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Fussball-Club Luzern ( german pronunciation : [ ɛf ˈt͡seː luˈtsɛrn ] ), or plainly abbreviated to FCL, is a swiss sports cabaret based in Lucerne. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league system, and has won the national title once and the national cup three times. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Reading: FC Luzern
The club colours are blue and whiten, derived from the City of Lucerne and Canton of Lucerne coats of arms. The club plays its dwelling games at Swissporarena which was newly built in 2011 at the space of the old Stadion Allmend. [ 3 ] FC Luzern was founded in 1901. It has non-professional departments for women ‘s football, volleyball, boccia and gymnastics. [ 4 ]
history [edit ]
Chart of FC Luzern table positions in the swiss football league organization FC Luzern ‘s greatest success was winning the swiss backing in 1989. The club has besides won the swiss Cup three times ( 1960, 1992, 2021 ) and finished runner-up four times ( 1997, 2005, 2007, 2012 ). With a full of 17 “ moves ”, FC Luzern has the highest count of promotions and relegations to and from the national inaugural tier since the establishment of a individual nationally lead class in 1933. [ 5 ]
Promotions
Relegations
9x (1936, 1953, 1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1993, 2006)
8x (1944, 1955, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1992, 2003)
The club ‘s parturition [edit ]
The first known try to found a football club in Luzern dates back to 6 May 1867 when an announcement was published in the newspaper Luzerner Tagblatt advertising a confluence regarding the foundation garment of “ FC Luzern ” and invited “ extra members ”. even though the call did not have great resonance, this loose group of football friends can be described as a precursor to FC Luzern. [ 6 ] In 1901, a irregular undertake was initiated by friends Adolf Coulin, Ernst Haag and Hans Walter, who knew football from the Romandie, where the game was already very democratic. They met on 8 July 1901 with other football enthusiasts at Floragarten – a restaurant at Seidenhofstrasse near the educate station – to arrange the establishment of FC Luzern. only four days subsequently on 12 July 1901, the first base train was held at Allmend, a large green space south of the city kernel that would by and by become the club ‘s home. The official initiation took place on 12 August 1901. [ 7 ] The first match was held on 13 April 1902 away against SC Zofingen. In the 1–2 frustration, Albrik Lüthy became the first gear ever goal scorekeeper for the club. The first match played on home ground was on 25 May 1902 with Zofingen as the opponent again. It ended with a 4–0 victory for the away side. [ 8 ]
dense depart ( 1903–1918 ) [edit ]
On 13 September 1903, FC Luzern became an official extremity of the Swiss Football Association ( SFA ). At the clock time, clubs were allowed to freely choose the division to play in and the golf club decided to compete in the third tier Serie C. Despite winning alone one match in its first gear season, the club chose to start in the Serie B for the 1904–05 season. After finishing second for three consecutive years from 1906 until 1909, Luzern was incorporated into the Serie A by the SFA in 1909. however, the job proved to be besides big for the side, and Luzern finished the season at the bottom of the league table. [ 9 ] Under modern management, things turned to the better. For the first time, international matches were held, the first against Unione Sportiva Milanense in 1911, a 2–3 loss in Chiasso. In the second international meet, Luzern drew 1–1 against Mulhouse, then won their first external pit 4–2 over SV Stuttgart in 1912. [ 10 ] After disappointing performances in the domestic league, Luzern finished bottom of the table in 1912 and 1913 and lost its right to play in the Serie A. [ 11 ] Luzern besides struggled in Serie B and was threatened to become the second clubhouse in the city. between 1913 and 1915, Luzern was defeated five times by city rival FC Kickers. For a meter, flush a fusion with 1907 founded Kickers was a realistic scenario, but the fusion was rejected by alone one vote. [ 12 ]
Almost champion and back to Serie B ( 1918–1936 ) [edit ]
After five years in the second division Luzern returned to Serie A in 1918 after beating FC Baden. Dionys Schönecker, who joined FC Luzern from austrian club Rapid Wien, became the first professional director for the club in 1921. His appointment was an clamant success as Luzern went on to win the central Swiss group of the Serie A and qualified for the final round of the championship. After defeating eastern swiss champions Blue Stars Zürich 2–1, Luzern faced Servette Geneva in a title decider on 25 June 1922 in Basel. The heatedly favoured and experienced Genevans won 2–0, even though the match could not be played to the end after Servette fans stormed the sales talk due to a false signal by the referee. The followers could not be persuaded to leave the pitch and the Luzern side agreed to end the match to avoid farther incidents. [ 13 ] Luzern fell back into old patterns and merely narrowly scat relegation in the two subsequent seasons, but was ineffective to avoid relegation in 1925. From 1925 to 1930, the club played in the moment division and was frequently close to forwarding. Within the SFA, the recently 1920s and early 1930s were marked by fail attempts for league reform and chaotic affiliation meetings. After formally securing promotion with its third base straight second division title in 1929, Luzern was barred from participating in the national first tier until the spring of 1931. however, in 1931, a drastic reduction of clubs in the top division was implemented, meaning forced relegation for no less than 15 clubs, including Luzern. [ 14 ]
Barren years ( 1936–1959 ) [edit ]
A variety in luck saw Luzern promoted to the newly created Nationalliga in 1936. Despite sanctions by the SFA, the club managed to finish the 1936–37 season fourth, the side ‘s best final league put until 1976. In the take after years ( which were heavily affected by World War II ), FCL was not able to build on this success. Managers came and went but the club never ranked higher than the bottom four. When applaud international Sirio Vernati left Luzern in 1943, the team was deprived of its best player and was relegated in the leap of 1944. [ 15 ] In the 1940s, Luzern became a distinctive moment division club. In 1952–53, Luzern again had a bad start to the campaign, but improved significantly as the season progressed. promotion could be secured in the final match against local rival SC Zug. The boom only lasted for two years and Luzern was relegated again in 1955. The club board appointed young German director Rudi Gutendorf, whose managerial career would later span the entire planet. While Gutendorf saw the first years as a consolidation period, the team about got immediately promoted after just one year in the moment division. Promotion finally came in 1958. [ 16 ]
The first trophy and the yo-yo years ( 1960–1979 ) [edit ]
While league performances in the Nationalliga A were erratic throughout the first one-half of the 1960s, Luzern won its first major national trophy by winning the swiss Cup in 1960. The final examination was played against FC Grenchen. Luzern then participated in the first version of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1960–61, but was comfortably defeated by Fiorentina ( 0–3, 2–6 ). [ 17 ] The success did not concluding long and the chronically poor people fiscal situation and average league performances led to many managerial changes. The club was relegated once again in 1966, and Luzern developed a repute as a “ yo-yo team ”. Promotion in 1967 was followed by delegating in 1969, forwarding in 1970, delegating in 1972, forwarding in 1974, once again delegating in 1975 and finally promotion in 1979. Eleven different managers stood at the avocation during this time, among them the 1960 cup winner, local legend and subsequently director of the Switzerland national team, Paul Wolfisberg. His second managerial spell from 1978 to 1982 marked the get down of one of the most successful periods in the club ‘s history. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
The aureate years ( 1980–1992 ) [edit ]
Luzern signed Ottmar Hitzfeld in the summer of 1980. ( It was Hitzfeld ‘s stopping point place as a player before he started his successful managerial career in 1983. ) With respective mid-table finishes throughout the early 1980s, the club consolidated its position in the league. Friedel Rausch took over as a coach in 1985 and guided Luzern to their most successful earned run average. In 1986, the club finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in club history. After a remarkable 0–0 away draw against Spartak Moscow, the home leg was lost 0–1 through a late winner for the soviet side. [ 20 ] With a fifth-place coating in 1987 and 1988, Luzern, being widely viewed as an underdog team, sensationally won the swiss championship in 1989. It is the single biggest success in the club ‘s history to date. Luzern clinched the title race with a 1–0 home win against Servette in front of 24,000 fans. The deciding goal was scored by german striker Jürgen Mohr. [ 21 ] The league prevail entitled Luzern to participate in the european Cup, the clubhouse ‘s beginning ( and so far only ) appearance in this contest. however, Luzern was without a realistic chance against Dutch champions PSV and suffered another early stem to their european campaigns. ineffective to defend the league title in 1990, Luzern qualified for the UEFA Cup and secured its inaugural european acquire against MTK Budapest, but lost to Admira Wacker Vienna in the future orotund. In a sudden change of fortune in 1991–92, Luzern failed to qualify for the championship playoff group entirely due to goal difference and surprisingly suffered delegating after a hapless political campaign in the relegation playoffs. only days after the shock, Luzern won its third major trophy after beating FC Lugano 3–1 in the swiss Cup final. Rausch left the club at the conclusion of the temper. [ 22 ]
refuse and resurrection ( 1993–2006 ) [edit ]
Having returned immediately to the Nationalliga A in 1993, the golf club could not live up to the earlier successes and played a mediocre character in the follow years, with the exception of a cup final appearance in 1997 that was lost against champions FC Sion. The late 1990s and early 2000s were marked by patronize managerial changes and renewed fiscal struggles. The golf club ‘s longstanding president, Romano Simioni ( 1975–1998 ), was forced to step down after a prolong ability struggle between different factions in the club. This was followed by a chaotic and scandal ride period of fiscal and sporting instability. In 1999, the club avoided the secession of its playing license only with a last-minute rescue campaign to raise funds. In 2001, Luzern ‘s centennial class, the clubhouse ‘s ownership entity, FC Luzern AG, entered administration. [ 23 ] After endlessly precarious league performances, Luzern finally got relegated in 2003. The hang went on and Luzern finished behind local anesthetic rivals SC Kriens for the first time in cabaret history in 2004. Luzern lost the swiss Cup final in 2005 against FC Zürich. In 2006, under the management of erstwhile centre-back René vanguard Eck, the team won the swiss Challenge League and secured promotion with a 31-match unbeaten run. [ 24 ]
The Super League era ( 2006–present ) [edit ]
Luzern appointed early Swiss international Ciriaco Sforza as director and qualified for another swiss Cup final that was lost against FC Basel in 2007. The Luzern board of directors fell out of solitaire with Sforza in 2008 after winning only one point in six matches. Luzern avoided relegation after appointing Rolf Fringer and finally beating FC Lugano 5–1 on aggregate in the relegation playoffs in 2009. [ 25 ] The sign of asterisk player Hakan Yakin in summer 2009 transformed the team into a successful side that finished third. The subsequent UEFA Europa League qualifiers were lost against Utrecht. After a mediocre 2010–11 season, Fringer was replaced with erstwhile swiss international Murat Yakin, brother of Hakan Yakin. Luzern finished the 2011–12 season second – the highest complete since 1989 – but lost yet another swiss Cup final examination for the fourth consecutive time. After a poor begin to the 2012–13 season and the defeat to Genk in the UEFA Europa League playoff round, Murat Yakin was replaced with Carlos Bernegger. In exchangeable fashion as his harbinger, Bernegger failed to confirm a full first season performance and was replaced by former German international Markus Babbel after a poor season begin and a disappoint Europa League qualifier kill against St Johnstone. Under Babbel ‘s management, the golf club ‘s performances stabilised as it finished one-fifth ( 2014–15 ), third base ( 2015–16 ) and fifth again ( 2016–17 ). however, Luzern endlessly failed to advance in UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds after aggregate defeats to Sassuolo in 2016 and Osijek in 2017. After a disappointing first half of the 2017–18 season, Markus Babbel was replaced with U-21 director Gerardo Seoane. Seoane ‘s appointment had an immediate positive affect and the club finished the season 3rd. only weeks after the end of the season, Seoane joined new Swiss champion Young Boys Bern in a storm move. On 22 June 2018, FC Luzern announced the appointee of former Anderlecht and Nuremberg director René Weiler. In early 2019, following a sequence of bad results and atmospheric tensions between Weiler and the club ‘s sporting film director Remo Meyer, [ 26 ] Weiler was replaced by erstwhile Swiss international Thomas Häberli who lead the team to a fifth plaza finish. Luzern progressed to the next round in a european modification run into for the first time since 1992 by beating faroese side KÍ Klaksvik 2-0 on aggregate but was subsequently eliminated by Espanyol. After a hapless first half of the 2019-20 campaign, Häberli was replaced by former Marseille and Getafe midfielder Fabio Celestini. On 24 May 2021, Luzern won their third gear swiss Cup, following a 3-1 winnings over FC St. Gallen .
Fans and rivalries [edit ]
Although the club has lone won four important national trophies, Luzern is one of the traditional football clubs in the state with a solid local supporter establish. The golf club draws its confirm predominantly from Central Switzerland, leading the issue of sold season tickets in the cantons of Lucerne, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Uri, Zug vitamin a well as in some parts of Aargau and Schwyz. [ 27 ] Since moving to the newly stadium in 2011, Luzern has always ranked within the top five in terms of average attendance in the swiss Super League with an median crowd of 9,000 to 14,000. [ 28 ] The local bowler hat is played with SC Kriens, whose stadium is located about 1.3 kilometres from FC Luzern ‘s facilities at Allmend. On 12 August 2017, Luzern beat SC Kriens 1–0 in the open round of the 2017–18 swiss Cup. It was the beginning find between the two sides in an official contest since 2006. [ 29 ] Although there are no traditional and deep root rivalries, periods of intensify sporting rival have sparked rivalries between Luzern and Basel in the mid-1990s and with Sion in the mid-2000s. A majority of the fans, particularly Ultra groups, position FC St. Gallen as a major rival. Matches with FC Aarau are besides by many considered as a local bowler hat and attract big numbers of Luzern supporters, particularly to away matches .
stadium [edit ]
between 1934 and 2009, the club played its home plate games at the Stadion Allmend, which had a theoretical capacity of 25,000. For security reasons however, the Swiss Football Association did not allow more than 13,000 to attend in the final year of its being in 2009. Until a new stadium was completed in 2011, Luzern temporarily played its home matches at the Gersag Stadion in Emmenbrücke. In August 2011, the club moved into the newly built Swissporarena, located at the former localization of the old stadium. The open couple ended with a 0–0 draw against FC Thun .
Honours [edit ]
The greatest success in the club ‘s history was winning the championship in 1989 under the management of german head coach Friedel Rausch. Furthermore, the club played in six swiss Cup finals, winning two by defeating FC Grenchen 1–0 in 1960 and FC Lugano 3–1 ( after supernumerary time ) in 1992. later, the baseball club lost four cup finals in a row : in 1997 against Sion ( 4–5 on penalties ), in 2005 against Zürich ( 1–3 ), and twice against Basel, in 2007 ( 0–1 ) and 2012 ( 2–4 on penalties ). Reaching the cup final in 2005 as a second-tier club, the forwarding back to the Super League in 2006, reaching the cup finals in 2007 and 2012 and winning the cup in 2021 absolute as the club ‘s most recent successes. [ 30 ]
All-time league postpone [edit ]
Luzern is ranked 9th in the all-time league table. [ 31 ]
european appearances [edit ]
source : [ 32 ]
late seasons [edit ]
- As of 25 May 2021.
The season-by-season performance of the club over the last years : [ 33 ]
Season
Rank
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
Cup
EL
2006–07
8
36
8
9
19
31
58
−27
33
runner-up
–
2007–08
6
36
10
14
12
40
49
−9
44
R16
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–
2008–09
9*
36
9
8
19
45
62
−17
35
SF
–
2009–10
4
36
17
7
12
66
55
+11
58
QF
–
2010–11
6
36
13
9
14
62
57
+5
48
R16
3Q
2011–12
2
36
14
12
8
46
32
+14
54
runner-up
–
2012–13
8
36
10
12
14
41
52
−11
42
1R
po
2013–14
4
36
15
6
15
48
54
−6
51
SF
–
2014–15
5
36
12
11
13
54
46
+8
47
R16
2Q
2015–16
3
36
15
9
12
59
50
+9
54
SF
–
2016–17
5
36
14
8
14
62
66
−4
50
SF
3Q
2017–18
3
36
15
9
12
51
51
0
54
QF
2Q
2018–19
5
36
14
4
18
56
61
−5
46
SF
3Q
2019–20
6
36
13
7
16
42
50
−8
46
QF
3Q
2020–21
5
36
12
10
14
62
59
+3
46
achiever
–
Rank = Rank in the swiss Super League ; P = Played ; W = Win ; D = Draw ; L = Loss ; F = Goals for ; A = Goals against ; GD = Goal difference ; Pts = Points ; Cup = Swiss Cup ; EL = UEFA Europa League.
in = silent in competition ; – = not attended ; 1R = 1st round ; 2R = 2nd round ; R16 = Round of sixteen ; QF = Quarter-finals ; SF = Semi-finals ; 2Q = 2nd qualifying round ; 3Q = 3rd qualifying round ; PO = play-off round.
*Avoided relegation by beating FC Lugano 5 – 1 on aggregate in the relegation play-offs .
Players [edit ]
current police squad [edit ]
- As of 2 September 2021[34]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
early players under shrink [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loan [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Personnel [edit ]
- As of 22 November 2021.
current technical staff [edit ]
Name
Function
Fabio Celestini
Head coach
Genesio Colatrella
Assistant coach
Lorenzo Bucchi
Goalkeeper coach
Christian Schmidt
Fitness coach
Remo Meyer
Director of Football
source : [ 35 ]
head coaches since 2006 [edit ]
Head coaches until 2006 [edit ]
informant : [ 36 ]
Owners and Leadership [edit ]
due to dinner dress license requirements, the professional football operations of FC Luzern are consolidated under FC Luzern Innerschweiz AG, a company that is legally and financially separated from the club FC Luzern which retains the non-professional sections of the sports cabaret. FC Luzern Innerschweiz AG is ultimately owned by Bernhard Alpstaeg ( 52 % ) and Josef Bieri ( 48 % ) via their control of FCL Holding AG. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] The current chair and administrator coach is former actor Stefan Wolf .