FC Sion they made a major coup by signing Gennaro Gattuso and Kyle Lafferty, both via free transfers. However, the club had a disappointing season which saw them change coaches three times before settling on Gattuso to finish the season, ending in third place. Sion held the distinction of having never lost a domestic cup final, with 13 wins in 13 appearances in the Swiss Cup, until a defeat by Basel in the 2017 edition. Sion play their home matches at the multi-purpose Stade Tourbillon, which has a capacity of 14,500. It was originally constructed in 1968, and was renovated in 1989
Sion, Switzerland the "Bibliothèque municipale de Sion", the "HES-SO Valais Médiathèque santé-social" and the "HES-SO Valais, Domaine Sciences de l'ingénieur". There was a combined total () of 690,513 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 294,320 items were loaned out. Sion has two high schools (colleges) Sion is also host to the : The HES-SO Valais offers education in Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Information Technology and Health Sciences. Sion is situated on the main railway line and the motorway, and also has an airport (Sion Airport). From the , 21,220 or 78.1% were Roman Catholic,