FC Lucerne

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

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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.

[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	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate Score
1960/61	European Cup Winners' Cup	Quater Final	ACF Fiorentina	0:3	2:6	2:9
1986/87	UEFA Cup	1	ACF Fiorentina	0:3	2:6	2:9
1989/90	European Cup	1	FC Spartak Moscow	0:0	0:1	0:1
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 (captain)
3	DF	Adekunle Lukmon
4	DF	Roland Schwegler
5	MF	Michel Renggli
6	MF	Gerardo Seoane
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 Zverotic
20	FW	Jean-Michel Tchouga
21	MF	Nelson Ferreira
22	MF	Burim Kukeli
24	MF	Alain Wiss
28	FW	Janko Pacar
29	GK	Roman Kaufmann
33	MF	Lior Etter
34	DF	Sascha Imholz