FC Lucerne

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Lucerne


fullname = Fussball Club Luzern
nickname = FCL
founded = 1901
ground = Stadion Allmend,
Lucerne
capacity = 13,000
chairman = flagicon|Switzerland Walter Stierli
manager = flagicon|Switzerland Ciriaco Sforza
league = Swiss Super League
season = 2007-08
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FC Lucerne ( _de. FC Luzern) is a Swiss football club, founded in 1901. The club colors are blue and white, derived from the Canton of Lucerne and the City of Lucerne coats of arms.

Their home ground is Stadion Allmend, which has a theoretical capacity of 25,000. For security reasons however, the Swiss Football Association does not allow more than 13,000 to attend.

Their greatest success was winning the Swiss Championship in 1989. They have won the Swiss Cup twice (1960 and 1992) and finished runners-up three times. They played in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 and the UEFA Cup in 1997.

Lucerne was relegated from the Super League in 2002, and was promoted to the Super League again in 2006 after winning the Challenge League.

On the 30th of May in 2006 Lucerne played the Brazilian national football team in a world cup test match. They game was played in the St. Jakob-Park in Basel. The final score was 8:0 for Brazil. This match was part of the Brazilian team's two-week world cup training session in the Canton Lucerne.

Achievements

*Swiss Champion: 1:: 1989

*Schweizer Cup (Swiss FA Cup): 2:: 1960, 1992

*Swiss FA Cup Runner Up: 3:: 1997, 2005, 2007

European Cup appearances

* 1x Champions Cup: 1989: 1st Round

First Leg: PSV Eindhoven - FC Luzern 3:0

Second Leg: FC Luzern - PSV Eindhoven 0:2; 11'000 Spectators

* 3x European Cup Winners Cup: 1960, 1992, 19971960: Quarter Finals

First Leg: FC Luzern - AC Fiorentina 0:3, 11'000 Spectators

Second Leg: AC Fiorentina - FC Luzern 6:2

1992: 1st Round

First Leg: Levski Sofia - FC Luzern 2:1

Second Leg: FC Luzern - Levski Sofia 1:0; 10'000 Spectators

2nd Round

First Leg: FC Luzern - Feyenoord Rotterdam 1:0; 11'700 Spectators

Second Leg: Feyenoord Rotterdam - FC Luzern 4:1

1997: 1st Round

First Leg: Slavia Prague - FC Luzern 4:2; 5'614 Spectators Second Leg: FC Luzern - Slavia Prague 0:2; 5'500 Spectators

* 2x Uefa-Cup: 1986, 1990 1986: 1st Round

First Leg: Spartak Moskau - FC Luzern 0:0

Second Leg: FC Luzern - Spartak Moskow 0:1

1990:

1st Round

First Leg: MTK Budapest - FC Luzern 1:1

Second Leg: FC Luzern - MTK Budapest 2:1, 10'350 Spectators

2nd Round

First Leg: FC Luzern - Admira Wacker 0:1, 9'000 Fans

Second Leg: Admira Wacker - FC Luzern 1:1

During the 1992 Campaign FC Luzern played in the Swiss National League B, the second tier of the Swiss Football League System at the time.

Recent Seasons

2006/2007
Swiss Super League, 8th Swiss Cup, Lost Final 1-0 to FC Basel

2005/2006
Swiss Challenge League, 1st Promoted to Swiss Super League

2004/2005
Swiss Challenge League, 5th Swiss Cup, Lost Final 3-1 to FC Zürich

2003/2004
Swiss Challenge League, 11th

2002/2003
Swiss NLA, First Stage: 9th (of 12 Teams, bottom four teams join relegation round)

Swiss NLA/NLB, Second Stage, Relegation Pool: 3rd of 7 Teams. Top 2 stayed in Super League, Lucerne relegated to Challenge League.

2001/2002
Swiss NLA, First Stage: 12th (of 12 Teams)

Swiss NLA/NLB, Second Stage, Relegation Pool: 7th of 8 Teams. Lucerne theoretically would have been relegated. Due to financial problems three Teams due to Play in the NLA were not given the permission by the SWISS FA. Thus, Lucerne miraculously was not relegated.

Current squad

"As of 14 July, 2008."

Out on loan

Multiple nationalities

*flagicon|SUIflagicon|FRA Christophe Lambert
*flagicon|Maliflagicon|FRA Boubacar Diarra
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|Spain Gerardo Seoane
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|ITA Davide Chiumiento
*flagicon|FRAflagicon|Algeria Djamel Mesbah
*flagicon|BRAflagicon|ITA Paquito
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|Bosnia Goran Karanovic
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|Croatia Janko Pacar

Summer 2008 transfers

In:
*Nelson Ferreira (from FC Thun)
*Goran Karanovic (from FC Wohlen)
*Djamel Mesbah (from FC Aarau)
*Paquito (loan return from Enosis Neon Paralimni)
*Jacopo Ravasi (from FC Wil)
*Michel Renggli (from Grasshopper-Club Zürich)
*Enrico Schirinzi (from FC Wohlen)
*João Paiva (from AEK Larnaca)Out:
*Pascal Bader (to VfR Aalen)
*Roland Bättig (free transfer)
*Gerardo Clemente (free transfer)
*Fayçal El Idrissi (free transfer)
*Sandro Foschini (to FC Gossau)
*Sascha Imholz (free transfer)
*Shi Jun (to Chengdu Blades)
*Mauro Lustrinelli (to AC Bellinzona)
*Hervé Makuka (free transfer)
*Rexhep Saqi (free transfer)
*Ahmad Sharbini (free transfer)
*Roberto Souto (to SC Kriens)

Former players

*flagicon|GER Ottmar Hitzfeld (1980-1983)
*flagicon|ENG David Fairclough (1984-85) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/davidfairclough.htm]
*flagicon|SUI Andy Halter (1985–1988)
*flagicon|GER Jürgen Mohr (1986-1989)
*flagicon|SUI Adrian Knup (1989–1992)
*flagicon|BIH Semir Tuce (1989–1995)
*flagicon|SUI Stefan Wolf (1990–1997)
*flagicon|NED René van Eck (1990–1998)
*flagicon|IDN Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (1994-1995)
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|ARG Ivan Knez (1994-1999)
*flagicon|BUL Petar Aleksandrov (1995–1998)
*flagicon|GER Ludwig Kögl (1996–1999)
*flagicon|SUI Remo Meyer (1997–2002)
*flagicon|RSA George Koumantarakis (1998-1999)
*flagicon|SUI Alexander Frei (1999-2000)
*flagicon|SUI Blaise Kufo (2000)
*flagicon|SUI Christophe Ohrel (2000–2001)
*flagicon|SUI flagicon|TUR Kubilay Türkyilmaz (1999-2001)
*flagicon|SUI Christoph Spycher (1999-2001)
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|FRAflagicon|ARG Nestor Subiat (2001)
*flagicon|CHI Francisco Arrué (2002)
*flagicon|NGR Ike Shorunmu (2002)
*flagicon|SUI Pirmin Schwegler (2003-2005)
*flagicon|CMR Lucien Mettomo (2006-2007)
*flagicon|SUI Mario Cantaluppi (2006-2007)
*flagicon|NED Regillio Nooitmeer

External links

*de icon [http://www.fcl.ch FC Luzern Online]