FC Lucerne

Full name	Fussball Club Luzern
Nickname(s)	FCL, Die Leuchten
Founded	1901
Ground	Stadion Allmend, Lucerne (Capacity: 13,000)
Chairman	Walter Stierli
Manager	Rolf Fringer
League	Swiss Super League
2007-08	Swiss Super League, 6th
Home colours Away colours

FC Lucerne (German: 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 European appearances 4 Recent Seasons 5 Current squad 5.1 Out on loan 5.2 Multiple nationalities 6 Former players 7 Former Head Coaches 8 External links

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Honours

• Swiss Super League:

Winners: 1989

• Swiss Cup:

Winners: 1960, 1992

Runners Up: 1997, 2005, 2007

[edit] European appearances

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate Score
1960/61	European Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter Final		ACF Fiorentina	0:3	2:6	2:9
1986/87	UEFA Cup	1		FC Spartak Moscow	0:0	0:1	0:1
1989/90	European Cup	1		PSV Eindhoven	0:3	0:2	0:5
1990/91	UEFA Cup	1		MTK Budapest	1:1	1:2	2:3
1990/91	UEFA Cup	2		VfB Admira Wacker Mödling	0:1	1:1	1:2
1992/93	European Cup Winners' Cup	1		PFC Levski Sofia	1:2	1:0	2:2
1992/93	European Cup Winners' Cup	2		Feyenoord	1:0	1:4	2:4
1997/98	European Cup Winners' Cup	1		Slavia Prague	2:4	0:2	2:6

[edit] 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.

[edit] Current squad

As of 9 July, 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Zibung 2 FW Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (from Young Boys) 3 DF Adekunle Lukmon 4 DF Roland Schwegler 5 MF Michel Renggli 6 MF Gerardo Seoane (captain) 7 DF Claudio Lustenberger 8 MF David Chiumiento 10 MF Hakan Yakin 13 DF Christophe Lambert 14 FW João Paiva 15 DF Boubacar Diarra 16 FW Cristian Ianu

No. Position Player 17 DF Dušan Veškovac 18 GK Swen König 19 DF Elsad Zverotić 20 FW Jean-Michel Tchouga 21 MF Nelson Ferreira 22 MF Burim Kukeli 24 MF Alain Wiss 25 FW Nico Siegrist 26 FW Dejan Sorgić 29 GK Roman Kaufmann 33 MF Lior Etter 34 DF Sascha Imholz

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player — MF Ayoub Rachane (at Yverdon until summer 2009) — MF Djamel Mesbah (at Avellino until summer 2009)

[edit] Multiple nationalities

• Christophe Lambert
• Boubacar Diarra
• Gerardo Seoane
• Davide Chiumiento
• Djamel Mesbah
• Janko Pacar
• Nelson Ferreira

[edit] Former players

See also Cat:FC Lucerne players.

• Ottmar Hitzfeld (1980-1983)
• David Fairclough (1984-85) [1]
• Andy Halter (1985–1988)
• Jürgen Mohr (1986-1989)
• Adrian Knup (1989–1992)
• Semir Tuce (1989–1995)
• Stefan Wolf (1990–1997)
• René van Eck (1990–1998)
• Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (1994-1995)
• Ivan Knez (1994-1999)
• Petar Aleksandrov (1995–1998)
• Ludwig Kögl (1996–1999)
• Remo Meyer (1997–2002)
• George Koumantarakis (1998-1999)
• Alexander Frei (1999-2000)
• Blaise Kufo (2000)
• Christophe Ohrel (2000–2001)
• Kubilay Türkyilmaz (1999-2001)
• Christoph Spycher (1999-2001)
• Nestor Subiat (2001)
• Francisco Arrué (2002)
• Ike Shorunmu (2002)
• Pirmin Schwegler (2003-2005)
• Christian Schwegler (2003-2005)
• Lucien Mettomo (2006-2007)
• Otavio Braga (1996)
• Ratinho (2004-2007)
• Mario Cantaluppi (2006-2007)
• Regillio Nooitmeer
• Agent Sawu (1994-1998)
• Gocha Jamarauli (2002)
• Ike Shorunmu (2001-2002)
• Sigurður Grétarsson (1985-1990)

[edit] Former Head Coaches

See also Cat:FC Lucerne managers.

• Rolf Fringer (2008-)
• Roberto Morinini (2008)
• Jean-Daniel Gross (Interimscoach) (2008)
• Ciriaco Sforza (2006-2008)
• Friedel Rausch (2004-2006)
• René van Eck (2003-2006)
• Urs Schönenberger (2003)
• Bidu Zaugg (2002-2003)
• Jörn Andersen (2001-2003)
• Raimondo Ponte (2001)
• Andy Egli (1998-2001)
• Egon Coordes (1998)
• Timo Konietzka (1993-1994)
• Friedel Rausch (1985-1992)

[edit] External links

• (German) FC Luzern Online
• (English) FC Luzern fan site

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