Swiss Super League Season Preview (1/3)

FC Zurich

General
FCZ has a tough start to the season ahead of it due to European games: six English weeks with 13 games from mid-July to the end of August. In addition, FCZ has a new coach in Franco Foda. It is quite possible that the start of the season will not be so easy.

Test Match Results
Thalwil - FCZ 0:7
FCZ - Baden 11:0
FCZ - Wil 3:2
FCZ - Viktoria Köln 3:1
FCZ - YF Juventus 3:0
FCZ - SCR Altach 4:1

Transfers
Additions: Cheick Conde (Fastav Zlin), Jonathan Okita (NEC Nijmegen), Ole Selnaes (Shenzhen FC), Ivan Santini (Al-Fateh)
Departures: André Breitenreiter (coach/Hoffenheim), Ousmane Doumbia (Lugano), Salim Khelifi (?), Blaz Kramer (Legia Warsaw), Moritz Leitner (?), Assan Ceesay (Lecce)

Open transfers
1 striker

Sorare cards
Ante Ćorić
Jonathan Okita
Ivan Santini

FC Basel

General
FCB also has a tough start to the season ahead of it due to European matches, with many English weeks starting in mid-July. On the transfer market, FCB has been very active and has strengthened itself with some talents, especially offensively. The question is whether the FCB will be able to show its playing class right from the start due to the many transfers. With Alex Frei, the FCB also has a new coach.

Test match results
Basel - Xamax 3:0
Basel - Greuther Fürth 3:2
Basel - Botosani 3:1

Transfers
Additions: Marwin Hitz (Dortmund), Sayfallah Ltaief (Winterthur), Kaly Sène (GC/Leihende), Tician Tushi (Winterthur), Yannick Marchand (Xamax/Leihende), Nils de Mol (Wil), Mirko Salvi (Yverdon), Anton Kade (Hertha Berlin), Arnau Comas (Barcelona B), Jean-Kévin Augustin (Nantes), Adriano Onyegbule (Nachwuchs RB Leipzig), Zeki Amdouni (Lausanne, loan), Hugo Vogel (Lyon)
Departures: Guillermo Abascal (Spartak Moscow), Felix Gebhardt (Halle/loan), Valentin Stocker (retirement), Pajtim Kasami (?), Raoul Petretta (?), Djordje Nikolic (?), Tomás Tavares (Benfica/loan), Albian Hajdari (Juventus U19/loan), Fjodor Tschalow (ZSKA Moscow/loan), Strahinia Pavlovic (Monaco/loan), Sebastiano Esposito (Inter/loan), Heinz Lindner (Sion)

Open transfers
1 central defender

Sorare cards
Marwin Hitz
Noah Katterbach
Wouter Burger
Joelson Fernandes
Adam Szalai

BSC Young Boys

General
BSC YB also has a tough start to the season ahead of them due to European games, with many English weeks starting in mid-July. There have been some changes in the squad, including top scorer Siebatcheu leaving YB, but this has been well compensated by Itten. The coaching staff with coach Raphael Wicky is also new. However, there has not been a major upheaval, as Blick recently reported.

Transfers
Additions: Filip Ugrinic (Lucerne), Cedric Itten (Glasgow Rangers), Donat Rrudhani (Aarau), Miguel Chaiwa (FC Shamuel), Jean-Pierre Nsame (Venezia/Leihende), Alexandre Jankewitz (St. Gallen/Leihende), Yannick Toure (Wil/Leihende), Pascal Schüpbach (Thun/Leihende), Mischa Eberhard (Yverdon/Leihende), Loris Benito (FC Sion)
Departures: Matteo Vanetta (coach), Miralem Sulejmani (?), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz, loan end), Kevin Varga (Kasimpasa, loan end), Guillaume Faivre (retirement), Shkelqim Vladi (Aarau), Nico Maier (Wil/loan), Nicolas Bürgy (Viborg), Jordan Siebatcheu (Union Berlin)

Test match results
Breitenrain - YB 0:1 (45 minutes)
YB - Yverdon 0:0 (45 minutes)
YB - Xamax 2:1
YB - Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 2:2

open transfers
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Sorare cards
Anthony Racioppi
Cheikh Niasse
Cedric Itten

Sources SRF, Blick