Swiss Super League Season Preview (3/3)

Grasshopper Club

General
GC has so far been weaker in terms of personnel than last season. The sports director was replaced at management level, which has led to unrest around the club. How the team will develop over the season with the Chinese investor is a big question mark.

Test match results
GC - Schaffhausen 1:5
Yverdon - GC 2:0

Transfers
Additions: Bendeguz Bolla (Wolverhampton), Shkelqim Demhasaj (Winterthur, loan), Imran Bunjaku (Aarau, loan), Nikola Gjorgjev, Robin Kalem (both Schaffhausen, loan), Justin Hammel (Lausanne-Ouchy), Tsiy Ndenge (Luzern)
Departures: Mateo Matic (?), Ermir Lenjani (Ümraniyespor), André Santos (?), Nuna da Silva (Aarau), Brayan Riascos (Kharkiv), Kaly Sène (Basel, loan), Bruno Jordão, Léo Bonatini (all Wolverhampton, loan), Elmin Rastoder (Vaduz/loan), Allan Arigoni (Lugano), Nikola Gjorgjev (Aarau)

Open transfers
1 striker, 1 winger, 1 centre-back

Players with Sorare cards
Ayumu Seko
Hayao Kawabe
Jeong Sang-Bin

FC Sion

General
As always, FC Sion had a lot going on over the summer and there were numerous departures to report. At least the coach stayed for once. It is to be expected that a few more players will be signed and the team will need time to find its feet.

Test match results
Sion - Xamax 1:1
Sion - Servette 1:2
Yverdon - Sion 1:2
Sion - Dynamo Kiev 0:1

Transfers
Additions: Numa Lavanchy (Lugano), Ilyas Chouaref (Châteauroux), Denis Will Poha (Vitoria Guimaraes), Heinz Lindner (Basel)
Departures: Guillaume Hoarau (?), Gaetano Berardi (?), Birama Ndoye (?), Vagner (Metz, loan), Kader Keita (Westerlo, loan), Wesley (Juventus U23, loan), Alexandros Safirakis (Chiasso, loan), Arian Kabashi (?), Jean Ruiz (Pau FC), Timothy Fayulu (Winterthur)

open transfers
several positions

Players with Sorare cards
FC Sion is licensed with Sorare

FC Lucerne

General
FC Luzern cannot be expected to make big leaps. Last season was too bad. It is important that the two planned reinforcements are also real quality players.

Transfers
Additions: Yvan Alounga (Schaffhausen, loan end), Salah Aziz Binous, David Mistrafovic, Lino Lang, Mark Marleku, Ashvin Balaruban (all Kriens, loan end), Pius Dorn (Thun), Joaquin Ardaiz (Schaffhausen)
Departures: Filip Ugrinic (YB), Silvan Sidler (Bielefeld), Marvin Schulz (Kiel), Simon Grether (?), Tsiy Ndenge (GC), Nikola Cumic (Olympiakos, loan end), Marko Kvasina (Ostend, loan end), Varol Tasar (Giresunspor)

Test match results
Lucerne - Winterthur 2:1
Altach - Lucerne 0:1
Lucerne - Vaduz 4:1
Lucerne - Dynamo Kiev

Open transfers
1 defensive player, 1 midfielder

Players with Sorare cards
Vaso Vasic

FC Winterthur

General
With only 45 goals conceded, FCW had the best defence of the past Challenge League season. Nevertheless, the promoted team will start the season as a stark outsider. Anything less than 10th place would be a great success, since among other things the financial resources are very limited.

Transfers
Additions: Armin Abaz (St. Gallen U21), Francisco Rodriguez (Schaffhausen), Samuel Ballet (YB U21, def. acquisition after loan), Matteo Di Giusto (Vaduz), Florian Kamberi (St. Gallen), Timothy Fayulu (Sion)
Departures: Alex Frei (coach, Basel), Florian Baak (?), Shkelqim Demhasaj (GC, loan), Gabriel Isik (Vaduz), Silvan Kriz (?), Noah Lovisa (?), Tician Tushi (Basel, loan), Sayfallah Ltaief (Basel), Dimitri Volkart (?), Raphael Spiegel (Lausanne)

Test match results
Luzern - Winterthur 2:1
Pfäffikon - Winterthur 0:7
Vaduz - Winterthur 1:1
Winterthur - Schaffhausen 3:0
Altach - Winterthur
Winterthur - Brühl

Open transfers
1 central defender

Players with Sorare cards
Roy Gelmi
Timothy Fayulu

Sources: Blick, SRF