2012–13 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern Football team season
FC Luzern
ChairmanMike Hauser
ManagerRyszard Komornicki
(until 2 April)
Gerardo Seoane
(caretaker, 4 April to 8 April)
Carlos Bernegger
(from 8 April)
Stadiumswissporarena
Swiss Super League8th
Swiss CupRound 1
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Daniel Gygax (7)

All:
Daniel Gygax (8)
Average home league attendance12,410[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012–13 season was the 88th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's seventh 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 Switzerland SUI David Zibung
5 MF Switzerland SUI Michel Renggli
6 DF Croatia CRO Tomislav Puljić
7 DF Switzerland SUI Claudio Lustenberger
8 MF Albania ALB Jahmir Hyka
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Rangelov
10 MF Albania ALB Pajtim Kasami (on loan from Fulham)
11 MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Gygax
13 DF Switzerland SUI Florian Stahel (captain)
14 DF Switzerland SUI Jérôme Thiesson
15 MF Switzerland SUI Philipp Muntwiler
17 FW Paraguay PAR Dario Lezcano
19 FW Switzerland SUI Adrian Winter
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Switzerland SUI Xavier Hochstrasser
22 FW Cameroon CMR Mouangue Otele (on loan from Wil)
23 DF France FRA Sally Sarr
24 MF Switzerland SUI Alain Wiss
25 FW Switzerland SUI Nico Siegrist
26 FW Serbia SRB Dejan Sorgić
27 MF Switzerland SUI Stephan Andrist (on loan from Basel)
28 MF Portugal POR Sava Bento
29 DF Switzerland SUI Mario Bühler
30 GK Switzerland SUI Gabriel Wüthrich
33 GK Liechtenstein LIE Peter Jehle (on loan from Vaduz)
34 DF Nigeria NGA Luqmon
35 DF Croatia CRO Marijan Urtic

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Luzern Switzerland v Switzerland Winterthur
29 June 2012 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 5–1 Switzerland Winterthur Meggen, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportplatz Hofmatt
Luzern Switzerland v Romania CFR Cluj
23 January 2013 Friendly Luzern Switzerland 0–1 Romania CFR Cluj Marbella, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal Antonio Lorenzo Cuevas

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 15 July 2012 1 June 2013 Matchday 1 8th 36 10 12 14 41 52 −11 027.78
Swiss Cup 16 September 2012 Round 1 Round 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
UEFA Europa League 23 August 2012 30 August 2012 Play-off round Play-off round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Total 39 11 13 15 44 56 −12 028.21

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Sion 36 13 9 14 40 54 −14 48
7 Young Boys 36 11 10 15 48 50 −2 43
8 Luzern 36 10 12 14 41 52 −11 42
9 Lausanne-Sport 36 8 9 19 32 51 −19 33
10 Servette (R) 36 6 8 22 32 62 −30 26 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League
Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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 10 12 14 41 52  −11 42 6 8 4 18 19  −1 4 4 10 23 33  −10

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

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

Matches

Luzern v Zürich
15 July 2012 1 Luzern 1–1 Zürich Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 14,127
Referee: Sascha Amhof
Basel v Luzern
21 July 2012 Round 2 Basel 2–2 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Kovac Yellow card 24'
Steinhöfer Yellow card 30'
A. Frei 61' (1:1)
Streller 81' (2:2)
FCB summary 18' (0:1) Lezcano
Yellow card 21' Muntwiler
Yellow card 44' Kryeziu
Yellow card 66' Lezcano
66' (1:2) Lezcano
Yellow card 76' Puljić
Attendance: 29,256
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri
Luzern v Sion
29 July 2012 3 Luzern 0–3 Sion Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 13,298
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann
Thun v Luzern
5 August 2012 4 Thun 2–1 Luzern Thun
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Arena Thun
Luzern v St. Gallen
11 August 2012 5 Luzern 1–1 St. Gallen Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Luzern v Grasshopper
19 August 2012 6 Luzern 0–2 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Servette v Luzern
26 August 2012 7 Servette 0–2 Luzern Geneva
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Genève
Luzern v Young Boys
2 September 2012 8 Luzern 1–2 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Lausanne-Sport v Luzern
23 September 2012 9 Lausanne-Sport 1–0 Luzern Lausanne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Grasshopper v Luzern
27 September 2012 10 Grasshopper 2–0 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
Luzern v Thun
30 September 2012 11 Luzern 2–1 Thun Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Sion v Luzern
7 October 2012 12 Sion 3–2 Luzern Sion
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Luzern v Basel
20 October 2012 Round 13 Luzern 1–0 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00 Puljić Yellow card 44'
(Jahmir Hyka) Ajeti 60' (o.g. 1:0)
Muntwiler Yellow card 75'
Yellow card 90+3' Winter
FCB summary Yellow card 40' Cabral
Yellow card 42' D. Degen
Yellow card 49' Dragović
Attendance: 16,253
Referee: Austria Gerhard Grobelnik
Luzern v Servette
4 November 2012 15 Luzern 1–1 Servette Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
Zürich v Luzern
17 November 2012 16 Zürich 0–2 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
St. Gallen v Luzern
25 November 2012 17 St. Gallen 1–1 Luzern St. Gallen
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Kybunpark
Young Boys v Luzern
28 November 2012 14 Young Boys 2–1 Luzern Bern
20:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Luzern v Lausanne-Sport
1 December 2012 18 Luzern 0–0 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
Young Boys v Luzern
9 February 2013 19 Young Boys 3–2 Luzern Bern
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
Luzern v Zürich
17 February 2013 20 Luzern 1–1 Zürich Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
St. Gallen v Luzern
24 February 2013 21 St. Gallen 4–0 Luzern St. Gallen
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Kybunpark
Luzern v Thun
2 March 2013 22 Luzern 0–0 Thun Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
Luzern v Servette
9 March 2013 23 Luzern 1–1 Servette Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: swissporarena
Grasshopper v Luzern
17 March 2013 24 Grasshopper 0–0 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
Luzern v Basel
1 April 2013 Round 25 Luzern 0–4 Basel Swissporarena, Luzern
13:45 Muntwiler Yellow card 29'
Puljić Yellow card 41'
Hyka Yellow card 55'
Lustenberger Yellow card 65'
FCB Summary 34' (0:1) Serey Die
64' (0:2) Díaz
71' (0:3) Salah
83' (0:4) P. Degen
Yellow card 90+3' Bobadilla
Attendance: 17,000 (sold out)
Referee: Switzerland Stephan Studer
Sion v Luzern
6 April 2013 26 Sion 2–1 Luzern Sion
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Luzern v Lausanne-Sport
13 April 2013 27 Luzern 1–0 Lausanne-Sport Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Luzern v Grasshopper
21 April 2013 28 Luzern 1–1 Grasshopper Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Basel v Luzern
27 April 2013 Round 29 Basel 0–3 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
13:45 Sauro Yellow card 64'
Zoua Yellow card 79'
FCB Summary 14' (0:1) Gygax
44' (0:2) Hochstrasser
70' (0:3) Winter
Yellow card 76' Puljić
Attendance: 28,440
Referee: Switzerland Alain Bieri (Solothurn)
Thun v Luzern
5 May 2013 30 Thun 1–1 Luzern Thun
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Arena Thun
Luzern v St. Gallen
8 May 2013 31 Luzern 2–0 St. Gallen Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Luzern v Young Boys
11 May 2013 32 Luzern 3–1 Young Boys Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Zürich v Luzern
18 May 2013 33 Zürich 4–1 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
Lausanne-Sport v Luzern
25 May 2013 34 Lausanne-Sport 3–0 Luzern Lausanne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Luzern v Sion
29 May 2013 35 Luzern 2–0 Sion Lucerne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: swissporarena
Servette v Luzern
1 June 2013 36 Servette 3–4 Luzern Geneva
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Genève

Swiss Cup

SR Delémont v Luzern
16 September 2012 Round 1 SR Delémont 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Luzern Delémont
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Sène 11'
Stadium: La Blancherie
Attendance: 2,135
Referee: Sandro Schärer

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Luzern Switzerland v Belgium Genk
23 August 2012 First leg Luzern Switzerland 2–1 Belgium Genk Zürich, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: swissporarena
Attendance: 8,127
Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)
Genk Belgium v Switzerland Luzern
30 August 2012 Second leg Genk Belgium 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Switzerland Luzern Genk, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Cristal Arena
Attendance: 12,135
Referee: Mike Dean (England)

References

  1. ^ "2012-2013 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.
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