2017–18 FC Luzern season

The 2017–18 season was the 93rd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

FC Luzern
2017–18 season
ChairmanPhilipp Studhalter
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Gerardo Seoane
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pascal Schürpf (11)

All:
Pascal Schürpf (13)
Average home league attendance10,051[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
3 DF   SRB Lazar Ćirković
4 DF   SUI Stefan Knezevic
5 DF   BRA Lucas Alves
6 MF   SUI Remo Arnold
7 DF   SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF   SUI Olivier Custodio
9 FW   AUS Tomi Juric
10 MF   SUI Daniel Follonier
11 MF   SUI Pascal Schürpf
14 DF   SUI Nicolas Schindelholz
15 DF   GER Marvin Schulz
17 DF   SUI Simon Grether
19 MF   SUI Christian Schneuwly
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   SUI Shkelqim Demhasaj
21 GK   SUI Jonas Omlin
22 GK   SUI Simon Enzler
24 FW   SUI Ruben Vargas
25 DF   SUI Yannick Schmid
27 DF   SUI Christian Schwegler
29 DF   SUI Dereck Kutesa
31 MF   KOS Hekuran Kryeziu
34 DF   SUI Silvan Sidler
35 MF   SUI Filip Ugrinic
36 MF   KOS Dren Feka
42 MF   KOS Idriz Voca
68 MF   SUI Francisco Rodríguez
80 MF   GEO Valerian Gvilia

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

28 June 2017 Friendly Luzern   3–3   Kriens Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
1 July 2017 Friendly Luzern   0–0   Austria Lustenau Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
5 July 2017 Friendly SV Sandhausen   2–1   Luzern Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
8 July 2017 Friendly Strasbourg   4–4   Luzern France
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
5 October 2017 Friendly Luzern   5–0   Aarau Lucerne, Switzerland
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlagen Allmend
10 November 2017 Friendly Luzern   0–3   Chiasso Lucerne, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Sportanlagen Allmend
13 January 2018 Friendly Luzern   1–2   Feyenoord Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
16 January 2018 Friendly Shanghai Shenhua   1–1   Luzern Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
18 January 2018 Friendly Luzern   3–0   Lokomotiv Moscow Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Marbella Football Center
23 January 2018 Friendly Luzern   1–1   Chiasso Lucerne, Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Allmend
27 January 2018 Friendly Basel   1–0   Luzern Basel, Switzerland
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
30 January 2018 Friendly Luzern   3–0   FC Rapperswil-Jona Jona, Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadion Grünfeld

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 23 July 2017 19 May 2018 Matchday 1 3rd 36 15 9 12 51 51 +0 041.67
Swiss Cup 12 August 2017 29 November 2017 Round 1 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 075.00
UEFA Europa League 13 July 2017 20 July 2017 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Total 42 19 9 14 59 58 +1 045.24

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 Young Boys (C) 36 26 6 4 84 41 +43 84 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Basel 36 20 9 7 72 36 +36 69 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 51 51 0 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Zürich 36 12 13 11 50 44 +6 49 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 St. Gallen 36 14 3 19 52 72 −20 45 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

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 51 51  0 54 9 4 5 29 24  +5 6 5 7 22 27  −5

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLDWDDDLLLDLLWLLWWLWWDWDWWWLLWWLWWDD
Position
Source: World Football
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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23 July 2017 Round 1 Luzern 1–0 Lugano Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
30 July 2017 Round 2 Basel 3–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Elyounoussi   14' (1:0)
Bua   22' (2:0)
  33' Akanji
van Wolfswinkel   79' (3:1)
FCB summary   33' Kryeziu
  50' Custodio
  54' (o.g. 2:1) Elyounoussi
  68' Juric
Attendance: 27,416
Referee:   Fedayi San
6 August 2017 Round 3 Luzern 2–2 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
9 August 2017 Round 4 St. Gallen 0–2 Luzern St. Gallen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFG Arena
20 August 2017 Round 5 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
27 August 2017 Round 6 Luzern 1–1 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
10 September 2017 Round 7 Luzern 2–2 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
20 September 2017 Round 8 Young Boys 4–1 Luzern Bern
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
23 September 2017 Round 9 Luzern 2–3 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 October 2017 Round 10 Thun 2–0 Luzern Thun
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
15 October 2017 Round 11 Grasshopper 1–1 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
22 October 2017 Round 12 Luzern 0–1 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
29 October 2017 Round 13 Lugano 1–0 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
5 November 2017 Round 14 Luzern 3–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
19 November 2017 Round 15 Lausanne-Sport 3–1 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade olympique de la Pontaise
25 November 2017 Round 16 Luzern 1–4 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:00 Shkelqim Demhasaj   19' (1:0)
Grether   52'
Ziegler   56'
Kryeziu   86'
FCB summary   30' (1:1) Lang
  50' Xhaka
  69' (1:2) Oberlin
  81' (1:3) Itten
  90+2' (1:4) Lang
Attendance: 10,109
Referee:   Adrien Jaccottet (Basel)
2 December 2017 Round 17 Luzern 2–1 Sion Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
10 December 2017 Round 18 Zürich 1–2 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
17 December 2017 Round 19 Luzern 2–4 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
3 February 2018 Round 20 Luzern 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
11 February 2018 Round 21 Grasshopper 1–2 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
18 February 2018 Round 22 Zürich 1–1 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
25 February 2018 Round 23 Luzern 2–1 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
4 March 2018 Round 24 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
11 March 2018 Round 25 Luzern 1–0 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Knezevic   36'
Gvilia   46'
Kryeziu  74'
FCB summary   21' Bua
  32' Riveros
  57' Suchý
  92' Al. Ajeti
  93' Oberlin
Attendance: 11,749
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)


19 May 2018 Round 36 Basel 2–2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:00 Elyounoussi   17'
Frei   27'
Al. Ajeti   82'
FCB summary   9' Schulz
  85' Schürpf
Attendance: 25,161
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

Swiss Cup

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16 September 2017 Round 2 Servette 2–3 Luzern Stade de Genève, Geneva
SFL summary
29 November 2017 Quarter-final Basel 2–1 FC Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Lang   13' (1:0)
Elyounoussi   41'
Lang   52' (2:1)
FCB summary
ASF/SFV summary
  22' (1:1) Schürpf
  41' Sidler
  60' Voca
  77' Schulz
Attendance: 7,715
Referee:   Sandro Schärer Buttikon

UEFA Europa League

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Second qualifying round

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13 July 2017 First leg Osijek   2–0   Luzern Osijek, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt
Attendance: 7,542
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
20 July 2017 Second leg Luzern   2–1
(2–3 agg.)
  NK Osijek Lucerne, Switzerland
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 8,483
Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

References

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  1. ^ "2017–2018 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). sfl.ch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.