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

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 Switzerland SUI David Zibung
4 DF Germany GER Sebastian Schachten
5 DF Croatia CRO Kaja Rogulj
7 DF Switzerland SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF Albania ALB Jahmir Hyka
9 FW Switzerland SUI Michael Frey (on loan from OSC Lille)
10 MF Austria AUT Jakob Jantscher
13 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Puljić
14 DF Switzerland SUI Jérôme Thiesson
15 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Schneuwly
16 DF Switzerland SUI François Affolter
18 GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Bucchi
19 MF Croatia CRO Frane Čirjak
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Switzerland SUI Christian Schneuwly
23 DF France FRA Sally Sarr
27 MF Germany GER Nico Brandenburger (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
28 MF Germany GER Clemens Fandrich
31 MF Albania ALB Hekuran Kryeziu
32 MF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Haas
35 DF Switzerland SUI Yannick Schmid
37 FW Switzerland SUI João de Oliveira
39 MF Switzerland SUI Remo Arnold
47 DF Albania ALB Ferid Matri
61 FW Germany GER Samed Yeşil (on loan from Liverpool)
77 MF Germany GER Markus Neumayr

Out on loan

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 Albania ALB Migjen Basha (at Calcio Como until 30 June 2016)
17 MF Switzerland SUI Claudio Holenstein (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2016)
20 FW Romania ROU Cristian Ianu (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016)
30 GK Switzerland SUI Jonas Omlin (at FC Le Mont LS until 30 June 2016)
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 FW Switzerland SUI Omar Thali (at SC Kriens until 30 June 2016)
38 DF Switzerland SUI Olivier Kleiner (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016)
93 FW Albania ALB Haxhi Neziraj (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2016)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Competitions

Overall record
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
Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Super League

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

Matches
18 July 2015 1 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Stephan Klossner
25 July 2015 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 3 Thun 0–1 Luzern Thun
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: Sébastien Pache
8 August 2015 4 Luzern 1–3 Basel Lucerne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 14,748
Referee: Sandro Schärer
12 August 2015 5 Luzern 0–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
22 August 2015 6 Zürich 2–5 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
29 August 2015 7 Lugano 0–1 Luzern Lugano
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
13 September 2015 8 Luzern 3–3 Grasshopper Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
23 September 2015 9 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
27 September 2015 10 Luzern 1–0 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
3 October 2015 11 Luzern 2–2 Lugano Lucerne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
17 October 2015 12 Grasshopper 1–0 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
24 October 2015 13 Luzern 1–1 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 November 2015 14 St. Gallen 1–0 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: AFG Arena
8 November 2015 15 Sion 2–0 Luzern Sion
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
21 November 2015 16 Luzern 1–0 Thun Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
29 November 2015 17 Basel 3–0 Luzern Basel
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
5 December 2015 18 Luzern 3–1 Young Boys Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
7 February 2016 19 Basel 3–0 Luzern Basel
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
14 February 2016 20 Luzern 1–2 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
21 February 2016 21 Luzern 0–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
27 February 2016 22 Sion 3–1 Luzern Sion
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
6 March 2016 23 Young Boys 5–2 Luzern Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
12 March 2016 24 Luzern 2–1 Lugano Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
19 March 2016 25 Thun 1–1 Luzern Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
2 April 2016 26 Luzern 5–1 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
9 April 2016 27 Grasshopper 1–1 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
16 April 2016 28 Zürich 0–1 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
20 April 2016 29 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
24 April 2016 30 Luzern 3–0 Thun Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 May 2016 31 Lugano 1–1 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
8 May 2016 32 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
11 May 2016 33 Luzern 3–0 Grasshopper Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
16 May 2016 34 Luzern 4–0 Basel Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
22 May 2016 35 St. Gallen 1–4 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFG Arena
25 May 2016 36 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena

Swiss Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Cup

Statistics

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

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