2015–16 FC Luzern season

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.

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]

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   SUI David Zibung
4 DF   GER Sebastian Schachten
5 DF   CRO Kaja Rogulj
7 DF   SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF   ALB Jahmir Hyka
9 FW   SUI Michael Frey (on loan from OSC Lille)
10 MF   AUT Jakob Jantscher
13 DF   CRO Tomislav Puljić
14 DF   SUI Jérôme Thiesson
15 FW   SUI Marco Schneuwly
16 DF   SUI François Affolter
18 GK   ITA Lorenzo Bucchi
19 MF   CRO Frane Čirjak
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   SUI Christian Schneuwly
23 DF   FRA Sally Sarr
27 MF   GER Nico Brandenburger (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
28 MF   GER Clemens Fandrich
31 MF   ALB Hekuran Kryeziu
32 MF   SUI Nicolas Haas
35 DF   SUI Yannick Schmid
37 FW   SUI João de Oliveira
39 MF   SUI Remo Arnold
47 DF   ALB Ferid Matri
61 FW   GER Samed Yeşil (on loan from Liverpool)
77 MF   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   ALB Migjen Basha (at Calcio Como until 30 June 2016)
17 MF   SUI Claudio Holenstein (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2016)
20 FW   ROU Cristian Ianu (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016)
30 GK   SUI Jonas Omlin (at FC Le Mont LS until 30 June 2016)
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 FW   SUI Omar Thali (at SC Kriens until 30 June 2016)
38 DF   SUI Olivier Kleiner (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016)
93 FW   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

20 June 2015 Friendly Luzern   3–0   Wil Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
27 June 2015 Friendly Luzern   2–1   Schaffhausen Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
3 July 2015 Friendly Luzern   2–1   Spartak Moscow Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
7 July 2015 Friendly Luzern   3–0   Winterthur Switzerland
18:35 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 July 2015 Friendly Biel-Bienne   1–0   Luzern Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
21 July 2015 Friendly Luzern   1–4   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   5–1   1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 November 2015 Friendly Luzern   1–2   Austria Lustenau Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
13 January 2016 Friendly Luzern   2–2   Schaffhausen Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
16 January 2016 Friendly Greuther Fürth   0–1   Luzern Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
18 January 2016 Friendly SC Freiburg   1–1   Luzern Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
21 January 2016 Friendly Luzern   1–2   Dynamo Kyiv Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
27 January 2016 Friendly Luzern   0–1   Wohlen Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
17 May 2016 Friendly Luzern   1–6   Borussia Mönchengladbach Lucerne, Switzerland
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena

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 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

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League table

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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

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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 15 9 12 59 50  +9 54 8 5 5 36 23  +13 7 4 7 23 27  −4

Results by round

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

Matches

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18 July 2015 Round 1 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 10,116
Referee:   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:   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:   Sébastien Pache
8 August 2015 Round 4 Luzern 1 – 3 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:00 Lezcano   3' (1:0)
Sarr   50'
Jantscher   78'
FCB summary   27' (1:1) Embolo
  29' Bjarnason
  33' (1:2) Embolo
  43' Safari
  53' Degen
  76' Callà
  78' Embolo
  90' (1:3) Delgado
Attendance: 14,748
Referee:   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   25'
Callà   26' (2:0)
Elneny   32' (3:0)
Elneny   84'
Zuffi   90+2'
FCB summary   1' Lezcano
  30' Affolter
  58' Basha
  84' Lustenberger
  90' Freuler
Attendance: 29,691
Referee:   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   43'
Bjarnason   50' (1:0)
Delgado   72' (2:0)
Steffen   85' (3:0)
Steffen   90+1'
FCB summary   67' Jantscher
  82' Lustenberger
  90+2' Rogulj
Attendance: 25,821
Referee:   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   56'
Haas   60' (4:0)
FCB summary   79' Steffen
  85' Aliji
Attendance: 16,500
Referee:   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

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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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

References

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