FC Luzern

The FC Luzern ( FCL abbreviated ) is a football club based in Lucerne. The club colors are blue and white, what Lucerne city and corresponds to the cantonal shield. The home games are played since 2011 in the Swissporarena, which was rebuilt on the Lucerne Allmendfeld at the site of the old stadium.

  • 2.1 Allmendfeld Stadium ( 1934-2009 )
  • 2.2 Swissporarena ( Since 2011 ) 2.2.1 Project " Sports Arena Allmendfeld Lucerne "
  • 2.2.2 Blind Radio FC Luzern
  • 3.1 President
  • 3.2 Coaches
  • 4.1 All time standings
  • 6.1 Goalkeeper
  • 6.2 Defense
  • 6.3 midfielder
  • 6.4 Forward
  • 6.5 Loaned players
  • 6.6 Coaches
  • 8.2 Volleyball
  • 8.3 Boccia

History

Foundation to the centenary of

For the first time mention is made of FC Lucerne on May 6, 1867 in an ad in the daily paper Lucerne, in which called for a meeting at Café Alpine Club. Until the official establishment on August 12, 1901 Restaurant Seidenhof However, it took more than thirty years. The Swiss Football Association is joined two years later and played in the first championship season in the third- highest division, the former Serie C. In 1936, finally succeeded in the first-time promotion to the National League as the top division. 1960 brought the team with the Cup the first major title. 1989 was celebrated for the first and only time the championship. In 1992, the club for the second time cup winner. In 2001, the centenary of the club was celebrated as part of a friendly match against FC Barcelona. However, in the same year the FC Luzern AG went bankrupt two years later could not be prevented, the descent into the newly created League Challenge.

2006 to 2011 - re-emergence and stadium project

In the season 2006/ 07 towards the FC Luzern got back up and thus played its first match in the Super League. New main sponsor was now on the web Computer GmbH. No agreement could be reached on a contract extension with ascent coach René van Eck, this was replaced by the rookie coach Ciriaco Sforza. In addition to the main objective receipt League the team reached the Cup final by a 3-2 away win against then reigning champions FC Zurich and later. This she lost against FC Basel because of a controversial penalty kick in the 93rd minute with 0:1.

The 2007/08 season the club finished in sixth place.

The start of the 2008/ 09 season the team failed clear: After twelve rounds she was only two points knocked off at the end of the table, whereupon Ciriaco Sforza had to go. But his successor Roberto Morinini had little success with one point from six games. Rolf fringer was in November new coach and led the team to the Barrageplatz. After the first leg against FC Lugano away lost 0-1, the last game was won in the history of Allmendfeld stadium on June 13, 5-0.

Prior to the 2009/10 season, the influx of international's Hakan Yakin was announce. The team reached under his direction in fourth place and was therefore entitled in the next season to take part in qualifying for the Europa League.

After a strong first round of the club was champion in the winter season 2010/11. Due to a sporty weak spring but they separated by Rolf fringer. For the rest of the season took over U-18 coach Christian Brand interim the team. She enrolled at the end of the sixth.

2011 to present - New stadium and professionalization

In the season 2011/12 towards the FC Lucerne was able to move into the Swissporarena. The first competitive match at the new stadium was held on July 31 against FC Thun and ended goalless. The official opening game on September 3rd against Hamburger SV 2-2 draw. New main sponsor since the collection is a native of the region OTTO 'S AG, with which a two-year contract was completed. With the commitment of Murat Yakin, the older brother of Captain Hakan Yakin, as head coach, they hoped that in addition to a " stadium effect" in addition sporting success, which then actually set in as: The 2011/12 season was after the championship season 1988/89 the second most successful the club's history. The team was runner-up and reached the Cup final thanks to a 1-0 win in the semi-final against FC Sion. In the final, but she had to like in the championship to FC Basel defeated. In addition, the FCL player Alain Wiss and Adrian Winter received her first squad for the Swiss national team. In April 2012, was occupied by Heinz Herrmann and thus finally the last gap to be closed in the athletic line finally the newly created position of sports bosses. This President Walter Stierli saw his work on final than done and handed over his office to the Lucerne hotel owner Mike Hauser.

After a weak start to the 2012/13 season, the club parted after six games with only three points awarded by Murat Yakin. Meanwhile took office Ryszard Komornicki, who has ever been coach of the team in 2001. However, after leaving the Cup in the first round and a winless second round he had already go again in April 2013. Just two months earlier, also the employment relationship with Heinz Hermann was terminated because it could not meet the advanced requirements of Sporchefs. Its location was just busy at the time of the recent dismissal of coach Alex Frei, who had just finished his playing career at FC Basel, during which he also played for the FCL. His first act he put the Argentine- Swiss dual citizen Carlos Bernegger as the new head coach, who has family roots in the Lucerne Entlebuch. Under Bernegger the team brought in the remaining ten games of which 20 out of 30 possible points. In the course of the season also, the contract was extended in advance with the main sponsor OTTO'S 2015.

Stadiums

The FC Luzern played its home games in the stadium Allmendfeld. Created the sports complex Allmendfeld in 1934, consisting of several football fields and a main box with a small wooden stand. In the following years, sports facilities have been repeatedly amended and supplemented. For example, the Tribune in 1957 expanded to 2500 seats. A larger reconstruction took place in the years 1981 to 1983 with the renovation and construction of the grandstand and the new building of the covered grandstand means ( was the standing area of the FCL fans ). The last structural expansion took place in 1995 with the construction of the " LUMAG Tribune " (North- Tribune, covered seats ).

In particular, in the 1980s and early 1990s was the Allmendfeld under opposing team as " impregnable fortress ". The faithful and especially fanatical audience drove the team again and again to spectacular victories and even winning the championship title in 1989. Via the fans of FC Lucerne was reported internationally. Even today you can experience a fantastic atmosphere in the stadium Allmendfeld. The spectator stadium ever 26'100 from the year 1993 ( in the former game against FC Basel Auf-/Abstiegsrunde (4:1) ). The theoretical capacity on the Allmendfeld was about 25,000 spectators. From the Association but only 13,000 spectators were admitted.

Project " Sports Arena Allmendfeld Lucerne "

As of 2007, the stadium Allmendfeld could no longer meet the minimum requirements of the Swiss Football League. Since autumn 2005, the city of Lucerne and private investors led talks on a new building of the stadium Allmendfeld. After a direct award of a new building with stadium jacket use joined politically with great resistance, Parliament of Lucerne decided in September 2006 for the tendering of a contest investors. A total of five entries were it submitted, the jury recommended in May 2007 to take up subsequent negotiations with the three erstrangierten projects. In September 2007, the City Council decided ( executive) to pursue the original project already top ranked " KOI " Lucerne architect Daniele Marques and Iwan Bühler, with the other two projects have been formally withdrawn.

Apart from the actual football stadium with approximately 17,000 seats and the construction of a sports building with gym, indoor pool and fitness center is provided. The project development is guided by the holder companies. For the purpose of cross-financing of the stadium (in the sense of a Planning Permit interest rate ) but the project also provides for the creation of two residential high-rise buildings ( approximately 88 and 77 meters). Since a zone change of plan was required for this project, the voters had to vote on the zone plan change along with the project loan at the ballot box. In particular, the creation of the two houses joined in this policy and population with great resistance. With a majority of about 54 %, the voting population of the city of Lucerne decided on 24 February 2008 for the zone plan change and thus for the further processing of the project " KOI " from.

On 30 November 2008, the voters could vote in another referendum on the approval of the land lease contracts ( for stadium, sports and residential buildings ) and the consequences to be paid by the public sector contributions ( for stadium, indoor swimming pool, driveways / pre-zone ). After a hard-fought battle for votes between supporters and opponents decided a majority of 55.1 % of the votes, to realize the project. Because now completed objections to the design plan and building permit for the construction delayed by at least half a year until the summer of 2009.

In August 2009, the demolition work and in March 2010 the construction of the new Swissporarena and the two ( long-disputed ) high-rise buildings and the sports hall began. By mid-2011 the FCL played in Gersag Stadium in Emmen bridge where the existing small stadium was expanded temporarily to a capacity of 8000 spectators.

The proclaimed by the President Walter Stierli in December 2009 decision to move in the new stadium for economic reasons an artificial turf of the latest generation, was about a year later due to the realization that natural grass because of primary use is more appropriate than a football stadium, revised.

Blind Radio FC Luzern

The Blind Radio FC Luzern is a project of FC Luzern in cooperation with the organization for the blind Luzern to provide blind and severely visually impaired people the particular sporting event. The Blind radio always sends live at home games, and is around the stadium on 92.4 MHz receivable.

President and coach

President

Coach

National success

The biggest success of the club's history is winning the championship in 1989 under the German coach Friedel Rausch. In addition, the club was six times in the Cup Final, where he won the title twice: in 1960 and 1992 against Grenchen 1-0 against Lugano 3:1 nV Recently, however, he lost four times in a row, the final of 1997 against Sion 3:3 nV 4:5 nE, 2005 compared Zurich 1:3 and twice against Basel 0:1 ( 2005) 1-1 aet 2:4 after penalties (2012 ). Reaching the Cup finals in 2005 as a second-rate club to rise again in the Super League in 2006 and the re reaching the Cup finals in 2007 and 2012 are the most recent successes of the club's history.

The largest margin of victory in a competitive fixture succeeded FC Lucerne on August 18, 2013 Cup with a 11-0 against FC Murten. The second highest achieved on 14 September 1984 at the Cup with a 10-0 against FC Bellach.

All time standings

The FC Luzern is currently on the 10th place of the eternal table of Super League.

The FC Luzern has a total of eight qualified for a European competition and denied doing 20 games (4 wins, 3 draws, 13 defeats).

  • 3 x European Cup Winners' Cup: 1960, 1992, 1997
  • 4 x UEFA Cup / Europa League: 1986, 1990, 2010, 2012

Squad

Goalkeeper

Defender

Midfielder

Striker

Loaned players

Coach

Well-known former players

More club sections

Volleyball

FC Luzern Volleyball was founded in 1946 and is thus one of the oldest volleyball clubs in Switzerland. It consists exclusively of women's teams, the first of which plays in the National League A. The greatest success is to win the league title in 1959, the first which was awarded the Swiss woman volleyball at all. Nevertheless, it is after the Concordia BTV Luzern Lucerne and the VBC only the third most successful club in the city.

Boccia

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