2024–25 FC Luzern season

FC Luzern
2024–25 season
Chairman	Stephan Niklaus Wolf
Manager	Mario Frick
Stadium	swissporarena
Swiss Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Knocked out by FC Aarau in the RO32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Thibault Klidjé (8); All: ; Thibault Klidjé (10)
Highest home attendance	10,254 vs Servette
Lowest home attendance	8,513 vs Yverdon-Sport FC
Average home league attendance	11,757
Biggest win	Vs FC Winterthur (4-3, 14 December 2024)
Biggest defeat	Vs FC Sion (4-2, 10 November 2024)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 21 July 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 124th season in the history of FC Luzern, and the club's 19th consecutive season in the Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jesper Löfgren	Djurgården	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[1]
FW	Sinan Karweina	Austria Klagenfurt	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[2]
DF	Andrejs Cigaņiks	Widzew Łódź	Undisclosed	5 July 2024	^[3]
DF	Stefan Knežević	Charleroi	Free	13 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Donat Rrudhani	Young Boys	Loan	30 July 2024	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Max Meyer	APOEL	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[6]
MF	Iwan Hegglin	FC Schaffhausen	Loan	1 July 2024	^[7]
DF	Mauricio Willimann	FC Schaffhausen	Loan	1 July 2024	^[7]
FW	Kemal Ademi		Contract termination	1 July 2024	^[8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	Luzern	2–1	Rheindorf Altach	Horw
13:30				Stadium: Terrain Seefeld 1

5 July 2024 Friendly	Luzern	1–1	FC Schaffhausen	Sempach
19:00				Stadium: Sportanlage Seeland

10 July 2024 Friendly	SC Cham	0–2	Luzern	Cham
18:45			Ottiger 18' Stanković 67'	Stadium: Stadion Eizmoos

13 July 2024 Friendly	Luzern	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Luzern
15:00				Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 5,850

6 September 2024 Friendly	Vaduz	1–0	Luzern	Vaduz
14:00		Report		Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Swiss Super League	21 July 2024	22–24 May 2025	Matchday 1	3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33
Swiss Cup	17 August 2024		17 August 2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				3	1	1	1	4	4	+0	033.33

Last updated: 3 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Swiss Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
2	Basel	28	13	7	8	57	31	+26	46	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Lugano	28	13	6	9	45	40	+5	45	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Luzern	28	12	8	8	49	44	+5	44	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Young Boys	28	12	7	9	44	35	+9	43
6	Zürich	28	12	6	10	39	39	0	42

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. Source: Swiss Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored 6) Away goals scored; 7) Draw.^[9]
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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
20	9	6	5	36	31	+5	33	5	2	3	17	13	+4	4	4	2	19	18	+1

Last updated: 26 January 2025.
Source: soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W
Position	10	8	6	5	3	4	1	1	1	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[10]

21 July 2024 1	Luzern	1–2	Servette	Lucerne
16:30	Cigaņiks 36' Meyer 37' Medja 62' Villiger 90+2'		Kutesa 4' Rouiller 58' Ondoua 70' Baron 83'	Stadium: swissporarena Attendance: 10,254 Referee: Stefan Horisberger

27 July 2024 2	Grasshopper	2–2	Luzern	Zürich
18:00	Muci 54' Schürpf 70'		Villiger 42' Klidjé 85'	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 5,510 Referee: Luca Piccolo

3 August 2024 3	Luzern	1–0	Sion	Luzern
20:30	Beloko 85'			Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 10,430 Referee: Fedayi San

11 August 2024 4	Lugano	2–3	Luzern	Lugano
16:30	Mahou 3' Vladi 43' Papadopoulos 60' Mai 70'	Report	Dorn 12' 61' Ottiger 55' Klidjé 74' 88'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,341 Referee: Alessandro Dudic

24 August 2024 5	Luzern	3–0	Winterthur	Luzern
18:00 CET	Villiger 3' 51' Karweina 77' Beloko 89'	Report	Lekaj 33' Schneider 41' Diaby 68' Fofana 80' Chiappetta 90+6' Krasniqi 90+6'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 10,365 Referee: Luca Cibelli

1 September 2024 6	Zürich	1–1	Luzern	Zürich
16:30 CET	Okita 16' Daniel Denoon 40' Sabobo 52' Leidner 55' Perea 56'	Report	Rrudhani 12' Cigaņiks 21' Knezevic 28' Loretz 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Letzigrund Attendance: 16,191 Referee: Johannes von Mandach

Swiss Cup

17 August 2024 First round	FC Mendrisio	1–4	Luzern	Mendrisio
18:00	Stefano Gibellini 26'	Report	Klidjé 2' 21' Villiger 29' Kadák 65'	Stadium: Campo comunale Mendrisio Attendance: 2,152 Referee: Luca Piccolo

15 September 2024 Second round	Aarau	1–0	Luzern	Aarau
16:00 CET	Milot Avdyli 54' Obexer 60' 90+6' Jäckle 75' Toure 82' Marvin Hübel 90+5'	Report	Rrudhani 17' 70'	Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Fedayi San

References

^ "Jesper Löfgren unterschreibt beim FC Luzern bis 2027". January 1, 1970.
^ "Sinan Karweina wechselt zum FC Luzern". January 1, 1970.
^ "Andrejs Ciganiks zum FC Luzern". January 1, 1970.
^ "Stefan Knezevic kehrt zum FC Luzern zurück".
^ "Donat Rrudhani wechselt leihweise zum FC Luzern".
^ "Sechste Station in vier Jahren: Europa-Reise geht weiter: Max Meyer heuert bei Rekordmeister an". EXPRESS. July 4, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Willimann und Hegglin werden ausgeliehen". January 1, 1970.
^ "Kemal Ademi verlässt den FC Luzern". January 1, 1970.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Live Sport und News".

[9] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Jesper Löfgren unterschreibt beim FC Luzern bis 2027". January 1, 1970.

[2] "Sinan Karweina wechselt zum FC Luzern". January 1, 1970.

[3] "Andrejs Ciganiks zum FC Luzern". January 1, 1970.

[4] "Stefan Knezevic kehrt zum FC Luzern zurück".

[5] "Donat Rrudhani wechselt leihweise zum FC Luzern".

[6] "Sechste Station in vier Jahren: Europa-Reise geht weiter: Max Meyer heuert bei Rekordmeister an". EXPRESS. July 4, 2024.

[auto-7] "Willimann und Hegglin werden ausgeliehen". January 1, 1970.

[8] "Kemal Ademi verlässt den FC Luzern". January 1, 1970.

[rules-10] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[11] "Live Sport und News".

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