2022–23 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
2022–23 season
Chairman	Stefan Wolf
Manager	Mario Frick
Stadium	swissporarena
Swiss Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Meyer (11); All: ; Max Meyer (12)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 122nd season in the history of FC Luzern and their 17th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup.

Players edit

As of 5 April 2023^[1]

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	GER	Marius Müller
2	DF	TUN	Mohamed Dräger (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
4	DF	SUI	Luca Jaquez
5	DF	SUI	Denis Simani
6	MF	SUI	Ardon Jashari
7	MF	GER	Max Meyer
8	MF	GHA	Samuel Alabi
9	FW	SRB	Dejan Sorgić
10	MF	SUI	Samuele Campo
11	MF	SUI	Pascal Schürpf
13	DF	CZE	Martin Frýdek
14	MF	SUI	Luuk Breedijk
15	MF	MLI	Mamady Diambou (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
16	MF	SVK	Jakub Kadák
17	FW	TOG	Thibault Klidjé


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	SUI	Nicky Beloko
20	DF	GER	Pius Dorn
21	FW	POR	Asumah Abubakar
22	FW	SUI	Nando Toggenburger
24	DF	SUI	Thoma Monney
30	DF	KOS	Ismajl Beka
31	MF	KOS	Lorik Emini
33	DF	SUI	Leny Meyer
38	GK	SUI	Pascal Loretz
41	MF	SUI	Noah Rupp
46	DF	SUI	Marco Burch
69	MF	FRA	Sofyan Chader
74	DF	SUI	Severin Ottiger
77	FW	SWE	Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka (on loan from AIK)
90	GK	SRB	Vaso Vasić

Other players under contract edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Tyron Owusu

Out on loan edit

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SUI	Serkan Izmirlioglu (at Bellinzona until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	NED	Jordy Wehrmann (at ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	SUI	Yvan Alounga (at Stade Lausanne Ouchy until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URU	Joaquín Ardaiz (at Winterthur until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	KOS	Mark Marleku (at Kriens until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	GER	Varol Tasar (at Aarau until 30 June 2023)

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
—	MF	Filip Ugrinic	Young Boys	Free	1 July 2022	^[2]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 June 2022 Friendly	Luzern	2–1	Winterthur	Eich
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Campo 25' Lang 81'		Manzambi 51'	Stadium: Sportplatz Brand

25 June 2022 Friendly	Rheindorf Altach	0–1	Luzern	Schruns, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Gentner 34'	Stadium: Sportplatz Golm

2 July 2022 Friendly	Luzern	4–1	Vaduz	Grosswangen, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sorgić 32' Schürpf 35' Campo 50' Burch 88'	Report	Rastoder 72'	Stadium: Fussballplatz Gutmoos

9 July 2022 Global Tour for Peace	Luzern	1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	Lucerne, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Emini 81'		Tsyhankov 16' (pen.) Verbič 24'	Stadium: swissporarena

15 July 2022 Friendly	Luzern	2–0	Genoa	Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Gersag

30 July 2022 Friendly	Luzern	0–1	Al-Ittihad	Nenzing, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Hamdallah 5'	Stadium: Sportplatz FC Nenzing

23 September 2022 Friendly	Luzern	6–0	Aarau	Luzern, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: swissporarena

7 December 2022 Friendly	Grasshopper	0–0	Luzern	Niederhasli, Switzerland
14:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: GC/Campus

9 December 2022 Friendly	SC Freiburg	2–2	Luzern	Freiburg, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Höler 37' Breunig 80'		Meyer 20' Beka 40'	Stadium: Europa-Park-Stadion, Trainingsplatz

16 December 2022 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	0–3	Luzern	Stuttgart, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena

13 January 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	Luzern	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
15:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

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	23 July 2022	29 May 2023	Matchday 1	4th	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	036.11
Swiss Cup	20 August 2022	31 January 2023	Round 1	Round 3	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	066.67
Total					39	15	12	12	63	54	+9	038.46

Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Servette	36	14	16	6	53	48	+5	58	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	36	15	12	9	59	47	+12	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Luzern	36	13	11	12	56	52	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Basel	36	11	14	11	51	50	+1	47
6	St. Gallen	36	11	12	13	66	52	+14	45

Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw.^[3]

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 10 August 2022.
Source: Swiss Super League

Results by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	P	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2022. Source: Swiss Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

17 July 2023 1	Luzern	P–P	Grasshopper Club
Note: Postponed to 10 August 2022, due to a lack of viable venues on the first matchday.

23 July 2022 2	Zürich	0–0	Luzern	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 CEST	Džemaili 85'	SFL summary	44' 90+1' Jashari 90' Beloko 90+1' Müller	Attendance: 12,905 Referee: Luca Piccolo

31 July 2022 3	Luzern	P–P	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30
Note: Postponed to later date, lack of viable venue and lack of security staff due to national holiday on 1 August.

7 August 2022 4	Lugano	1–2	Luzern	Cornaredo, Lugano
16:30	Celar 45+1' Ziegler 75'	SFL summary	32' Dorn 45+1' Müller 47' Emini 74' Simani 84' Beloko 90+4' Frýdek	Attendance: 3,060 Referee: Alain Bieri

10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) 1	Luzern	1–1	Grasshopper	Swissporarena, Lucerne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abubakar 16' Burch 32' Jashari 54' Tasar 87'	SFL summary	38' Dadashov 85' Ribeiro	Attendance: 12,919 Referee: Alessandro Dudic Assistant referees: Sven Wolfensberger (VAR) Man of the Match: Renat Dadashov^[4]

13 August 2022 5	St. Gallen	4–1	Luzern	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
20:30	Latte Lath 2' Simani 51' (o.g.) Görtler 56' Akolo 69'	SFL summary	60' Chader 81' Kadák	Attendance: 16,609 Referee: Urs Schnyder

27 August 2022 6	Luzern	2–0	Sion	Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00	Sorgić 2' Sorgić 25' Dräger 29' 87' Frýdek 38' 42' Simani 39' Müller 59' Gentner 88'	SFL summary	17' Poha 63' Karlen 90+2' Sio 90+4' Cavaré	Attendance: 10,067 Referee: Alain Bieri

4 September 2022 7	Luzern	0–2	Servette	Swissporarena, Lucerne
14:15 CET	Simani 90+6'	SFL summary Report	29' Cognat 41' Douline 52' Rodelin 81' Pflücke 85' Clichy 90+1' Crivelli	Attendance: 11,946 Referee: Urs Schnyder

10 September 2022 8	Winterthur	0–6	Luzern	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
20:30	Schättin 20' Buess 64'	SFV summary	14' Meyer 22' Burch 25' Abubakar 32' Meyer 54' Kadák 64' Burch 84' Gentner	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Johannes von Mandach

2 October 2022 9	Luzern	1–2	Young Boys	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30 CEST	Meyer 6' Beloko 9' Schürpf 18' Dräger 36' Beka 83'	SFL summary Report	13' Rieder 15' Elia 90+5' Nsame	Attendance: 14,870 Referee: Esther Staubli

9 October 2022 10	Servette	1–1	Luzern	Stade de Genève, Lancy
14:15 CET	Douline 28' Kutesa 30' Cognat 62'	SFL summary Report	22' Frýdek 58' Beloko 59' Meyer	Attendance: 8,457 Referee: Fedayi San

15 October 2023 11	Sion	2–0	Luzern	Stade Tourbillon, Sion
18:00	Balotelli 33' Balotelli 64' Araz 83'	SFL summary	68' Beloko 79' Simani	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

19 October 2022 12	Luzern	3–3	St. Gallen	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Dräger 7' Dräger 45' Meyer 55' (pen.) Dräger 65' Meyer 67' Burch 86' Emini 87'	SFL summary	9' Latte Lath 40' Guillemenot 67' Guidotti 74' Schmidt 83' von Moos 87' von Moos	Attendance: 20,336 Referee: Luca Piccolo

22 October 2022 13	Luzern	3–1	Lugano	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Burch 48' Meyer 66' (pen.) Dräger 69' Meyer 82'	SFL summary	52' Arigoni 61' Bislimi 62' Bislimi 74' Daprelà 84' Valenzuela 90+3' Mahou	Attendance: 10,037 Referee: Nico Gianforte Assistant referees: Sandro Schärer (VAR)

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 14	Grasshopper	1–3	Luzern	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Herc 43' Kawabe 54' Dadashov 90'	SFL summary	9', 65' Sorgić 37' Beloko 45+1' Simani 23' Burch	Attendance: 5,117 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: Urs Schnyder (VAR)

5 November 2022 15	Luzern	1–1	Winterthur	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Beloko 29' Meyer 33' Abubakar 51' Chader 55' 83'	SFL summary	15' Di Giusto 25' Gelmi 33' Lekaj 39' Corbaz 75' Kamberi	Attendance: 11,516 Referee: Luca Piccolo

9 November 2022 3	Luzern	0–2	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Simani 3' Beloko 45+2' Dorn 83'	SFL summary FCB report	6' (pen.) Males 84' Adams 87' Fink 88' Calafiori	Attendance: 12,304 Referee: Fedayi San (Gebenstorf)

13 November 2022 16	Young Boys	3–0	Luzern	Stadion Wankdorf, Bern
16:30 CET	Fassnacht 5' Nsame 32' Lauper 70'	SFL summary Report	1' Beloko	Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Alain Bieri

21 January 2023 17	Luzern	2–2	Zürich	Swissporarena, Luzern
18:00	Jashari 4' Meyer 62' Beka 69' Beloko 76' Chader 83'	SFL summary	38' Guerrero 61' Condé 89' Šimić 90+3' Šimić After full-time' Džemaili	Attendance: 13,979 Referee: Fedayi San

28 January 2023 18	Basel	2–3	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Amdouni 17' Zeqiri 78' Pelmard 83'	SFL summary FCB report	42' Diambou 60' Schürpf 65' Dorn 70' Chader 74' Jashari 83' Simani 89' Kimpioka	Attendance: 19,713 Referee: Luca Cibelli

5 February 2023 19	Luzern	1–1	Young Boys	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30 CET	Simani 9' Schürpf 33' Beloko 64'	SFL summary Report	27' Garcia 31' Fassnacht 40' Maceiras 64' (pen.) Itten 90' Rrudhani	Attendance: 11,809 Referee: Sandro Schärer

12 February 2023 20	Lugano	1–1	Luzern	Cornaredo, Lugano
14:15	Celar 38' (pen.) Mahmoud 44' Hajdari 73' Valenzuela 77'	SFL summary	16' Abubakar 17' Schürpf 31' Dräger 36' Dorn 90+3' Klidjé	Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Anojen Kanagasingam

19 February 2023 21	St. Gallen	2–2	Luzern	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
14:30	Guillemenot 14' (pen.) Dajaku 57' Maglica 79' (pen.)	SFL summary	13' Frýdek 32' Frýdek 45' Jashari 54' Schürpf 62' Beloko	Attendance: 17,126 Referee: Fedayi San

26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) 22	Luzern	1–0	Grasshopper	Swissporarena, Lucerne
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Frýdek 76'	SFL summary	54' Herc 90' Ndenge	Attendance: 12,499 Referee: Johannes von Mandach Assistant referees: Sandro Schärer (VAR)

4 March 2023 23	Luzern	0–1	Basel	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Loretz 28' Beka 51' Simani 67' Chader 72' 77'	SFL summary FCB report	29' Frei 45' López 52' Pelmard 67' Diouf 75' Burger 85' Augustin 90+6' Hitz	Attendance: 13,248 Referee: Luca Cibelli

12 March 2023 24	Servette	0–3 Forfait	Luzern	Stade de Genève, Geneva
16:30	Céspedes 46' Mbabu 50' 77' Crivelli 88'	SFL summary	51' (pen.) Meyer 70' 90+5' Dräger 88' Beka	Attendance: 6,803 Referee: Sandro Schärer

18 March 2023 25	Zürich	2–1	Luzern	Letzigrund, Zürich
18:00	Tosin 32' Condé 67' Tosin 76' Krasniqi 90+1'	SFL summary	21' (pen.) Meyer 60' Ottiger	Attendance: 15,330 Referee: Urs Schnyder

2 April 2023 26	Luzern	1–2	Sion	Swissporarena, Luzern
16:30	Jaquez 36' Max Meyer 64' 65' Frýdek 80' Villiger 84' Dorn 89'	SFL summary	2' Ziegler 36' Balotelli 50' Sio 61' Diouf 75' Cavaré 90+5' Bua	Attendance: 13,367 Referee: Fedayi San Assistant referees: Sandro Schärer (VAR)

10 April 2023 27	Winterthur	1–2	Luzern	Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur
15:30	Ltaief 78' Lekaj 80' Ltaief 90+1'	SFL summary	6' Villiger 26' Chader 49' Dräger 51' Beka 60' Sorgić 77' Frýdek 84' Ottiger 90+1' Beloko	Attendance: 8,400 (sold out) Referee: Johannes von Mandach

15 April 2023 28	Luzern	4–1	Zürich	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Meyer 28' Sorgić 37' Dorn 49' Dorn 64'	SFL summary	45' Mathew	Attendance: 14,217 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: Lukas Fähndrich (VAR)
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

23 April 2023 29	Basel	0–2	Luzern	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
14:15	Augustin 31' Xhaka 62' Males 79'	SFL summary FCB report	18' Beka 40' Ottiger 54' Schürpf 71' Sorgić 89' Breedijk 90+5' Frýdek	Attendance: 22,966 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger

27 April 2023 30	Luzern	3–1	Winterthur	Swissporarena, Luzern
20:30	Meyer 35' Dorn 40' Burch 62' Sorgić 65' Beloko 70' Schürpf 81'	SFL summary	25' Ardaiz 39' Kryeziu 88' Corbaz	Attendance: 10,865 Referee: Luca Piccolo Assistant referees: Johannes von Mandach (VAR)

30 April 2023 31	Young Boys	5–1	Luzern	Kybunpark, St. Gallen
16:30	Nsame 32' Fassnacht 38' Lauper 44' Fassnacht 50' Rieder 61' Itten 80'	SFL summary	24' Beloko 41' (o.g.) Amenda 59' Beka	Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Luca Cibelli Assistant referees: Sascha Kever (VAR)

7 May 2023 32	Luzern	2–2	Lugano	Swissporarena, Luzern
14:15	Beka 27' Meyer 36' Villiger 60' Beka 82' Abubakar 84'	SFL summary	23' Hajrizi 31' Doumbia 52' Celar 74' Steffen 78' Valenzuela 90+2' Steffen	Attendance: 14,358 Referee: Sven Wolfensberger Assistant referees: (VAR) Sascha Kever

Swiss Cup edit

20 August 2022 Round 1	FC Schötz	0–4	Luzern	Schötz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Fussballanlage Wissenhusen

References edit

^ "1. Mannschaft Spieler" [1st team player] (in German). FC Luzern. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Luzern". FC Luzern (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "Die Hoppers kämpfen sich in Luzern zu einem weiteren Punkt". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-11.

[1] "1. Mannschaft Spieler" [1st team player] (in German). FC Luzern. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[bsc1-2] "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Luzern". FC Luzern (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

[3] "Règlement de la compétition de la SFL" (PDF) (in French). Swiss Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[4] "Die Hoppers kämpfen sich in Luzern zu einem weiteren Punkt". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-11.

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