- 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|SwitzerlandWalter Stierli
manager = flagicon|SwitzerlandCiriaco 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, theSwiss 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 theCup Winners' Cup in 1992 and theUEFA 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 theSt. 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 RoundFirst Leg:
PSV Eindhoven - FC Luzern 3:0Second Leg: FC Luzern -
PSV Eindhoven 0:2; 11'000 Spectators* 3x
European Cup Winners Cup : 1960, 1992, 19971960: Quarter FinalsFirst Leg: FC Luzern -
AC Fiorentina 0:3, 11'000 SpectatorsSecond Leg:
AC Fiorentina - FC Luzern 6:21992: 1st Round
First Leg:
Levski Sofia - FC Luzern 2:1Second Leg: FC Luzern -
Levski Sofia 1:0; 10'000 Spectators2nd Round
First Leg: FC Luzern -
Feyenoord Rotterdam 1:0; 11'700 SpectatorsSecond Leg:
Feyenoord Rotterdam - FC Luzern 4:11997: 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 0:0Second Leg: FC Luzern -
Spartak Moskow 0:11990:
1st Round
First Leg:
MTK Budapest - FC Luzern 1:1Second Leg: FC Luzern -
MTK Budapest 2:1, 10'350 Spectators2nd Round
First Leg: FC Luzern -
Admira Wacker 0:1, 9'000 FansSecond Leg:
Admira Wacker - FC Luzern 1:1During 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 , 8thSwiss Cup , Lost Final 1-0 toFC Basel 2005/2006
Swiss Challenge League , 1st Promoted toSwiss Super League 2004/2005
Swiss Challenge League , 5thSwiss Cup , Lost Final 3-1 toFC Zürich 2003/2004
Swiss Challenge League , 11th2002/2003
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|FRABoubacar Diarra
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|SpainGerardo Seoane
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|ITADavide Chiumiento
*flagicon|FRAflagicon|AlgeriaDjamel Mesbah
*flagicon|BRAflagicon|ITAPaquito
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|BosniaGoran Karanovic
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|CroatiaJanko Pacar Summer 2008 transfers
In:
*Nelson Ferreira (fromFC Thun )
*Goran Karanovic (fromFC Wohlen )
*Djamel Mesbah (fromFC Aarau )
*Paquito (loan return fromEnosis Neon Paralimni )
*Jacopo Ravasi (fromFC Wil )
*Michel Renggli (fromGrasshopper-Club Zürich )
*Enrico Schirinzi (fromFC Wohlen )
*João Paiva (fromAEK Larnaca )Out:
*Pascal Bader (toVfR Aalen )
*Roland Bättig (free transfer)
*Gerardo Clemente (free transfer)
*Fayçal El Idrissi (free transfer)
*Sandro Foschini (toFC Gossau )
*Sascha Imholz (free transfer)
*Shi Jun (toChengdu Blades )
*Mauro Lustrinelli (toAC Bellinzona )
*Hervé Makuka (free transfer)
*Rexhep Saqi (free transfer)
*Ahmad Sharbini (free transfer)
*Roberto Souto (toSC Kriens )Former players
*flagicon|GER
Ottmar Hitzfeld (1980-1983)
*flagicon|ENGDavid Fairclough (1984-85) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/davidfairclough.htm]
*flagicon|SUIAndy Halter (1985–1988)
*flagicon|GERJürgen Mohr (1986-1989)
*flagicon|SUIAdrian Knup (1989–1992)
*flagicon|BIHSemir Tuce (1989–1995)
*flagicon|SUIStefan Wolf (1990–1997)
*flagicon|NEDRené van Eck (1990–1998)
*flagicon|IDNKurniawan Dwi Yulianto (1994-1995)
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|ARGIvan Knez (1994-1999)
*flagicon|BULPetar Aleksandrov (1995–1998)
*flagicon|GERLudwig Kögl (1996–1999)
*flagicon|SUIRemo Meyer (1997–2002)
*flagicon|RSAGeorge Koumantarakis (1998-1999)
*flagicon|SUIAlexander Frei (1999-2000)
*flagicon|SUIBlaise Kufo (2000)
*flagicon|SUIChristophe Ohrel (2000–2001)
*flagicon|SUI flagicon|TURKubilay Türkyilmaz (1999-2001)
*flagicon|SUIChristoph Spycher (1999-2001)
*flagicon|SUIflagicon|FRAflagicon|ARGNestor Subiat (2001)
*flagicon|CHIFrancisco Arrué (2002)
*flagicon|NGRIke Shorunmu (2002)
*flagicon|SUIPirmin Schwegler (2003-2005)
*flagicon|CMRLucien Mettomo (2006-2007)
*flagicon|SUIMario Cantaluppi (2006-2007)
*flagicon|NEDRegillio Nooitmeer External links
*de icon [http://www.fcl.ch FC Luzern Online]
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