Orlando Pirates Football Club is a South African professional football club based in Orlando, Soweto that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Betway Premiership. The team plays its home matches at Orlando Stadium in Soweto.
Servette FC is a Swiss professional football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the Swiss Super League.
Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football club from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup in 13 of their 14 appearances in the final, the most recent being in 2015. The first team of the club was also known as their incorporated name Olympique des Alpes SA. The club set to play in the Super League from 2024 to 2025, the top tier of Swiss football after promotion from Challenge League in 2023–24.
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his prime at AC Milan, where he was known for his passing, goalscoring, and dribbling, Kaká was widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. With success for both club and country, he is one of the nine players to win the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the Ballon d'Or.
Alexander Frei or Alex Frei is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He was most recently head coach of FC Aarau in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football.
The Super League is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season. As of March 2024, the Swiss Super League is ranked 12th in Europe according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions. The 2023–24 season will be the 127th season of the Swiss top-flight, making it the longest continuously running top-flight national league.
Scott Lee Sutter is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Previously he spent 14 years playing in the Swiss Super League for Grasshopper Zürich, FC Zurich and Young Boys and in Major League Soccer for Orlando City SC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Born in England, Sutter represented Switzerland at the under-21 and the senior level.
Antonio Nocerino is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of USL Championship club Miami FC.
Onyekachi Donatus Okonkwo is a Nigerian football midfielder.
Obinna Nwaneri is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as centre-back or right-back position but could also play as a forward.
Alexandra Lowe Riley is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Angel City of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she represents the New Zealand national team. She captains both her club and national teams. As a collegiate athlete, she captained the Stanford soccer team to two NCAA semi-finals and one final.
Giorgi Ivanishvili is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Stojan Osojnak (1923-2016) was a Croatian football player and manager.
Adrian Winter is a Swiss former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Winter has also been capped for Switzerland. As of March 2024, he plays in the Swiss third-tier team FC Wädenswil.
Felipe Campanholi Martins, known mononymously as Felipe, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Orlando City of Major League Soccer.
Xavier Laglais Kouassi is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender who plays for Pau FC in the Ligue 2.
The 2012–13 Swiss Super League, also known as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring purposes, was the 116th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. It began on 14 July 2012 and ended on 2 June 2013. Basel successfully defended their title.
Davide Orlando is a Swiss football manager and former player who manages FC Troistorrents. He was previously manager of Martigny-Sports. He played as a midfielder in the late 1980s and the 1990s.
Silvana Lattmann was an Italian-Swiss biologist, poet and author. She is known for poetry in Italian, and a memoir, Nata il 1918.
The following events occurred in Switzerland in the year 2023.
