2008–09 FC Luzern season

The 2008–09 season was the 84th season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

FC Luzern
ChairmanWalter Stierli
ManagerCiriaco Sforza
(until 10 August)
Jean-Daniel Gross
(caretaker, 11 August to 17 August)
Roberto Morinini
(from 18 August until 27 October)
Rolf Fringer
(from 28 October)
StadiumStadion Allmend
Swiss Super League9th
Swiss CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (13)

All:
Joetex Asamoah Frimpong (13)
Average home league attendance8,074

Players

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First-team squad

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Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2008 2008 Uhrencup Luzern   1–1   Legia Warsaw Grenchen, Switzerland
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ravasi   9'
Stadium: Stadion Brühl
Attendance: 2,668
Referee: Sascha Kever
10 July 2008 2008 Uhrencup Luzern   2–2   Borussia Dortmund Grenchen, Switzerland
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Brühl
16 July 2008 Friendly Luzern   1–2   Liverpool Grenchen, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadion Brühl
Attendance: 9,500

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Swiss Super League 20 July 2008 30 May 2009 Matchday 1 9th 36 9 8 19 45 62 −17 025.00
Relegation play-offs 10 June 2009 13 June 2009 First leg Winners 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4 050.00
Swiss Cup 21 September 2008 13 April 2009 Round of 64 Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 14 4 +10 080.00
Total 43 14 8 21 64 67 −3 032.56

Source: Competitions

Swiss Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Bellinzona 36 11 10 15 44 51 −7 43
7 Neuchâtel Xamax 36 10 10 16 50 57 −7 40
8 Sion 36 9 10 17 44 60 −16 37 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
9 Luzern (O) 36 9 8 19 45 62 −17 35 Qualification to relegation play-off
10 Vaduz (R) 36 5 7 24 28 85 −57 22 Relegation to Swiss Challenge League[b]
Source: axposuperleague.ch (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sion won the 2008–09 Swiss Cup and thereby qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ Being a Liechtenstein club, Vaduz are not eligible for qualification to European competitions via the Swiss league system. They did, however, qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning their domestic 2008–09 Liechtenstein Cup.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
36 9 8 19 45 62  −17 35 8 2 8 30 27  +3 1 6 11 15 35  −20

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLLLDLLLDLLLLWWLLDWDLLLLDWDWWWLWDLDLW
Position
Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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20 July 2008 Round 1 Luzern 1–2 Vaduz Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
23 July 2008 Round 2 Zürich 1–0 Luzern Zürich
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
26 July 2008 Round 3 Luzern 0–1 Neuchâtel Xamax Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
3 August 2008 Round 4 Bellinzona 2–2 Luzern Bellinzona
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
9 August 2008 Round 5 Aarau 1–0 Luzern Aarau
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld
17 August 2008 Round 6 Luzern 0–3 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
23 August 2008 Round 7 Grasshopper 4–2 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
30 August 2008 Round 8 Luzern 0–0 Sion Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
13 September 2008 Round 9 Basel 2 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
17:45 Huggel   16' (1:0)
Chipperfield   84' (2:0)
Summary   15' Diarra
  32' Seoane
Attendance: 20,627
Referee:   Cyril Zimmermann (Münsingen)
28 September 2008 Round 10 Vaduz 1–0 Luzern Vaduz
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
6 October 2008 Round 11 Luzern 0–3 Zürich Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
25 October 2008 Round 12 Neuchâtel Xamax 1–0 Luzern Neuchâtel
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
2 November 2008 Round 13 Luzern 1–0 Bellinzona Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
8 November 2008 Round 14 Luzern 3–0 Aarau Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
16 November 2008 Round 15 Young Boys 6–1 Luzern Bern
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
29 November 2008 Round 16 Luzern 0–3 Grasshopper Lucerne
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
14 December 2008 Round 18 Luzern 5 – 1 Basel Stadion Allmend, Luzern
14:45 Frimpong   15' (1:0)
Ferreira   19'
Frimpong   33' (2:1)
Ferreira   40' (3:1)
Paiva   70' (4:1)
Paiva   74' (5:1)
Summary   17' Marque
  32' (1:1) F. Frei
  55' Morganella
Attendance: 7,626
Referee:   Sascha Kever
8 February 2009 Round 19 Neuchâtel Xamax 3–3 Luzern Neuchâtel
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Maladière
15 February 2009 Round 20 Luzern 2–3 Young Boys Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
18 February 2009 Round 17 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
19:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
22 February 2009 Round 21 Grasshopper 1–0 Luzern Zürich
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Letzigrund
1 March 2009 Round 22 Luzern 1 – 2 Basel Stadion Allmend Luzern
16:00 Paiva   33' (1:1)
R. Schwegler   55'
Chiumiento   64'
Frimpong   68'
Summary   22' (0:1) Gjasula
  29' Stocker
  81' Streller
  90+2' (1:2) Chipperfield
Attendance: 10,154
Referee:   Sascha Kever
8 March 2009 Round 23 Luzern 1–3 Zürich Lucerne
13:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
14 March 2009 Round 24 Aarau 0–0 Luzern Aarau
17:45 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld
22 March 2009 Round 25 Luzern 4–2 Bellinzona Lucerne
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
4 April 2009 Round 26 Sion 1–1 Luzern Sion
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
9 April 2009 Round 27 Luzern 3–1 Vaduz Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
18 April 2009 Round 28 Vaduz 1–2 Luzern Vaduz
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
22 April 2009 Round 29 Luzern 1–0 Sion Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
25 April 2009 Round 30 Bellinzona 2–0 Luzern Bellinzona
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadio Comunale Bellinzona
2 May 2009 Round 31 Luzern 4–0 Aarau Lucerne
19:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
9 May 2009 Round 32 Zürich 1–1 Luzern Zürich
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Letzigrund
12 May 2009 Round 33 Basel 2 – 0 Luzern St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:45 Huggel   36'
Perović   42'
Zanni   59' (1:0)
Perović   70' (2:0)
(Report) Attendance: 19,051
Referee:   Nikolaj Hänni
17 May 2009 Round 34 Luzern 1–1 Grasshopper Lucerne
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend
24 May 2009 Round 35 Young Boys 5–2 Luzern Bern
16:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Suisse
30 May 2009 Round 36 Luzern 2–1 Neuchâtel Xamax Lucerne
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend

Source: [1]

Relegation play-offs

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10 June 2009 First leg Lugano 1–0 Luzern Lugano
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Claudio Circhetta
13 June 2009 Second leg Luzern 5–0
(5–1 agg.)
Lugano Lucerne
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadion Allmend
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann

Swiss Cup

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21 September 2008 Round of 64 FC Plaffeien 0–3 Luzern Plaffeien
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
19 October 2008 Round of 32 FC Grenchen 0–3 Luzern Grenchen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Brühl
10 December 2008 Round of 16 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 0–4 Luzern La Chaux-de-Fonds
19:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade de la Charrière
18 March 2009 Quarter-finals FC Concordia Basel 0–2 Luzern Basel
19:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Rankhof
13 April 2009 Semi-finals Luzern 2–4 Sion Lucerne
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Allmend

References

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  1. ^ [🖉"FC Luzern - Fixtures & Results 2008/2009". worldfootball.net.