2013–14 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
Chairman	Rudolf Stäger
Manager	Carlos Bernegger
Stadium	swissporarena
Swiss Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dimitar Rangelov (11); All: ; Dimitar Rangelov (11)
Average home league attendance	11,291
Biggest win	FC Murten 0–11 Luzern
Biggest defeat	St. Gallen 4–1 Luzern; Sion 3–0 Luzern; Grasshopper 4–1 Luzern
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 2014–15 ⊟

The 2013–14 season was the 89th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's eighth 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
3	DF	ALB	Ferid Matri
4	MF	AUS	Oliver Bozanić
5	MF	SUI	Michel Renggli (captain)
6	DF	CRO	Tomislav Puljić
7	DF	SUI	Claudio Lustenberger
8	MF	ALB	Jahmir Hyka
9	FW	BUL	Dimitar Rangelov
13	DF	SUI	Florian Stahel
14	DF	SUI	Jérôme Thiesson
16	DF	SUI	François Affolter
18	GK	ITA	Lorenzo Bucchi
19	MF	SUI	Adrian Winter


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SUI	Xavier Hochstrasser
21	FW	PAR	Dario Lezcano
23	DF	FRA	Sally Sarr
24	MF	SUI	Alain Wiss
25	FW	GER	Kevin Holz
26	MF	SUI	Remo Freuler
28	MF	POR	Sava Bento
29	DF	TUN	Yassin Mikari
30	GK	SUI	Gabriel Wüthrich
31	MF	ALB	Hekuran Kryeziu
33	DF	ALB	Fidan Aliti
35	MF	ALB	Haxhi Neziraj

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

16 July 2013 Friendly	Luzern	1–4	Borussia Dortmund	Lucerne, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC 2)		Report		Stadium: swissporarena

11 January 2014 Friendly	Luzern	3–0	Locarno
14:30 CET (UTC 1)		Report

16 January 2014 Friendly	Luzern	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg	La Cala de Mijas, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC 1)		Report		Stadium: Campo Hotel La Cala

18 January 2014 Friendly	Luzern	1–0	Steaua București
18:00 CET (UTC 1)		Report

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	14 July 2013	18 May 2014	Matchday 1	4th	36	15	6	15	48	54	−6	041.67
Swiss Cup	18 August 2013	26 March 2014	Round 1	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	18	2	16	080.00
Total					41	19	6	16	66	56	10	046.34

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Grasshopper	36	19	8	9	67	43	24	65	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Young Boys	36	17	8	11	59	50	9	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Luzern	36	15	6	15	48	54	−6	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Zürich	36	14	8	14	51	52	−1	50	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
6	Thun	36	13	9	14	57	53	4	48

Source: Swiss Super League (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Zürich won the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, so therefore qualified for the Play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W
Position	2	7	4	2	2	3	5	4	4	5

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

Matches

14 July 2013 1	Luzern	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

20 July 2013 2	Aarau	4–2	Luzern	Aarau
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld

28 July 2013 3	Luzern	3–2	Zürich	Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

4 August 2013 4	Luzern	1–0	Sion	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

11 August 2013 5	Thun	1–1	Luzern	Thun
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

24 August 2013 Round 6	Luzern	1–1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
19:45	Lezcano 43' Sarr 51' Rangelov 90 3' (1:1)	FCB summary	17' Safari 32' (0:1) Sio 34' Xhaka 85' Ivanov	Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

1 September 2013 7	St. Gallen	4–1	Luzern	St. Gallen
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Kybunpark

21 September 2013 8	Young Boys	0–1	Luzern	Bern
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

25 September 2013 9	Luzern	0–2	Grasshopper	Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

29 September 2013 10	Luzern	1–1	Thun	Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

5 October 2013 11	Zürich	0–2	Luzern	Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

20 October 2013 12	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

26 October 2013 13	Lausanne-Sport	0–1	Luzern	Lausanne
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

2 November 2013 14	Sion	3–0	Luzern	Sion
19:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

24 November 2013 15	Luzern	3–1	St. Gallen	Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: swissporarena

30 November 2013 16	Grasshopper	1–2	Luzern	Zürich
19:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Letzigrund

8 December 2013 17	Luzern	1–0	Aarau	Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: swissporarena

14 December 2013 Round 18	Basel	1–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45	D. Degen 10' Ajeti 45' Schär 36' 66' 62' (1:1)	FCB summary	27' (0:1) Wiss 61' Rangelov 56' 88' Stahel	Attendance: 27,649 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

2 February 2014 19	Luzern	1–3	Grasshopper	Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: swissporarena

8 February 2014 20	Thun	2–1	Luzern	Thun
19:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

15 February 2014 21	Luzern	3–2	Aarau	Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: swissporarena

23 February 2014 22	Luzern	1–2	Young Boys	Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: swissporarena

2 March 2014 23	St. Gallen	1–1	Luzern	St. Gallen
16:00 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Kybunpark

9 March 2014 24	Sion	3–2	Luzern	Sion
16:00 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Stade Tourbillon

16 March 2014 25	Luzern	1–0	Zürich	Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: swissporarena

23 March 2014 26	Lausanne-Sport	1–0	Luzern	Lausanne
13:45 CET (UTC 1)				Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

30 March 2014 Round 27	Luzern	0–2	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:00	Winter 44' Lustenberger 88'	FCB Summary Summary	29' Sio 51' (0:1) Sio 85' Aliji 90' Xhaka 90 2' (0:2) Sio	Attendance: 15,170 Referee: Stephan Studer

6 April 2014 28	Young Boys	2–1	Luzern	Bern
16:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stade de Suisse

13 April 2014 29	Luzern	1–0	St. Gallen	Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

16 April 2014 30	Aarau	1–2	Luzern	Aarau
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld

26 April 2014 31	Zürich	1–2	Luzern	Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

3 May 2014 32	Luzern	0–1	Sion	Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

7 May 2014 Round 33	Basel	3–1	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Stocker 10' (1:0) Schär 18' (2:0) Suchý 33' Sio 70' (3:1)	FCB Summary Summary	38' (2:1) Rangelov 52' Freuler	Attendance: 25,677 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

11 May 2014 34	Luzern	3–4	Lausanne-Sport	Lucerne
13:45 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

15 May 2014 35	Grasshopper	4–1	Luzern	Zürich
20:30 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: Letzigrund

18 May 2014 36	Luzern	3–0	Thun	Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC 2)				Stadium: swissporarena

Swiss Cup

18 August 2013 Round 1	FC Murten	0–11	Luzern	Murten
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Prehl Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Sascha Amhof

15 September 2013 Round 2	US Terre Sainte	1–4	Luzern	Nyon
15:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report		Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Fedayi San

10 November 2013 Round 3	Luzern	1–0	Sion	Lucerne
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Rangelov 88'	Report		Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 7,737 Referee: Alain Bieri

4 December 2013 Quarter-finals	Luzern	2–0	Lausanne-Sport	Lucerne
19:45 CET (UTC 1)	Rangelov 61' Lezcano 71'	Report		Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 6,110 Referee: Sascha Amhof

26 March 2014 Semi-finals	Basel	1–0	Luzern	Basel
19:00 CET (UTC 1)	Callà 80'	Report		Stadium: St. Jakob-Park

References

^ "2013-2014 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.

[table_note_res_ELPO0.81106600808495-2] Zürich won the 2013–14 Swiss Cup, so therefore qualified for the Play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

[1] "2013-2014 Luzern Stats". FBref.com.

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