2017–18 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern 2017–18 football season
FC Luzern
2017–18 season
ChairmanPhilipp Studhalter
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Gerardo Seoane
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pascal Schürpf (11)
All:
Pascal Schürpf (13)
Average home league attendance10,051[1]
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2017–18 season was the 93rd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI David Zibung
3 DF Serbia SRB Lazar Ćirković
4 DF Switzerland SUI Stefan Knezevic
5 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Alves
6 MF Switzerland SUI Remo Arnold
7 DF Switzerland SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF Switzerland SUI Olivier Custodio
9 FW Australia AUS Tomi Juric
10 MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Follonier
11 MF Switzerland SUI Pascal Schürpf
14 DF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Schindelholz
15 DF Germany GER Marvin Schulz
17 DF Switzerland SUI Simon Grether
19 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Schneuwly
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Switzerland SUI Shkelqim Demhasaj
21 GK Switzerland SUI Jonas Omlin
22 GK Switzerland SUI Simon Enzler
24 FW Switzerland SUI Ruben Vargas
25 DF Switzerland SUI Yannick Schmid
27 DF Switzerland SUI Christian Schwegler
29 DF Switzerland SUI Dereck Kutesa
31 MF Kosovo KOS Hekuran Kryeziu
34 DF Switzerland SUI Silvan Sidler
35 MF Switzerland SUI Filip Ugrinic
36 MF Kosovo KOS Dren Feka
42 MF Kosovo KOS Idriz Voca
68 MF Switzerland SUI Francisco Rodríguez
80 MF Georgia (country) GEO Valerian Gvilia

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Luzern Switzerland v Switzerland Kriens
28 June 2017 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–3 Switzerland Kriens Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Luzern Switzerland v Austria Austria Lustenau
1 July 2017 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 0–0 Austria Austria Lustenau Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
SV Sandhausen Germany v Switzerland Luzern
5 July 2017 Friendly SV Sandhausen Germany 2–1 Switzerland Luzern Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Strasbourg France v Switzerland Luzern
8 July 2017 Friendly Strasbourg France 4–4 Switzerland Luzern France
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Luzern Switzerland v Switzerland Aarau
5 October 2017 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 5–0 Switzerland Aarau Lucerne, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlagen Allmend
Luzern Switzerland v Switzerland Chiasso
10 November 2017 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 0–3 Switzerland Chiasso Lucerne, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
  • Soumah 61'
  • Belometti 67'
  • Said 71'
 Stadium: Sportanlagen Allmend
Luzern Switzerland v Netherlands Feyenoord
13 January 2018 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Netherlands Feyenoord Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Shanghai Shenhua China v Switzerland Luzern
16 January 2018 Friendly Shanghai Shenhua China 1–1 Switzerland Luzern Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Luzern Switzerland v Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
18 January 2018 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Luzern Switzerland v Switzerland Chiasso
23 January 2018 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–1 Switzerland Chiasso Lucerne, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Allmend
Basel Switzerland v Switzerland Luzern
27 January 2018 Friendly Basel Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Luzern Basel, Switzerland
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Luzern Switzerland v Switzerland FC Rapperswil-Jona
30 January 2018 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland FC Rapperswil-Jona Jona, Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld

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 2017 19 May 2018 Matchday 1 3rd 36 15 9 12 51 51 +0 041.67
Swiss Cup 12 August 2017 29 November 2017 Round 1 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 075.00
UEFA Europa League 13 July 2017 20 July 2017 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Total 42 19 9 14 59 58 +1 045.24

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Young Boys (C) 36 26 6 4 84 41 +43 84 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 9 7 72 36 +36 69 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 51 51 0 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Zürich 36 12 13 11 50 44 +6 49 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 3 19 52 72 −20 45 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

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 15 9 12 51 51  0 54 9 4 5 29 24  +5 6 5 7 22 27  −5

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

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

Matches

Luzern v Lugano
23 July 2017 Round 1 Luzern 1–0 Lugano Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Basel v Luzern
30 July 2017 Round 2 Basel 3–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Elyounoussi 14' (1:0)
Bua 22' (2:0)
Yellow card 33' Akanji
van Wolfswinkel 79' (3:1)		 FCB summary Yellow card 33' Kryeziu
Yellow card 50' Custodio
54' (o.g. 2:1) Elyounoussi
Yellow card 68' Juric		 Attendance: 27,416
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San
Luzern v Grasshopper
6 August 2017 Round 3 Luzern 2–2 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
St. Gallen v Luzern
9 August 2017 Round 4 St. Gallen 0–2 Luzern St. Gallen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFG Arena
Sion v Luzern
20 August 2017 Round 5 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Luzern v Zürich
27 August 2017 Round 6 Luzern 1–1 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Luzern v Thun
10 September 2017 Round 7 Luzern 2–2 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Young Boys v Luzern
20 September 2017 Round 8 Young Boys 4–1 Luzern Bern
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
Luzern v Lausanne-Sport
23 September 2017 Round 9 Luzern 2–3 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Thun v Luzern
1 October 2017 Round 10 Thun 2–0 Luzern Thun
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Grasshopper v Luzern
15 October 2017 Round 11 Grasshopper 1–1 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Luzern v Young Boys
22 October 2017 Round 12 Luzern 0–1 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Lugano v Luzern
29 October 2017 Round 13 Lugano 1–0 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
Luzern v St. Gallen
5 November 2017 Round 14 Luzern 3–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Lausanne-Sport v Luzern
19 November 2017 Round 15 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade olympique de la Pontaise
Luzern v Basel
25 November 2017 Round 16 Luzern 1–4 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:00 Shkelqim Demhasaj 19' (1:0)
Grether Yellow card 52'
Ziegler Yellow card 56'
Kryeziu Red card 86'		 FCB summary 30' (1:1) Lang
Yellow card 50' Xhaka
69' (1:2) Oberlin
81' (1:3) Itten
90+2' (1:4) Lang		 Attendance: 10,109
Referee: Switzerland Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
Luzern v Sion
2 December 2017 Round 17 Luzern 2–1 Sion Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Zürich v Luzern
10 December 2017 Round 18 Zürich 1–2 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Luzern v Young Boys
17 December 2017 Round 19 Luzern 2–4 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Luzern v Lausanne-Sport
3 February 2018 Round 20 Luzern 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Grasshopper v Luzern
11 February 2018 Round 21 Grasshopper 1–2 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Zürich v Luzern
18 February 2018 Round 22 Zürich 1–1 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Luzern v Thun
25 February 2018 Round 23 Luzern 2–1 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Sion v Luzern
4 March 2018 Round 24 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Luzern v Basel
11 March 2018 Round 25 Luzern 1–0 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Knezevic Yellow card 36'
Gvilia 46'
KryeziuYellow card 74'		 FCB summary Yellow card 21' Bua
Yellow card 32' Riveros
Yellow card 57' Suchý
Yellow card 92' Al. Ajeti
Yellow card 93' Oberlin		 Attendance: 11,749
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)


Basel v Luzern
19 May 2018 Round 36 Basel 2–2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Elyounoussi 17'
Frei Yellow card 27'
Al. Ajeti 82'		 FCB summary 9' Schulz
85' Schürpf		 Attendance: 25,161
Referee: Switzerland Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Swiss Cup

SC Kriens v Luzern
12 August 2017 Round 1 SC Kriens 0–1 Luzern Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
SFL summary
Servette v Luzern
16 September 2017 Round 2 Servette 2–3 Luzern Stade de Genève, Geneva
SFL summary
Basel v FC Luzern
29 November 2017 Quarter-final Basel 2–1 FC Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Lang 13' (1:0)
Elyounoussi Yellow card 41'
Lang 52' (2:1)		 FCB summary
ASF/SFV summary		 22' (1:1) Schürpf
Yellow card 41' Sidler
Yellow card 60' Voca
Yellow card 77' Schulz		 Attendance: 7,715
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer Buttikon

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Osijek Croatia v Switzerland Luzern
13 July 2017 First leg Osijek Croatia 2–0 Switzerland Luzern Osijek, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt
Attendance: 7,542
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Luzern Switzerland v Croatia NK Osijek
20 July 2017 Second leg Luzern Switzerland 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Croatia NK Osijek Lucerne, Switzerland
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 8,483
Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

References

  1. ^ "2017–2018 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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