2017–18 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
2017–18 season
Chairman	Philipp Studhalter
Manager	Markus Babbel; Gerardo Seoane
Stadium	swissporarena
Swiss Super League	3rd
Swiss Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pascal Schürpf (11); All: ; Pascal Schürpf (13)
Average home league attendance	10,051
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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.

Players

First-team squad

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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	Soumah 61' Belometti 67' Said 71'	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

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

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

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D
Position

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

Matches

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

12 August 2017 Round 1	SC Kriens	0–1	Luzern	Stadion Kleinfeld, Kriens
		SFL summary

16 September 2017 Round 2	Servette	2–3	Luzern	Stade de Genève, Geneva
		SFL summary

26 October 2017 Round 3	FC Échallens Région	2–3	Luzern	Sportplatz 3 Sapins, Echallens
		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

Second qualifying round

13 July 2017 First leg	Osijek	2–0	Luzern	Osijek, Croatia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ejupi 66' Grezda 79'	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)	Jurić 19', 62'	Report	Ejupi 72'	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 8,483 Referee: Martin Lundby (Norway)

References

^ "2017–2018 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
^ "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.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.20067759053813-2] Zürich qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 Swiss Cup.

[1] "2017–2018 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.

[3] "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.

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