2022–23 Servette FC season

Servette FC
2022–23 season
Owner	1890 Foundation
Chairman	Didier Fischer
Manager	Alain Geiger
Stadium	Stade de Genève
Swiss Super League	2nd
Swiss Cup	Semi-finals

The 2022–23 Servette FC season was the club's 133rd season in existence and the fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Servette participated in this season's edition of the Swiss Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Steven Deana
2	DF	FRA	Moussa Diallo
3	DF	FRA	Gaël Clichy
4	DF	SUI	Steve Rouiller
5	MF	BOL	Boris Céspedes
7	FW	GER	Patrick Pflücke
8	MF	FRA	Timothé Cognat
9	MF	BIH	Miroslav Stevanović
10	MF	SUI	Alexis Antunes
11	MF	FRA	Boubacar Fofana
15	MF	FRA	Theo Valls
17	MF	ANG	Dereck Kutesa
19	DF	FRA	Yoan Severin
20	DF	SUI	Théo Magnin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SUI	Baba Souare
22	DF	SUI	Valton Behrami
23	FW	FRA	Ronny Rodelin
24	DF	SUI	Malik Sawadogo
25	MF	SUI	Sidiki Camara
26	DF	AUT	Moritz Bauer
27	FW	FRA	Enzo Crivelli
28	MF	FRA	David Douline
29	FW	CIV	Chris Bedia
30	MF	SEN	Samba Diba
32	GK	SUI	Jérémy Frick
33	DF	SUI	Nicolas Vouilloz
34	DF	FRA	Anthony Baron
40	GK	SUI	Edin Omeragic
43	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SUI	Dimitri Oberlin (at Thun)
—	DF	SUI	Mathis Magnin (at Étoile Carouge)
—	DF	SUI	Lucas Monteiro (at Nyonnais)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Anthony Sauthier (at Yverdon-Sport)
—	FW	SUI	Matteo Regillo (at Étoile Carouge)
—	FW	SUI	Alexandre Dias Particio (at Hellas Verona)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
43	DF	Kevin Mbabu	Fulham F.C.	Loan	13 February 2023

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
41	FW	Alexandre Dias Patricio	Hellas Verona	Loan	31 January 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly	Sion	1–2	Servette	Lens
16:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Christ-Roi

29 June 2022 Friendly	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	1–2	Servette	Lausanne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Juan-Antonio Samaranch

2 July 2022 Friendly	Servette	5–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Payerne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal

5 July 2022 Friendly	Servette	0–1	Annecy	Nyon
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray

8 July 2022 Friendly	Servette	0–2	West Ham United	Lancy
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève

14 December 2022 Friendly	Servette	0–3	Spezia	Oliva, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 2

17 December 2022 Friendly	Servette	1–0	Utrecht	Dehesa de Campoamor, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Real Club de Golf Campoamor Campo 1

21 December 2022 Friendly	Servette	4–2	Annecy	Divonne-les-Bains, France
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Fontenette

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 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	038.89
Swiss Cup	19 August 2022	5 April 2023	Round 1	5	4	0	1	11	3	+8	080.00
Total				41	18	16	7	64	51	+13	043.90

Last updated: 19 February 2023
Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Young Boys (C)	36	21	11	4	82	30	+52	74	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Servette	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	12	9	59	47	+12	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Luzern	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Basel	36	11	14	11	51	50	+1	47

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.^[1]
(C) Champions

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
21	8	9	4	27	27	0	33	5	5	0	15	9	+6	3	4	4	12	18	−6

Last updated: 19 February 2023.
Source:

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	D
Position	3	3	5	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2023. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

First half of season

17 July 2022 1	Servette	1–0	St. Gallen	Lancy
16:30 CET	Rodelin 5' Antunes 46'	Report	Maglica 15' Schubert 58'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 4,872 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

24 July 2022 2	Basel	1–1	Servette	Basel
14:15 CET	Ndoye 45+1' 90+1' Frei 47' Nuhu 84'	Report	Vouilloz 28' Clichy 32' Bedia 35' Douline 75' Valls 87' Severin 90+1'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 18,670 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

30 July 2022 3	Sion	0–0	Servette	Sion
20:30 CET	Lavanchy 31' Batata 36' Saintini 86' Lindner 90+3'	Report	Rouiller 77' Oberlin 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

6 August 2022 4	Servette	1–0	Winterthur	Lancy
18:00 CET	Cognat 8' Pflücke 81' (pen.) Frick 86'	Report	Buess 11' Rodríguez 38' Gelmi 75' Lekaj 80' Ramizi 82' Kamberi 85'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 4,624 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

14 August 2022 5	Young Boys	3–0	Servette	Bern
16:30 CET	Zesiger 6' Rieder 29' Ngamaleu 48' Elia 60' Blum 63' Itten 78'	Report	Rouiller 10'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 26,212 Referee: Fedayi San

27 August 2022 6	Servette	3–1	Grasshopper	Lancy
20:30 CET	Bauer 42' Antunes 44' Douline 65' Stevanović 79' Valls 90+5' Fofana 90+6'	Report	Loosli 16' 84' Severin 20' (o.g.) Bolla 74'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 6,450 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

4 September 2022 7	Luzern	0–2	Servette	Lucerne
14:15 CET	Simani 90+6'	Report	Cognat 29' Douline 41' Rodelin 52' Pflücke 81' Clichy 85' Crivelli 90+1'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 11,946 Referee: Urs Schnyder

11 September 2022 8	Servette	3–2	Zürich	Lancy
14:15 CET	Cognat 2' Bauer 43' Crivelli 75' Douline 87' 90+5'	Report	Okita 21' 50' 55' 72' Boranijašević 57' Aliti 64'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 10,168 Referee: Fedayi San

2 October 2022 9	Lugano	1–0	Servette	Lugano
16:30 CET	Sabbatini 35' Daprelà 46' Doumbia 70'	Report	Valls 23' Vouilloz 76' Diallo 86'	Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Alain Bieri

9 October 2022 10	Servette	1–1	Luzern	Lancy
14:15 CET	Douline 28' Kutesa 30' Cognat 62'	Report	Frýdek 22' Beloko 58' Meyer 59'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,457 Referee: Fedayi San

16 October 2022 11	Servette	0–0	Basel	Lancy
16:30 CET	Douline 80'	Report	Calafiori 9' Augustin 10' Arnau Comas 19'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 10,842 Referee: Urs Schnyder

20 October 2022 12	Grasshopper	2–3	Servette	Zürich
20:30 CET	Kawabe 67' 72'	Report	Fofana 56' 60' (pen.) Pflücke 77' Diallo 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 3,086 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

23 October 2022 13	St. Gallen	1–1	Servette	St. Gallen
16:30 CET	Vallci 45' Pflücke 53' (o.g.)	Report	Kutsea 41' Cognat 64' Céspedes 77' Douline 90+1' Clichy 90+3'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 16,679 Referee: Fedayi San

29 October 2022 14	Servette	2–2	Lugano	Lancy
20:30 CET	Rouiller 3' 44' Stevanović 26' Diogo Monteiro 68'	Report	Hajdari 23' Celar 41' Valenzuela 51' 87' Sabbatini 61' Doumbia 82'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

6 November 2022 15	Servette	0–0	Young Boys	Lancy
14:15 CET	Rodelin 81'	Report	Itten 18' Zesiger 66' Rieder 88'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 16,214 Referee: Urs Schnyder

13 November 2022 16	Zürich	4–1	Servette	Zürich
14:15 CET	Tosin 31' 62' 86' Katić 50'	Report	Stevanović 38' 88'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 12,776 Referee: Mirel Turkes

29 January 2023 18	Servette	2–2	Sion	Lancy
16:30 CET	Bedia 17' 33' Kutsea 70' Diallo 75'	Report	Cavaré 26' Grgić 30' Cyprien 41' 41' Sio 50' Balotelli 84' Douline 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 14,592 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Second half of season

4 February 2023 Round 19	St. Gallen	3–0	Servette	St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Görtler 8' Guillemenot 39' (pen.) 45+4' Geubbels 76' 89'	Report	Céspedes 26' 64' Kutsea 45+3' Théo Magnin 60'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 14,806 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

11 February 2023 Round 20	Servette	2–1	Grasshopper	Lancy
18:00 CET	Bedia 30' 40' 59' Diallo 45' Cognat 90+1'	Report	Tomás Ribeiro 18' Dadashov 57' (pen.) Guilherme Schettine 71' Ndenge 77'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 5,014 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

15 February 2023 Round 17	Winterthur	1–2	Servette	Winterthur
18:45 CET	Ardaiz 53' Gantenbein 72'	Report	Antunes 52' Stevanović 63' Valls 77'	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

19 February 2023 Round 21	Basel	2–2	Servette	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Amdouni 51' Zeqiri 61' Frei 88' 90+7' Kasim Adams 90+5'	SFL summary FCB report	Antunes 20' Rouiller 53' Mbabu 59' Cognat 71' Bedia 90+6' (pen.)	Attendance: 19,443 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

26 February 2023 Round 22	Servette	1–1	Winterthur	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30	Severin 42' Crivelli 69'	SFL summary	44' Schmid 52' Ardaiz 77' Ramizi 81' Arnold	Attendance: 6,123 Referee: Esther Staubli

5 March 2023 Round 23	Zürich	1–1	Servette	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30	Aliti 66' Junior Ligue 78' Mathew 83'	SFL summary	11' Kutesa 73' Crivelli 85' Cognat 88' Rouiller	Attendance: 13,780 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

12 March 2023 Round 24	Servette	0–3 Forfait	Luzern	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30	Céspedes 46' Mbabu 50' 77' Crivelli 88'	SFL summary	51' (pen.) Meyer 70' 90+5' Dräger 88' Beka	Attendance: 6,803 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
Note: The Disciplinary Committee of the Swiss Football League converted Servette FC's 1-0 defeat into a 3-0 defeat by forfait. Servette fielded a player from the 75th minute Hussayn Touati who was not listed on the official match sheet and was therefore not eligible to play according to Article 34 Paragraph 4 of the SFV competition regulations.

19 March 2023 Round 25	Lugano	1–1	Servette	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Hajrizi 9' Macek 60' Arigoni 71' Celar 90'	SFL summary	21' Antunes 45+1' Céspedes 58' Bedia 74' Valls	Attendance: 2,814 Referee: Mirel Turkes

1 April 2023 Round 26	Servette	2–1	Young Boys	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00	Antunes 34' Céspedes 56' Bedia 69' Pflücke 84'	SFL summary	13' Rieder 25' Nsame 53' Nsame 67' Amenda 82' Blum	Attendance: 9,189 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: (VAR) Urs Schnyder

8 April 2023 Round 27	Sion	2–2	Servette	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30	Grgić 34' Itaitinga 36' Lavanchy 44' Itaitinga 56' Grgić 90+3'	SFL summary	23' Crivelli 33' Vouilloz 46' Cognat 69' Stevanović 83' Stevanović	Attendance: 11,850 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Sandro Schärer

15 April 2023 Round 28	Servette	0–0	Lugano	Stade de Genève, Geneva
18:00		SFL summary	42' Hajrizi 90+2' Macek	Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Stefan Horisberger

22 April 2023 Round 29	Young Boys	6–1	Servette	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30	Imeri 11' Itten 13' Fassnacht 16' Niasse 26' Rieder 29' Itten 44' Itten 57' Frick 80' (o.g.)	SFL summary	62' Pflücke 82' Pflücke	Attendance: 27,883 Referee: Sandro Schärer Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich

26 April 2023 Round 30	Servette	4–0	Zürich	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30	Bedia 1' Pflücke 38' Bedia 54' Touati 85'	SFL summary	43' Aliti 57' Šimić 66' Selnæs	Attendance: 4,818 Referee: Alessandro Dudic Assistant referees: (VAR) Stephan Klossner

29 April 2023 Round 31	Servette	1–1	St. Gallen	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30	Mbabu 26' Bedia 42' Clichy 58' Diba 90+1'	SFL summary	23' Witzig 28' Witzig 88' Görtler	Attendance: 7,072 Referee: Sandro Schärer Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich

7 May 2023 (2023-05-07) Round 32	Grasshopper	2–3	Servette	Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Shabani 7' Dadashov 39' Morandi 67' Demhasaj 90+5'	SFL summary	40' Severin 51', 82' Stevanovic	Attendance: 4,840 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam Assistant referees: (VAR) Lukas Fähndrich

13 May 2023 Round 33	Servette	5–0	Sion	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30	Pflücke 5' Kutesa 8' Clichy 9' Stevanović 70' Crivelli 85' (pen.)	SFL summary	29' Karlen 33' Costa	Attendance: 14,188 Referee: Urs Schnyder Assistant referees: (VAR) Alessandro Dudic

20 May 2023 Round 34	Winterthur	v	Servette	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
18:00				Assistant referees: (VAR)

25 May 2023 Round 35	Servette	3–3	Basel	Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30	Stevanović 23' Bedia 41' Pflücke 45+1' Touati 73' Stevanović 81' Crivelli 86' Touati 90'	SFL summary FCB report	43' Amdouni 61' Augustin 69' Burger 88' Amdouni	Attendance: 12,353 Referee: Esther Staubli Assistant referees: (VAR) Sven Wolfensberger

Swiss Cup

19 August 2022 Round 1	Stade Nyonnais	1–4	Servette	Nyon
19:30 CET	Christian Gomis 87'	Report	Antunes 21' Rodelin 25' Stevanović 54' Pflücke 74'	Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Alain Bieri

17 September 2022 Round 2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	0–2	Servette	La Chaux-de-Fonds
18:00 CET	Fabio Lo Vacco 33' Charles Noundou 37' Numa Doutaz 49'	Report	Rouiller 49' Fofana 52' Crivelli 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Charrière Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Mirel Turkes

9 November 2022 Round 3	Wohlen	2–5 (a.e.t.)	Servette	Wohlen
20:15 CET	Alessandro Vogt 12' Anton Sytnykov 67' Antoliy Kozlenko 96' Justin Pfister 109'	Report	Diogo Monteiro 27' Vouilloz 69' Fofana 76' 93' Céspedes 92' Kutesa 101' (pen.) Pflücke 104' Alexandre Dias Patricio 117'	Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten Referee: Alain Bieri

2 March 2023 Quarter-finals	FC Rotkreuz	0–3	Servette	Risch-Rotkreuz
20:15 CET			33' Crivelli 39' Stevanovic 75' Pflücke	Stadium: Sportpark/Dorfmatt

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) Semi-finals	Servette	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	FC Lugano	Geneva
20:15 CEST (UTC+1)	Kutesa 22' Crivelli 90+7'	Report	31', 40' Aliseda	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Fedayi San
	Penalties
	Stevanovic Pflücke Crivelli Mbabu		Celar Bottani Amoura Macek Sabbatini

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[1] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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