2022–23 FC Vaduz season

The 2022–23 season was the 91st season in the history of FC Vaduz and their second consecutive season in the Swiss Challenge League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

FC Vaduz
2022–23 season
ChairmanPatrick Burgmeier
ManagerAlessandro Mangiarratti
StadiumRheinpark Stadion
Swiss Challenge League8th
Liechtenstein CupWinners
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tunahan Cicek (12)

All:
Tunahan Cicek (16)

Vaduz became the first club from Liechtenstein to play in a UEFA tournament group stage.

Players

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As of 6 September 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   LIE Benjamin Büchel (Captain)
3 DF   FRA Anthony Goelzer
4 MF   LIE Nicolas Hasler
5 DF   AUT Anes Omerovic
6 DF   KOS Fuad Rahimi
7 MF   SUI Merlin Hadzi
8 MF   LIE Sandro Wieser
9 FW   AUT Manuel Sutter
10 MF   SUI Tunahan Cicek
13 DF   SUI Kevin Iodice
14 MF   SRB Milan Gajić
17 MF   SUI Joël Ris
19 FW   SUI Dejan Djokic
20 MF   LIE Simon Lüchinger
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   KOS Arbenit Xhemajli
23 DF   SUI Dario Ulrich
24 MF   SUI Cédric Gasser
25 GK   LIE Gabriel Foser
27 FW   NGA Franklin Sasere
28 DF   LIE Lars Traber
29 DF   GER Gabriel Isik
42 GK   MOZ Gion Chande
47 DF   SUI Fabio Fehr
53 MF   KOS Gezim Pepsi
74 FW   SUI Elmin Rastoder (on loan from Grasshoppers)
77 MF   AUT Kristijan Dobras
80 MF   SUI Ryan Fosso

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   LIE Justin Ospelt (at Dornbirn until 30 June 2023)
DF   SUI Giosue Capozzi (at Brühl until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   AUT Elvin Ibrisimovic (at Dornbirn until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

24 June 2022 Friendly Vaduz   0–2   SC Freiburg II Vaduz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
28 June 2022 Friendly Vaduz   1–1   Winterthur Sevelen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportanlage FC Sevelen
2 July 2022 Friendly Luzern   4–1   Vaduz Grosswangen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Fussballplatz Gutmoos
9 July 2022 Friendly Vaduz   3–1   FC Dornbirn Vaduz
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
14 January 2023 Friendly Thun   v   Vaduz Bern, Switzerland
11:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
14 January 2023 Friendly Young Boys   0–0   Vaduz Bern, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
18 January 2023 Friendly Sturm Graz   2–1   Vaduz Side, Turkey
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi 2 Nolu Saha
20 January 2023 Friendly Vaduz   2–1   Pakhtakor Belek, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1
23 March 2023 Friendly Austria Lustenau   2–1   Vaduz Lustenau, Austria
11:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Reichshofstadion

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Challenge League 15 July 2022 May 2023 Matchday 1 8th 36 7 16 13 54 56 −2 019.44
Liechtenstein Cup 31 August 2022 Round of 16 Winners 4 4 0 0 32 1 +31 100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 21 July 2022 3 November 2022 Second qualifying round Group stage 12 3 5 4 14 16 −2 025.00
Total 52 14 21 17 100 73 +27 026.92

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Challenge League

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League table

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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:

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 7 16 13 54 56  −2 37 3 8 7 23 30  −7 4 8 6 31 26  +5

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHA
ResultDDLLLLDDLDWWDLDLWDDLLDLDWDWLWDDDLLDW
Position588899999999999989999999998988889998
Source: Swiss Challenge League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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15 July 2022 1 FC Aarau 1–1 Vaduz
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24 July 2022 2 Vaduz 3–3 Yverdon-Sport FC
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31 July 2022 3 FC Wil 2–0 Vaduz
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7 August 2022 4 Vaduz 2–3 AC Bellinzona
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14 August 2022 5 Vaduz 2–4 FC Thun
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28 August 2022 6 FC Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Vaduz
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4 September 2022 7 Vaduz 1–1 FC Schaffhausen
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11 September 2022 8 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS 1–1 Vaduz
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2 October 2022 9 Vaduz 0–2 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy
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9 October 2022 10 FC Schaffhausen 2–2 Vaduz
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16 October 2022 11 Vaduz 4–0 FC Aarau
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19 October 2022 12 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 1–5 FC Vaduz
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23 October 2022 13 FC Vaduz 0–0 FC Wil
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30 October 2022 14 AC Bellinzona 2–0 FC Vaduz
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6 November 2022 15 FC Vaduz 1–1 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS
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11 November 2022 16 Yverdon-Sport FC 3–1 FC Vaduz
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20 November 2022 17 FC Vaduz 1–0 FC Lausanne-Sport
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26 November 2022 18 FC Thun 1–1 FC Vaduz
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27 January 2023 19 FC Vaduz 2–2 FC Wil
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3 February 2023 20 FC Schaffhausen 1–0 FC Vaduz
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12 February 2023 21 FC Vaduz 0–3 FC Thun
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17 February 2023 22 Yverdon-Sport FC 2–2 FC Vaduz
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26 February 2023 23 FC Vaduz 1–2 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS
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5 March 2023 24 FC Lausanne-Sport 0–0 FC Vaduz
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12 March 2023 25 FC Vaduz 2–1 AC Bellinzona
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18 March 2023 26 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 0–0 FC Vaduz
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2 April 2023 27 FC Aarau 0–2 FC Vaduz
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10 April 2023 28 FC Vaduz 1–4 FC Schaffhausen
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16 April 2023 29 AC Bellinzona 1–6 FC Vaduz
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23 April 2023 30 FC Vaduz 1–1 FC Lausanne-Sport
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30 April 2023 31 FC Vaduz 0–0 Yverdon-Sport FC
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7 May 2023 32 FC Thun 3–3 FC Vaduz
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14 May 2023 33 FC Vaduz 0–1 FC Aarau
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20 May 2023 34 FC Wil 2–0 FC Vaduz
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23 May 2023 35 FC Vaduz 2–2 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy
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27 May 2023 36 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS 1–6 FC Vaduz
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Liechtenstein Cup

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31 August 2022 Round of 16 FC Triesen II 0–18 Vaduz
20 September 2022 Quarter-finals USV Eschen/Mauren III 0–8 Vaduz
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5 April 2023 Semi-finals USV Eschen/Mauren 1–2 (a.e.t.) Vaduz
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17 May 2023 Final Vaduz 4–0 FC Balzers
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UEFA Europa Conference League

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

21 July 2022 First leg Koper   0–1   Vaduz Koper, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Bonifika Stadium
Attendance: 860
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
28 July 2022 Second leg Vaduz   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 agg.)
  Koper Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 743
Referee: Besfort Kasumi (Kosovo)

Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

4 August 2022 First leg Vaduz   1–1   Konyaspor Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
11 August 2022 Second leg Konyaspor   2–4
(3–5 agg.)
  Vaduz Konya, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)
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Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium
Attendance: 22,723
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg Vaduz   1–1   Rapid Wien Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 3,497
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
25 August 2022 Second leg Rapid Wien   0–1
(1–2 agg.)
  Vaduz Vienna, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadion
Attendance: 15,100
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ DNI APL VAD
1   AZ 6 5 0 1 12 6 +6 15 Advance to round of 16 2–1 3–2 4–1
2   Dnipro-1 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 1–0 2–2
3   Apollon Limassol 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–0 1–3 1–0
4   Vaduz 6 0 2 4 5 11 −6 2 1–2 1–2 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
8 September 2022 1 Vaduz   0–0   Apollon Limassol Vaduz, Liechtenstein
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
15 September 2022 2 AZ   4–1   Vaduz Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: AFAS Stadion
6 October 2022 3 Dnipro-1   2–2   Vaduz Košice, Slovakia
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[3] Therefore, Dnipro-1 will play their home matches at Košická futbalová aréna, Košice, Slovakia, instead of their regular stadium Dnipro-Arena, Dnipro.
13 October 2022 4 Vaduz   1–2   Dnipro-1 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
27 October 2022 5 Vaduz   1–2   AZ Vaduz, Liechtenstein
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
3 November 2022 6 Apollon Limassol   1–0   Vaduz Nicosia, Cyprus
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: GSP Stadium

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "1. Mannschaft" [1st team]. FC Vaduz. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.