2020–21 FC St. Gallen season

FC St. Gallen
2020–21 season
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Head coach	Peter Zeidler
Stadium	Kybunpark
Swiss Super League	7th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kwadwo Duah (9); All: ; Kwadwo Duah (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was FC St. Gallen's 142nd season in existence and the club's ninth 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. The season covered the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2021^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GHA	Lawrence Ati-Zigi
3	DF	GHA	Musah Nuhu
4	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou
6	MF	SUI	Basil Stillhart
7	FW	AUT	Chukwubuike Adamu (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
8	MF	ESP	Jordi Quintillà
9	FW	SUI	Jérémy Guillemenot
10	MF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
15	DF	POR	Euclides Cabral
16	MF	GER	Lukas Görtler
18	GK	GER	Lukas Watkowiak
19	FW	SUI	Lorenzo González
20	FW	FRA	Élie Youan (on loan from Nantes)
21	MF	SUI	Miro Muheim
22	DF	SUI	Adonis Ajeti


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	KOS	Betim Fazliji
24	MF	SUI	Kwadwo Duah
25	FW	SEN	Boubacar Traorè
26	MF	SUI	Tim Staubli
27	MF	SUI	Fabio Solimando
29	MF	SUI	Alessandro Kräuchi
34	FW	SUI	Boris Babic
40	GK	SUI	Nico Strübi
50	DF	SUI	Nicolas Lüchinger
52	FW	SUI	Angelo Campos
53	GK	SUI	Armin Abaz
55	MF	BFA	Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas)
77	MF	FRA	Nsana Simon
98	DF	FRA	Yannis Letard

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	Patrick Sutter (at SC Brühl until 30 June 2020)
—	DF	SUI	Silvan Gönitzer (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2020)
7	FW	ALB	Florian Kamberi (at Aberdeen until 30 June 2021)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

21 August 2020 Friendly	St. Gallen	5–0	Austria Lustenau	St. Margrethen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Rheinau

29 August 2020 Friendly	St. Gallen	3–1	SC Freiburg	St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kybunpark

5 September 2020 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	6–2	St. Gallen	Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena

12 September 2020 Friendly	St. Gallen	0–1	Türkgücü München	St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kybunpark

8 October 2020 Friendly	Dornbirn	1–1	St. Gallen	Dornbirn, Austria
19:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadion Birkenwiese

9 January 2021 Friendly	Wil	1–4	St. Gallen	Wil, Switzerland
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz

16 January 2021 Friendly	St. Gallen	2–0	Rheindorf Altach	St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Kybunpark

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	20 September 2020	21 May 2021	Matchday 1	7th	36	11	11	14	45	48	−3	030.56
Swiss Cup	8 April 2021	24 May 2021	Round 3	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	075.00
Europa League	24 September 2020		Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					41	14	11	16	53	54	−1	034.15

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Luzern	36	12	10	14	62	59	+3	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Lausanne-Sport	36	12	10	14	52	55	−3	46
7	St. Gallen	36	11	11	14	45	48	−3	44
8	Zürich	36	11	10	15	53	57	−4	43
9	Sion (O)	36	8	14	14	48	58	−10	38	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

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]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss 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
22	8	7	7	27	25	+2	31	5	2	4	15	13	+2	3	5	3	12	12	0

Last updated: 27 February 2021.
Source: Soccerway

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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

20 September 2020 1	St. Gallen	1–0	Sion	St. Gallen
16:00 CET	Ati-Zigi 26' Fazliji 38'	Report	Abdellaoui 18' 57' Martić 45+2'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

27 September 2020 2	Vaduz	0–1	St. Gallen	Vaduz
16:00 CET	Simani 26' Prokopič 34' Schmid 90+3'	Report	Rüfli 71' André Ribeiro 83'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

4 October 2020 3	St. Gallen	1–0	Servette	St. Gallen
16:00 CET	Görtler 4' Duah 24' Fazliji 25' Stillhart 42' Ati-Zigi 90+3'	Report	Sauthier 36' Sasso 44' Mendy 45' Stevanović 59' Frick 61'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 9,244 Referee: Urs Schnyder

18 October 2020 4	Luzern	2–2	St. Gallen	Lucerne
16:00 CET	Ndenge 27' Tasar 45+3' Sorgić 51' Ugrinic 66'	Report	Víctor Ruiz 5' Jordi Quintillà 59' 61' Kräuchi 79'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 3,569 Referee: Fedayi San

24 October 2020 5	Lugano	1–0	St. Gallen	Lugano
19:00 CET	Lavanchy 16' 60' Adrià Guerrero 37' Gerndt 53' Guidotti 73'	Report	Kräuchi 27' Guillemenot 34' Jordi Quintillà 75' André Ribeiro 88'	Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo Attendance: 1,380 Referee: Urs Schnyder

1 November 2020 6	St. Gallen	1–3	Basel	St. Gallen
16:00 CET	Duah 13' Jordi Quintillà 35' Stillhart 63'	Report	Arthur Cabral 6' 19' Frei 39' Kasami 70'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

8 November 2020 7	Young Boys	0–0	St. Gallen	Bern
16:00 CET	Aebischer 45'	Report	Fazliji 20' Stillhart 76' Stergiou 79' Youan 81'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder

22 November 2020 8	St. Gallen	2–2	Lausanne-Sport	St. Gallen
16:00 CET	Babic 62' Duah 88'	Report	Boranijašević 22' Puertas 22' Flo 32' Zekhnini 45' Schneuwly 57'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo

9 December 2020 9	Zürich	1–2	St. Gallen	Zürich
18:15 CET	Aliti 4' Tosin 28' 62' Nathan 56' Kololli 74' Doumbia 74'	Report	Youan 9' 37' Görtler 52' Rüfli 83'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 0 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

20 January 2021 10	St. Gallen	2–0	Vaduz	St. Gallen
18:00 CET	Duah 62' Stillhart 70' 83'	Report	Sutter 26'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Bieri

13 December 2020 11	Lausanne-Sport	0–1	St. Gallen	Lausanne
16:00 CET	Geissmann 14' Zekhnini 40' Zohouri 76'	Report	Víctor Ruiz 61'	Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo

16 December 2020 12	St. Gallen	0–0	Lugano	St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Fazliji 67' Görtler 83'	Report	Marić 73' Monzialo 89'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder

19 December 2020 13	Basel	0–0	St. Gallen	Basel
20:30 CET	Marchand 60'	Report	Babic 36'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San

22 December 2020 14	St. Gallen	1–2	Young Boys	St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Letard 21' Staubli 83' Rüfli 89'	Report	Siebatcheu 62' 68' 72' Aebischer 86'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Léonce Lionel Tschudi

10 February 2021 15	Servette	2–2	St. Gallen	Geneva
18:15 CET	Rouiller 11' Kyei 20' Fazliji 60' (o.g.)	Report	Stillhart 7' Guillemenot 48'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Urs Schnyder

17 February 2021 16	St. Gallen	2–1	Luzern	St. Gallen
18:15 CET	Traorè 19' Víctor Ruiz 58' (pen.) Duah 72' Görtler 86'	Report	Sorgić 14' Frýdek 56' Schaub 61' Schwegler 70'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

30 January 2021 17	St. Gallen	2–3	Zürich	St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Duah 2' Stillhart 10' Jordi Quintillà 45+3' Stergiou 66' Staubli 90+4'	Report	Marchesano 16' (pen.) 38' Ceesay 28' Winter 40' Khelifi 45+2'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

3 February 2021 18	Sion	3–2	St. Gallen	Sion
20:30 CET	Grgić 14' 32' 61' (pen.) 90+6' Abdellaoui 20'	Report	Guillemenot 4' Traorè 25' Lacroix 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

24 January 2021 19	St. Gallen	0–1	Lugano	St. Gallen
16:00 CET	Traorè 12' 72'	Report	Asumah Abubakar 33' Kecskés 49' Marić 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Fedayi San

13 February 2021 20	Sion	1–1	St. Gallen	Sion
20:30 CET	Grgić 4' (pen.) Uldriķis 57'	Report	Nuhu 3' Jordi Quintillà 15' Guillemenot 51'	Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon Attendance: 0 Referee: Luca Piccolo

20 February 2021 21	Vaduz	2–1	St. Gallen	Vaduz
				Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

27 February 2021 22	St. Gallen	3–1	Basel	St. Gallen
				Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0

3 March 2021 23	St. Gallen	0–1	Servette	St. Gallen
				Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0

7 March 2021 24	Luzern	4–2	St. Gallen	Lucerne
				Stadium: Swissporarena

14 March 2021 25	St. Gallen	2–2	Young Boys	St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fazliji 4' Youan 9' Ruiz 35', 74' (pen.) Görtler 63'	Report	Zesiger 29' Nsame 31', 62' (pen.) Sierro 63' Mambimbi 67' Elia 82', 86'	Stadium: Kybunpark Referee: Urs Schnyder

20 March 2021 26	Lausanne-Sport	4–3	St. Gallen	Lausanne
				Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière Attendance: 0

3 April 2021 27	St. Gallen	1–1	Zürich	St. Gallen
				Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0

11 April 2021 28	Young Boys	2–0	St. Gallen	Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Siebatcheu 21' Lustenberger 23' Martins 62' Nsame 83'	Report	Muheim 40' Youan 44' Cabral 63'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

17 April 2021 29	St. Gallen	0–0	Luzern	St. Gallen
				Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0

21 April 2021 30	Lugano	2–0	St. Gallen	Lugano
				Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo

24 April 2021 31	St. Gallen	1–0	Vaduz	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:15	Adamu 26' Duah 30' Stillhart 39'	Summary SVF	52' Schmied 76' Simani	Attendance: 100 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

1 May 2021 32	Basel	1–0	St. Gallen	Basel
				Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 0

9 May 2021 33	St. Gallen	0–3	Sion	St. Gallen
				Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0

12 May 2021 34	Zürich	2–2	St. Gallen	Zürich
				Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 0

15 May 2021 35	St. Gallen	5–0	Lausanne-Sport	St. Gallen
				Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0

21 May 2021 36	Servette	1–2	St. Gallen	Geneva
20:30		Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

UEFA Europa League

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	St. Gallen	0–1	AEK Athens	St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Muheim 31' Görtler 51' 90+5' Fazliji 80'	Report	Livaja 35' Mantalos 45+1' Krstičić 50' Nélson Oliveira 72'	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 0 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

References

^ "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ "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.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ECL3Q0.63847356924716-2] Luzern qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round as winners of the 2020–21 Swiss Cup.

[1] "Kader" [Squad]. FC St. Gallen (in German). fcsg.ch. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

[3] "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.

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