2011–12 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
ChairmanWalter Stierli
ManagerMurat Yakin
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League2nd
Swiss CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nelson Ferreira (7)

All:
Nelson Ferreira (9)
Average home league attendance14,180[1]
Biggest winNeuchâtel Xamax 0–3 Luzern
Losone Sportiva 0–3 Luzern
Luzern 3–0 Grasshopper
Biggest defeatThun 3–1 Luzern
Basel 3–1 Luzern

The 2011–12 season was the 87th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SUI David Zibung
5 MF  SUI Michel Renggli
6 DF  CRO Tomislav Puljić
7 DF  SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 FW  ALB Jahmir Hyka
9 MF  ISR Moshe Ohayon
11 FW  SUI Daniel Gygax
13 DF  SUI Florian Stahel
14 DF  SUI Jérôme Thiesson
17 FW  PAR Dario Lezcano
19 FW  SUI Adrian Winter
20 MF  SUI Xavier Hochstrasser
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  SUI Nelson Ferreira
22 MF  KOS Burim Kukeli
23 DF  FRA Sally Sarr
24 MF  SUI Alain Wiss
26 FW  SRB Dejan Sorgić
27 DF  CRO Marijan Urtic
28 MF  POR Sava Bento
29 DF  SUI Mario Bühler
30 GK  SUI Gabriel Wüthrich
32 MF  SUI Gezim Shalaj
33 FW  NGA Olarenwaju Kayode

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  NGA Adekunle Lukmon (at Kriens)
3 DF  SUI Daniel Fanger (at Aarau)
25 FW  SUI Nico Siegrist (at Aarau)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

28 June 2011 Friendly Luzern 1–0 Vaduz Baar, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Fussballanlage Lättich
20 July 2011 Friendly Luzern 1–5 Lazio Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Rodolfo Zandegiacomo
23 July 2011 Friendly Bahlinger SC 0–4 Luzern Bahlingen, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion
24 July 2011 Friendly Luzern 1–2 SC Freiburg Bahlingen, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion
3 September 2011 Friendly Luzern 2–2 Hamburger SV Lucerne, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 17 July 2011 23 May 2012 Matchday 1 2nd 34 14 12 8 46 32 +14 041.18
Swiss Cup 18 September 2011 16 May 2012 Round 1 Runners-up 6 5 1 0 13 3 +10 083.33
Total 40 19 13 8 59 35 +24 047.50

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 34 22 8 4 78 32 +46 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Luzern 34 14 12 8 46 32 +14 54 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
3 Young Boys 34 13 12 9 52 38 +14 51 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 Servette 34 14 6 14 45 53 −8 48
5 Thun 34 11 10 13 38 41 −3 43
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 14 12 8 46 32  +14 54 9 5 3 26 14  +12 5 7 5 20 18  +2

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWDDDWWWWWLLWDLWLLDDDWLLDWCDDWDCDWLW
Position
Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 July 2011 1 Neuchâtel Xamax 0–3 Luzern Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
Attendance: 4,835
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
31 July 2011 3 Luzern 0–0 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniel Wermelinger
3 August 2011 2 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 Luzern Lausanne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Patrick Graf
7 August 2011 4 Luzern 1–1 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Stéphan Studer
13 August 2011 5 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
20 August 2011 Round 6 Luzern 3–1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
17:45 Ferreira 72' (3:1)
Hochstrasser 21' (2:0)
Ferreira  42'
Ferreira 72' (3:1)
Zibung  74'
Wiss  87'
FCB summary 33' (2:1) Streller
 75' Voser
 83'  84' Huggel
 87' A. Frei
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sacha Kever
27 August 2011 7 Grasshopper 0–1 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
10 September 2011 8 Luzern 3–1 Zürich Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
22 September 2011 9 Servette 0–2 Luzern Geneva
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Genève
25 September 2011 10 Luzern 2–0 Sion Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
2 October 2011 11 Young Boys 1–0 Luzern Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
22 October 2011 12 Luzern 1–2 Neuchâtel Xamax Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
27 October 2011 13 Luzern 2–0 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
30 October 2011 14 Zürich 1–1 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
5 November 2011 15 Thun 3–1 Luzern Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Arena Thun
20 November 2011 16 Luzern 2–1 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
3 December 2011 Round 17 Basel 1–0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Cabral  32'
A. Frei  64'
Streller 70' (1:0)
Abraham  82'
Dragović  87'
FCB summary  32' Gygax
 61' H. Yakin
 68' Stahel
 84' Sarr
Attendance: 31,081
Referee: Alain Bieri
11 December 2011 18 Luzern 1–2 Servette Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
4 February 2012 19 Luzern 1–1 Zürich Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
11 February 2012 20 Thun 1–1 Luzern Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Arena Thun
19 February 2012 21 Lausanne-Sport 0–0 Luzern Lausanne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
25 February 2012 22 Luzern 2–0 Young Boys Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
4 March 2012 Round 23 Basel 3–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Abraham 28' (1:0)
Kováč  42'
Steinhöfer  45'
Stocker  59'
A. Frei  63'
A. Frei 78' (2:1)
A. Frei 81' (3:1)
FCB summary  15' Renggli
 27' Puljić
68' (1:1) Ohayon
 90+2' Lustenberger
Attendance: 30,261
Referee: Patrick Graf
11 March 2012 24 Servette 2–1 Luzern Geneva
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Genève
17 March 2012 25 Luzern 0–0 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
25 March 2012 26 Luzern 1–0 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
1 April 2012 27 Neuchâtel Xamax Cancelled Luzern Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
7 April 2012 Round 28 Luzern 1–1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
17:45 Lezcano 59' (1:1)
Lezcano  63'
FCB summary 3' (0:1) Shaqiri Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sascha Kever
15 April 2012 29 Zürich 0–0 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
21 April 2012 30 Luzern 3–1 Servette Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
28 April 2012 31 Grasshopper 2–2 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
1 May 2012 32 Luzern Cancelled Neuchâtel Xamax Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
5 May 2012 33 Young Boys 2–2 Luzern Bern
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
12 May 2012 34 Luzern 3–2 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
20 May 2012 35 Luzern 0–1 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
23 May 2012 36 Sion 1–3 Luzern Sion
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

Swiss Cup

18 September 2011 Round 1 Losone Sportiva 0–3 Luzern Losone
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Campo Saleggi
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Sascha Kever
16 October 2011 Round 2 FC Grand-Lancy 1–3 Luzern Grand-Lancy
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de Marignac
27 November 2011 Round 3 FC Wohlen 1–2 Luzern Wohlen
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Jérôme Laperrière
20 March 2012 Quarter-finals Luzern 3–0 Grasshopper Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Sascha Kever
11 April 2012 Semi-finals Sion 0–1 Luzern Sion
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stephan Studer

Final[2]

Final
Basel1–1 (a.e.t.)Luzern
Dragović  40'
Huggel 56' (1:0)
G. Xhaka  90'
SFV summary
FCB summary
 57' Wiss
67' (1:1) Puljić
 90' Gygax
Penalties
Yapi Yapo
Streller
Zoua
Shaqiri
4–2 Renggli
Ohayon
Gygax
Stahel
Attendance: 30,100
GK Yann Sommer
DF Markus Steinhöfer
DF David Abraham
DF Aleksandar Dragović  40'  72'
DF Park Joo-Ho
MF Xherdan Shaqiri
MF Benjamin Huggel (cap)  96'
MF Granit Xhaka  90'
MF Valentin Stocker  73'
ST Alexander Frei
ST Marco Streller
Substitutes:
DF Radoslav Kováč  72'
FW Jacques Zoua  73'
FW Gilles Yapi  96'
Manager:
Heiko Vogel
GK David Zibung
DF Sally Sarr
DF Florian Stahel
DF Tomislav Puljić
DF Claudio Lustenberger
MF Alain Wiss  57'
MF Michel Renggli
MF Adrian Winter
MF Xavier Hochstrasser  60'
FW Nelson Ferreira  104'
ST Dario Lezcano  95'
Substitutes:
MF Daniel Gygax  90'  60'
ST Jahmir Hyka  95'
FW Moshe Ohayon  104'
Manager:
Murat Yakin

References

  1. ^ "2011-2012 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (16 May 2012). "FC Basel - FC Luzern 4:2 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ Fussball-Schweiz (20 May 2013). "87. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Basel 1893-FC Luzern 5:3 n. Pen. (0:0; 1:1)" (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.