FC Lucerne

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FC Lucerne

Full name

Fussball Club Luzern

Nickname(s)

FCL

Founded

1901

Ground

Stadion Allmend,
Lucerne
(Capacity 13,000)

Chairman

Walter Stierli

Manager

Ciriaco Sforza

League

Swiss Super League

2006-07

Swiss Super League, 8th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Lucerne (German: FC Luzern) is a Swiss football club, founded in 1901. The club colors are blue and white, derived from the Canton of Lucerne and the City of Lucerne coats of arms.

Their home ground is Stadion Allmend, which has a theoretical capacity of 25,000. For security reasons however, the Swiss Football Association does not allow more than 13,000 to attend.

Their greatest success was winning the Swiss Championship in 1989. They have won the Swiss Cup twice (1960 and 1992) and finished runners-up three times. They played in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Cup in 1997.

Lucerne was relegated from the Super League in 2002, and was promoted to the Super League again in 2006 after winning the Challenge League.

On the 30th of May in 2006 Lucerne played the Brazilian national football team in a world cup test match. They game was played in the St. Jakob-Park in Basel. The final score was 8:0 for Brazil. This match was part of the Brazilian team's two-week world cup training session in the Canton Lucerne.

1 Achievements
2 European Cup Appearances
3 Recent Seasons
4 Current squad
5 Former Players
6 External links

[edit] Achievements

Swiss Champion: 1

1989

Schweizer Cup (Swiss FA Cup): 2

1960, 1992

Swiss FA Cup Runner Up: 3

1997, 2005, 2007

[edit] European Cup Appearances

1x Champions Cup:

1989: 1st Round

First Leg: PSV Eindhoven - FC Luzern 3:0

Second Leg: FC Luzern - PSV Eindhoven 0:2; 11'000 Spectators

3x European Cup Winners Cup: 1960, 1992, 1997

1960: Quarter Finals

First Leg: FC Luzern - AC Fiorentina 0:3, 11'000 Spectators

Second Leg: AC Fiorentina - FC Luzern 6:2

1992:

1st Round

First Leg: Levski Sofia - FC Luzern 2:1

Second Leg: FC Luzern - Levski Sofia 1:0; 10'000 Spectators

2nd Round

First Leg: FC Luzern - Feyenoord Rotterdam 1:0; 11'700 Spectators

Second Leg: Feyenoord Rotterdam - FC Luzern 4:1

1997: 1st Round

First Leg: Slavia Prague - FC Luzern 4:2; 5'614 Spectators

Second Leg: FC Luzern - Slavia Prague 0:2; 5'500 Spectators

2x Uefa-Cup: 1986, 1990

1986: 1st Round

First Leg: Spartak Moskau - FC Luzern 0:0

Second Leg: FC Luzern - Spartak Moskow 0:1

1990:

1st Round

First Leg: MTK Budapest - FC Luzern 1:1

Second Leg: FC Luzern - MTK Budapest 2:1, 10'350 Spectators

2nd Round

First Leg: FC Luzern - Admira Wacker 0:1, 9'000 Fans

Second Leg: Admira Wacker - FC Luzern 1:1

During the 1992 Campaign FC Luzern was not playing in the highest Swiss League, but was a Team of the Swiss National League B, the second highest Swiss League!

[edit] Recent Seasons

2006/2007 Swiss Super League, 8th Swiss Cup, Lost Final 1-0 to FC Basel

2005/2006 Swiss Challenge League, 1st Promoted to Swiss Super League

2004/2005 Swiss Challenge League, 5th Swiss Cup, Lost Final 3-1 to FC Zürich

2003/2004 Swiss Challenge League, 11th

2002/2003 Swiss NLA, First Stage: 9th (of 12 Teams, bottom four teams join relegation round)

Swiss NLA/NLB, Second Stage, Relegation Pool: 3rd of 7 Teams. Top 2 stayed in Super League, Lucerne relegated to Challenge League.

2001/2002 Swiss NLA, First Stage: 12th (of 12 Teams)

Swiss NLA/NLB, Second Stage, Relegation Pool: 7th of 8 Teams. Lucerne theoretically would have been relegated. Due to financial problems three Teams due to Play in the NLA were not given the permission by the SWISS FA. Thus, Lucerne miraculously was not relegated.

[edit] Current squad

(Updated 30 January, 2008)

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Zibung
3	DF	Pascal Bader
4	DF	Roland Schwegler
6	MF	Gerardo Seoane
7	MF	Claudio Lustenberger
8	MF	David Chiumiento
9	FW	Shi Jun
10	MF	Faysal El Idrissi
11	MF	Roland Bättig
13	DF	Christophe Lambert
14	DF	Fabijan Cipot
15	DF	Boubacar Diarra
16	FW	Mauro Lustrinelli
17	MF	Dušan Veškovac
18	GK	Swen König

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Gerardo Clemente
20	FW	Jean-Michel Tchouga
21	DF	Michael Diethelm
22	FW	Burim Kukeli
23	DF	Mijat Marić (on loan from FC St. Gallen)
24	MF	Alain Wiss
25	FW	Ridge Munsy
26	MF	Rexhep Saqi
28	FW	Janko Pacar
29	GK	Roman Kaufmann
31	MF	Sascha Imholz
32	DF	Silvan Büchli
34	FW	Hervé Makuka
35	MF	Sandro Foschini