Lausanne

Lausanne had difficult campaign, impacted heavily by many injury issues to important players. That said the form improved rapidly as the season progressed and from mid-February onwards Lausanne played their best football, which gives everyone hope for next season. Last summer there was serious transfer activity with many departures having to be replaced by new faces. Two COVID outbreaks in the squad in October and then in November seriously impacted the early results too as near the end of 2020 Lausanne had to play literally every 3 days just to fit in all the postponed matches. This stop-start nature of the early months of the season clearly affected the results, but more importantly the fitness of the players. By early February Lausanne had lost 4 important players for the rest of the season due to serious injuries. Star striker Turkes, Geissmann and Monteiro the most important names that missed many games. Nanizayamo’s health was issue too and he missed 15 games injured throughout the campaign. Lausanne had to loan in some players in the winter months just to make up the numbers and the arrivals of Suzuki, Mahou and Bolingi proved crucial as they all contributed decisively after joining. Their efforts and the calming presence of captain Kukuruzovic in the heart of the midfield brought solid end to the campaign and from mid-February onwards Lausanne were in control of their own destiny even if not accumulating enough wins to challenge for Europe – (W7 D5 L5). The main task in the summer months will be to heal the main hurt players as quickly as possible, but also Lausanne are set for another off-season of many personnel changes as 9 of their players were only on loan and now expected to return to their parent clubs.

Player of the Season: Stjepan Kukuruzovic