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Season Guide

2019/2020

Lugano

In

Eris Abedini (mid) (Winterthur - loan ended), Younes Bnou Marzouk (att) (Sliema Wanderers - back from loan), Olivier Custodio (mid) (Luzern), Stefano Guidotti (def) (Chiasso - back from loan), Filip Holender (mid) (Honved), Jetmir Krasniqi (def) (Voluntari - back from loan), Carlo Manicone (att) (Chiasso - back from loan), Linus Obexer (def) (Aarau), Francísco Rodríguez (mid) (Luzern)

Out

Petar Brlek (sp) (mid) (released), Marc Janko (sp) (att) (released), Dragan Mihajlovic (r) (def) (APOEL Nicosia), Mario Piccinocchi (sp) (mid) (released), Armando Sadiku (sp) (att) (Levante - back from loan)

Lugano started the previous season slowly, but things started to pick up after Fabio Celestini was named their manager. The Ticiners eventually managed to finish third and qualify for the group stages of the Europa League for the second time in three years. It was clear that they were on an upward trend ever since Celestini took over. The spring season saw them go on their longest top flight unbeaten run in the 21st century, as it did not take them too long to start playing the superb counter-attacking football that their manager is known for. The summer transfer window gives them plenty of reasons to feel optimistic, with the sole player of note to have left being Dragan Mihajlovic, who left for Cypriot side APOEL. Several players have returned from loan, while summer signings include two well known Super League players in Olivier Custodio and Francisco Rodriguez, as well as Hungarian international Filip Holender. Their squad looks to be on a level similar to their last season's, if not a touch stronger, and they will have a lot of reasons to feel optimistic, given that Celestini is a man with a plan and has implemented it impeccably so far. However, their Europa League participation might affect their league form and a big challenge for their boss is to manage the busy weeks that they will have.

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While repeating their last season's third-placed finish looks a big ask, they will definitely be hoping for a European place.

Season Review

2018/2019

№3: Lugano

Lugano had a rather turbulent 2017/18 season, but entered the new campaign with plenty of optimism after improving under Guillermo Abascal in the late stages of the previous campaign. The young Spanish manager is dedicated to playing good football and the Ticiners kept playing some eye-catching stuff early in the season. However, what they lacked were street smarts and Abascal was relieved of his duties nine games into the season, with Lugano managing only two wins in those matches. His replacement was former Lausanne boss Fabio Celestini who openly claimed that it would take until after the winter break for the players to become able of really implementing his ideas. His words proved to have been prophetic, as the Ticiners kept looking mediocre in the remainder of the autumn season, but had a superb second half of the campaign, going on their longest unbeaten run of the 21st century and ending up finishing third. Such a finish means that they will play in the group stage of the Europa League for the second time in three years and they could have hardly hoped for more than they got out of the season. Celestini has gotten them to play a brand of football that is both pleasing on the eye and efficient and they will enter the next season with a lot of optimism.