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2016–17 FC Luzern season

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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

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First-team squad

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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
4 DF Germany GER Sebastian Schachten
5 DF Croatia CRO Kaja Rogulj
7 DF Switzerland SUI Claudio Lustenberger
9 FW Switzerland SUI Michael Frey (on loan from OSC Lille)
10 MF Austria AUT Jakob Jantscher
13 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Puljić
14 DF Switzerland SUI Jérôme Thiesson
15 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Schneuwly
16 DF Switzerland SUI François Affolter
18 GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Bucchi
19 MF Croatia CRO Frane Čirjak
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Schneuwly
23 DF France FRA Sally Sarr
27 MF Germany GER Nico Brandenburger (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
28 MF Germany GER Clemens Fandrich
31 MF Kosovo KOS Hekuran Kryeziu
32 MF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Haas
35 DF Switzerland SUI Yannick Schmid
37 FW Switzerland SUI João de Oliveira
39 MF Switzerland SUI Remo Arnold
47 DF Albania ALB Ferid Matri
61 FW Germany GER Samed Yeşil (on loan from Liverpool)
77 MF Germany GER Markus Neumayr

Out on loan

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

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

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

25 June 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–4 Switzerland Winterthur Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
2 July 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–1 Austria Austria Lustenau Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
9 July 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–0 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
12 July 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 France Monaco Chavannes-près-Renens, Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade du Censuy
16 July 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 4–2 Germany Schalke 04 Lucerne, Switzerland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 5,191
Referee: Alain Bieri
19 July 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Switzerland Schaffhausen Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
6 October 2016 Friendly Union Berlin Germany 1–0 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 0–2 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
14 January 2017 Friendly Karlsruher SC Germany 1–0 Switzerland Luzern Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report

Competitions

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Overall record

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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

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League table

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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

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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

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

Matches

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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 Yellow card 33'
FCB summary 4' (0:1) Suchý
Yellow card 20' Xhaka
70' (2:2) Janko
74' (2:3) Janko
Attendance: 14,486
Referee: Switzerland 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 Yellow card 68' Lustenberger Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Switzerland 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 Yellow card 67'
Janko 81' (3:1)
FCB summary Yellow card 19' Grether
36' (2:1) Affolter
Yellow card 75' Neumayr
Yellow card 76' Itten
Attendance: 24,894
Referee: Switzerland 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 Yellow card 41'
M. Schneuwly 88' (1:2)
FCB summary 3' (0:1) Doumbia
Yellow card 36' Traoré
71' (0:2) Steffen
Yellow card 76' Suchý
Attendance: 14,823
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Alain Bieri
28 May 2017 Round 35 Luzern 2–2 Vaduz Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 11,165
Referee: Switzerland 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: Switzerland Alain Bieri

Swiss Cup

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Europa League qualifying

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Third qualifying round
28 July 2016 (2016-07-28) Luzern Switzerland 1–1 Italy 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 Italy 3–0 Switzerland 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

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