2023–24 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
2023–24 season
ManagerMario Frick
StadiumSwissporarena
Swiss Super League5th
Swiss CupRound 4
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The 2023–24 season is FC Luzern's 116th season in existence and 18th consecutive in the Swiss Super League. They are also competing in the Swiss Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Switzerland SUI Pascal Loretz
2 DF Switzerland SUI Severin Ottiger
4 DF Switzerland SUI Luca Jaquez
5 DF Switzerland SUI Denis Simani
6 MF Switzerland SUI Ardon Jashari
7 MF Germany GER Max Meyer
10 MF Switzerland SUI Kevin Spadanuda
11 MF France FRA Teddy Okou
13 DF Czech Republic CZE Martin Frýdek
14 MF Switzerland SUI Luuk Breedijk
16 MF Slovakia SVK Jakub Kadák
17 FW Togo TOG Thibault Klidjé
18 MF Switzerland SUI Nicky Beloko
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Germany GER Pius Dorn
21 FW Portugal POR Asumah Abubakar
22 DF Switzerland SUI Dario Ulrich
23 DF Switzerland SUI Mauricio Willimann
27 FW Switzerland SUI Lars Villiger
30 DF Kosovo KOS Ismajl Beka
32 MF Switzerland SUI Nicolas Haas (on loan from Empoli)
33 DF Switzerland SUI Leny Meyer
41 MF Switzerland SUI Noah Rupp
44 GK Switzerland SUI Diego Heller
69 MF France FRA Sofyan Chader
90 GK Serbia SRB Vaso Vasić
99 FW Switzerland SUI Kemal Ademi

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland SUI Serkan Izmirlioglu
— MF Switzerland SUI Samuele Campo
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Switzerland SUI Tyron Owusu

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Switzerland SUI Rúben Dantas Fernandes (at Wil until 30 June 2024)
— DF Switzerland SUI Thoma Monney (at Biel-Bienne until 30 June 2024)
— MF Ghana GHA Samuel Alabi (at Baden until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Switzerland SUI Yvan Alounga (at Bellinzona until 30 June 2024)
— FW Uruguay URU Joaquín Ardaiz (at Şanlıurfaspor until 30 June 2024)
— FW Germany GER Varol Tasar (at Yverdon until 30 June 2024)
— FW Switzerland SUI Nando Toggenburger (at Thun until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Uruguay Joaquín Ardaiz Turkey Şanlıurfaspor Loan return 7 December 2023
MF Ghana Samuel Alabi Switzerland FC Baden Loan return 31 December 2023
DF Sweden Jesper Löfgren Sweden Djurgården Loan 18 January 2024
FW Austria Adrian Grbić France Lorient Loan 5 February 2024

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 June 2023 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland FC Aarau Schüpfheim
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Abubakar 49', 57'
Stadium: Sportanlage Moosmättili
8 July 2023 Friendly Rheindorf Altach Austria 0–2 Switzerland Luzern Schruns, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Golm
12 July 2023 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Schaffhausen Rothenburg
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Chärnsmatt
15 July 2023 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–1 Netherlands Excelsior Lucerne
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
7 September 2023 Friendly 1899 Hoffenheim Germany 3–1 Switzerland Luzern Hoffenheim, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion
9 January 2024 Friendly Karlsruher SC Germany 3–1 Switzerland Luzern Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Banús Football Center
12 January 2024 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Belgium Standard Liège San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
10:30 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Marbella Football Center - Sur 1
12 January 2024 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 5–0 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Marbella Football Center - Sur 1
22 March 2024 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Sion Lucerne
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
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 22 July 2023 21 April 2024 Matchday 1 28 11 5 12 36 40 −4 039.29
Swiss Cup 20 August 2023 1 November 2023 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 066.67
Total 31 13 5 13 45 42 +3 041.94

Last updated: 17 March 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 St. Gallen 38 16 9 13 60 51 +9 57 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
6 Winterthur 38 13 10 15 60 71 −11 49
7 Luzern 38 13 10 15 47 53 −6 49
8 Basel 38 13 10 15 45 52 −7 49
9 Yverdon-Sport 38 13 8 17 50 71 −21 47
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.[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league was split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results summary

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

Last updated: November 2023.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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ResultDWLDWWWDLLWLWLWLDL
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2023. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.[3]

22 July 2023 Winterthur 0–0 Luzern Winterthur
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
30 July 2023 Luzern 2–1 Stade Lausanne Ouchy Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
6 August 2023 St. Gallen 2–1 Luzern St. Gallen
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Kybunpark
13 August 2023 Luzern 1–1 Young Boys Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
27 August 20223 Grasshoppers 0–1 Luzern Zürich
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
3 September 2023 Luzern 3–2 Lugano Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
5 November 2023 Luzern 2–0 Grasshoppers Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
11 November 2023 Young Boys 6–1 Luzern Bern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Wankdorf
25 November 2023 Luzern 3–1 Winterthur Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
3 December 2023 Lugano 1–0 Luzern Lugano
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
10 December 2023 Zürich 1–1 Luzern Zürich
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
17 December 2023 Luzern 0–1 Basel Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
23 January 2024 Yverdon-Sport 2–1 Luzern Yverdon
CET (UTC+1)
28 January 2024 Luzern 2–1 Lausanne-Sport Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
1 February 2024 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 0–3 Luzern Lausanne
CET (UTC+1)
4 February 2024 Luzern 1–0 St. Gallen Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
11 February 2024 Winterthur 2–1 Luzern Winterthur
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese
18 February 2024 Luzern 0–1 Zürich Luzern
CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Swissporarena
24 February 2024 Grasshoppers v Luzern Zürich
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Swiss Cup
20 August 2023 First round FC Winkeln 0–6 Luzern St. Gallen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportanlage Gründenmoos
16 September 2023 Second round Thun 1–3 (a.e.t.) Luzern Thun
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Referee: Stefan Horisberger
1 November 2023 Round of 16 SR Delémont 1–0 Luzern Delémont
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: La Blancherie
Referee: Mirel Turkes

References

  1. ^ "1. Mannschaft Spieler" [1st team player] (in German). FC Luzern. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ [1]