FC Sion

FC Sion were founded in 1909 by Robert Gilliard. In 1914 they played in a league for the first time. From 1932 they played in the 4th level of Swiss football where they stayed mostly of the next 20 years.1962 they where promoted to Nationalliga A.^[1] 1965 they won the first Swiss Cup, 1974 the second. They won also in 1980, 1982 and 1986. 1992 they won the first Swiss Championship. From 1995 on they won the Swiss Cup three times in a row. 1997 they also won the double.

After financial troubles they were relegated in 2001. 2003 the did not get a professional license. The club was saved by architect and former footballer Christian Constantin. 2006 they came back to Super League.

As of 9 August 2022

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  Austria Heinz Lindner 2 DF  Switzerland Joël Schmied 7 MF  Switzerland Luca Zuffi 8 MF  Brazil Batata 9 FW  France Ilyas Chouaref 10 MF  France Wylan Cyprien (on loan from Parma) 11 FW  Switzerland Gaëtan Karlen 12 GK  Greece Alexandros Safarikas 13 FW  Ivory Coast Giovanni Sio 14 MF  Switzerland Anto Grgić 15 MF  Spain José Aguilar 17 FW  Switzerland Filip Stojilković

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 GK  Switzerland Kevin Fickentscher 19 DF  Switzerland Numa Lavanchy 20 MF  Switzerland Musa Araz 21 DF  Switzerland Dennis Iapichino 22 MF  France Denis-Will Poha 27 FW  Burkina Faso Abdel Zagré 33 MF  Switzerland Kevin Bua 39 DF  Guadeloupe Nathanaël Saintini 67 MF  Angola Edgar André 76 FW  Brazil Itaitinga 97 DF  Guadeloupe Dimitri Cavaré

Sionhas never lost a domestic cup final (13 wins in 13 appearances in the Swiss Cup) until a defeat by Basel in the 2017 edition.^[2]

Swiss Super League

• Champions (2): 1991–92, 1996–97^[3]

Swiss Cup

• Winners (13): 1964–65, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11^[3] 2014–15

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