2022–23 AC Bellinzona season

AC Bellinzona

2022–23 season
Chairman	Paolo Righetti
Manager	David Sesa (until 22 August) Fernando Cocimano (interim, from 22 August until 14 September) Baldo Raineri (from 14 September)
Stadium	Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
Swiss Challenge League	6th
Swiss Cup	Round 2

The 2022–23 season is the 111th season in the history of AC Bellinzona and their first season back in the second division of Swiss football since 2013. 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 7 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  SUI Yuri-Gino Klein 6 MF  SUI Guélor Samba 7 MF  URU Cristian Souza 10 FW  URU Sergio Cortelezzi 11 MF  SUI Matteo Tosetti 12 GK  SUI Alexander Muci (on loan from Lugano) 13 DF  URU Guillermo Padula 15 DF  SUI Serkan Izmirlioglu (on loan from Luzern) 17 DF  SUI Bruno Morgado 18 FW  POR André Ribeiro

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  SUI Tresor Samba 23 DF  ARG Isaac Monti 27 MF  CIV Eric Tia 28 DF  SUI Gaetano Berardi 33 MF  TUR Mehmet Manis 47 DF  SUI Santiago Miranda 77 GK  COD Joël Kiassumbua 88 MF  ITA Tommaso Centinaro 99 FW  URU Rodrigo Pollero

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bellinzona v Monza

10 July 2022 Friendly	Bellinzona	0–0	Monza	Bellinzona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

Bellinzona v Team Ticino

17 August 2022 Friendly	Bellinzona	2–1	Team Ticino	Bellinzona
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

Thun v Bellinzona

10 January 2023 Friendly	Thun	0–1	Bellinzona	Thun, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Challenge League	16 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1		18	7	2	9	24	34	−10	038.89
Swiss Cup	21 August 2022	17 September 2022	Round 1	Round 2	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total					20	8	2	10	28	36	−8	040.00

Last updated: 25 November 2022
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Challenge League

Main article: 2022–23 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:

1. 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
5	2	1	2	6	11	−5	7	1	0	2	2	8	−6	1	1	0	4	3	+1

Last updated: 17 August 2022.
Source: Swiss Challenge League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2022. 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]

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Swiss Cup

FC Widnau v Bellinzona

21 August 2022 Round 1	FC Widnau	1–4	Bellinzona	Widnau
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Aegeten

Bellinzona v Luzern

16–18 September 2022 Round 2	Bellinzona	v	Luzern	Lausanne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière

References

1. "SQUADRA" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
2. "Matchcenter" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018.
3. "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2022/23".