2021–22 FC Luzern season

The 2021–22 season was the 97th season in the existence of FC Luzern and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Luzern participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Luzern
2021–22 season
ChairmanStefan Wolf
ManagerFabio Celestini
StadiumSwissporarena
Swiss Super League9th
Swiss CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Filip Ugrinic (8)

All:
Filip Ugrinic (10)

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 2 February 2022[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   TUN Mohamed Dräger (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
4 MF   GER Christian Gentner
5 DF   ALB Denis Simani
6 MF   NED Jordy Wehrmann
7 MF   SEN Ibrahima Ndiaye
8 MF   GER Tsiy-William Ndenge
9 FW   SRB Dejan Sorgić
10 MF   SUI Samuele Campo
11 MF   SUI Pascal Schürpf
13 DF   CZE Martin Frýdek
14 DF   SUI Serkan Izmirlioglu
15 MF   GER Marvin Schulz
16 MF   GER Varol Tasar
17 DF   SUI Simon Grether
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   SUI Filip Ugrinic
20 FW   SRB Nikola Čumić (on loan from Olympiacos)
21 FW   POR Asumah Abubakar
23 MF   GHA Samuel Alabi
31 MF   KOS Lorik Emini
32 GK   GER Marius Müller
34 DF   SUI Silvan Sidler
38 GK   SUI Pascal Loretz
41 MF   SUI Noah Rupp
46 DF   SUI Marco Burch
74 DF   SUI Luca Jaquez
74 DF   SUI Severin Ottiger
75 DF   SUI Thoma Monney
90 GK   SRB Vaso Vasić

Other players under contract

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   SUI Tyron Owusu

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SUI Loïc Jacot (at Wohlen until 30 June 2022)
DF   SUI Ashvin Balaruban (at Kriens until 30 June 2022)
MF   SUI Lino Lang (at Kriens until 30 June 2022)
MF   SUI David Mistrafović (at Kriens until 30 June 2022)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   CMR Yvan Alounga (at Schaffhausen until 30 June 2022)
FW   SUI Aziz Binous (at Kriens until 30 June 2022)
FW   KOS Mark Marleku (at Kriens until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 June 2021 Friendly Luzern   2–4   Kriens Lucerne, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Tribschen
3 July 2021 Friendly Winterthur   1–3   Luzern Winterthur, Switzerland
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
7 July 2021 Friendly Luzern   3–3   Dynamo Kyiv Lucerne, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Sorgic   9', 63'
  • Ugrinic   16'
  • Lednev   56'
  • Antyukh   81'
  • Harmash   88'
Stadium: swissporarena
10 July 2021 Friendly Grasshoppers   0–2   Luzern Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: GC/Campus
17 July 2021 Friendly Luzern   2–0   Wil Switzerland
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Gentner   60'
  • Ndiaye   67'
15 January 2022 Friendly Luzern   0–1   Winterthur Lucerne, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
22 January 2022 Friendly Luzern   2–2   Rheindorf Altach Lucerne, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
25 March 2022 Friendly Luzern   4–1   Schaffhausen Lucerne, Switzerland
12:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 24 July 2021 22 May 2022 Matchday 1 9th 36 9 13 14 54 65 −11 025.00
Relegation play-offs 26 May 2022 29 May 2022 First leg Winners 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 050.00
Swiss Cup 15 August 2021 21 April 2022 Round 1 Semi-finals 5 4 1 0 12 5 +7 080.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 5 August 2021 12 August 2021 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 000.00
Total 45 14 15 16 70 78 −8 031.11

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Servette 36 12 8 16 50 66 −16 44
7 Sion 36 11 8 17 46 67 −21 41
8 Grasshopper 36 9 13 14 54 58 −4 40
9 Luzern (O) 36 9 13 14 52 64 −12 40 Qualification for Relegation play-offs
10 Lausanne-Sport (R) 36 4 10 22 37 76 −39 22 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
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]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 5 12 13 37 56  −19 27 4 3 8 18 27  −9 1 9 5 19 29  −10

Last updated: 18 April 2022.
Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
GroundHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDLLDDDLDDWDLLLLDLLLWDWLDWLDDW
Position6
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2022. Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.[3]

24 July 2021 1 Luzern 3–4 Young Boys Lucerne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Fedayi San
1 August 2021 2 St. Gallen 2–2 Luzern St. Gallen
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kybunpark
8 August 2021 3 Luzern 1–3 Zürich Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
22 August 2021 4 Servette 4–1 Luzern Geneva
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Genève
29 August 2021 5 Luzern 1–1 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
11 September 2021 6 Luzern 1–1 Grasshoppers Lucerne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
23 September 2021 7 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
26 September 2021 8 Luzern 2–3 Lugano Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Swissporarena
3 October 2021 9 Basel 1–1 Luzern Basel
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 20,883
Referee: Alessandro Dudic
16 October 2021 10 Young Boys 1–1 Luzern Bern
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 26,336
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
24 October 2021 11 Luzern 2–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Swissporarena
31 October 2021 12 Lausanne-Sport 1–1 Luzern Lausanne
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
6 November 2021 13 Luzern 0–1 Sion Lucerne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Swissporarena
21 November 2021 14 Lugano 3–1 Luzern Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
28 November 2021 15 Luzern 1–3 Basel Lucerne
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Swissporarena
4 December 2021 16 Zürich 4–0 Luzern Zürich
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Letzigrund
12 December 2021 17 Grasshoppers 1–1 Luzern Zürich
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Letzigrund
18 December 2021 18 Luzern 0–2 Servette Lucerne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Fedayi San
30 January 2022 19 Luzern 0–3 Basel Lucerne
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Čumić   21'
Müller   60'
Schulz   75'   78'
Jashari   78'
Report   31' Palacios
  49' (pen.) Frei
  52' Katterbach
  66' Pelmard
  76' Burger
  85' Males
  90+5' Frei
  90+7' Frei
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 10,779
Referee:   Lukas Fähndrich
6 February 2022 20 Lugano 2–1 Luzern Lugano
16:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo
13 February 2022 21 Luzern 1–0 Sion Lucerne
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 8,973
Referee: Alain Bieri
20 February 2022 22 Servette 1–1 Luzern Geneva
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 6,297
Referee: Urs Schnyder
27 February 2022 23 Lausanne-Sport 1–2 Luzern Lausanne
16:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Tuilière
Attendance: 6,256
Referee: Fedayi San
2 March 2022 24 Luzern 0–2 Zürich Lucerne
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Sandro Schärer
5 March 2022 25 Young Boys 2–2 Luzern Bern
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Referee: Lukas Fähndrich
13 March 2022 26 Luzern 1–0 Grasshoppers Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
19 March 2022 27 St. Gallen 3–2 Luzern St. Gallen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Schmidt   12'
Görtler   21'
Duah   37'
SFL summary   6' Čumić
  9' Burch
Stadium: Kybunpark
Attendance: 17,848
Referee:   Luca Cibelli
3 April 2022 28 Luzern 2–2 Lugano Lucerne
14:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
9 April 2022 29 Grasshoppers 2–2 Luzern Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) SFL summary Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 5,049
Referee:   Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)
19 March 2022 30 Luzern 3–2 St. Gallen Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00 Schulz   75'
Dejan Sorgić   84'
Ndiaye   90+1'
SFL summary   13' Ruiz
  83' Fazliji
Attendance: 13,491
Referee:   Sandro Schärer (Buttikon)
24 April 2022 31 Basel 3–2 Luzern Basel
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stocker   3'
Stocker   4'
Tavares   18'
Stocker   73'
Chalov   87'
SFL summary   51' Grether
  67' Sorgić
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 21,905
Referee: Urs Schnyder
1 May 2022 32 Luzern 3–0 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 10,419
Referee: Luca Cibelli
8 May 2022 33 Luzern 4–0 Servette Lucerne
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 11,596
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
11 May 2022 34 Sion 1–3 Luzern Sion
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Sandro Schärer
19 May 2022 35 Luzern 2–2 Young Boys Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 12,113
Referee: Urs Schnyder
22 May 2022 36 Zürich 2–3 Luzern Zürich
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Attendance: 22,413
Referee: Sandro Schärer

Relegation play-offs

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26 May 2022 First leg Schaffhausen 2–2 Luzern Schaffhausen
18:00
Report
Stadium: wefox Arena
Attendance: 8,143
Referee: Fedayi San
29 May 2022 Second leg Luzern 2–0
(4–2 agg.)
Schaffhausen Lucerne
16:30
Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Sandro Schärer

Swiss Cup

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15 August 2021 Round 1 SC Cham 0–1 Luzern Cham
16:00 CEST (UTC+1) Report
  • Ndiaye   45+1'
Stadium: Stadion Eizmoos
18 September 2021 Round 2 SC Buochs 1–2 (a.e.t.) Luzern Buochs
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)
  • Neziraj   69' (pen)
Report
  • Sorgic   45'
  • Ugrinic   94'
Stadium: Stadion Seefeld
27 October 2021 Round 3 Schaffhausen 0–2 Luzern Schaffhausen
20:15 CEST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: LIPO Park Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1586
9 February 2022 (2022-02-09) Quarter-finals Biel-Bienne 0–5 Luzern Biel/Bienne
20:30 Report
Stadium: Tissot Arena
Attendance: 2828
21 April 2022 Semi-finals Lugano 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Luzern Lugano
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Cornaredo

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Third qualifying round

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The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[4]

5 August 2021 First leg Luzern   0–3   Feyenoord Lucerne, Switzerland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 5,069
Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)
12 August 2021 Second leg Feyenoord   3–0
(6–0 agg.)
  Luzern Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 32,087
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

References

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  1. ^ "1. Mannschaft Spieler" [1st team player] (in German). FC Luzern. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "SFL veröffentlicht die Spielpläne für die Saison 2021/22". sfl.ch. 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.