Lots of movement. RSL GCZ Out - Leading goalscorer Munas Dabbur has left for Red Bull Salzburg. Moritz Bauer has left the club after 6 years and 93 matches to join Rubin Kazan in Russia. In - Ridge Munsy has joined the team from FC Thun where he scored 11 goals and had 3 assists last season. Numa Lavanchy, a 22 year old midfielder has joined the team from LS where he had 6 goals and 3 assists in 32 matches last season. LS In - Juan Esnaider, 24 year old Spanish winger has joined the team. He scored 12 goals last season for Toledo in the 3rd Division in Spain. Paolo Frascatore, a 24 year old Italian defender has been loaned to the club from AS Roma for the season. Lugano In - Mirko Salvi, a 22 year old keeper, has been loaned to the club for the duration of the season from FC Basel. He played 11 times for Lugano last spring, also on loan from FC Basel. Dragan Mihajlovic has joined the club from FC Chiasso. He is a former youth Montenegrin International. Andrea Manzo is the new manager. Luzern In - Cedric Itten, a 19 year old forward has been loaned from FC Basel for the season. Simon Grether, a 24 year old defensive midfielder has joined from FC Wohlen for one year with a year option. Thun In - Carlinhos, a Brazilian midfielder, has been loaned from Atlético Monte Azul for one year with a option to purchase the player. Out - Michael Siegfried has left the club. BCL Aarau In - Sébastien Wüthrich has decided to join the Argovian club after leaving Montpellier where in 18 months, he played 2 times. His contract is for 2 years as thee 26 year old tries to get his career back on track. Alessandro Ciarricchi, a 28 year old forward has joined the club from FC Chiasso. He was a key part of the AC Bellinzone club before its demise. FCZ In - Andris Vanins has joined the club from FC Sion. his contact will run through 2019. Roberto Rodriguez has joined the club from Novare/Greuther Fürth. Armin Alesevic and Michael Kempter have both signed contracts with the club until 2020. Staying - Anto Grgic has resigned until 30 Jun 2018. Wil In - Steven Deana, the 26 year old keeper has signed a 5 year contract with the club. Arnaud Bühler, the former LS player until he was released upon their promotion, has joined the club for 1 year. Ugur Tütüneker is the new manager, the former Turkish International (no surprise there) has joined the club after Kevin Cooper was fired at the end of May for failing to achieve promotion. Winterthur In - Manuel Sutter joins the club from Vaduz. Manuel Sutter only played 7 matches last season for Vaduz. Xamax In - Azad Odabasi has joined Xamax from Etoile Carouge. The 20 year old left midfielder was in the youth setup at Servette.
Embolo to Schalke? That is the most recent and credible rumor. It looks like a 5 year contract for a 20 million CHF transfer fee. RSL Sion Out - Kay Voser has left the club for FCZ. He only played 4 times for Sion.
RSL FCSG In - Mohamed Gouaida, a 23 year old midfielder joins the club from Hamburg for a year long loan. The some time Tunusian International joins the club having played 17 matches for Karlsruhe last season. GCZ Out - Jordan Brown and the club have parted ways. With one year left of his contract, he was not in the plans of the club. Lugano In - Ofir Mizrahi has joined the club from Kiryat Shmona in Israel. Mizrahi scored 9 goals in 26 matches last season. BCL Wil In- Ronny Teuber will be the new keeper coach. He was most recently employed by SV Hamburg. Wohlen In - Noah Loosi, a 19 year old defender has been loaned from GCZ for the season. Yannick Schmid, a 21 year old defender has been loaned from Luzern for the season.
RSL Basel Out - Breel Embolo to Schalke for $27.8 million. This is the 2nd highest Swiss transfer ever. Lausanne Sport In - Panamanian international Gabriel Torres, 27, joins the club with a 2 year contract and a 1 year option. He has played 53 times for Panama with 8 goals. I remember him with Colorado Rapids where he scored 8 goals in 53 matches. BCL Aarau Out - Mart Lieder has had his contract not extended after 30 June 2016. He scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 31 matches last season. Changing position - Sven Lüscher has left the playing field to become an assistant for U21 Team Aargovia. Chiasso In - Giancarlo Camolese is the new manager of the club. He was most recently the manager at US Alessandria in the 3rd Division. Winterthur In - Vittorio Caruso is a new assistant for Sven Christ. He was last assistant and trainer for FC Biel. Out - Tunahan Cicek, a 24 year old forward who scored 12 goals and 9 assists in 65 matches has joined Boluspor in the 2nd Turkish Division.
RSL Basel In - Seydou Doumbia has joined the club on loan from AS Roma for the season. The former YB star has been brought in to replace Embolo. FCSG Staying - Yannis Tafer has extended his contract for 2 years. BCL Chiasso In - Marco Gaeta has joined the club from US Inveruno where he scored 20 goals in 33 matches last year.
Can anyone confirm that Geoffrey Treand is now with Aarau? Someone named Treand started and played 61 minutes in the 3-0 win over Thun.
I do not know. That would be a very interesting move for him. The game report does show a Tréand on the team and playing for 61 min, but not scoring a goal.
If Treand is there that would be great and St. Gallen did release him so it must be him. Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Tapatalk
SFL.ch has the official rosters and Geoffrey Treand is #17 on the FC Aarau squad! Yeah! Us! With Wuthrich as well we should be ok this season!
I think that Aarau is going to make a serious push this year for promotion. Rumors: Kevin Bua is wanted by Basel and YB but FCZ has put a price tag of 4-5 million CHF on him. Henrique, a Brazilian central defender who has played for Bordeaux, is on trial at LS. RSL Basel In - Mohamed Elyounoussi, a 21 year old Norwegian International forward has joined Basel with a contract for 4 years from Molde. He scored 30 goals in 70 matches since 2013. Out - Naser Aliji has left the club for Kaiserslautern in the 2nd Bundesliga. He has signed for 3 years. FCSG Staying - Silvan Hefti, a 18 year old, signs a contract with the club until 2020. He has been with the club since 2009. GCZ In - Lucas Andersen a 21 year old midfielder, has joined the club with a 4 year contract from Ajax Amsterdam. He was on loan to Willem II Tilburg last season where he scored 6 goals in 30 matches. LS In - Juan Esnaider, a 24 year old forward scored 12 goals in 35 matches last season for Toledo in the Spanish 3rd Division. His contract is for 2 years. Marcus Diniz, a Brazilian central defender has signed with the club. He is still under contract with Padova in Italy. It is expected that he will officially join the club soon, Luzern In - Tomi Juric, a Australian International, joins the club from Roda in the Netherlands. Last season he played 17 matches with them, scoring 4 times. Out - Sebastian Schachten has left the club. YB In - Thorsten Schick, a 26 year old winger, has joined the club from Sturm Graz. Over the past 2 seasons, he played 58 matches with 6 goals and 16 assists. Kwadwo Duah, a 19 year old youth player has signed a professional contract and will join the 1st team. BCL Aarau In - Pascal Thrier has left FCSG and joined Aarau for two years. The defender only played 2 times for FCSG last season. Chiasso In - Marco Perini a midfielder has joined the club for two years from AlbinoLeffe. Nicolo Quaggiotto joins the club for two years from Civilerghe Mazzano. Staying - Ilija Ivic has had has contract extended for one season. Antonio Felitti, Faciel Hanachi, Salvatore Guarino and Michele Monighetti have also had their contracts extended for 2 season to June 2018. FCZ In - Adrian Winter joins the club from Orlando City with a contract until June 2019. Le Mont In - Ridge Mobulu returns to Le Mont with a 2 year contract. He helped Le Mont earn promotion in two successive seasons they played at Luzern and Aarau. Schaffhausen Staying - Granit Lekaj has extended his contract for this season. Mirko Facchinetti has extended his contract for two seasons. André Gonçalves has had his contract extended for three seasons. Out - Raphael Mollet has left the club where he played since 2009, to join promotion league club FC United Zurich. Servette In - Former FCZ striker Alexandre Alphonse has joined Servette for one year. He joins the club from Liegue 2 team Stade Brestois where he played 76 matches and had 16 goals. Winterthur In - Jordi Nsiala joins the club from FC Oberwallis Naters where he scored 12 goals in 22 matches last season. His contract is for 1 year with a 1 year option. Out - Joao Paiva is leaving the club where he had 20 goals and 8 assists in 3 matches over 2 seasons.
RSL GCZ In - Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson joins the club from GIF Sundsvall in Sweden where he played last season 12 matches and had 6 goals. The 26 year old Icelander was on the Euro 2016 squad, but did not play in any matches. Lugano Staying - Mario Piccinocchi will remain with the club. The 21 year old defensive midfielder was on loan from Vicenza last season, and the loan has been extended for another season. He played 31 matches last season with 1 goal and 5 assists. In - Bálint Vécsei, a 23 year old Hungarian midfielder has join the club on a season long loan with an option to make the loan permanent from Bologna. He played 2 matches with the full Hungarian National Team in 2014 and spent the last season on loan to Lecce in Serie C in Italy. Vaduz In - Matthias Strohmaier, a 22 year old defender, who played for the Germany U18/U19 teams and was most recently a Bayern Munich Reserve player, has joined the club with a contract until 2018. BCL Aarau In - Zoran Josipovic has joined the club from Juventus. The 20 year old played last spring on loan to Lugano where he scored 5 goals in 12 matches. His contract goes through June 2018. Chiasso In - Stefane Rauti, a 22 year old midfielder, joins the club from FC Sion with a contract for 2 years. FCZ Staying - Sangoné Sarr, the 24 year old midfielder from Senegal, has extended his contract with the club until 2020. He scored the winning goal against FC Lugano in the Swiss Cup in the spring. Out - Philippe Koch, a 25 year old who had played 201 matches in 8 seasons for FCZ has signed with Novara in Serie B in Italy. Winterthur Out - Claudio Holenstein has signed with Wacker Innsbruck in the 2nd Division in Austria. His contract is for 1 year with another as an option. Wohlen In - Marko Dangubic, a Swiss U20 International, has been loaned to Wohlen for the season from YB. Last season, he scored 20 goals for YBII in the 1st League. Xamax Out - Bastien Oberli is leaving on loan to SR Delemont for the season. The 18 year old only played 2 matches last sesaon due to injuries.
Basel are really gearing up for the Champions League. Eder Balanta from River Plate the latest addition with Serey Die possibly the next. I guess Bjarnason is the most likely to leave, he's been rumored to Roma for around 8 million Euros.
Sorry all. I have been on vacation. RSL Basel In - It is official, Serey Die has returned from Stuttgart. The 31 year old has a contract for 2 years with 1 year option. BCL Le Mont In - Hervé Epitaux a 20 year old FC La Chaux-de-Fonds right winger and Daniel Titie, a 25 year old Frenchman who last played at Olympique Saint-Quentin have joined the club. Steve Lawson, a 21 year old Frenchman, joins the club with a 1 year contract after being with the ETG reserve team in France. Winterthur In - Carlos Silvio who left LS has joined the club for one year with an option year as well. Wohlen In - Florian Stahel has joined the club for two years. The central defender joins after being released by Vaduz. Janko Pacar, the former Luzern player joined the club for three seasons. This is not all, just the last 10 or so. I will do the others later.
Sorry to overwhelm all with the sheer volume of transferts. I have noticed a few things over the past few seasons. Having money helps. Basel, signes not just their youth produces, but those they have confidence to 3-5 year contracts. They can do this because they can offer so much more than other Swiss teams. It is rare to see other clubs offer longer than 2-3 year contracts. RSL Basel In - Foremer FCZ and Servette player Kevin Bua has joined the club. His contract is for 4 seasons. GCZ Out - Daniel Pavlovic, has left the club to join Sampdoria in Italy. LS Staying - Elton Monteiro, a 22 year old defender has had his contract extended until 2019. Olivier Custodio, the 21 year old captain of the team has had his contract extended until 2020. 23 year old forward Kwang Ryong Pak has had his contract extended until 2019. In - Maxime Dominguez, the former Servette player (who thought he was too good for Servette and languished on FCZ II last season, yes I am still bitter) has signed for three seasons with LS. Yeltsin Tejeda, a 24 year old Costa Rican international (37 caps) has signed for 3 years. He last played in Ligue 1 with ETG for the last two seasons. Lugano In - Aleandro Prati has signed with the club from Varesina of the 4th Italian division. His contract is for 1 year. The soon to be 21 year old is expected to be the 3rd keeper this season. Davide Mariani, a 25 year old midfielder has joined the club from Schaffhausen for 2 seasons. Staying - Ezgjan Alioski, a 24 year old Macedonian International, has had his contract extended until 2018. 24 year old Jonathan Sabbatini also has had his contract extended, but for him it was for 3 years. Sion In - Arthur Boka, a 85 times capped Cote D'Ivoirian. He signed for one season. In on loan - 21 year old Paulo Ricardo has joined the club on a season long loan with an option for a 4 year contract from Santos. Thun In - Dejan Sorgic, a 26 year old forward, joins the club from SC Kriens where he scored 9 goals last season. His contract is for two seasons with one year additional as an option. BCL Aarau Staying - Miguel Peralta has had his contract extended until 2020. The 20 year old midfielder had 9 assists in 15 matches last season. He was a key part in the 2nd half rise of Aarau. In - Illija Kovacic, a 24 year old keeper has joined the club from FC Schaffhausen. Chiasso In - Theo Reymond joins the club with a contract for 1 year form FC Sion II. The 21 year old played defensive midfielder. Nikola Milosavjevic has rejoined the team from a mostly failed stop at Lugano. His contact runs through 2018. Marijan Urtic, a 35 year old defender, has left Wohlen after 2.5 seasons and 64 matches, and has signed with Chiasso for one season. In on loan - Daniel Kaufmann joins the club on a year long loan from Vaduz. Out - Since the club has changed hands, some previously signed players are no longer wanted. Marco Perino, Nicolo Quaggiotto and Marco Gaeta do not have a future with the club, they are not released, but Chiasso is looking for someone to sign them. FCZ In - Dzegngis Cavusevic, a 28 year old Slovenian forward, has left FCSG and signed with FCZ for 2 years. Out - Former Swiss Youth International Anto Grgic has left the team to rejoin VfB Stuttgart with a contract until 30 June 2020. Schaffhausen In - Nejc Mevlia, a 26 year old Slovenia defender has joined the club from Gorcia with a 2 year contract. Joao Vilela, a 30 year old Portuguese has joined the club for 2 years from Uniao Leiria. Staying - Imran Bunjaku, a 23 year old midfielder has had his contract extended. He tore his ACL last season, and now has a contract to prove himself until the end of December 2016. Admir Seferagic, has also suffered a knee injury has been given a 6 month contract as well. Staying - Frank Grasseler, a 27 year old keeper, has had a contract extension until the end of this current season. Servette In - William Le Pogam, a former OL youth player, has joined the team from Toledo in the 3rd Spanish Division with a contract for 2 years plus an option year. Wil Out - Mert Mobre, a 35 year old Brazilian, has left the club and returned to Turkey with 3rd division club Erzurmspor. He played 24 matches last season, with 7 goals and 4 assists. Winterthur In - Luca Radice, a 29 year old midfielder, joins the club from Aarau. His contract is for 1 year with an option. Daniele Russo joins the club from FCSG , his contract is for 3 years. Wohlen In - Sandro Foschino, a 28 year old midifielder, has left Winterthur to join Wohlen with a contract until 30 June 2018. Xamax In - Leo Farine has returned to Neuchatel after a season with SR Delemont. The 20 year old defender who was formed at Xamax has a contract that runs though 2018.
Rumors: Philippe Senderos is close to signing with AEK Athens. Blerim Dzemail is close to signing with the Montreal Impact of MLS with a 4 year contract. The only hitch is that his current contract runs through 2017 and Galatasaray wants to loan him to Bologna. Moussa Konaté has drawn interest from Real Betis of Seville. I guess with the Swss season starting so early, a player could play 4-6 matches for the RSL team depending on the year and then be transferred. That is a hard way to plan for a season. One other news, Jeremy Guillemenot, who left Servette for Barcelona this summer scored his first goal for Barcelona B this past week.
Rumors: Inler to Caligari RSL Basel Staying - Taluant Xhaka has his contract extended until 2021, this is a 3 year extension.
RSL Lugano In on loan - Venezuelan International, Andres Ponce has been loaned from Sampdoria for the season. Vaduz In on loan - Gion Chande has joined the club from FC Basel U18 team until the Winter break. He will replace injured 3rd keeper Christian Baldinger. YB Staying - Adi Hütter has had his contract extended until 2018. Rumor: Fabian Schär to Valencia.
Move movement after the 1st week of matches: RSL Vaduz In on loan - Caleb Stanko, a 23 year old Polish-American defender, has joined from SC Friburg in the 2nd Bundesliga. BCL Chiasso In on loan - Veljiko Simic, a 21 year old Serbian midfielder, has joined the club on loan from FC Basel for the duration of the season.
François Moubandje - has had his contract extended until 2019. RSL Out on loan - Bence Mervo has left the club on loan to WKS Slask Wroclaw. Mervo joined Sion last winter break and did not play a match in the spring. The 21 year old Hungarian played with WKS Slask Wroclaw last spring.
BCL Chiasso In on loan - Chiasso has secured another loaned player, this time it is a 20 year old Dutch former PSV Eindhoven player Ryan Hiwat, who is now under contract with FC Carpi. Rumor: Michel Morganella is leaving Palermo to go to either Mainz or RB Leipzig.
Almen Abdi has signed with Sheffield Wednesday of the Coca Cola Championship. His contract is for 4 years. His transfer fee was around 5 million CHF. The new Watford manager did not see Abdi in his plans.
RSL Vaduz In - Aldin Turkes has left FCZ to join Vaduz on a 3 year contrat. Turkes, a 20 year old played 7 times for FCZ last season, but spent most of the season with the FCZ U21 team. YB Staying - Denis Zakaria has extended his contract until 2020. Another Servette academy product (yes I am a little bitter about this one as well.) BCL Chiasso In on loan - Deniz Mujic has been loaned from FCSG for the season. Last spring he scored 11 goals in 18 matches for Schaffhausen while on loan.
RSL FCSG Out - Florent Hanin has left the club for Belenenses of Lisbon. Hanin's wife plays soccer in Portugal and the two wanted to be in the same country. In - Andres Wittwer, who last played with Thun, 164 matches over the 2010-2016 time frame. BCL Chiasso In - Giuseppe Palma, a 22 year old former Italian U17 and U19 player has joined the club for 1 year with a years option. The Naples academy product last played with Ischia Isolaverde in the 3rd Division. Out - Steve Rouiller has left the club to join Lugano. The 26 year old defender played 34 matches for Chiasso last season. He last played in the RSL with Sion in the fall of 2014 where he played 4 matches. Wohlen Out - Former Basel academy product Simon Dünki has left the club to join BSC Old Boys. The 22 year old central defender found himself not starting and left to get more playing time. Philippe Senderos looks to be headed to Glasgow Rangers. Gökhan Inler looks to he headed to Turkey. Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Besiktas are the clubs who have expressed interest with Besiktas leading the way. Pajtim Kasami has joined Nottingham Forest on a 1 year loan. I like this move. Nottingham Forest looks to be making a real push at promotion this year. Plus they are one of my favorite clubs in England. Eren Derdiyok will join Galatasary and will sign his contract on Friday.
RSL Sion Out - Moussa Konaté is on the verge of signing with Hull City. The rumored transfer fee is 5.5 million Euros. YB Out - Florent Hadergjonaj, the 22 year old defender has left YB for Ingolstadt in the Austrian Bundesliga. In - Sven Joss, the 22 year old has returned from his loan to FC Thun.
Fabian Schär has been the subject of talks between Hoffenheim and Arsenal and Valencia. Hoffenheim has put a price of at least 11 million Euros for a transfer fee. Former YB and Xamax player, Samuel Afum has joined Wadi Degla in Egypt.