0–3¹ (0–6 agg.)	Celtic F.C.	Sion
20:30 CEST	Feindouno 3' (pen.), 63' Sio 22'	Match report	Mulgrew 78'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

1.^ FC Sion originally drew 0–0 in the first leg and won 3–1 in the second leg. UEFA overturned the result of both matches. Both matches were awarded 3–0 in favour of Celtic F.C..

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 July 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		Playoff		Swiss Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andris Vanins	38	0	32+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Aislan	6	0	4+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF		José Gonçalves	7	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Michael Dingsdag	39	1	31+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF		George Ogăraru	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Mario Mutsch	21	2	10+6	2	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos	35	0	17+11	0	1+0	0	4+0	0	0+2	0
9	FW		Danilo	16	2	13+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
11	FW		Christ Mbondi	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW		Danick Yerly	7	2	2+4	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Sébastien Wüthrich	16	1	9+5	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF		Vullnet Basha	13	0	6+6	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Jonas Elmer	5	1	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	1	0+0	0
16	MF		Didier Crettenand	31	2	17+6	1	2+0	0	2+3	1	0+1	0
18	GK		Kevin Fickentscher	5	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Dragan Mrđa	12	4	8+1	1	0+2	2	1+0	1	0+0	0
20	DF		Vilmos Vanczák	40	12	32+0	10	2+0	0	4+0	2	2+0	0
21	MF		Abdoul Yoda	24	4	10+8	2	1+0	0	3+2	2	0+0	0
22	MF		Goran Obradović	32	2	22+4	2	1+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF		Xavier Margairaz	17	1	12+3	0	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Evan Melo	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Serey Die	38	1	28+2	1	2+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
27	FW		Geoffrey Tréand	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
28	FW		Cristian Ianu	12	1	6+4	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF		Florian Berisha	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK		Steven Deana	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF		Arnaud Bühler	38	2	29+0	1	2+0	0	5+0	1	2+0	0
32	MF		Anthony Sauthier	14	0	6+5	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Adaílton	34	1	26+1	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Branislav Mićić	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Joaquim Adão	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
9	FW		Aleksandar Prijović	7	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Fabrizio Zambrella	12	0	7+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Sion no longer at the club:
3	MF		Gabri García	7	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Billy Ketkeophomphone	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF		Giovanni Sio	22	8	18+0	7	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
14	MF		Pascal Feindouno	12	6	8+1	3	0+0	0	0+1	1	2+0	2
17	FW		Guilherme Afonso	16	2	4+7	1	0+0	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
27	MF		Stefan Glarner	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Top Scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Super League	Play Off	Swiss Cup	Europa League	Total
1	DF	20	Vilmos Vanczák	10	0	2	0	12
2	MF	13	Giovanni Sio	7	0	0	1	8
3	MF	14	Pascal Feindouno	3	0	1	2	6
4	MF	21	Abdoul Yoda	2	0	2	0	4
4	FW	19	Dragan Mrđa	1	2	1	0	4
6			Own Goal	3	0	0	0	3
7	FW	12	Danick Yerly	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	28	Cristian Ianu	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	22	Goran Obradović	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	7	Mario Mutsch	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	31	Arnaud Bühler	1	0	1	0	2
	FW	9	Danilo	1	0	1	0	2
	MF	16	Didier Crettenand	1	0	1	0	2
14	DF	33	Adaílton	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	17	Guilherme Afonso	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	26	Serey Die	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	13	Sébastien Wüthrich	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	23	Xavier Margairaz	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	15	Jonas Elmer	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	5	Michael Dingsdag	0	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	40	3	12	3	58

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Super League		Play Off		Swiss Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Andris Vanins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Michael Dingsdag	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
7		MF	Mario Mutsch	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
9		FW	Danilo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Fabrizio Zambrella	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13		MF	Giovanni Sio	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
13		MF	Sébastien Wüthrich	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Vullnet Basha	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		MF	Jonas Elmer	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Didier Crettenand	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Guilherme Afonso	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		GK	Kevin Fickentscher	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
19		FW	Dragan Mrđa	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Vilmos Vanczák	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
21		MF	Abdoul Yoda	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22		MF	Goran Obradović	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
23		MF	Xavier Margairaz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		MF	Serey Die	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
28		MF	Cristian Ianu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		DF	Arnaud Bühler	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
32		MF	Anthony Sauthier	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
33		DF	Adaílton	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	14	1
		MF	Joaquim Adão	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	83	3	5	0	9	0	5	0	102	3

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[table_note_res_ELPR0.30825152681593-8] Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.

[table_hth_SIO0.30825152681593-10] Sion were deducted 36 points for fielding ineligible players.[8]

[table_hth_NX0.30825152681593-13] Neuchâtel Xamax's license was revoked with immediate effect and they were expelled from the Swiss Football League on 18 January 2012 after not providing necessary financial documents and guarantees.[9] The first-half results of the club will be kept while any matches in spring involving Xamax were cancelled.[10]

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '11 '12 Finland '11 '12 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '11 '12 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '11 '12 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '11 '12 France Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Scotland Turkey Wales
Supercups	Albania Belarus Belgium Bulgaria England France Georgia Germany Italy Kazakhstan Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden ~~Turkey~~ Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup