2022–23 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS season

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Neuchâtel Xamax FCS
2022–23 season
ChairmanChristian Binggeli
ManagerAndrea Binotto
(until 28 August)
Jeff Saibene
(from 29 August)
StadiumStade de la Maladière
Swiss Challenge League10th
Swiss CupRound 2
← 2021–22
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 25 November 2022.

The 2022–23 season is the 111th season in the history of Neuchâtel Xamax FCS and their third consecutive season in the second division of Swiss football. The club are participating in Swiss Challenge League and the Swiss Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

As of 11 August 2022[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
1 GK France FRA Théo Guivarch
3 DF France FRA Mathieu Gonçalves
4 DF Switzerland SUI Liridon Berisha
5 DF Sweden SWE Mirza Mujčić
6 MF Switzerland SUI Fabio Saiz
7 MF Slovenia SVN
Kenan Fatkic
8 MF Switzerland SUI Alexandre Pasche
10 MF Italy ITA Danilo Del Toro
11 FW Switzerland SUI Henri Koide (on loan from Zürich)
12 MF Switzerland SUI Max Veloso
14 FW Switzerland SUI Raphaël Nuzzolo
15 DF Switzerland SUI Yoan Epitaux
17 FW Ivory Coast CIV Soumaila Bakayoko
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Switzerland SUI Ashvin Balaruban
20 MF Kosovo KOS Endrit Morina
21 MF Switzerland SUI Mats Hammerich
24 MF Switzerland SUI Nikolai Maurer
25 FW France FRA Ayoub Ouhafsa
26 GK Switzerland SUI Benjamin Roth
33 FW Switzerland SUI Ange Dakouri
34 MF Switzerland SUI Burak Alili
39 DF Belgium BEL Luis Pedro Cavanda
44 GK Switzerland SUI Ysias Hummel
72 DF Switzerland SUI Adam Ouattara
80 MF Switzerland SUI Izer Aliu

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 June 2022 Friendly Sion Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Basel
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
28 June 2022 Friendly Young Boys Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Gstaad
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode
Neuchâtel Xamax
2 July 2022
Servette Switzerland
5–1 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Payerne
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Municipal
Stade Lausanne Ouchy Switzerland v Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
11 January 2023 Friendly Stade Lausanne Ouchy Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Lausanne, Switzerland
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
14 January 2023
Friendly
 Lugano Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Lugano, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Challenge League 17 July 2022 27 May 2023 Matchday 1 10th 36 4 12 20 42 65 −23 011.11
Swiss Cup 21 August 2022 16 September 2022 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 050.00
Total 38 5 12 21 48 68 −20 013.16

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Challenge League

Main article: 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
6 Thun 36 12 13 11 62 55 +7 49
7 Schaffhausen 36 12 8 16 51 59 −8 44
8 Vaduz 36 7 16 13 54 56 −2 37 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
9 Bellinzona 36 11 4 21 38 71 −33 37
10 Xamax (O) 36 4 12 20 42 65 −23 24 Qualification for the relegation play-off
Source: Swiss Challenge 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 winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Liechtenstein 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
36 4 12 20 42 65  −23 24 3 8 7 24 27  −3 1 4 13 18 38  −20

Results by round

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Position
Source: Swiss Challenge League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[3]

29 January 2023 19 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 Schaffhausen
5 February 2023 20 Thun 1–0 Neuchâtel Xamax
10 February 2023 21 Neuchâtel Xamax 2–3 Lausanne-Sport
17 February 2023 22 Wil 3–2 Neuchâtel Xamax
26 February 2023 23 Vaduz 1–2 Neuchâtel Xamax
3 March 2023 24 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–0 Aarau
12 March 2023 25 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–2 Yverdon-Sport
19 March 2023 26 Bellinzona 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax
2 April 2023 27 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy
7 April 2023 28 Yverdon-Sport 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax
14 April 2023 29 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–1 Wil
22 April 2023 30 Aarau 5–2 Neuchâtel Xamax
28 April 2023 31 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–1 Thun
5 May 2023 32 Stade-Lausanne-Ouchy 2–0 Neuchâtel Xamax
12 May 2023 33 Lausanne-Sport 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax
19 May 2023 34 Neuchâtel Xamax 3–0 Bellinzona
23 May 2023 35 Schaffhausen 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax
27 May 2023 36 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–6 Vaduz

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Swiss Cup
21 August 2022 Round 1 ASI Audax-Friul 1–5 Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Pierre-à-Bot
16 September 2022 Round 2 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–2 Thun Neuchâtel
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 1,412

References

  1. ^ "1ère Equipe – Neuchâtel Xamax 1912". Archived from the original on 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. ^ "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23".
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