# 2016–17 FC Luzern season

The 2016–17 season was the 92nd season in the history of Fussball-Club Luzern and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | SUI | David Zibung |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sebastian Schachten |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Kaja Rogulj |
| 7 | DF | SUI | Claudio Lustenberger |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Michael Frey (on loan from OSC Lille) |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Jakob Jantscher |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Tomislav Puljić |
| 14 | DF | SUI | Jérôme Thiesson |
| 15 | FW | SUI | Marco Schneuwly |
| 16 | DF | SUI | François Affolter |
| 18 | GK | ITA | Lorenzo Bucchi |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Frane Čirjak |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | SUI | Christian Schneuwly |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Sally Sarr |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nico Brandenburger (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Clemens Fandrich |
| 31 | MF | KOS | Hekuran Kryeziu |
| 32 | MF | SUI | Nicolas Haas |
| 35 | DF | SUI | Yannick Schmid |
| 37 | FW | SUI | João de Oliveira |
| 39 | MF | SUI | Remo Arnold |
| 47 | DF | ALB | Ferid Matri |
| 61 | FW | GER | Samed Yeşil (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 77 | MF | GER | Markus Neumayr |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | ALB | Migjen Basha (at Calcio Como until 30 June 2016) |
| 17 | MF | SUI | Claudio Holenstein (at FC Winterthur until 30 June 2016) |
| 20 | FW | ROU | Cristian Ianu (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016) |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Jonas Omlin (at FC Le Mont LS until 30 June 2016) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Omar Thali (at SC Kriens until 30 June 2016) |
| 38 | DF | SUI | Olivier Kleiner (at FC Wohlen until 30 June 2016) |
| 93 | FW | ALB | Haxhi Neziraj (at FC Schaffhausen until 30 June 2016) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Swiss Super League | 23 July 2016 | 2 June 2017 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 038.89 |
| Swiss Cup | 10 August 2016 | 5 April 2017 | Round 1 | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 060.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 28 July 2016 | 4 August 2016 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 76 | 75 | +1 | 039.53 |
Source: Competitions

### Swiss Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Lugano | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sion | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Luzern | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Thun | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 45 | |
| 7 | St. Gallen | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 41 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, Basel, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Swiss Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Swiss Super League

#### 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Europa League qualifying
#### Third qualifying round

Sassuolo won 4–1 on aggregate.