2022–23 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS season

Neuchâtel Xamax FCS
2022–23 season
Chairman	Christian Binggeli
Manager	Andrea Binotto; (until 28 August); Jeff Saibene; (from 29 August)
Stadium	Stade de la Maladière
Swiss Challenge League	10th
Swiss Cup	Round 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Théo Guivarch
3	DF	FRA	Mathieu Gonçalves
4	DF	SUI	Liridon Berisha
5	DF	SWE	Mirza Mujčić
6	MF	SUI	Fabio Saiz
7	MF	SVN	Kenan Fatkic
8	MF	SUI	Alexandre Pasche
10	MF	ITA	Danilo Del Toro
11	FW	SUI	Henri Koide (on loan from Zürich)
12	MF	SUI	Max Veloso
14	FW	SUI	Raphaël Nuzzolo
15	DF	SUI	Yoan Epitaux
17	FW	CIV	Soumaila Bakayoko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	SUI	Ashvin Balaruban
20	MF	KOS	Endrit Morina
21	MF	SUI	Mats Hammerich
24	MF	SUI	Nikolai Maurer
25	FW	FRA	Ayoub Ouhafsa
26	GK	SUI	Benjamin Roth
33	FW	SUI	Ange Dakouri
34	MF	SUI	Burak Alili
39	DF	BEL	Luis Pedro Cavanda
44	GK	SUI	Ysias Hummel
72	DF	SUI	Adam Ouattara
80	MF	SUI	Izer Aliu

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 June 2022 Friendly	Sion	1–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Basel
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

28 June 2022 Friendly	Young Boys	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Gstaad
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rieder 16' Touré 74'			Stadium: Sportplatz Schützebode

2 July 2022 Friendly	Servette	5–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Payerne
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Municipal

11 January 2023 Friendly	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	2–2	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lausanne, Switzerland
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière

14 January 2023 Friendly	Lugano	3–0	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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

Source: Swiss Challenge League

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

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

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

[table_note_res_ECL1Q0.33815495359625-2] Vaduz qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Liechtenstein Cup.

[1] "1ère Equipe – Neuchâtel Xamax 1912". Archived from the original on 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2022-08-15.

[3] "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.

[4] "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23".

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2022–23 Neuchâtel Xamax FCS season

Players

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Swiss Challenge League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Swiss Cup

References

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