2024–25 FC Lugano season

FC Lugano
2024–25 season
Manager	Mattia Croci-Torti
Stadium	Cornaredo Stadium
Swiss Super League	4th
Swiss Cup	Second round
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
UEFA Conference League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ignacio Aliseda; Kacper Przybyłko; Renato Steffen; (3 each); All: ; Kacper Przybyłko; Renato Steffen; (6 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 24 October 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of FC Lugano, and the club's 10th consecutive season in Swiss Super League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League as 2023–24 Super League runner-up.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Antonios Papadopoulos	Borussia Dortmund	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Zachary Brault-Guillard	Free agent		1 July 2024	^[2]
DF	Mattia Zanotti	Inter Milan	Undisclosed	13 July 2024	^[3]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Kreshnik Hajrizi	Widzew Łódź	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[4]
GK	Serif Berbic	Bellinzona	Loan	17 July 2024	^[5]
MF	Chinwendu Johan Nkama	Bellinzona	Loan	17 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Žan Celar	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	19 July 2024	^[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly	Lugano	2–0	Stade Nyonnais	Caslano
11:00	Mahou 20' Aliseda 86'	Report		Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli

3 July 2024 Friendly	Bellinzona	1–5	Lugano	Sementina
17:30	Nivokazi 11'		Przybyłko 9' Doumbia 24' Bottani 38' Bislimi 62' Aliseda 70'

6 July 2024 Friendly	Lugano	0–1	Aarau	Caslano
14:00		Report	Dickenmann 73'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo Roque Maspoli

13 July 2024 Friendly	Lugano	3–1	Parma	Lugano
19:00	Aliseda 2' (pen.) Cimignani 14' Mahou 72'	Report	Partipilo 90+1'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 2,748 Referee: Mirel Turkes

17 July 2024 Friendly	Inter Milan	3–2	Lugano	Appiano Gentile, Italy
18:30	Correa 11' Taremi 50' (pen.), 58'		Przybyłko 21', 27'	Stadium: Angelo Moratti Sports Centre

Competitions

Overall record

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	20 July 2024		Matchday 1		3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	100.00
Swiss Cup	18 August 2024				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	23–24 July 2024	30 July 2024	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	8 August 2024		Third qualifying round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					5	3	0	2	11	9	+2	060.00

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]
1	Zürich	13	7	4	2	21	14	+7	25	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Lugano	13	7	4	2	20	13	+7	25	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Servette	13	7	3	3	22	20	+2	24	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Basel	13	7	1	5	31	14	+17	22	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Luzern	13	6	4	3	24	18	+6	22

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. 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.^[7]
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
3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	2	0	0	5	2	+3	1	0	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 3 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W
Position	3	4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 June 2024.^[8]

20 July 2024 1	Lugano	2–1	Grasshopper	Lugano
18:00	Cimignani 22' Mai 24' Przybyłko 61' Bislimi 90+2', 90+3'		Morandi 25' (pen.), 56' Maurin 77'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Referee: Urs Schnyder

27 July 2024 2	Basel	1–2	Lugano	Basel
20:30	Leroy 50', 59'		Aliseda 8' Hajdari 53' Przybyłko 69'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 19,866 Referee: Lukas Fähndrich

3 August 2024 3	Lugano	3–1	Servette	Lugano
18:00	Mahmoud 73' Mazikou 78' (o.g.) Steffen 84'		Kutesa 61'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

11 August 2024 4	Lugano	v	Luzern	Lugano
16:30				Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium

Swiss Cup

18 August 2024 First round	SC Brühl	v	Lugano	St. Gallen
15:00

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

23 July 2024 First leg	Lugano	3–4	Fenerbahçe	Thun
20:30 UTC+2	El Wafi 4', 29' Papadopoulos 59' Bislimi 64' Bottani 69' Grgić 71' Zanotti 77' Valenzuela 90+4'	Report	Söyüncü 18' Džeko 45+1' (pen.), 46', 67' Tadić 45+3' Oosterwolde 70' Kadıoğlu 73' Tosun 90+5'	Stadium: Stockhorn Arena Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

30 July 2024 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	2–1 (6–4 agg.)	Lugano	Istanbul
20:00 UTC+3	Džeko 59', 86' Szymański 90+3'	Report	Mahmoud 7', 58' Doumbia 55' Aliseda 57' Zanotti 79'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Robert Jones (England)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg	Partizan	v	Lugano	Belgrade, Serbia
20:00				Stadium: Partizan Stadium

15 August 2024 Second leg	Lugano	v	Partizan	Thun
20:30				Stadium: Stockhorn Arena

References

^ "Dal Borussia Dortmund al Lugano: ecco Antonios Papadopoulos". Corriere del Ticino. 5 June 2024.
^ "Un difensore canadese a Cornaredo". Corriere del Ticino. 10 June 2024.
^ Mellini, Marzio (13 July 2024). "Mattia Zanotti è Bianconero".
^ "Kreshnik Hajrizi moves to Poland - KOHA.net". 18 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b Mellini, Marzio (19 July 2024). "Berbic e Nkama in prestito all'AC Bellinzona".
^ "QPR sign Slovenia striker Zan Celar from Lugano". BBC Sport. 19 July 2024.
^ "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Die SFL hat die Spielpläne der Saison 2024/25 veröffentlicht" (in German).

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

[1] "Dal Borussia Dortmund al Lugano: ecco Antonios Papadopoulos". Corriere del Ticino. 5 June 2024.

[2] "Un difensore canadese a Cornaredo". Corriere del Ticino. 10 June 2024.

[3] Mellini, Marzio (13 July 2024). "Mattia Zanotti è Bianconero".

[4] "Kreshnik Hajrizi moves to Poland - KOHA.net". 18 June 2024.

[auto-5] Mellini, Marzio (19 July 2024). "Berbic e Nkama in prestito all'AC Bellinzona".

[6] "QPR sign Slovenia striker Zan Celar from Lugano". BBC Sport. 19 July 2024.

[rules-8] "Reglement für den Spielbetrieb der SFL" (PDF) (in Swiss High German). Swiss Football League. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[9] "Die SFL hat die Spielpläne der Saison 2024/25 veröffentlicht" (in German).

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