2024–25 FC Zürich season

FC Zürich
2024–25 season
Manager	Ricardo Moniz
Stadium	Letzigrund
Swiss Super League	3rd
Swiss Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Antonio Marchesano; Juan José Perea; (2 each); All: ; Antonio Marchesano (4)
Highest home attendance	15,242 vs Winterthur
Lowest home attendance	8,676 vs Shelbourne
Biggest win	Zürich 3–0 Shelbourne
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 129th season in the history of FC Zürich, and the club's eighth consecutive season in Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Conference League after finishing fourth in the previous season.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Doron Leidner	Olympiacos	Loan	1 July 2024
FW	Fernand Gouré	KVC Westerlo	Loan	3 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Umeh Emmanuel	Botev Plovdiv	Undisclosed	8 July 2024	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Amadou Dante	Sturm Graz	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[3]
DF	Adrià Guerrero	CD Tenerife	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[4]

Friendlies

Pre-season

15 June 2024 Friendly	Dietikon	0–2	Zürich	Dietikon
11:00			Afriyie 22' Marchesano 44'	Stadium: Sportanlage Dornau

15 June 2024 Friendly	FC Regensdorf	0–2	Zürich	Dietikon
12:00			Vukelić 27' Ligue 31'	Stadium: Sportanlage Dornau Attendance: 400

22 June 2024 Friendly	Zürich	5–4	FC Wil	Bauma
11:00	Reichmuth 20', 58' Marchesano 37' Bajrami 66' Vukelić 69'	Report	Staubli 13' Geiger 63' Maier 71' Dantas 114'	Stadium: Sportanlage Schwendi
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

6 July 2024 Friendly	Thun	0–0	Zürich
15:00

12 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	4–0	Zürich	Benningen, Germany
11:00	Hercher 33' Musonda 53' Kaars 75' Atik 88'			Stadium: FC Benningen Hauptfeld Attendance: 300
Note: Match No.1

12 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	Zürich	Benningen, Germany
13:00	Amaechi 30' (pen.)		Sabobo 45'	Stadium: FC Benningen Hauptfeld Attendance: 300
Note: Match No.2

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	20 July 2024	22–24 May 2025	Matchday 1	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	066.67
Swiss Cup	18 August 2024			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round	3	1	1	1	3	3	+0	033.33
Total				6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	050.00

Last updated: 12 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
4	Luzern	18	8	5	5	33	30	+3	29	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Servette	18	8	5	5	29	27	+2	29
6	Zürich	18	7	6	5	24	25	−1	27

7	Sion	18	7	5	6	25	21	+4	26
8	St. Gallen	18	6	7	5	29	23	+6	25

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[5]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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
3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	1	0	0	4	2	+2	1	1	0	4	2	+2

Last updated: 4 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D
Position	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[6]

20 July 2024 1	Yverdon-Sport	0–2	Zürich	Yverdon-les-Bains
18:00	Céspedes 19' Tijani 90+2'		Leidner 30' Perea 72', 73' Emmanuel 90+11'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

28 July 2024 2	Zürich	4–2	Winterthur	Zürich
16:30 UTC+2	Krasniqi 13' Okoflex 26' Katić 32' Marchesano 59' (pen.) Okita 86' Perea 90+5'		Di Giusto 30', 51' Arnold 57' 82'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 15,242 Referee: Luca Cibelli

4 August 2024 3	Young Boys	2–2	Zürich	Bern
16:30	Brecher 18' (o.g.) Gómez 34' Ganvoula 54' Itten 90+6'		Marchesano 7' (pen.) Gómez 34' Katić 47' Okita 51' Katić 76' Wallner 86' Kryeziu 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf Attendance: 30,630 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

Swiss Cup

18 August 2024 First round	Zug 94	v	Zürich	Zug
16:00

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg	Zürich	3–0	Shelbourne	Zürich
19:00 UTC+2	Mathew 1' Marchesano 29', 58'	Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 8,676 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Shelbourne	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Zürich	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Tolka Park

Third qualifying round

The draw was held on 22 July 2024.

8 August 2024 First leg	Zürich	0–3	Vitória de Guimarães	Zürich
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Letzigrund

15 August 2024 Second leg	Vitória de Guimarães	v	Zürich	Guimarães, Portugal
20:15 UTC+1				Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

References

^ "Live Sport und News".
^ "News". FC Zürich.
^ "Amadou Dante kehrt nach Leihe zu Sturm Graz zurück". www.laola1.at.
^ "Adrián Guerrero, quinto refuerzo". 17 July 2024.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Die SFL hat die Spielpläne der Saison 2024/25 veröffentlicht" (in German).

[5] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Live Sport und News".

[2] "News". FC Zürich.

[3] "Amadou Dante kehrt nach Leihe zu Sturm Graz zurück". www.laola1.at.

[4] "Adrián Guerrero, quinto refuerzo". 17 July 2024.

[rules-6] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[7] "Die SFL hat die Spielpläne der Saison 2024/25 veröffentlicht" (in German).

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