The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of FC Lugano, and the club's 10th consecutive season in Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League as 2023–24 Super League runner-up.
| 2024–25 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Mattia Croci-Torti | ||
| Stadium | Cornaredo Stadium | ||
| Swiss Super League | 4th | ||
| Swiss Cup | Second round | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round | ||
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | ||
| UEFA Conference League | League phase | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ignacio Aliseda Kacper Przybyłko Renato Steffen (3 each) All: Kacper Przybyłko Renato Steffen (6 each) | ||
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| All statistics correct as of 24 October 2024. | |||
Transfers
editIn
edit| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Antonios Papadopoulos
|
Borussia Dortmund
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | [1] |
| MF |  Zachary Brault-Guillard
|
Free agent | 1 July 2024 | [2] | |
| DF |  Mattia Zanotti
|
Inter Milan
|
Undisclosed | 13 July 2024 | [3] |
Out
edit| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Kreshnik Hajrizi
|
 Widzew Łódź
|
End of contract | 1 July 2024 | [4] |
| GK |  Serif Berbic
|
Bellinzona
|
Loan | 17 July 2024 | [5] |
| MF |  Chinwendu Johan Nkama
|
Bellinzona
|
Loan | 17 July 2024 | [5] |
| FW |  Žan Celar
|
 Queens Park Rangers
|
Undisclosed | 19 July 2024 | [6] |
Friendlies
editPre-season
edit| 29 June 2024 Friendly | Lugano | 2–0 | Stade Nyonnais | Caslano |
| 11:00 | Report | Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli |
| 3 July 2024 Friendly | Bellinzona | 1–5 | Lugano | Sementina |
| 17:30 |
|
| 6 July 2024 Friendly | Lugano | 0–1 | Aarau | Caslano |
| 14:00 | Report |
|
Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli |
| 13 July 2024 Friendly | Lugano | 3–1 | Parma | Lugano |
| 19:00 | Report |
|
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,748 Referee: Mirel Turkes |
| 17 July 2024 Friendly | Inter Milan | 3–2 | Lugano | Appiano Gentile, Italy |
| 18:30 |
|
Stadium: Angelo Moratti Sports Centre |
Competitions
editOverall 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 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 100.00 | ||
| Swiss Cup | 18 August 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
| UEFA Champions League | 23–24 July 2024 | 30 July 2024 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 August 2024 | Third qualifying round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 60.00 | ||||
Last updated: 3 August 2024
Source: Soccerway
Swiss Super League
editLeague table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zürich | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 25 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Lugano | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 25 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Servette | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 24 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Basel | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 22 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Luzern | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 22 |
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[7]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.[7]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
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 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Last updated: 3 August 2024.
Source: [citation needed]
Results by round
editUpdated to match(es) played on 3 August 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
editThe match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.[8]
| 20 July 2024 1 | Lugano | 2–1 | Grasshopper | Lugano |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Referee: Urs Schnyder |
| 27 July 2024 2 | Basel | 1–2 | Lugano | Basel |
| 20:30 |
|
Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 19,866 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich |
| 3 August 2024 3 | Lugano | 3–1 | Servette | Lugano |
| 18:00 |
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Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Lionel Tschudi |
| 11 August 2024 4 | Lugano | v | Luzern | Lugano |
| 16:30 | Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium |
Swiss Cup
edit| 18 August 2024 First round | SC Brühl | v | Lugano | St. Gallen |
| 15:00 |
UEFA Champions League
editSecond qualifying round
edit| 23 July 2024 First leg | Lugano | 3–4 |  Fenerbahçe | Thun |
| 20:30 UTC+2 |
|
Report | Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) |
| 30 July 2024 Second leg | Fenerbahçe | 2–1 (6–4 agg.) | Lugano | Istanbul |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Robert Jones (England) |
UEFA Europa League
editThird qualifying round
edit| 8 August 2024 First leg | Partizan  | v | Lugano | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Partizan Stadium |
| 15 August 2024 Second leg | Lugano | v | Partizan | Thun |
| 20:30 | Stadium: Stockhorn Arena |
References
edit- ^ "Dal Borussia Dortmund al Lugano: ecco Antonios Papadopoulos". Corriere del Ticino. 5 June 2024.
- ^ "Un difensore canadese a Cornaredo". Corriere del Ticino. 10 June 2024.
- ^ Mellini, Marzio (13 July 2024). "Mattia Zanotti è Bianconero".
- ^ "Kreshnik Hajrizi moves to Poland - KOHA.net". 18 June 2024.
- ^ a b Mellini, Marzio (19 July 2024). "Berbic e Nkama in prestito all'AC Bellinzona".
- ^ "QPR sign Slovenia striker Zan Celar from Lugano". BBC Sport. 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Die SFL hat die Spielpläne der Saison 2024/25 veröffentlicht" (in German).