2021–22 FC St. Gallen season

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.

FC St. Gallen

2021–22 season
Chairman	Matthias Hüppi
Manager	Peter Zeidler
Stadium	Kybunpark
Swiss Super League	5th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Kwadwo Duah (15) All: Kwadwo Duah (18)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022^[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 Fabian Schubert 8 MF  ESP Jordi Quintillà 9 FW  SUI Jérémy Guillemenot 10 MF  ESP Víctor Ruiz 11 MF  SUI Kwadwo Duah 13 MF  GER Leonhard Münst (on loan from Stuttgart II) 14 DF  CRO Matej Maglica (on loan from Stuttgart II) 15 DF  POR Euclides Cabral 16 MF  GER Lukas Görtler 18 GK  GER Lukas Watkowiak 19 FW  SUI Julian Von Moos 23 DF  KOS Betim Fazliji

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  PHI Michael Kempter 27 GK  SUI Armin Abaz 28 FW  SUI Christopher Lungoyi (on loan from Juventus) 29 MF  SUI Alessandro Kräuchi 30 MF  SUI Patrick Sutter 31 FW  SUI Alessio Besio 32 MF  SUI David Jacovic 33 MF  SUI Isaac Schmidt 34 FW  SUI Boris Babic 37 MF  SUI Christian Witzig 44 FW  SUI Logan Clément 45 MF  SUI Alexandre Jankewitz (on loan from Young Boys) 50 DF  SUI Nicolas Lüchinger 55 MF  BFA Salifou Diarrassouba (on loan from ASEC Mimosas) 72 MF  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  SUI Miro Muheim (at Hamburger SV until 30 June 2022) — MF  SUI Tim Staubli (at Vaduz until 30 June 2022) — FW  SUI Angelo Campos (at SC Brühl until 31 December 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SUI Lorenzo González (at Ústí nad Labem until 30 June 2022) — FW  SUI Florian Kamberi (at Sheffield Wednesday until 30 June 2022) — FW  FRA Élie Youan (at Mechelen until 30 June 2022)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

VfB Stuttgart v St. Gallen

10 July 2021 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	St. Gallen	Stuttgart, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Al Ghaddioui 47', 49', 51'			Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 1,300

St. Gallen v Athletic Bilbao

17 July 2021 Friendly	St. Gallen	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	St. Gallen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Besio 19' Youan 36'		Fazliji 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 6,261 Referee: David Huwiler

St. Gallen v Winterthur

13 January 2022 Friendly	St. Gallen	5–5	Winterthur	St. Gallen, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Gründenmoos Kunststoffrasenplatz

Rheindorf Altach v St. Gallen

15 January 2022 Friendly	Rheindorf Altach	1–4	St. Gallen	Altach, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz

Wil v St. Gallen

19 January 2022 Friendly	Wil	0–1	St. Gallen	Wil, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Bergholz

Schaffhausen v St. Gallen

23 January 2022 Friendly	Schaffhausen	1–3	St. Gallen	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Wefox Arena

St. Gallen v FC Dornbirn

24 March 2022 Friendly	St. Gallen	9–0	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

Main article: 2021–22 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D
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

Lausanne-Sport v St. Gallen

24 July 2021 Round 1	Lausanne-Sport	1–2	St. Gallen	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 4,632 Referee: Urs Schnyder

St. Gallen v Luzern

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: Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)

Lugano v St. Gallen

8 August 2021 Round 3	Lugano	2–1	St. Gallen	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15		SFL summary		Attendance: 2,692 Referee: Urs Schnyder

St. Gallen v Sion

21 August 2021 Round 4	St. Gallen	1–1	Sion	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 11,927 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

St. Gallen v Zürich

28 August 2021 Round 5	St. Gallen	3–3	Zürich	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Luca Cibelli

Servette v St. Gallen

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: Stefan Horisberger

St. Gallen v Basel

22 September 2021 Round 7	St. Gallen	0–2	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Fazliji  22'  81' Görtler  25'	SFL summary	16', 86' Cabral  34' Millar  58' Ndoye  77' Xhaka	Attendance: 14,321 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

Young Boys v St. Gallen

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: Luca Cibelli

Grasshopper Club v St. Gallen

2 October 2021 Round 9	Grasshopper Club	5–2	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00	Sène 9', 49' Kawabe  14' Léo 22' Pusic  58' Bolla 70' Diani 84'	SFL summary	28' 46' Lüchinger 54' (pen.) Duah  55' Guillemenot	Attendance: 5,789 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

St. Gallen v Servette

17 October 2021 Round 10	St. Gallen	2–1	Servette	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 13,945 Referee: Luca Piccolo

Luzern v St. Gallen

24 October 2021 Round 11	Luzern	2–0	St. Gallen	Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)		SFL summary		Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 10,769 Referee: Urs Schnyder

St. Gallen v Young Boys

30 October 2021 Round 12	St. Gallen	3–1	Young Boys	St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Youan 4' Görtler  37' Faivre 47' (o.g.) Diakité 75' Besio  87'	Report	82' (o.g.) Stillhart  90+5' Elia	Stadium: Kybunpark Attendance: 17,901 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Basel v St. Gallen

7 November 2021 Round 13	Basel	0–1	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30	Millar  46' Burger  70' Ndoye  76'	SFL summary FCB report	24' Nuhu  82' Zigi 87' Youan	Attendance: 23,599 Referee: Urs Schnyder

St. Gallen v Lausanne-Sport

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: Lukas Fähndrich

Sion v St. Gallen

27 November 2021 Round 15	Sion	3–1	St. Gallen	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

St. Gallen v Grasshopper Club

5 December 2021 Round 16	St. Gallen	0–4	Grasshopper Club	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Stillhart  18' Guillemenot  81'	SFL summary	32', 43', 58' Sène  82' Margreitter 83' Kawabe	Attendance: 14,335 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

St. Gallen v Lugano

11 December 2021 Round 17	St. Gallen	1–1	Lugano	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30		SFL summary		Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Zürich v St. Gallen

18 December 2021 Round 18	Zürich	3–1	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 11,571 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Second half of season

Lausanne-Sport v St. Gallen

30 January 2022 Round 19	Lausanne-Sport	1–5	St. Gallen	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne
14:15		SFL summary		Attendance: 3,740 Referee: Luca Cibelli

St. Gallen v Young Boys

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: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

St. Gallen v Servette

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  83'	SFL summary	2' Schalk  66' Clichy  69' Cognat	Attendance: 12,960 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

Lugano v St. Gallen

19 February 2022 Round 22	Lugano	0–2	St. Gallen	Cornaredo, Lugano
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 3,313 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

St. Gallen v Grasshopper Club

27 February 2022 Round 23	St. Gallen	2–0	Grasshopper Club	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:15	Von Moos 7' Guillemenot  58' Duah 66' Toma  87'	SFL summary	20' Abrashi  63' Jordão  90+1' Bolla	Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Basel v St. Gallen

3 March 2022 Round 24	Basel	2–2	St. Gallen	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Xhaka  36' Frei  41' Chalov 56' Chalov 83'	SFL summary FCB report	20' Guillemenot 22' Duah  32' Euclides Cabral  36' Guillemenot  45' Ruiz  90+4' Besio  90+4' Jankewitz	Attendance: 19,572 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

St. Gallen v Sion

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: Urs Schnyder

Zürich v St. Gallen

12 March 2022 Round 26	Zürich	0–3	St. Gallen	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00		SFL summary		Attendance: 17,288 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

St. Gallen v Luzern

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: Luca Cibelli

Sion v St. Gallen

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: Sven Wolfensberger

St. Gallen v Basel

10 April 2022 Round 29	St. Gallen	2–2	Basel	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Duah 20' Maglica  49' Cabral  60' Guillemenot 65' Ruiz  76'	SFL summary	26' (o.g.) Stergiou  60' Xhaka  61' Stocker 67' Burger  70' Lang	Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Urs Schnyder

Luzern v St. Gallen

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: Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)

St. Gallen v Lugano

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: Luca Cibelli

Servette v St. Gallen

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: Sven Wolfensberger

St. Gallen v Zürich

7 May 2022 Matchday 33	St. Gallen	1–2	Zürich	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30 CET	Jordi Quintillà 37' Schmidt  77' Stergiou  85'	Report	Mets 10' Krasniqi  35' Aliti  36' Maglica 43' (o.g.) Kryeziu  64'	Attendance: 18,861 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Young Boys v St. Gallen

10 May 2022 Matchday 34	Young Boys	4–1	St. Gallen	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
20:30 CET	Elia 7' 68' Niasse  13' Zesiger  55' Kanga 61' (pen.) Fassnacht 62' Lustenberger  86'	Report	Guillemenot 51' Maglica  59' Görtler  90+2'	Attendance: 23,152 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

Grasshopper v St. Gallen

19 May 2022 Matchday 35	Grasshopper	3–2	St. Gallen	Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 CET	Loosli 18' Morandi 45+1' André Moreira  59' Momoh 81' Abrashi  87' Sène  90+5'	Report	Besio  10' Stillhart  42' Jordi Quintillà 60' (pen.) Duah 87'	Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Luca Piccolo

St. Gallen v Lausanne-Sport

22 May 2022 Matchday 36	St. Gallen	4–0	Lausanne-Sport	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 CET	Duah 24'  32' 61' Görtler 65' Sutter 78'	Report	Coyle  52' Alakouch  59' Castella  66'	Attendance: 17,121 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2021–22 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.