2016–17 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
ChairmanRudolf Stäger
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marco Schneuwly (14)

All:
Marco Schneuwly (21)
Average home league attendance10,955[1]

The 2016–17 season was the 92nd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's 11th 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
4 DF  GER Sebastian Schachten
5 DF  CRO Kaja Rogulj
7 DF  SUI Claudio Lustenberger
9 FW  SUI Michael Frey (on loan from OSC Lille)
10 MF  AUT Jakob Jantscher
13 DF  CRO Tomislav Puljić
14 DF  SUI Jérôme Thiesson
15 FW  SUI Marco Schneuwly
16 DF  SUI François Affolter
18 GK  ITA Lorenzo Bucchi
19 MF  CRO Frane Čirjak
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  SUI Christian Schneuwly
23 DF  FRA Sally Sarr
27 MF  GER Nico Brandenburger (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
28 MF  GER Clemens Fandrich
31 MF  KOS Hekuran Kryeziu
32 MF  SUI Nicolas Haas
35 DF  SUI Yannick Schmid
37 FW  SUI João de Oliveira
39 MF  SUI Remo Arnold
47 DF  ALB Ferid Matri
61 FW  GER Samed Yeşil (on loan from Liverpool)
77 MF  GER Markus Neumayr

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
11 MF  ALB Migjen Basha (at Calcio Como until 30 June 2016)
17 MF  SUI Claudio Holenstein (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2016)
20 FW  ROU Cristian Ianu (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016)
30 GK  SUI Jonas Omlin (at FC Le Mont LS until 30 June 2016)
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 FW  SUI Omar Thali (at SC Kriens until 30 June 2016)
38 DF  SUI Olivier Kleiner (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016)
93 FW  ALB Haxhi Neziraj (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2016)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 June 2016 Friendly Luzern 2–4 Winterthur Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
2 July 2016 Friendly Luzern 1–1 Austria Lustenau Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
9 July 2016 Friendly Luzern 1–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
12 July 2016 Friendly Luzern 2–1 Monaco Chavannes-près-Renens, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Censuy
16 July 2016 Friendly Luzern 4–2 Schalke 04 Lucerne, Switzerland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Neumayr 2' (pen.)
  • M. Schneuwly 47', 54'
  • Oliveira 89'
Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 5,191
Referee: Alain Bieri
19 July 2016 Friendly Luzern 1–2 Schaffhausen Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
6 October 2016 Friendly Union Berlin 1–0 Luzern Berlin, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 766
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
12 January 2017 Friendly Wil 0–2 Luzern Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
14 January 2017 Friendly Karlsruher SC 1–0 Luzern Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 23 July 2016 2 June 2017 Matchday 1 5th 36 14 8 14 62 66 −4 038.89
Swiss Cup 10 August 2016 5 April 2017 Round 1 Semi-finals 5 3 2 0 13 5 +8 060.00
UEFA Europa League 28 July 2016 4 August 2016 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 000.00
Total 43 17 11 15 76 75 +1 039.53

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Lugano 36 15 8 13 52 61 −9 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4 Sion 36 15 6 15 60 55 +5 51 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Luzern 36 14 8 14 62 66 −4 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Thun 36 11 12 13 58 63 −5 45
7 St. Gallen 36 11 8 17 43 57 −14 41
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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
36 14 8 14 62 66  −4 50 7 6 5 33 26  +7 7 2 9 29 40  −11

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWLWWLLDLLLWWDWWWLDWDLDDDLWWLLLLLWDW
Position4232223357
Source: World Football
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 July 2016 Round 1 Lugano 1–2 Luzern Lugano
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
31 July 2016 Round 2 Luzern 4–3 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
7 August 2016 Round 3 Luzern 2–3 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
13:45 Hyka 18' (1:1)
Hyka 29' (2:1)
Kryeziu  33'
FCB summary 4' (0:1) Suchý
 20' Xhaka
70' (2:2) Janko
74' (2:3) Janko
Attendance: 14,486
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
10 August 2016 Round 4 Vaduz 1–3 Luzern Vaduz
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
21 August 2016 Round 5 Luzern 3–0 Thun Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
28 August 2016 Round 6 St. Gallen 3–0 Luzern St. Gallen
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFG Arena
10 September 2016 Round 7 Young Boys 2–1 Luzern Bern
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
21 September 2016 Round 8 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
24 September 2016 Round 9 Luzern 1–3 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
2 October 2016 Round 10 Grasshopper 3–2 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
15 October 2016 Round 11 Basel 3–0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:00 Doumbia 25' (1:0)
Lang 55' (2:0)
Elyounoussi 89' (3:0)
FCB summary  68' Lustenberger Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Stephan Klossner
23 October 2016 Round 12 Luzern 3–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
30 October 2016 Round 13 Lausanne-Sport 2–3 Luzern Lausanne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
6 November 2016 Round 14 Luzern 2–2 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
20 November 2016 Round 15 Luzern 2–1 Lugano Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
26 November 2016 Round 16 Thun 1–2 Luzern Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
3 December 2016 Round 17 Luzern 3–0 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
11 December 2016 Round 18 Sion 3–1 Luzern Sion
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
5 February 2017 Round 19 Lausanne-Sport 4–4 Luzern Lausanne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade olympique de la Pontaise
12 February 2017 Round 20 Luzern 4–1 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
18 February 2017 Round 21 Luzern 1–1 Thun Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
26 February 2017 Round 22 Basel 3–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Suchý 19' (1:0)
Janko 34' (2:0)
Steffen  67'
Janko 81' (3:1)
FCB summary  19' Grether
36' (2:1) Affolter
 75' Neumayr
 76' Itten
Attendance: 24,894
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Gams SG)
5 March 2017 Round 23 Luzern 1–1 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
11 March 2017 Round 24 St. Gallen 1–1 Luzern St. Gallen
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: AFG Arena
18 March 2017 Round 25 Luzern 0–0 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
2 April 2017 Round 26 Luzern 0–2 Lugano Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
9 April 2017 Round 27 Vaduz 0–2 Luzern Vaduz
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
17 April 2017 Round 28 Luzern 2–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
22 April 2017 Round 29 Grasshopper 4–1 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
28 April 2017 Round 30 Luzern 1–2 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:45 Costa  41'
M. Schneuwly 88' (1:2)
FCB summary 3' (0:1) Doumbia
 36' Traoré
71' (0:2) Steffen
 76' Suchý
Attendance: 14,823
Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
6 May 2017 Round 31 Thun 3–1 Luzern Thun
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
14 May 2017 Round 32 Young Boys 4–1 Luzern Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
17 May 2017 Round 33 Luzern 0–3 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
21 May 2017 Round 34 Sion 2–3 Luzern Sion
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alain Bieri
28 May 2017 Round 35 Luzern 2–2 Vaduz Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 11,165
Referee: Sascha Amhof
2 June 2017 Round 36 Lugano 0–1 Luzern Lugano
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: Alain Bieri

Swiss Cup

13 August 2016 First round FC Oberwallis Naters 1–4 Luzern Sportanlage Stapfen
17:00 Chihadeh 49' SFV summary 4' Oliveira
43', 81', 85' Schneuwly

Europa League qualifying

Third qualifying round
28 July 2016 (2016-07-28) Luzern 1–1 Sassuolo Swissporarena, Lucerne
19:45 M. Schneuwly 8' Report Berardi 42' (pen.) Attendance: 10,555
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Sassuolo 3–0 Luzern Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
20:30
Report Attendance: 13,415
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

Sassuolo won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "2016–2017 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "Super League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.