2010–11 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
Chairman	Walter Stierli
Manager	Rolf Fringer
Stadium	Stadion Gersag
Swiss Super League	6th
Swiss Cup	Round 3
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hakan Yakin (12); All: ; Hakan Yakin (12)
Average home league attendance	7,993
Biggest win	Luzern 4–0 St. Gallen; Luzern 6–2 Bellinzona; St. Gallen 0–4 Luzern
Biggest defeat	Luzern 0–5 Zürich
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was the 86th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's fifth 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	SUI	David Zibung
2	DF	SUI	Daniel Fanger
3	DF	NGA	Adekunle Lukmon
4	DF	SWE	Benjamin Kibebe
5	MF	SUI	Michel Renggli
6	DF	CRO	Tomislav Puljić
7	DF	SUI	Claudio Lustenberger
8	MF	AUT	Thomas Prager
10	FW	SUI	Hakan Yakin (Captain)
11	MF	SUI	Daniel Gygax
13	DF	SUI	Christophe Lambert
14	FW	POR	João Paiva


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	SUI	Janko Pacar
16	FW	ROU	Cristian Ianu
17	DF	SRB	Dušan Veškovac
19	DF	MNE	Elsad Zverotić
21	MF	SUI	Nelson Ferreira
22	MF	KOS	Burim Kukeli
24	MF	SUI	Alain Wiss
25	FW	SUI	Nico Siegrist
26	FW	CRO	Dejan Sorgić
28	DF	POR	Sava Bento
30	GK	SUI	Gabriel Wüthrich

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

19 June 2010 Friendly	Luzern	1–1	St. Gallen	Switzerland
17:20 CEST (UTC+2)

23 June 2010 Friendly	Zürich	1–0	Luzern	Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

2 July 2010 Friendly	Luzern	3–3	Kriens	Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	18 July 2010	25 May 2011	Matchday 1	6th	36	13	9	14	62	57	+5	036.11
Swiss Cup	19 September 2010	21 November 2010	Round 1	Round 3	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67
UEFA Europa League	29 July 2010	5 August 2010	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Total					41	15	10	16	70	64	+6	036.59

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Sion	36	15	9	12	47	36	+11	54	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
5	Thun	36	11	16	9	48	43	+5	49	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	Luzern	36	13	9	14	62	57	+5	48
7	Grasshopper	36	10	11	15	45	54	−9	41
8	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	8	8	20	44	67	−23	32

Source: Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ By winning the 2010–11 Swiss Cup were won the qualification to Europa League play-off round. However, after the two play-off games had been played the following season, the team was disqualified from the Europa League following Celtic's successful protest over the team's use of ineligible players.

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	13	9	14	62	57	+5	48	8	5	5	32	25	+7	5	4	9	30	32	−2

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position

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

Matches

18 July 2010 1	Luzern	4–0	St. Gallen	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Gersag Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

24 July 2010 2	Young Boys	1–1	Luzern	Bern
17:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 22,590 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

1 August 2010 3	Luzern	4–2	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Gersag Attendance: 7,156 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

8 August 2010 4	Luzern	2–3	Sion	Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Gersag Attendance: 7,783 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet

14 August 2010 5	Basel	1–4	Luzern	Basel
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 29,049 Referee: Massimo Busacca

22 August 2010 6	Grasshopper	0–3	Luzern	Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Damien Carrel

29 August 2010 7	Luzern	1–1	Thun	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Gersag Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

12 September 2010 8	Luzern	6–2	Bellinzona	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

25 September 2010 10	St. Gallen	1–2	Luzern	St. Gallen
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kybunpark

3 October 2010 11	Luzern	2–0	Young Boys	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

23 October 2010 12	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	Luzern	Neuchâtel
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

27 October 2010 9	Zürich	2–2	Luzern	Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

30 October 2010 13	Sion	4–1	Luzern	Sion
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

7 November 2010 14	Luzern	1–1	Basel	Lucerne
12:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

14 November 2010 15	Luzern	3–2	Grasshopper	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

27 November 2010 16	Thun	1–1	Luzern	Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Lachen

5 December 2010 17	Bellinzona	0–2	Luzern	Bellinzona
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

11 December 2010 18	Luzern	1–1	Zürich	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

5 February 2011 19	Zürich	2–0	Luzern	Zürich
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Letzigrund

13 February 2011 20	Luzern	3–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

20 February 2011 21	Bellinzona	2–0	Luzern	Bellinzona
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona

27 February 2011 22	Luzern	0–1	Basel	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

6 March 2011 23	Thun	3–3	Luzern	Thun
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Lachen

12 March 2011 24	Luzern	1–0	Grasshopper	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

20 March 2011 25	Young Boys	3–1	Luzern	Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

3 April 2011 26	Luzern	1–1	St. Gallen	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

9 April 2011 27	Luzern	0–1	Sion	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

17 April 2011 28	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	Luzern	Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

20 April 2011 29	Luzern	0–1	Thun	Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

23 April 2011 30	Luzern	3–2	Bellinzona	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

30 April 2011 31	Grasshopper	2–1	Luzern	Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

7 May 2011 32	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

10 May 2011 33	Sion	3–2	Luzern	Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

14 May 2011 34	St. Gallen	0–4	Luzern	St. Gallen
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kybunpark

22 May 2011 35	Luzern	0–5	Zürich	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

25 May 2011 36	Basel	3–0	Luzern	Basel
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

Source: ^[1]

Swiss Cup

19 September 2010 Round 1	FC Entfelden	0–3	Luzern	Oberentfelden
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Schützenrain Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

17 October 2010 Round 2	Stade Nyonnais	0–3	Luzern	Nyon
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Colovray Sports Centre Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

21 November 2010 Round 3	FC Biel-Bienne	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Luzern	Biel/Bienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 3,794 Referee: Bruno Grossen

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

29 July 2010 First leg	Utrecht	1–0	Luzern	Utrecht, Netherlands
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mertens 35'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 12,100 Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

5 August 2010 Second leg	Luzern	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Utrecht	Zürich, Switzerland
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pacar 53'	Report	Asare 13' Van Wolfswinkel 22' Silberbauer 28'	Stadium: Letzigrund^[a] Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Notes

^ Played in Zürich at Letzigrund as Luzern's Stadion Allmend did not meet UEFA criteria.

References

^ [🖉"FC Luzern - Fixtures & Results 2010/2011". worldfootball.net.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.88186774863017-1] By winning the 2010–11 Swiss Cup were won the qualification to Europa League play-off round. However, after the two play-off games had been played the following season, the team was disqualified from the Europa League following Celtic's successful protest over the team's use of ineligible players.

[3] Played in Zürich at Letzigrund as Luzern's Stadion Allmend did not meet UEFA criteria.

[2] [🖉"FC Luzern - Fixtures & Results 2010/2011". worldfootball.net.

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