RSL FCZ Back from loan - Albin Sadrijaj a 20 year old who was loaned to Wohlen, but was injured back in September has returned to recuperate. He is not expected to play at all this year. BCL Chiasso In - Defender Bruno Gennari, and Forward Ivan Facchin have joined the club from FC Mendrisio and Team Ticino/AC Bellinzone. Rumor - Johan Djourou is being pursued by Sion, LS and Swansee.
That's what I thought. They released him or he was out of contract. So they would be entitled to 0. I have a good friend who worked with Sturm Graz (one of Kienast's former clubs) who has a friend who is a scout for Wiener Neustadt who said they were in discussions with Kienast and that's where that figure came up it is a lot for a player who only appeared 7 times with 2 goals in the Fall.
RSL FCZ Out - Moussa Koné has left the club to join Dynamo Dresden in the 2nd Bundesliga. GCZ Promoted/Extended contracts - 3 youth players have good news from GCZ. Nikola Sckacev has a new 4 year contract with the club. Roberto Alves has had his contract extended until 2019, but will stay on loan to Wil in the spring. Edmond Ramadai has his contract extended through 2020 and has been loaned to Aarau for the next 18 months. Lugano Out on loan - French forward Younes Bnou Marzouk has left the club on loan to Dalkurd in the first Swedish Division until Nov 2018. The club has a purchase option. Luzern In - Georgian International Valeriane Gvilia has joined the club from BATE Borisov in Belarus with a contract until 30 June 2020. YB In on loan - Alexandre Letellier has joined from Angers until the end of the season. With David von Ballmoos out due to injury, YB needed another keeper. BCL Rapperswil-Jona In - Ilir Zenuni, a 18 year old has joined the club until 30 June 2019. Retired - Remo Staubli has retired. Xamax Out on loan - Leo Farine and Safet Alic have joined FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and FC Bavois for the spring.
RSL Basel In - Leo Lacroix has joined the club from St Etienne. Nice replacement for the departure of Akanij. GCZ Out on loan - Midfielder Charles Pickel (20) and defender Arijan Qollaku (20) have both joined Schaffhausen on loan for the spring. . BCL Wil In - Nick von Niederhäusern (28) has signed a contract through the end of the season with an option. He returns to Switzerland after a season in Reno,NV in the USL. In on loan - Nias Hefti (defender/18), Alessandro Kräuchi (midfiender/19) and Marvin Baumann (forward/18) have joined the club on an 18 month loan. Return from loan - Ivan Audino (26) has returned from Aarau.
RSL Basel In - Noah Okafor, a 17 year old midfielder who has been with the youth teams, joins the 1st team for the spring. His contact will go through June 2020. GCZ Out on loan - Out of favor forward Florian Kamberi has been loaned until the end of the season to Hibernian FC in Scotland. LS In - Francesco Margiotta has had his loan from Juventus become permanent. Sion Out on loan - Joaquim Adão has been loaned to Hearts of Midlothian in Scotland. The loan is for the spring only, but the player only played 3 times in the fall. BCL Xamax In - Bruno Mota, a 22 year old Brazilian joins the Neuchatel club from Atlético Paranaense. His contract runs through the end of this season.
RSL Basel Extension - Geoffroy Serey Die has had his contract extended through the summer of 2019. BCL Schaffhausen In - Midfielder, Yannick Helbing has joined the club from Rapperswil-Jona. The 22 year old midfielder played only 2 times in the fall and has a contract that runs through 30 June 2019. Servette Rumor: Former Servette winger and current out of favor Dijon winger Vincent Rufi has had an offer to return to Servette. A counter offer was made, and nothing more at that point. Wil In - Zivko Kostadinovic, a 25 year old keeper who had played with Stade Nyonnias, Vaduz, Schaffhausen adn Le Mont, has joined Wil with a contract until the end of the season.
BCL Xamax In - Elvis Bratanovic, a 25 year old Slovenian has joined the club from FC Sursee where he scored 12 goals in 14 matches in the fall. Another attacking player.
RSL FCSG Extension - Silvan Gönitzer has extended his contract through 30 June 2020. FCZ Out - Dzengis Cavusevic has joined Adelaide United in Australia. LS In - Noah Loosli, a defender, joins the club on a 3.5 year contract from Schffhausen where he played 12 times this fall. BCL Chiasso Extension - Carte Said, the 20 year old midfielder, has had his contract extended a year, and it now runs through 30 June 2019. In - Michel Oberlin has joined the club from FC Sion II. The 18 year old has a contract that goes through June 2020.
RSL GCZ In on loan - Aleksandar Cvetkovic, a 22 year old Serbian defender, has been loaned from Wohlen to GCZ until the end of the season. In on loan - Kenan Kodro has joined the club on loan from Mainz in the Bundesliga until 30 June 2018. In - Trent Sainsbury, a 26 year old Australian defender, has joined the club with a contract until the end of June 2018. The defender has played for Australia 35 times. Luzern Out on loan - Il Gwan Jong, a 25 year old North Korean forward, has been loaned until 30 June 2018. Sion In - In an effort to avoid relegation, Xavier Kouassi has returned from the New England Revolution of MLS. YB Out on loan - Taulant Seferi, the 21 year old Macedonian midfielder has been loaned to Wohlen until the end of the spring. Seferi has not played a match this season for YB. BCL Aarau In - Nikola Gjorgjev, a 20 year old midfielder with 5 caps for Macedonia, has joined the club until the end of the season from FC Twente. He was formed at GCZ 2008-2017. He moved to Twente where he only played 2 times this season. Out - Michael Siegfried has left the club to join FC United Zurich. Servette Out on loan - Florian Berisha, the 28 year old midfielder, has joined Stade Nyonnaise on loan for the spring. He only played 9 times so far this season.
BCL Rapperswil-Jona In on loan - Pedro Pacheco, a 21 year old defender from Basel, has been loaned for until June 2019. The former U20 Portuguese International has been with Basel since 2013, but has only seen the field once this season. Vaduz Extension - Peter Jehle has extended his contract with the club until 30 June 2019.
RSL Luzern Extension - Claudio Lustenberger has had his contract extended until June 2019. He has been with the club since 2006 and has played almost 350 matches with the club. BCL Rapperswil-Jona Extension - Denis Simani a 26 year old defender who has played 20 matches for the club has extended his contract until 30 June 2020. Xamax Extension - In preparation for the anticipated promotion, Xamax have extended the contracts of three key players of their squad. Mike Gomes, Igor Djuric and Gaëtan Karlen have all been given contract extensions until 30 June 2020.
RSL FCSG Return from loan - Sanijel Kucani, the 21 year old who had been on loan to Wil, has returned to the club. He had played 10 matches so far with Wil. BCL Rapperswil-Jona Out on loan - Enis Ramadani, a 26 year old midfielder who played 3 times for the club this season, has joined SC Kriens for the remainder of the season. Wil Out on loan - Serkan Korkmaz, a 21 year old midfielder who has played 6 matches for the club, has joined BSC Old Boys for the remainder of the season.
RSL FCZ Out - Kay Voser has left the club to join Charlotte Independence of the USL in the United States. LS In - Cabral, the former Basel, Seville, Sunderland, Genoa and FCZ player has returned to the club where he started in 2005. He has not been with a club since FC Le Mont self-relegated last spring. Luzern Extension - Ruben Vargas, a 19 year old, has had his contract extended until 30 June 2021. He has been with the club since 2015 and played 10 matches with the club this season. Signed - Stefan Wolf, a 19 year old midfielder, has signed a professional contract with the club. His contract runs through June 2020.