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
Lauda Sion Lauda Sion "Lauda Sion Salvatorem" is a sequence prescribed for the Roman Catholic Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi. It was written by St. Thomas Aquinas around 1264, at the request of Pope Urban IV for the new Mass of this feast, along with "Pange lingua", "Sacris solemniis", "Adoro te devote", and "Verbum supernum prodiens", which are used in the Divine Office. The Gregorian melody of the "Lauda Sion" is borrowed from the eleventh-century sequence "Laetabundi iubilemus" attributed to Adam of Saint Victor. The hymn tells of the institution of the Eucharist and clearly expresses the belief of the