2013–14 FC Luzern season

The 2013–14 season was the 89th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

FC Luzern
ChairmanRudolf Stäger
ManagerCarlos Bernegger
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League4th
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Dimitar Rangelov (11)

All:
Dimitar Rangelov (11)
Average home league attendance11,291[1]
Biggest winFC Murten 0–11 Luzern
Biggest defeatSt. Gallen 4–1 Luzern
Sion 3–0 Luzern
Grasshopper 4–1 Luzern

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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   ALB Ferid Matri
4 MF   AUS Oliver Bozanić
5 MF   SUI Michel Renggli (captain)
6 DF   CRO Tomislav Puljić
7 DF   SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF   ALB Jahmir Hyka
9 FW   BUL Dimitar Rangelov
13 DF   SUI Florian Stahel
14 DF   SUI Jérôme Thiesson
16 DF   SUI François Affolter
18 GK   ITA Lorenzo Bucchi
19 MF   SUI Adrian Winter
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   SUI Xavier Hochstrasser
21 FW   PAR Dario Lezcano
23 DF   FRA Sally Sarr
24 MF   SUI Alain Wiss
25 FW   GER Kevin Holz
26 MF   SUI Remo Freuler
28 MF   POR Sava Bento
29 DF   TUN Yassin Mikari
30 GK   SUI Gabriel Wüthrich
31 MF   ALB Hekuran Kryeziu
33 DF   ALB Fidan Aliti
35 MF   ALB Haxhi Neziraj

Transfers edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 July 2013 Friendly Luzern   1–4   Borussia Dortmund Lucerne, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
11 January 2014 Friendly Luzern   3–0   Locarno
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
16 January 2014 Friendly Luzern   1–2   1. FC Nürnberg La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Campo Hotel La Cala
18 January 2014 Friendly Luzern   1–0   Steaua București
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 14 July 2013 18 May 2014 Matchday 1 4th 36 15 6 15 48 54 −6 041.67
Swiss Cup 18 August 2013 26 March 2014 Round 1 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 18 2 +16 080.00
Total 41 19 6 16 66 56 +10 046.34

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Grasshopper 36 19 8 9 67 43 +24 65 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Young Boys 36 17 8 11 59 50 +9 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Luzern 36 15 6 15 48 54 −6 51 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Zürich 36 14 8 14 51 52 −1 50 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
6 Thun 36 13 9 14 57 53 +4 48
Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Zürich won the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, so therefore qualified for the Play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultWLWWDDLWLDWDWLWWWDLLWLDLWLLLWWWLLLLW
Position2742235445
Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

14 July 2013 1 Luzern 2–0 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
20 July 2013 2 Aarau 4–2 Luzern Aarau
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld
28 July 2013 3 Luzern 3–2 Zürich Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
4 August 2013 4 Luzern 1–0 Sion Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
11 August 2013 5 Thun 1–1 Luzern Thun
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
24 August 2013 Round 6 Luzern 1–1 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
19:45 Lezcano   43'
Sarr   51'
Rangelov   90+3' (1:1)
FCB summary   17' Safari
  32' (0:1) Sio
  34' Xhaka
  85' Ivanov
Attendance: 15,211
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni
1 September 2013 7 St. Gallen 4–1 Luzern St. Gallen
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kybunpark
21 September 2013 8 Young Boys 0–1 Luzern Bern
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
25 September 2013 9 Luzern 0–2 Grasshopper Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
29 September 2013 10 Luzern 1–1 Thun Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
5 October 2013 11 Zürich 0–2 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
20 October 2013 12 Luzern 1–1 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
26 October 2013 13 Lausanne-Sport 0–1 Luzern Lausanne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
2 November 2013 14 Sion 3–0 Luzern Sion
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
24 November 2013 15 Luzern 3–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
30 November 2013 16 Grasshopper 1–2 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
8 December 2013 17 Luzern 1–0 Aarau Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
14 December 2013 Round 18 Basel 1–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 D. Degen   10'
Ajeti   45'
Schär   36'   66'   62' (1:1)
FCB summary   27' (0:1) Wiss
  61' Rangelov
  56'   88' Stahel
Attendance: 27,649
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni
2 February 2014 19 Luzern 1–3 Grasshopper Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
8 February 2014 20 Thun 2–1 Luzern Thun
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
15 February 2014 21 Luzern 3–2 Aarau Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
23 February 2014 22 Luzern 1–2 Young Boys Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
2 March 2014 23 St. Gallen 1–1 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Kybunpark
9 March 2014 24 Sion 3–2 Luzern Sion
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
16 March 2014 25 Luzern 1–0 Zürich Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
23 March 2014 26 Lausanne-Sport 1–0 Luzern Lausanne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
30 March 2014 Round 27 Luzern 0–2 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Winter   44'
Lustenberger   88'
FCB Summary
Summary
  29' Sio
  51' (0:1) Sio
  85' Aliji
  90' Xhaka
  90+2' (0:2) Sio
Attendance: 15,170
Referee:   Stephan Studer
6 April 2014 28 Young Boys 2–1 Luzern Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
13 April 2014 29 Luzern 1–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
16 April 2014 30 Aarau 1–2 Luzern Aarau
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld
26 April 2014 31 Zürich 1–2 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
3 May 2014 32 Luzern 0–1 Sion Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
7 May 2014 Round 33 Basel 3–1 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Stocker   10' (1:0)
Schär   18' (2:0)
Suchý   33'
Sio   70' (3:1)
FCB Summary
Summary
  38' (2:1) Rangelov
  52' Freuler
Attendance: 25,677
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni
11 May 2014 34 Luzern 3–4 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
15 May 2014 35 Grasshopper 4–1 Luzern Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
18 May 2014 36 Luzern 3–0 Thun Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena

Swiss Cup edit

18 August 2013 Round 1 FC Murten 0–11 Luzern Murten
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportanlage Prehl
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Sascha Amhof
15 September 2013 Round 2 US Terre Sainte 1–4 Luzern Nyon
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Fedayi San
10 November 2013 Round 3 Luzern 1–0 Sion Lucerne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 7,737
Referee: Alain Bieri
4 December 2013 Quarter-finals Luzern 2–0 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 6,110
Referee: Sascha Amhof
26 March 2014 Semi-finals Basel 1–0 Luzern Basel
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

References edit

  1. ^ "2013-2014 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.