2011–12 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern Football team season

FC Luzern

Chairman

Walter Stierli

Manager

Murat Yakin

Stadium

swissporarena

Swiss Super League

2nd

Swiss Cup

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

League:
Nelson Ferreira (7)
All:
Nelson Ferreira (9)

Average home league attendance

14,180^[1]

Biggest win

Neuchâtel Xamax 0–3 Luzern
Losone Sportiva 0–3 Luzern
Luzern 3–0 Grasshopper

Biggest defeat

Thun 3–1 Luzern
Basel 3–1 Luzern

Home colours

Away colours

← 2010–11

2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 87th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's sixth 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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	David Zibung
5	MF	SUI	Michel Renggli
6	DF	CRO	Tomislav Puljić
7	DF	SUI	Claudio Lustenberger
8	FW	ALB	Jahmir Hyka
9	MF	ISR	Moshe Ohayon
11	FW	SUI	Daniel Gygax
13	DF	SUI	Florian Stahel
14	DF	SUI	Jérôme Thiesson
17	FW	PAR	Dario Lezcano
19	FW	SUI	Adrian Winter
20	MF	SUI	Xavier Hochstrasser


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	SUI	Nelson Ferreira
22	MF	KOS	Burim Kukeli
23	DF	FRA	Sally Sarr
24	MF	SUI	Alain Wiss
26	FW	SRB	Dejan Sorgić
27	DF	CRO	Marijan Urtic
28	MF	POR	Sava Bento
29	DF	SUI	Mario Bühler
30	GK	SUI	Gabriel Wüthrich
32	MF	SUI	Gezim Shalaj
33	FW	NGA	Olarenwaju Kayode

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	NGA	Adekunle Lukmon (at Kriens)
3	DF	SUI	Daniel Fanger (at Aarau)
25	FW	SUI	Nico Siegrist (at Aarau)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Luzern

Vaduz

28 June 2011 Friendly	Luzern	1–0	Vaduz	Baar, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fussballanlage Lättich

Luzern

Lazio

20 July 2011 Friendly	Luzern	1–5	Lazio	Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Rodolfo Zandegiacomo

Bahlinger SC

Luzern

23 July 2011 Friendly	Bahlinger SC	0–4	Luzern	Bahlingen, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion

Luzern

SC Freiburg

24 July 2011 Friendly	Luzern	1–2	SC Freiburg	Bahlingen, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion

Luzern

Hamburger SV

3 September 2011 Friendly	Luzern	2–2	Hamburger SV	Lucerne, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	17 July 2011	23 May 2012	Matchday 1	2nd	34	14	12	8	46	32	+14	041.18
Swiss Cup	18 September 2011	16 May 2012	Round 1	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	13	3	+10	083.33
Total					40	19	13	8	59	35	+24	047.50

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	34	22	8	4	78	32	+46	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Luzern	34	14	12	8	46	32	+14	54	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
3	Young Boys	34	13	12	9	52	38	+14	51	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	Servette	34	14	6	14	45	53	−8	48	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Thun	34	11	10	13	38	41	−3	43

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Because 2011–12 Swiss Cup winners Basel qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Luzern qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted to league position.

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
34	14	12	8	46	32	+14	54	9	5	3	26	14	+12	5	7	5	20	18	+2

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

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

Matches

Neuchâtel Xamax v Luzern

17 July 2011 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–3	Luzern	Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Maladière Attendance: 4,835 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Luzern v Thun

31 July 2011 3	Luzern	0–0	Thun	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Daniel Wermelinger

Lausanne-Sport v Luzern

3 August 2011 2	Lausanne-Sport	0–1	Luzern	Lausanne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Patrick Graf

Luzern v Young Boys

7 August 2011 4	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Stéphan Studer

Sion v Luzern

13 August 2011 5	Sion	1–1	Luzern	Sion
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

Luzern v Basel

20 August 2011 Round 6	Luzern	3–1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
17:45	Ferreira 72' (3:1) Hochstrasser 21' (2:0) Ferreira 42' Ferreira 72' (3:1) Zibung 74' Wiss 87'	FCB summary	33' (2:1) Streller 75' Voser 83' 84' Huggel 87' A. Frei	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sacha Kever

Grasshopper v Luzern

27 August 2011 7	Grasshopper	0–1	Luzern	Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Zürich

10 September 2011 8	Luzern	3–1	Zürich	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Servette v Luzern

22 September 2011 9	Servette	0–2	Luzern	Geneva
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Genève

Luzern v Sion

25 September 2011 10	Luzern	2–0	Sion	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Young Boys v Luzern

2 October 2011 11	Young Boys	1–0	Luzern	Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Luzern v Neuchâtel Xamax

22 October 2011 12	Luzern	1–2	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Luzern v Lausanne-Sport

27 October 2011 13	Luzern	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Zürich v Luzern

30 October 2011 14	Zürich	1–1	Luzern	Zürich
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Thun v Luzern

5 November 2011 15	Thun	3–1	Luzern	Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Arena Thun

Luzern v Grasshopper

20 November 2011 16	Luzern	2–1	Grasshopper	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: swissporarena

Basel v Luzern

3 December 2011 Round 17	Basel	1–0	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45	Cabral 32' A. Frei 64' Streller 70' (1:0) Abraham 82' Dragović 87'	FCB summary	32' Gygax 61' H. Yakin 68' Stahel 84' Sarr	Attendance: 31,081 Referee: Alain Bieri

Luzern v Servette

11 December 2011 18	Luzern	1–2	Servette	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: swissporarena

Luzern v Zürich

4 February 2012 19	Luzern	1–1	Zürich	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: swissporarena

Thun v Luzern

11 February 2012 20	Thun	1–1	Luzern	Thun
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Arena Thun

Lausanne-Sport v Luzern

19 February 2012 21	Lausanne-Sport	0–0	Luzern	Lausanne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

Luzern v Young Boys

25 February 2012 22	Luzern	2–0	Young Boys	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: swissporarena

Basel v Luzern

4 March 2012 Round 23	Basel	3–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
16:00	Abraham 28' (1:0) Kováč 42' Steinhöfer 45' Stocker 59' A. Frei 63' A. Frei 78' (2:1) A. Frei 81' (3:1)	FCB summary	15' Renggli 27' Puljić 68' (1:1) Ohayon 90+2' Lustenberger	Attendance: 30,261 Referee: Patrick Graf

Servette v Luzern

11 March 2012 24	Servette	2–1	Luzern	Geneva
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de Genève

Luzern v Sion

17 March 2012 25	Luzern	0–0	Sion	Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: swissporarena

Luzern v Grasshopper

25 March 2012 26	Luzern	1–0	Grasshopper	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: swissporarena

Neuchâtel Xamax v Luzern

1 April 2012 27	Neuchâtel Xamax	Cancelled	Luzern	Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de la Maladière

Luzern v Basel

7 April 2012 Round 28	Luzern	1–1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
17:45	Lezcano 59' (1:1) Lezcano 63'	FCB summary	3' (0:1) Shaqiri	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sascha Kever

Zürich v Luzern

15 April 2012 29	Zürich	0–0	Luzern	Zürich
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Servette

21 April 2012 30	Luzern	3–1	Servette	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Grasshopper v Luzern

28 April 2012 31	Grasshopper	2–2	Luzern	Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

Luzern v Neuchâtel Xamax

1 May 2012 32	Luzern	Cancelled	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Young Boys v Luzern

5 May 2012 33	Young Boys	2–2	Luzern	Bern
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Luzern v Lausanne-Sport

12 May 2012 34	Luzern	3–2	Lausanne-Sport	Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Luzern v Thun

20 May 2012 35	Luzern	0–1	Thun	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Sion v Luzern

23 May 2012 36	Sion	1–3	Luzern	Sion
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

Swiss Cup

Losone Sportiva v Luzern

18 September 2011 Round 1	Losone Sportiva	0–3	Luzern	Losone
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Campo Saleggi Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Sascha Kever

FC Grand-Lancy v Luzern

16 October 2011 Round 2	FC Grand-Lancy	1–3	Luzern	Grand-Lancy
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Marignac

FC Wohlen v Luzern

27 November 2011 Round 3	FC Wohlen	1–2	Luzern	Wohlen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Jérôme Laperrière

Luzern v Grasshopper

20 March 2012 Quarter-finals	Luzern	3–0	Grasshopper	Lucerne
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lezcano 42' Ferreira 61' Lustenberger 80'			Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 7,034 Referee: Sascha Kever

Sion v Luzern

11 April 2012 Semi-finals	Sion	0–1	Luzern	Sion
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Adaílton 9' Sauthier 19' Bühler 57'		Winter 7' Ohayon 12'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stephan Studer

Final^[2]

16 May 2012

20:30 CEST

Final

Basel	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Luzern
Dragović 40' Huggel 56' (1:0) G. Xhaka 90'	SFV summary FCB summary	57' Wiss 67' (1:1) Puljić 90' Gygax
Penalties
Yapi Yapo Streller Zoua Shaqiri	4–2	Renggli Ohayon Gygax Stahel

Stade de Suisse, Bern

Attendance: 30,100

Referee:

Daniel Wermelinger^[3]


GK	Yann Sommer
DF	Markus Steinhöfer
DF	David Abraham
DF	Aleksandar Dragović	40'	72'
DF	Park Joo-Ho
MF	Xherdan Shaqiri
MF	Benjamin Huggel (cap)		96'
MF	Granit Xhaka	90'
MF	Valentin Stocker		73'
ST	Alexander Frei
ST	Marco Streller
Substitutes:
DF	Radoslav Kováč		72'
FW	Jacques Zoua		73'
FW	Gilles Yapi		96'
Manager:
Heiko Vogel



GK	David Zibung
DF	Sally Sarr
DF	Florian Stahel
DF	Tomislav Puljić
DF	Claudio Lustenberger
MF	Alain Wiss	57'
MF	Michel Renggli
MF	Adrian Winter
MF	Xavier Hochstrasser		60'
FW	Nelson Ferreira		104'
ST	Dario Lezcano		95'
Substitutes:
MF	Daniel Gygax	90'	60'
ST	Jahmir Hyka		95'
FW	Moshe Ohayon		104'
Manager:
Murat Yakin

References

^ "2011-2012 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" (16 May 2012). "FC Basel - FC Luzern 4:2 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ Fussball-Schweiz (20 May 2013). "87. Schweizer Cupfinal, FC Basel 1893-FC Luzern 5:3 n. Pen. (0:0; 1:1)" (in German). daniel schaub medienbüro gmbh. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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Domestic leagues

Super League
Challenge League
1. Liga
2. Liga

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Women	Women's Champions League

Related to
national teams

Men	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying (Group G) 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championship 2012 UEFA Under-17 Championship 2012 UEFA Under-17 Championship qualification
Women	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qualification) 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship (Qualification)

Club seasons
Super League	Basel Grasshopper Club Lausanne Luzern Neuchâtel Xamax Servette Sion Thun Young Boys Zürich
Challenge League	Aarau Biel-Bienne Chiasso Delémont Kriens Lausanne-Sport Locarno Lugano Schaffhausen Servette Stade Nyonnais Vaduz Wil Winterthur Wohlen Yverdon-Sport