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)
Average home league attendance	12,775[1]

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

As of 5 April 2023^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SUI Tyron Owusu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

In

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
—	MF	Filip Ugrinic	Young Boys	Free	1 July 2022	[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Luzern v Winterthur

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

Rheindorf Altach v Luzern

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

Luzern v Vaduz

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

Luzern v Dynamo Kyiv

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

Luzern v Genoa

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

Luzern v Al-Ittihad

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

Luzern v Aarau

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

Grasshopper v Luzern

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

SC Freiburg v Luzern

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

VfB Stuttgart v Luzern

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

VfL Bochum v Luzern

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

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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

Main article: 2022–23 Swiss Super League

League table

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.^[4]

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
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

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

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

Luzern v Grasshopper Club

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.

Zürich v Luzern

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

Luzern v Basel

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.

Lugano v Luzern

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

Luzern v Grasshopper

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[5]

St. Gallen v Luzern

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

Luzern v Sion

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

Luzern v Servette

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

Winterthur v Luzern

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

Luzern v Young Boys

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

Servette v Luzern

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

Sion v Luzern

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

Luzern v St. Gallen

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

Luzern v Lugano

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)

Grasshopper v Luzern

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)

Luzern v Winterthur

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

Luzern v Basel

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)

Young Boys v Luzern

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

Luzern v Zürich

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

Basel v Luzern

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

Luzern v Young Boys

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

Lugano v Luzern

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

St. Gallen v Luzern

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

Luzern v Grasshopper

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)

Luzern v Basel

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

Servette v Luzern

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

Zürich v Luzern

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

Luzern v Sion

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)

Winterthur v Luzern

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

Luzern v Zürich

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

Basel v Luzern

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

Luzern v Winterthur

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)

Young Boys v Luzern

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)

Luzern v Lugano

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

Main article: 2022–23 Swiss Cup

FC Schötz v Luzern

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

References

1. "Super League 2022/2023 - Attendance". 31 August 2022.
2. "1. Mannschaft Spieler" [1st team player] (in German). FC Luzern. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
3. "Filip Ugrinic wechselt zu den Luzern". FC Luzern (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
4. "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.
5. "Die Hoppers kämpfen sich in Luzern zu einem weiteren Punkt". www.bluewin.ch (in German). Bluewin. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-11.