2022–23 FC Zürich season

The 2022–23 season was the 127th season in the history of FC Zürich and their sixth consecutive season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Swiss Super League, the Swiss Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

FC Zürich
2022–23 season
PresidentAncillo Canepa
Head coachFranco Foda
(until 21 September)
Genesio Colatrella
(caretaker, from 23 September)
Bo Henriksen
(from 10 October)
StadiumLetzigrund
Swiss Super League8th
Swiss CupRound 2
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tosin Aiyegun (12)

All:
Tosin Aiyegun (16)

Players

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First-team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BIH Živko Kostadinović
2 DF   SUI Lindrit Kamberi
3 DF   ESP Adrià Guerrero
4 DF   SUI Bećir Omeragić
6 DF   KOS Fidan Aliti
7 MF   SUI Bledian Krasniqi
8 MF   NOR Ole Selnæs
9 FW   CRO Ivan Santini
10 MF   SUI Antonio Marchesano
11 FW   COD Jonathan Okita
14 MF   NED Carson Buschman-Dormond (on loan from Tulevik)
15 FW   BEN Tosin Aiyegun
16 DF   GER Marc Hornschuh
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   GUI Cheick Condé
19 DF   SRB Nikola Boranijašević
21 MF   SUI Blerim Džemaili
22 FW   CRO Roko Šimić (on loan from RB Salzburg)
23 MF   SUI Fabian Rohner
24 DF   CRO Nikola Katić
25 GK   SUI Yanick Brecher (captain)
26 MF   SUI Miguel Reichmuth
31 DF   KOS Mirlind Kryeziu
32 MF   SUI Selmin Hodza
34 GK   SUI Gianni De Nitti
35 DF   SUI Ilan Sauter
39 FW   GHA Daniel Afriyie

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   SUI Silvan Wallner (at FC Wil until 30 June 2023)
DF   EST Karol Mets (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2023)
MF   KOS Donis Avdijaj (at TSV Hartberg until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Nils Reichmuth (at FC Wil until 30 June 2023)
MF   SUI Stephan Seiler (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

12 June 2022 Friendly Thalwil   0–7   Zürich Thalwil, Switzerland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportplätze Brand II
15 June 2022 Friendly Zürich   11–0   Baden Hausen am Albis, Switzerland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Sportplatz Jonentäli
18 June 2022 Friendly Zürich   3–2   Wil Uitikon, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sürenloh
Attendance: 864
22 June 2022 Friendly Viktoria Köln   1–3   Zürich St. Margrethen, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportanlage Rheinau
2 July 2022 Friendly Zürich   4–1   Rheindorf Altach Zürich, Switzerland
16:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 0
9 July 2022 Friendly VfB Stuttgart   3–2   Zürich Friedrichshafen, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Zeppelinstadion
9 December 2022 Friendly Zürich   2–1   Dornbirn Zürich, Switzerland
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Sportanlage Heerenschürli
17 December 2022 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen   4–1   Zürich Leverkusen, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nico Fuchs (Germany)
7 January 2023 Friendly Universitatea Cluj   1–3   Zürich Belek, Turkey
11:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1
7 January 2023 Friendly Schalke 04   2–2   Zürich Belek, Turkey
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 1
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kemal Ögen
10 January 2023 Friendly Hannover 96   2–2   Zürich Belek, Turkey
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Cornelia Diamond Hotel

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 6 August 2022 29 May 2023 Matchday 1 8th 36 10 14 12 41 55 −14 027.78
Swiss Cup 21 August 2022 18 September 2022 Round 1 Round 2 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 050.00
UEFA Champions League 19 July 2022 27 July 2022 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
UEFA Europa League 4 August 2022 3 November 2022 Third qualifying round Group stage 10 5 0 5 13 17 −4 050.00
Total 50 16 15 19 64 80 −16 032.00

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St. Gallen 36 11 12 13 66 52 +14 45
7 Grasshopper 36 12 8 16 56 64 −8 44
8 Zürich 36 10 14 12 41 55 −14 44
9 Winterthur 36 8 8 20 32 66 −34 32
10 Sion (R) 36 7 10 19 41 73 −32 31 Qualification for the relegation play-off
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.[1]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 10 14 12 41 55  −14 44 5 8 5 23 26  −3 5 6 7 18 29  −11

Source: soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLDLLDLLLDDDDLWLWDWWDWDDLWDDLWLDWDWWL
Position101010101010101010101010101010999998888888888888878
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[2]

16 July 2022 1 Young Boys 4–0 Zürich Bern
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Attendance: 31,120
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
23 July 2022 2 Zürich 0–0 Luzern Zürich
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 12,905
Referee:   Luca Piccolo
30 July 2022 3 St.Gallen 2–0 Zürich St. Gallen
18:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,838
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
7 August 2022 4 Zürich 0–3 Sion Zürich
14:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 13,619
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
14 August 2022 5 Winterthur 1–1 Zürich Winterthur
14:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
Attendance: 8,400
Referee:   Sandro Schärer
28 August 2022 6 Zürich 2–4 Basel Zürich
16:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 19,111
Referee:   Fedayi San
3 September 2022 7 Zürich 1–2 Lugano Zürich
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,360
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
11 September 2022 8 Servette 3–2 Zürich Lancy
14:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 10,168
Referee:   Fedayi San
1 October 2022 9 Grasshopper 1–1 Zürich Zürich
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 16,974
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
9 October 2022 10 Zürich 0–0 Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST Boranijašević   42' Report Arnold   33' Attendance: 15,481
Referee:   Luca Piccolo
16 October 2022 11 Zürich 0–0 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST Santini   35' SFL summary
Report
Niasse   21'
Fassnacht   63'
Attendance: 14,565
Referee:   Fedayi San
Assistant referees:   Sandro Schärer (VAR)
20 October 2022 12 Basel 0–0 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Ndoye   57'
Zeqiri   90+3'
SFL summary
FCB report
  13' Santini
  45' Boranijašević
  67' Kamberi
  83' Condé
  90+3' Katić
Attendance: 23,241
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees:   Fedayi San (VAR)
23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) 13 Zürich 1–4 Grasshopper Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
SFL summary
Attendance: 15,496
Referee:   Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees:   Alain Bieri (VAR)
Man of the Match: Guilherme Schettine[3]
30 October 2022 14 Sion 0–1 Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Grgić   66'
Araz   73'
Lavanchy   90'
Karlen   90+2'
Poha   90+4'
SFL summary   8' Okita
  12' Katić
  36' Condé
  47' Tosin
  57' Kamberi
  78' Boranijašević
  83' Okita
  87' Guerrero
Attendance: 10,300
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees:   Alain Bieri (VAR)
6 November 2022 15 Lugano 2–0 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30 Steffen   12'
Mai   24'
Hajdari   48'
Mahou   58'   78'
Babic   59'
Aliseda   71'
Saipi   88'
SFL summary   28' Selnæs
  43' Marchesano
  47' Santini
  73' Brecher
  78' Katić
  88' Aliti
Attendance: 3,560
Referee:   Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees:   Lukas Fähndrich (VAR)
13 November 2022 16 Zürich 4–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 CET
SFL summary
Report
Attendance: 12,776
Referee:   Mirel Turkes
Assistant referees:   Fedayi San (VAR)
21 January 2023 17 Luzern 2–2 Zürich Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00 Jashari   4'
Meyer   62'
Beka   69'
Beloko   76'
Chader   83'
SFL summary   38' Guerrero
  61' Condé
  89' Šimić
  90+3' Šimić
  After full-time' Džemaili
Attendance: 13,979
Referee:   Fedayi San
29 January 2023 18 Zürich 1–0 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Krasniqi   17'
Šimić   18'
Boranijašević   68'
Hornschuh   88'
SFL summary   45' Alves
  86' Quintillà
Attendance: 14,950
Referee:   Luca Piccolo
5 February 2023 19 Sion 0–1 Zürich Stade Tourbillon, Sion
14:15 Itaitinga   28'
Lavanchy   46'
Bua   53'
Sio   73'
SFL summary   27' Omeragić
  36' Šimić
  59' Okita
Attendance: 7,600
Referee:   Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Lionel Tschudi (Neuchâtel)
12 February 2023 20 Zürich 1–1 Winterthur Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Aliti   30'
Tosin   32'
Condé  46'
Seiler   62'
SFL summary   16' Ramizi
  39' Ramizi
  42' Schmid
  44' Arnold
  62' Lekaj
  90+3' Ballet
Attendance: 13,690
Referee:   Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Sascha Kever
19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 21 Grasshopper 1–2 Zürich Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Dadashov   30' (pen.)
Abrashi   57'
Loosli   86'
Report   30' Katic
  66', 73' Tosin
  88' Condé
Attendance: 16,185
Referee:   Urs Schyder
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Esther Staubli
25 February 2023 22 Zürich 2–2 Young Boys Letzigrund, Zürich
20:30 Okita   40'
Kryeziu   49'
Tosin   75'
SFL summary   57' Monteiro
  84' Fassnacht
Attendance: 15,393
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
5 March 2023 23 Zürich 1–1 Servette Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Aliti   66'
Junior Ligue   78'
Mathew   83'
SFL summary   11' Kutesa
  73' Crivelli
  85' Cognat
  88' Rouiller
Attendance: 13,780
Referee:   Stefan Horisberger
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
11 March 2023 24 Lugano 2–0 Zürich Cornaredo, Lugano
20:30 Aliseda   22'
Steffen   39'
Sabbatini   45'
Hajdari   70'
Doumbia   79'
Babic   83'
Bislimi   90+4'
SFL summary   5' Tosin
  36' Šimić
  90+4' Omeragić
Attendance: 4,700
Referee:   Esther Staubli
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Stefan Horisberger
18 March 2023 25 Zürich 2–1 Luzern Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 Tosin   32'
Condé   67'
Tosin   76'
Krasniqi   90+1'
SFL summary   21' (pen.) Meyer
  60' Ottiger
Attendance: 15,330
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
26 April 2023 26 St. Gallen 2–2 Zürich Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30 Guillemenot   44'
Latte Lath   51'
Stillhart   52'
Stergiou   70'
Dajaku   73'   90+1'
SFL summary   23' Aliti
  26' Tosin
  36'   85' Omeragić
  44' Brecher
  44' Džemaili
  56' Okita
  90+3' Kryeziu
Attendance: 19,540
Referee:   Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Sascha Kever
8 April 2023 27 Zürich 1–1 Basel Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 López   19'
Ndoye   74'
SFV summary   23' Kamberi
  26' Condé
  82' Hodza
  83' Mathew
Attendance: 19,451
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
15 April 2023 28 Luzern 4–1 Zürich Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30 Meyer   28'
Sorgić   37'
Dorn   49'
Dorn   64'
SFL summary   45' Mathew Attendance: 14,217
Referee:   Luca Cibelli
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Lukas Fähndrich
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards
23 April 2023 29 Zürich 1–0 St. Gallen Letzigrund, Zürich
16:30 Okita   57' (pen.)
Kryeziu   62'
SFL summary   34' Vallci
  83' Quintillà
  85' Dajaku
Attendance: 16,585
Referee:   Urs Schnyder
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
26 April 2023 30 Servette 4–0 Zürich Stade de Genève, Geneva
20:30 Bedia   1'
Pflücke   38'
Bedia   54'
Touati   85'
SFL summary   43' Aliti
  57' Šimić
  66' Selnæs
Attendance: 4,818
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Stephan Klossner
30 April 2023 31 Zürich 2–2 Sion Letzigrund, Zürich
14:15 Condé   10'
Džemaili   25' (pen.)
Kryeziu   60'
Džemaili   78' (pen.)
Boranijašević   85'
Ligue   90+5'
Rohner   90+5'
SFL summary   20' Fortuné
  24' Ziegler
  44' Cyprien
  60' Karlen
  78' Sio
  90+5' Schmied
Attendance: 14,608
Referee:   Sven Wolfensberger
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Esther Staubli
7 May 2023 32 Basel 0–2 Zürich St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:30 Xhaka   56'
Augustin   85'
Adams   85'
Heiko Vogel (coach)   90'
Burger   90+7'
Xhaka   90+12'
SFL summary   14' Aliti
  76' Kamberi
  81' Guerrero
  85' Katić
  85' Boranijašević
  90+1' (pen.) Šimić
  90+1' Šimić
  90+4' Mathew
  90+7' Kryeziu
  90+7' Marchesano
Attendance: 27,295
Referee:   Alessandro Dudic
Assistant referees: (VAR)   Stephan Klossner
14 May 2023 33 Young Boys 1–1 Zürich Bern
Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
21 May 2023 34 Zürich 2–1 Grasshoppers Zürich
Stadium: Letzigrund
25 May 2023 35 Winterthur 0–2 Zürich Winterthur
20:30 Report
Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
29 May 2023 36 Zürich 2–3 Lugano Zürich
16:30
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Referee: Alessandro Dudic

Swiss Cup

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21 August 2022 Round 1 SC Cham 0–4 Zürich Cham
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Eizmoos
18 September 2022 Round 2 Lausanne-Sport 3–2 (a.e.t.) Zürich Lausanne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 5,050
Referee:   Alain Bieri

UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 15 June 2022.

19 July 2022 First leg Qarabağ   3–2   Zürich Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 AZT (UTC+4)
Report
Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Attendance: 30,782
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
27 July 2022 Second leg Zürich   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 agg.)
  Qarabağ Zürich
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,237
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

4 August 2022 First leg Linfield   0–2   Zürich Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 3,044
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)
11 August 2022 Second leg Zürich   3–0
(5–0 agg.)
  Linfield Zürich
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 7,904
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

18 August 2022 First leg Zürich   2–1   Heart of Midlothian St. Gallen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 7,958
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Note: Zürich will play their play-off round home match at Kybunpark in St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, in Zürich, which is hosting a concert.[4]
25 August 2022 Second leg Heart of Midlothian   0–1
(1–3 agg.)
  Zürich Edinburgh, Scotland
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 17,225
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS PSV BOD ZUR
1   Arsenal 6 5 0 1 8 3 +5 15 Advance to round of 16 1–0 3–0 1–0
2   PSV Eindhoven 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–0 1–1 5–0
3   Bodø/Glimt 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–1 1–2 2–1
4   Zürich 6 1 0 5 5 16 −11 3 1–2 1–5 2–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
8 September 2022 1 Zürich   1–2   Arsenal St. Gallen[note 1]
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,070
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
15 September 2022 2 Bodø/Glimt   2–1   Zürich Bodø, Norway
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
6 October 2022 3 Zürich   1–5   PSV Eindhoven Zürich
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,626
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
13 October 2022 4 PSV Eindhoven   5–0   Zürich Eindhoven, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)
27 October 2022 5 Zürich   2–1   Bodø/Glimt Zürich
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 10,168
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine)
3 November 2022 6 Arsenal   1–0   Zürich London, England
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)
Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

Notes

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  1. ^ Zürich played their first home match at Kybunpark, St. Gallen, instead of their regular stadium, Letzigrund, Zürich, due to a music concert and athletic event.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23". SwissFootballLeague.
  3. ^ "Schlusslicht FCZ bleibt auch im 13. Ligaspiel sieglos". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  4. ^ Pilcher, Ross (11 August 2022). "Hearts to face Zurich in the Europa League playoffs after Donis Avdijaj dumps out Linfield". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Ticket information: FC Zurich v Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.