The 2008–09 season was the 84th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.
| Chairman | Walter Stierli |
|---|---|
| Manager | Ciriaco Sforza (until 10 August) Jean-Daniel Gross (caretaker, 11 August to 17 August) Roberto Morinini (from 18 August until 27 October) Rolf Fringer (from 28 October) |
| Stadium | Stadion Allmend |
| Swiss Super League | 9th |
| Swiss Cup | Runners-up |
| Top goalscorer | League: Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (13) All: Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (13) |
| Average home league attendance | 8,074 |
Players edit
First-team squad edit
Transfers edit
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Pre-season and friendlies edit
Win Draw Loss
| 8 July 2008 2008 Uhrencup | Luzern  | 1–1 |  Legia Warsaw | Grenchen, Switzerland |
| 20:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stadion Brühl Attendance: 2,668 Referee: Sascha Kever |
| 10 July 2008 2008 Uhrencup | Luzern | 2–2 |  Borussia Dortmund | Grenchen, Switzerland |
| CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Brühl |
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 | 20 July 2008 | 30 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 25.00 |
| Relegation play-offs | 10 June 2009 | 13 June 2009 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 50.00 |
| Swiss Cup | 21 September 2008 | 13 April 2009 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 80.00 |
| Total | 43 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 64 | 67 | −3 | 32.56 | ||||
Source: Competitions
Swiss Super League edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Bellinzona | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 43 | |
| 7 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 40 | |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 37 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a] |
| 9 | Luzern (O) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 10 | Vaduz (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 85 | −57 | 22 | Relegation to Swiss Challenge League[b] |
Source: axposuperleague.ch (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Sion won the 2008–09 Swiss Cup and thereby qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
- ^ Being a Liechtenstein club, Vaduz are not eligible for qualification to European competitions via the Swiss league system. They did, however, qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning their domestic 2008–09 Liechtenstein Cup.
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 |
| 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 35 | −20 |
Source: Swiss Super League
Results by round edit
Matches edit
| 20 July 2008 Round 1 | Luzern | 1–2 | Vaduz | Lucerne |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 23 July 2008 Round 2 | Zürich | 1–0 | Luzern | Zürich |
| 19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Letzigrund |
| 26 July 2008 Round 3 | Luzern | 0–1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | Lucerne |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 3 August 2008 Round 4 | Bellinzona | 2–2 | Luzern | Bellinzona |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
| 9 August 2008 Round 5 | Aarau | 1–0 | Luzern | Aarau |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld |
| 17 August 2008 Round 6 | Luzern | 0–3 | Young Boys | Lucerne |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 23 August 2008 Round 7 | Grasshopper | 4–2 | Luzern | Zürich |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Letzigrund |
| 30 August 2008 Round 8 | Luzern | 0–0 | Sion | Lucerne |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 13 September 2008 Round 9 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 17:45 | Huggel  16' (1:0)Chipperfield 84' (2:0) |
Summary |  15' Diarra 32' Seoane |
Attendance: 20,627 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen) |
| 28 September 2008 Round 10 | Vaduz | 1–0 | Luzern | Vaduz |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion |
| 6 October 2008 Round 11 | Luzern | 0–3 | Zürich | Lucerne |
| 19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 25 October 2008 Round 12 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 1–0 | Luzern | Neuchâtel |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de la Maladière |
| 2 November 2008 Round 13 | Luzern | 1–0 | Bellinzona | Lucerne |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 8 November 2008 Round 14 | Luzern | 3–0 | Aarau | Lucerne |
| 17:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 16 November 2008 Round 15 | Young Boys | 6–1 | Luzern | Bern |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade de Suisse |
| 29 November 2008 Round 16 | Luzern | 0–3 | Grasshopper | Lucerne |
| 17:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 14 December 2008 Round 18 | Luzern | 5 – 1 | Basel | Stadion Allmend, Luzern |
| 14:45 | Frimpong 15' (1:0) Ferreira 19'Frimpong 33' (2:1)Ferreira 40' (3:1)Paiva 70' (4:1)Paiva 74' (5:1) |
Summary | 17' Marque 32' (1:1) F. Frei 55' Morganella |
Attendance: 7,626 Referee: Sascha Kever |
| 8 February 2009 Round 19 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 3–3 | Luzern | Neuchâtel |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de la Maladière |
| 15 February 2009 Round 20 | Luzern | 2–3 | Young Boys | Lucerne |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 18 February 2009 Round 17 | Sion | 1–1 | Luzern | Sion |
| 19:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade Tourbillon |
| 22 February 2009 Round 21 | Grasshopper | 1–0 | Luzern | Zürich |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Letzigrund |
| 1 March 2009 Round 22 | Luzern | 1 – 2 | Basel | Stadion Allmend Luzern |
| 16:00 | Paiva 33' (1:1) R. Schwegler 55'Chiumiento 64'Frimpong 68' |
Summary | 22' (0:1) Gjasula 29' Stocker 81' Streller 90+2' (1:2) Chipperfield |
Attendance: 10,154 Referee: Sascha Kever |
| 8 March 2009 Round 23 | Luzern | 1–3 | Zürich | Lucerne |
| 13:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 14 March 2009 Round 24 | Aarau | 0–0 | Luzern | Aarau |
| 17:45 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld |
| 22 March 2009 Round 25 | Luzern | 4–2 | Bellinzona | Lucerne |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 4 April 2009 Round 26 | Sion | 1–1 | Luzern | Sion |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade Tourbillon |
| 9 April 2009 Round 27 | Luzern | 3–1 | Vaduz | Lucerne |
| 19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 18 April 2009 Round 28 | Vaduz | 1–2 | Luzern | Vaduz |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion |
| 22 April 2009 Round 29 | Luzern | 1–0 | Sion | Lucerne |
| 19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 25 April 2009 Round 30 | Bellinzona | 2–0 | Luzern | Bellinzona |
| 19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona |
| 2 May 2009 Round 31 | Luzern | 4–0 | Aarau | Lucerne |
| 19:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 9 May 2009 Round 32 | Zürich | 1–1 | Luzern | Zürich |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Letzigrund |
| 12 May 2009 Round 33 | Basel | 2 – 0 | Luzern | St. Jakob-Park, Basel |
| 19:45 | Huggel 36' Perović 42'Zanni 59' (1:0)Perović 70' (2:0) |
(Report) | Attendance: 19,051 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni |
| 17 May 2009 Round 34 | Luzern | 1–1 | Grasshopper | Lucerne |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
| 24 May 2009 Round 35 | Young Boys | 5–2 | Luzern | Bern |
| 16:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de Suisse |
| 30 May 2009 Round 36 | Luzern | 2–1 | Neuchâtel Xamax | Lucerne |
| 17:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
Source: [1]
Relegation play-offs edit
| 10 June 2009 First leg | Lugano | 1–0 | Luzern | Lugano |
| 20:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Claudio Circhetta |
| 13 June 2009 Second leg | Luzern | 5–0 (5–1 agg.) | Lugano | Lucerne |
| 18:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stadion Allmend Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Cyril Zimmermann |
Swiss Cup edit
| 19 October 2008 Round of 32 | FC Grenchen | 0–3 | Luzern | Grenchen |
| 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Brühl |
| 10 December 2008 Round of 16 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 0–4 | Luzern | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade de la Charrière |
| 18 March 2009 Quarter-finals | FC Concordia Basel | 0–2 | Luzern | Basel |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stadion Rankhof |
| 13 April 2009 Semi-finals | Luzern | 2–4 | Sion | Lucerne |
| 20:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Allmend |
References edit
- ^ [🖉"FC Luzern - Fixtures & Results 2008/2009". worldfootball.net.