2021–22 FC St. Gallen season

FC St. Gallen
2021–22 season
ChairmanMatthias Hüppi
ManagerPeter Zeidler
StadiumKybunpark
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Kwadwo Duah (15)
All: Kwadwo Duah (18)

The 2021–22 season was FC St. Gallen's 143rd season in existence and the club's tenth 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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022[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 Fabian Schubert
8 MF Spain ESP Jordi Quintillà
9 FW Switzerland SUI Jérémy Guillemenot
10 MF Spain ESP Víctor Ruiz
11 MF Switzerland SUI Kwadwo Duah
13 MF Germany GER Leonhard Münst (on loan from Stuttgart II)
14 DF Croatia CRO Matej Maglica (on loan from Stuttgart II)
15 DF Portugal POR Euclides Cabral
16 MF Germany GER Lukas Görtler
18 GK Germany GER Lukas Watkowiak
19 FW Switzerland SUI Julian Von Moos
23 DF Kosovo KOS Betim Fazliji
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Philippines PHI Michael Kempter
27 GK Switzerland SUI Armin Abaz
28 FW Switzerland SUI Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus)
29 MF Switzerland SUI Alessandro Kräuchi
30 MF Switzerland SUI Patrick Sutter
31 FW Switzerland SUI Alessio Besio
32 MF Switzerland SUI David Jacovic
33 MF Switzerland SUI Isaac Schmidt
34 FW Switzerland SUI Boris Babic
37 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Witzig
44 FW Switzerland SUI Logan Clément
45 MF Switzerland SUI Alexandre Jankewitz (on loan from Young Boys)
50 DF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Lüchinger
55 MF Burkina Faso BFA Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas)
72 MF Switzerland SUI Bastien Toma (on loan from Genk)

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
MF Switzerland SUI Miro Muheim (at Hamburger SV until 30 June 2022)
MF Switzerland SUI Tim Staubli (at Vaduz until 30 June 2022)
FW Switzerland SUI Angelo Campos (at SC Brühl until 31 December 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Switzerland SUI Lorenzo González (at Ústí nad Labem until 30 June 2022)
FW Switzerland SUI Florian Kamberi (at Sheffield Wednesday until 30 June 2022)
FW France FRA Élie Youan (at Mechelen until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 July 2021 Friendly VfB Stuttgart Germany 3–0 Switzerland St. Gallen Stuttgart, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Al Ghaddioui 47', 49', 51'
Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion
Attendance: 1,300
17 July 2021 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 2–1 Spain Athletic Bilbao St. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 6,261
Referee: David Huwiler
13 January 2022 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 5–5 Switzerland Winterthur St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Gründenmoos Kunststoffrasenplatz
15 January 2022 Friendly Rheindorf Altach Austria 1–4 Switzerland St. Gallen Altach, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz
19 January 2022 Friendly Wil Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland St. Gallen Wil, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Bergholz
23 January 2022 Friendly Schaffhausen Switzerland 1–3 Switzerland St. Gallen Schaffhausen, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Wefox Arena
24 March 2022 Friendly St. Gallen Switzerland 9–0 Austria FC Dornbirn St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 24 July 2021 21 May 2022 Matchday 1 29 11 8 10 53 51 +2 037.93
Swiss Cup 14 August 2021 Round 1 4 4 0 0 16 4 +12 100.00
Total 33 15 8 10 69 55 +14 045.45

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Young Boys 36 16 12 8 80 50 +30 60 Qualification for Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Lugano 36 16 6 14 50 54 −4 54 Qualification for Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 8 14 68 63 +5 50
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 −16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 −21 41
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]
Notes:
  1. ^ Lugano qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as the 2021–22 Swiss Cup 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
29 11 8 10 53 51  +2 41 5 7 3 28 25  +3 6 1 7 25 26  −1

Last updated: 10 April 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDLDDLLLLWLWWLLLDLWDWWWDDWWWD
Position
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[3]

First half of season
24 July 2021 Round 1 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 St. Gallen Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 4,632
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
1 August 2021 Round 2 St. Gallen 2–2 Luzern Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 Ruiz 1'
Babic 13'
SFL summary 82' Ugrinic
90+6' Tasar
Attendance: 12,548
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
8 August 2021 Round 3 Lugano 2–1 St. Gallen Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 2,692
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
21 August 2021 Round 4 St. Gallen 1–1 Sion Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 11,927
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
28 August 2021 Round 5 St. Gallen 3–3 Zürich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
12 September 2021 Round 6 Servette 5–1 St. Gallen Geneva
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) SFL summary Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 7,065
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
22 September 2021 Round 7 St. Gallen 0–2 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 Fazliji Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 81'
Görtler Yellow card 25'
SFL summary 16', 86' Cabral
Yellow card 34' Millar
Yellow card 58' Ndoye
Yellow card 77' Xhaka
Attendance: 14,321
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
25 September 2021 Round 8 Young Boys 2–1 St. Gallen Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Pefok 3'
Mambimbi 47'
SFL summary Duah 61' Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 25,166
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
2 October 2021 Round 9 Grasshopper Club 5–2 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Sène 9', 49'
Kawabe Yellow card 14'
Léo 22'
Pusic Yellow card 58'
Bolla 70'
Diani 84'
SFL summary Yellow card 28' 46' Lüchinger
54' (pen.) Duah
Yellow card 55' Guillemenot
Attendance: 5,789
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
17 October 2021 Round 10 St. Gallen 2–1 Servette Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 SFL summary Attendance: 13,945
Referee: Switzerland Luca Piccolo
24 October 2021 Round 11 Luzern 2–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) SFL summary Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 10,769
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
30 October 2021 Round 12 St. Gallen 3–1 Young Boys St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Youan 4'
Görtler Yellow card 37'
Faivre 47' (o.g.)
Diakité 75'
Besio Yellow card 87'
Report 82' (o.g.) Stillhart
Yellow card 90+5' Elia
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,901
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
7 November 2021 Round 13 Basel 0–1 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Millar Yellow card 46'
Burger Yellow card 70'
Ndoye Yellow card 76'
SFL summary
FCB report
Yellow card 24' Nuhu
Yellow card 82' Zigi
87' Youan
Attendance: 23,599
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
21 November 2021 Round 14 St. Gallen 0–1 Lausanne-Sport Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 SFL summary 12' (o.g.) Nuhu Attendance: 15,965
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
27 November 2021 Round 15 Sion 3–1 St. Gallen Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
5 December 2021 Round 16 St. Gallen 0–4 Grasshopper Club Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Stillhart Red card 18'
Guillemenot Yellow card 81'
SFL summary 32', 43', 58' Sène
Yellow card 82' Margreitter
83' Kawabe
Attendance: 14,335
Referee: Switzerland Alessandro Dudic
11 December 2021 Round 17 St. Gallen 1–1 Lugano Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 SFL summary Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
18 December 2021 Round 18 Zürich 3–1 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 11,571
Referee: Switzerland Alessandro Dudic
Second half of season
30 January 2022 Round 19 Lausanne-Sport 1–5 St. Gallen Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
14:15 SFL summary Attendance: 3,740
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
6 February 2022 Round 20 St. Gallen 3–3 Young Boys Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 CET (UTC+1) SFL summary Attendance: 16,305
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
12 February 2022 Round 21 St. Gallen 5–1 Servette Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Ruiz 4'
Guillemenot 10'
Guillemenot 29'
Schubert 63'
Schubert 77'
Lungoyi Yellow card 83'
SFL summary 2' Schalk
Yellow card 66' Clichy
Yellow card 69' Cognat
Attendance: 12,960
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
19 February 2022 Round 22 Lugano 0–2 St. Gallen Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
27 February 2022 Round 23 St. Gallen 2–0 Grasshopper Club Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 Von Moos 7'
Guillemenot Yellow card 58'
Duah 66'
Toma Yellow card 87'
SFL summary Yellow card 20' Abrashi
Yellow card 63' Jordão
Yellow card 90+1' Bolla
Attendance: 18,861
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
3 March 2022 Round 24 Basel 2–2 St. Gallen St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Xhaka Yellow card 36'
Frei Yellow card 41'
Chalov 56'
Chalov 83'
SFL summary
FCB report
20' Guillemenot
22' Duah
Yellow card 32' Euclides Cabral
Yellow card 36' Guillemenot
Yellow card 45' Ruiz
Yellow card 90+4' Besio
Yellow card 90+4' Jankewitz
Attendance: 19,572
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
6 March 2022 Round 25 St. Gallen 1–1 Sion Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Schubert 45+2' SFL summary 53' Stojilković Attendance: 15,605
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
12 March 2022 Round 26 Zürich 0–3 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 SFL summary Attendance: 17,288
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger
19 March 2022 Round 27 St. Gallen 3–2 Luzern St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Schmidt 12'
Görtler 21'
Duah 37'
SFL summary 6' Čumić
9' Burch
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,848
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
2 April 2022 Round 28 Sion 0–3 St. Gallen Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30 SFL summary 26' Ruiz
30' Guillemenot
59' Von Moos
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
10 April 2022 Round 29 St. Gallen 2–2 Basel Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Duah 20'
Maglica Yellow card 49'
Cabral Yellow card 60'
Guillemenot 65'
Ruiz Yellow card 76'
SFL summary 26' (o.g.) Stergiou
Yellow card 60' Xhaka
Yellow card 61' Stocker
67' Burger
Yellow card 70' Lang
Attendance: 18,861
Referee: Switzerland Urs Schnyder
19 March 2022 Round 30 Luzern 3–2 St. Gallen Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00 Schulz 75'
Dejan Sorgić 84'
Ndiaye 90+1'
SFL summary 13' Ruiz
83' Fazliji
Attendance: 13,491
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
24 April 2022 Matchday 31 St. Gallen 3–0 Lugano Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15 Görtler 19'
Von Moos 32'
Schubert 35 '
SFL summary Attendance: 17,048
Referee: Switzerland Luca Cibelli
30 April 2022 Matchday 32 Servette 0–2 St. Gallen Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 SFL summary 68' Fazliji
88' Lungoyi
Attendance: 5,394
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
7 May 2022 Matchday 33 St. Gallen 1–2 Zürich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 CET Report
Attendance: 18,861
Referee: Switzerland Lukas Fähndrich
10 May 2022 Matchday 34 Young Boys 4–1 St. Gallen Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 23,152
Referee: Switzerland Sven Wolfensberger
19 May 2022 Matchday 35 Grasshopper 3–2 St. Gallen Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 5,234
Referee: Switzerland Luca Piccolo
22 May 2022 Matchday 36 St. Gallen 4–0 Lausanne-Sport Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 17,121
Referee: Switzerland Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

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.
  3. ^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.