2006–07 FC Luzern season

The 2006–07 season was the 82nd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's first season back in the top flight of Swiss football.

FC Luzern

Chairman	Walter Stierli
Manager	Ciriaco Sforza
Stadium	Stadion Allmend
Swiss Super League	8th
Swiss Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Jean-Michel Tchouga (10) All: Jean-Michel Tchouga (10)
Average home league attendance	7,733
Biggest win	Kölliken 0–8 Luzern
Biggest defeat	Grasshopper 5–0 Luzern Luzern 1–6 Grasshopper

Players

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	19 July 2006	24 May 2007	Matchday 1	8th	36	8	9	19	31	58	−27	022.22
Swiss Cup	26 August 2006	28 May 2007	Round of 64	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	20	4	+16	083.33
Total					42	13	9	20	51	62	−11	030.95

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2006–07 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Grasshopper	36	13	11	12	54	41	+13	50
7	Thun	36	10	7	19	30	58	−28	37
8	Luzern	36	8	9	19	31	58	−27	33
9	Aarau	36	6	8	22	28	55	−27	26	Qualification to relegation play-off
10	Schaffhausen (R)	36	4	13	19	27	58	−31	25	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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	8	9	19	31	58	−27	33	7	5	6	20	23	−3	1	4	13	11	35	−24

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

Matches

Luzern v Zürich

19 July 2006 Round 1	Luzern	0–3	Zürich	Lucerne
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Claudio Circhetta

Sion v Luzern

23 July 2006 Round 2	Sion	3–2	Luzern	Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Young Boys v Luzern

30 July 2006 Round 3	Young Boys	3–2	Luzern	Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 13,424 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Luzern v Aarau

5 August 2006 Round 4	Luzern	2–1	Aarau	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend Attendance: 7,200 Referee: René Rogalla

Grasshopper v Luzern

13 August 2006 Round 5	Grasshopper	2–0	Luzern	Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Schaffhausen

19 August 2006 Round 6	Luzern	1–1	Schaffhausen	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

St. Gallen v Luzern

10 September 2006 Round 7	St. Gallen	2–0	Luzern	St. Gallen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Espenmoos

Luzern v Basel

18 September 2006 Round 8	Luzern	2 – 0	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
19:45	Tchouga 62' (1:0) Paquito 78' (2:0)  89' Zibung	Summary	11' Ba  73' Berner  86' Kavelashvili	Attendance: 10,089 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Thun v Luzern

24 September 2006 Round 9	Thun	1–1	Luzern	Thun
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Lachen

Zürich v Luzern

4 October 2006 Round 10	Zürich	2–1	Luzern	Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Sion

14 October 2006 Round 11	Luzern	1–1	Sion	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Luzern v Young Boys

22 October 2006 Round 12	Luzern	3–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Aarau v Luzern

29 October 2006 Round 13	Aarau	0–1	Luzern	Aarau
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld

Luzern v Grasshopper

8 November 2006 Round 14	Luzern	0–1	Grasshopper	Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Schaffhausen v Luzern

18 November 2006 Round 15	Schaffhausen	1–1	Luzern	Schaffhausen
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Breite

Luzern v St. Gallen

25 November 2006 Round 16	Luzern	0–1	St. Gallen	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Basel v Luzern

4 December 2006 Round 17	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	Ergić 2' (1:0) Rakitić 55' (2:0) Chipperfield 72' (3:0)	Summary	65' N'Tiamoah	Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Nicole Petignat

Luzern v Thun

10 December 2006 Round 18	Luzern	2–1	Thun	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Luzern v Sion

11 February 2007 Round 19	Luzern	2–0	Sion	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Basel v Luzern

17 February 2007 Round 20	Basel	1 – 0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Petrić 40' (pen. 1:0) Smiljanić  92'	Summary	31' Seoane  57' C. Lustenberger  71' Mettomo  76'  78' Cantaluppi  78' Dal Santo  84' Makanaki	Attendance: 19,851 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Luzern v Zürich

24 February 2007 Round 21	Luzern	2–0	Zürich	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

St. Gallen v Luzern

3 March 2007 Round 22	St. Gallen	0–0	Luzern	St. Gallen
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Espenmoos

Luzern v Young Boys

11 March 2007 Round 23	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Grasshopper v Luzern

17 March 2007 Round 24	Grasshopper	5–0	Luzern	Zürich
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Schaffhausen

31 March 2007 Round 25	Luzern	0–0	Schaffhausen	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Aarau v Luzern

9 April 2007 Round 26	Aarau	4–1	Luzern	Aarau
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld

Luzern v Thun

14 April 2007 Round 27	Luzern	1–2	Thun	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Thun v Luzern

18 April 2007 Round 28	Thun	2–1	Luzern	Thun
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Lachen

Luzern v Aarau

22 April 2007 Round 29	Luzern	1–0	Aarau	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Schaffhausen v Luzern

29 April 2007 Round 30	Schaffhausen	0–0	Luzern	Schaffhausen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Breite

Luzern v Grasshopper

5 May 2007 Round 31	Luzern	1–6	Grasshopper	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Young Boys v Luzern

9 May 2007 Round 32	Young Boys	3–1	Luzern	Bern
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Luzern v St. Gallen

13 May 2007 Round 33	Luzern	1–1	St. Gallen	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Zürich v Luzern

16 May 2007 Round 34	Zürich	2–0	Luzern	Zürich
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Basel

19 May 2007 Round 35	Luzern	0 – 3	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
17:45	Bader  13' F. Lustenberger  39'	Summary	4' (0:1) Sterjovski 10' (0:2) Ergić 66' (0:3) Rakitić	Attendance: 9,558 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Sion v Luzern

24 May 2007 Round 36	Sion	2–0	Luzern	Sion
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

Source:

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Swiss Cup

FC Kölliken v Luzern

26 August 2006 Round of 64	FC Kölliken	0–8	Luzern	Kölliken
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

SC Kriens v Luzern

1 October 2006 Round of 32	SC Kriens	0–4	Luzern	Kriens
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)

Luzern v Schaffhausen

12 November 2006 Round of 16	Luzern	2–0	Schaffhausen	Lucerne
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Luzern v Grasshopper

14 March 2007 Quarter-finals	Luzern	3–1	Grasshopper	Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Zürich v Luzern

26 April 2007 Semi-finals	Zürich	2–3	Luzern	Zürich
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Basel v Luzern

28 May 2007 Final	Basel	1–0	Luzern	Bern
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse