2024–25 FC Aarau season

FC Aarau
2024–25 season
Manager	Brunello Iacopetta
Stadium	Stadion Brügglifeld
Swiss Challenge League	10th
Swiss Cup	Pre-season
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 123rd season in the history of FC Aarau, and the club's 10th consecutive season in the Swiss Challenge League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup.

Squad

As of 16 July 2024^[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	Marvin Hübel
2	DF	SUI	Marco Thaler
4	DF	SUI	Binjamin Hasani
5	DF	GHA	David Acquah
6	MF	SUI	Izer Aliu
7	MF	GER	Amr Khaled (on loan from Al Ahly)
8	MF	SUI	Olivier Jäckle (Captain)
9	FW	SUI	Yannick Toure
10	MF	SUI	Valon Fazliu
11	MF	KOS	Milot Avdyli
13	MF	GNB	Ivo Candé
14	DF	SUI	Fabrice Suter
15	DF	SUI	Serge Müller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	SUI	Henri Koide
19	MF	SUI	Silvan Schwegler
21	MF	SUI	Noah Jakob
22	DF	SUI	Lenny Janko
23	MF	MKD	Nikola Gjorgjev
24	FW	LBR	Emmanuel Ernest
25	MF	SUI	Dorian Derbaci
27	DF	SUI	Linus Obexer
29	DF	SUI	Marcin Dickenmann
30	GK	SUI	Andreas Hirzel
32	FW	PAR	Raúl Bobadilla
38	DF	SUI	Ryan Kessler
49	MF	SUI	Esey Gebreyesus

Out on loan

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
—	DF	SUI	Flavio Caserta (at Kriens until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	SUI	Nik Dubler (at Schötz until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Raúl Bobadilla	Schaffhausen	Free	1 July 2024	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Milot Avdyli	Vorskla Poltava	Undisclosed	3 January 2025

Friendlies

Pre-season

25 June 2024 Friendly	FC Olten	0–5	Aarau
18:30

29 June 2024 Friendly	Aarau	3–3	Kriens
16:00

6 July 2024 Friendly	Lugano	0–1	Aarau	Caslano
14:00			Dickenmann 73'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli

13 July 2024 Friendly

Young Boys

1–0

Aarau

23 July 2024 Friendly

Rapperswil-Jona

v

Aarau

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Challenge League	19 July 2024		Matchday 1	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Swiss Cup	17 August 2024			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00

Last updated: 26 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Challenge League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Thun	23	13	6	4	43	25	+18	45	Promotion to Swiss Super League
2	Aarau	23	13	5	5	40	26	+14	44	Qualification for promotion play-off
3	Étoile Carouge	23	10	6	7	35	30	+5	36
4	Vaduz	23	8	9	6	29	31	−2	33
5	Wil	23	8	8	7	35	29	+6	32

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2025. Source: Swiss Challenge League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[3]

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
17	7	5	5	27	21	+6	26	3	2	4	8	11	−3	4	3	1	19	10	+9

Last updated: 8 December 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W
Position	10	7	9	9	9	10	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[4]

19 July 2024 1	Aarau	1–3	Thun	Aarau
20:15	Bobadilla 45' Koide 65', 85'		Gutbub 7', 44' Frith 82' Matoshi 83'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

26 July 2024 2	Wil	2–2	Aarau	Wil
20:15	Ndau 13' (pen.), 70' Borges 9'		Ernest 39', 61' Dickenmann 45+1' 73' Avdyli 55'	Stadium: Sportpark Bergholz Attendance: 1,534 Referee: Tobias Thies

3 August 2024 3	Aarau	1–3	Neuchâtel Xamax	Aarau
				Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld

9 August 2024 4	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	1–1	Aarau	Lausanne
19:30 CET	Mahmoud 25' (pen.) Breston Malula 86'	Report	Obexer 15' Emmanuel Ernest 27'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 773 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher

24 August 2024 5	Aarau	1–0	Étoile Carouge	Aarau
18:00 CET	Koide 14' 53' Gjorgjev 56' Noah Jakob 62' Marvin Hübel 90+2'	Report	Rüfli 41' Camara 41' Bruno Caslei 64'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 5,266 Referee: Nico Gianforte

31 August 2024 6	Aarau	1–2	Bellinzona	Aarau
18:00 CET	Milot Avdyli 17' Noah Jakob 39' Obexer 58'	Report	Nivokazi 28' Néhemie Lusuena 45+1' Mihajlović 61' Sauter 65' Sangare 68'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 4,166 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher

20 September 2024 7	Vaduz	2–5	Aarau	Vaduz
20:15 CET	Hasler 5' Gasser 16' Fabrizio Cavegn 19'	Report	Koide 18' Acquah 29' Toure 38' 63' Liridon Berisha 43' (o.g.) Gjorgjev 44' Emmanuel Ernest 89'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,378 Referee: Hajrim Qovanaj

23 September 2024 8	Aarau	1–2	Schaffhausen	Aarau
20:15 CET	Fazliu 45+1' Marcin Dickenmann 57'	Report	Gabriele De Donno 9' Marc Giger 65' Gianni De Nitti 86'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Hüseyin Sanli

27 September 2024 9	Stade Nyonnais	1–2	Aarau	Nyon
19:30 CET	Darian Yana 34' Ruben Correia 48' Luca Gazzetta 59' Robin Busset 68' Escorza 71' Quentin Gaillard 90+3'	Report	Toure 14' Obexer 41' Gjorgjev 49' Marcin Dickenmann 76' Acquah 89'	Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Attendance: 570 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

5 October 2024 10	Aarau	0–0	Vaduz	Aarau
18:00 CET	Acquah 24' Marcin Dickenmann 72' Koide 87'	Report	Mats Hammerich 34' Emini 42' Jonathan De Donno 52' Traber 78' Büchel 88' Hasler 89'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Luca Piccolo

18 October 2024 11	Schaffhausen	0–3	Aarau	Schaffhausen
20:15 CET	Arbnor Hasani 51'	Report	Koide 13' Fazliu 37' (pen.) Toure 43'	Stadium: FCS Arena Schaffhausen Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Urs Schnyder

25 October 2024 12	Aarau	1–0	Stade Nyonnais	Aarau
20:15 CET	Obexer 17' Odutayo 65' Gjorgjev 90+3'	Report	De Pierro 43' Quentin Gaillard 53'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Hajrim Qovanaj

1 November 2024 13	Étoile Carouge	2–1	Aarau	Carouge
20:15 CET	Luca Sestito 25' Marcin Dickenmann 27' (o.g.) Oscar Correia 44' 67' 67' Rüfli 67' Vincent Ferrier 67' Mussa Diallo 90+4'	Report	Fazliu 63' (pen.) Marvin Hübel 67' Acquah 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Fontenette Attendance: 1,209 Referee: Maxime Odiet

9 November 2024 14	Bellinzona	1–4	Aarau	Bellinzona
18:00 CET	Johan Nkama 31' Nivokazi 52' Sangare 63' Valon Hamdiu 69' Mihajlović 83'	Report	Aliu 12' Fazliu 21' 63' (pen.) 77' Gjorgjev 36' Fofana 40' Obexer 85'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona Attendance: 851 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher

24 November 2024 15	Aarau	1–1	Wil	Aarau
14:15 CET	Marcin Dickenmann 51' Dorian Derbaci 90+1'	Report	Maier 15' Guzzo 24' Simon Geiger 55' Abdullah Laidani 76' Aaron Appiah 83'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 4,911 Referee: Marijan Drmic

30 November 2024 16	Thun	1–1	Aarau	Thun
18:00 CET	Janjičić 8' Bürki 45+1' Genís Montolio 60'	Report	Fazliu 8' Toure 46' Ryan Kessler 53' Marco Thaler 61' Janko 90+1'	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Attendance: 4,533 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

8 December 2024 17	Aarau	1–0	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	Aarau
16:30 CET	Fazliu 9' 80' Obexer 33'	Report	Sutter 28' Bayard 40' Michael Heule 87'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 4,248 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher

13 December 2024 18	Xamax	–	Aarau	Neuchâtel
20:15 CET				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

Swiss Cup

17 August 2024 1st Round	FC Suhr	0–4	Aarau	Suhr
17:00		Report	Dorian Derbaci 37' Jäckle 41' Milot Avdyli 60' Toure 77'	Stadium: Sportanlage Hofstattmatten

15 September 2024 2nd Round	Aarau	1–0	Luzern	Aarau
16:00 CET	Milot Avdyli 54' Obexer 60' 90+6' Jäckle 75' Toure 82' Marvin Hübel 90+5'	Report	Rrudhani 17' 70'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Fedayi San

5 December 2024 Last 16	Aarau	0–1	Étoile Carouge	Aarau
20:00 CET	Marcin Dickenmann 65' Milot Avdyli 82' Marco Thaler 90+3'	Report	Bruno Caslei 70' 71' El Jaouhari 79'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

References

^ "1. Mannschaft" [1st team] (in German). FC Aarau. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ "FC Schaffhausen: Raul Bobadilla schliesst sich dem FC Aarau an". 27 June 2024.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2024/25". Swiss Football League.

[1] "1. Mannschaft" [1st team] (in German). FC Aarau. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[2] "FC Schaffhausen: Raul Bobadilla schliesst sich dem FC Aarau an". 27 June 2024.

[rules-3] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[4] "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2024/25". Swiss Football League.

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