2015–16 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
ChairmanRudolf Stäger
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marco Schneuwly (16)
All:
Marco Schneuwly (22)
Average home league attendance11,292[1]

The 2015–16 season was the 91st season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's tenth 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 Switzerland SUI David Zibung
4 DF Germany GER Sebastian Schachten
5 DF Croatia CRO Kaja Rogulj
7 DF Switzerland SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF Albania ALB Jahmir Hyka
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 Albania ALB 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

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 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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 June 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Wil Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
27 June 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Schaffhausen Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
3 July 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Russia Spartak Moscow Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
7 July 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Winterthur Switzerland
18:35 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 July 2015 Friendly Biel-Bienne Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
21 July 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–4 Germany Borussia Dortmund Lucerne, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Cirjak 70'
 Report
Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 12,258
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
4 September 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 5–1 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 November 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Austria Austria Lustenau Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
13 January 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Schaffhausen Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
16 January 2016 Friendly Greuther Fürth Germany 0–1 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
18 January 2016 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 1–1 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
21 January 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
27 January 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Wohlen Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
17 May 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–6 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Lucerne, Switzerland
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report 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 18 July 2015 25 May 2016 Matchday 1 3rd 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 041.67
Swiss Cup 16 August 2015 2 March 2016 Round 1 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 17 11 +6 080.00
Total 41 19 9 13 76 61 +15 046.34

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 5 5 88 38 +50 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 78 47 +31 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Grasshopper 36 15 8 13 65 56 +9 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Sion 36 14 8 14 52 49 +3 50
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions

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 59 50  +9 54 8 5 5 36 23  +13 7 4 7 23 27  −4

Results by round

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

Matches

18 July 2015 Round 1 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
25 July 2015 Round 2 Young Boys 1–1 Luzern Bern
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 16,865
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
2 August 2015 Round 3 Thun 0–1 Luzern Thun
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: Switzerland Sébastien Pache
8 August 2015 Round 4 Luzern 1 – 3 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:00 Lezcano 3' (1:0)
Sarr Yellow card 50'
Jantscher Yellow card 78'		 FCB summary 27' (1:1) Embolo
Yellow card 29' Bjarnason
33' (1:2) Embolo
Yellow card 43' Safari
Yellow card 53' Degen
Yellow card 76' Callà
Yellow card 78' Embolo
90' (1:3) Delgado		 Attendance: 14,748
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
12 August 2015 Round 5 Luzern 0–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
22 August 2015 Round 6 Zürich 2–5 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
29 August 2015 Round 7 Lugano 0–1 Luzern Lugano
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
13 September 2015 Round 8 Luzern 3–3 Grasshopper Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
23 September 2015 Round 9 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
27 September 2015 Round 10 Luzern 1–0 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
3 October 2015 Round 11 Luzern 2–2 Lugano Lucerne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
17 October 2015 Round 12 Grasshopper 1–0 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
24 October 2015 Round 13 Luzern 1–1 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 November 2015 Round 14 St. Gallen 1–0 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: AFG Arena
8 November 2015 Round 15 Sion 2–0 Luzern Sion
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
21 November 2015 Round 16 Luzern 1–0 Thun Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
29 November 2015 Round 17 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Bjarnason 7' (1:0)
Bjarnason Yellow card 25'
Callà 26' (2:0)
Elneny 32' (3:0)
Elneny Yellow card 84'
Zuffi Yellow card 90+2'		 FCB summary Yellow card 1' Lezcano
Yellow card 30' Affolter
Yellow card 58' Basha
Yellow card 84' Lustenberger
Yellow card 90' Freuler		 Attendance: 29,691
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
5 December 2015 Round 18 Luzern 3–1 Young Boys Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
7 February 2016 Round 19 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Safari Yellow card 43'
Bjarnason 50' (1:0)
Delgado 72' (2:0)
Steffen 85' (3:0)
Steffen Yellow card 90+1'		 FCB summary Yellow card 67' Jantscher
Yellow card 82' Lustenberger
Yellow card 90+2' Rogulj		 Attendance: 25,821
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
14 February 2016 Round 20 Luzern 1–2 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
21 February 2016 Round 21 Luzern 0–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
27 February 2016 Round 22 Sion 3–1 Luzern Sion
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
6 March 2016 Round 23 Young Boys 5–2 Luzern Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
12 March 2016 Round 24 Luzern 2–1 Lugano Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
19 March 2016 Round 25 Thun 1–1 Luzern Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
2 April 2016 Round 26 Luzern 5–1 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
9 April 2016 Round 27 Grasshopper 1–1 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
16 April 2016 Round 28 Zürich 0–1 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
20 April 2016 Round 29 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
24 April 2016 Round 30 Luzern 3–0 Thun Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 May 2016 Round 31 Lugano 1–1 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
8 May 2016 Round 32 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
11 May 2016 Round 33 Luzern 3–0 Grasshopper Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
16 May 2016 Round 34 Luzern 4 – 0 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Schneuwly 7' (1:0)
Jantscher 10' (2:0)
Hyka 48' (3:0)
Affolter Yellow card 56'
Haas 60' (4:0)		 FCB summary Yellow card 79' Steffen
Yellow card 85' Aliji		 Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
22 May 2016 Round 35 St. Gallen 1–4 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFG Arena
25 May 2016 Round 36 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1 15 FW Switzerland Marco Schneuwly 16 6 22
2 17 FW Paraguay Dario Lezcano 9 1 10
3 10 MF Austria Jakob Jantscher 6 2 8
Totals 59 17 76

References

  1. ^ "2015–2016 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.