2015–16 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
ChairmanRudolf Stäger
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League3rd
Swiss CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marco Schneuwly (16)
All:
Marco Schneuwly (22)
Average home league attendance11,292[1]

The 2015–16 season was the 91st season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

Players

First-team squad

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

Out on loan

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

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 June 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Wil Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
27 June 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Switzerland Schaffhausen Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
3 July 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Russia Spartak Moscow Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
7 July 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 3–0 Switzerland Winterthur Switzerland
18:35 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 July 2015 Friendly Biel-Bienne Switzerland 1–0 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
21 July 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–4 Germany Borussia Dortmund Lucerne, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Cirjak 70'
 Report
Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 12,258
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni
4 September 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 5–1 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
13 November 2015 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Austria Austria Lustenau Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
13 January 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 2–2 Switzerland Schaffhausen Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
16 January 2016 Friendly Greuther Fürth Germany 0–1 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
18 January 2016 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 1–1 Switzerland Luzern Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
21 January 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Switzerland
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
27 January 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 0–1 Switzerland Wohlen Switzerland
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
17 May 2016 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 1–6 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Lucerne, Switzerland
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report 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 18 July 2015 25 May 2016 Matchday 1 3rd 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 041.67
Swiss Cup 16 August 2015 2 March 2016 Round 1 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 17 11 +6 080.00
Total 41 19 9 13 76 61 +15 046.34

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Basel (C) 36 26 5 5 88 38 +50 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Young Boys 36 20 9 7 78 47 +31 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Luzern 36 15 9 12 59 50 +9 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Grasshopper 36 15 8 13 65 56 +9 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Sion 36 14 8 14 52 49 +3 50
Source: Swiss Super League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points 5) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions

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
36 15 9 12 59 50  +9 54 8 5 5 36 23  +13 7 4 7 23 27  −4

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHHAH
ResultDDWLLWWDWWDLDLLWLWLLLLLWDWDWLWDWWWWD
Position
Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 July 2015 Round 1 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
25 July 2015 Round 2 Young Boys 1–1 Luzern Bern
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Attendance: 16,865
Referee: Switzerland Nikolaj Hänni
2 August 2015 Round 3 Thun 0–1 Luzern Thun
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
Attendance: 6,527
Referee: Switzerland Sébastien Pache
8 August 2015 Round 4 Luzern 1 – 3 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
20:00 Lezcano 3' (1:0)
Sarr Yellow card 50'
Jantscher Yellow card 78'		 FCB summary 27' (1:1) Embolo
Yellow card 29' Bjarnason
33' (1:2) Embolo
Yellow card 43' Safari
Yellow card 53' Degen
Yellow card 76' Callà
Yellow card 78' Embolo
90' (1:3) Delgado		 Attendance: 14,748
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
12 August 2015 Round 5 Luzern 0–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
22 August 2015 Round 6 Zürich 2–5 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
29 August 2015 Round 7 Lugano 0–1 Luzern Lugano
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
13 September 2015 Round 8 Luzern 3–3 Grasshopper Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
23 September 2015 Round 9 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
27 September 2015 Round 10 Luzern 1–0 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
3 October 2015 Round 11 Luzern 2–2 Lugano Lucerne
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
17 October 2015 Round 12 Grasshopper 1–0 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
24 October 2015 Round 13 Luzern 1–1 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 November 2015 Round 14 St. Gallen 1–0 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: AFG Arena
8 November 2015 Round 15 Sion 2–0 Luzern Sion
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
21 November 2015 Round 16 Luzern 1–0 Thun Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
29 November 2015 Round 17 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Bjarnason 7' (1:0)
Bjarnason Yellow card 25'
Callà 26' (2:0)
Elneny 32' (3:0)
Elneny Yellow card 84'
Zuffi Yellow card 90+2'		 FCB summary Yellow card 1' Lezcano
Yellow card 30' Affolter
Yellow card 58' Basha
Yellow card 84' Lustenberger
Yellow card 90' Freuler		 Attendance: 29,691
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Klossner
5 December 2015 Round 18 Luzern 3–1 Young Boys Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
7 February 2016 Round 19 Basel 3 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00 Safari Yellow card 43'
Bjarnason 50' (1:0)
Delgado 72' (2:0)
Steffen 85' (3:0)
Steffen Yellow card 90+1'		 FCB summary Yellow card 67' Jantscher
Yellow card 82' Lustenberger
Yellow card 90+2' Rogulj		 Attendance: 25,821
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
14 February 2016 Round 20 Luzern 1–2 Zürich Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
21 February 2016 Round 21 Luzern 0–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
27 February 2016 Round 22 Sion 3–1 Luzern Sion
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Tourbillon
6 March 2016 Round 23 Young Boys 5–2 Luzern Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
12 March 2016 Round 24 Luzern 2–1 Lugano Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
19 March 2016 Round 25 Thun 1–1 Luzern Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stockhorn Arena
2 April 2016 Round 26 Luzern 5–1 Vaduz Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
9 April 2016 Round 27 Grasshopper 1–1 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
16 April 2016 Round 28 Zürich 0–1 Luzern Zürich
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund
20 April 2016 Round 29 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
24 April 2016 Round 30 Luzern 3–0 Thun Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
1 May 2016 Round 31 Lugano 1–1 Luzern Lugano
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio di Cornaredo
8 May 2016 Round 32 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
11 May 2016 Round 33 Luzern 3–0 Grasshopper Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
16 May 2016 Round 34 Luzern 4 – 0 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Schneuwly 7' (1:0)
Jantscher 10' (2:0)
Hyka 48' (3:0)
Affolter Yellow card 56'
Haas 60' (4:0)		 FCB summary Yellow card 79' Steffen
Yellow card 85' Aliji		 Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Switzerland Sandro Schärer
22 May 2016 Round 35 St. Gallen 1–4 Luzern St. Gallen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AFG Arena
25 May 2016 Round 36 Luzern 2–2 Sion Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena

Swiss Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Swiss Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Super League Swiss Cup Total
1 15 FW Switzerland Marco Schneuwly 16 6 22
2 17 FW Paraguay Dario Lezcano 9 1 10
3 10 MF Austria Jakob Jantscher 6 2 8
Totals 59 17 76

References

  1. ^ "2015–2016 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
  2. ^ "Super League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.