With a total of 17 "moves", FC Luzern has the highest number of promotions and relegations to and from the national first tier since the establishment of a single nationwide top division in 1933.

[6] In 1901, a second attempt was initiated by friends Adolf Coulin, Ernst Haag and Hans Walter, who knew football from the Romandie, where the game was already very popular.

They met on 8 July 1901 with other football enthusiasts at Floragarten – a restaurant at Seidenhofstrasse near the train station – to arrange the establishment of FC Luzern.

Only four days later on 12 July 1901, the first training was held at Allmend, a large green space south of the city centre that would later become the club's home.

[10] After disappointing performances in the domestic league, Luzern finished bottom of the table in 1912 and 1913 and lost its right to play in the Serie A.

His appointment was an instant success as Luzern went on to win the central Swiss group of the Serie A and qualified for the final round of the championship.

After defeating eastern Swiss champions Blue Stars Zürich 2–1, Luzern faced Servette Geneva in a title decider on 25 June 1922 in Basel.

The hotly favoured and experienced Genevans won 2–0, even though the match could not be played to the end after Servette fans stormed the pitch due to a false signal by the referee.

The followers could not be persuaded to leave the pitch and the Luzern side agreed to end the match to avoid further incidents.

After formally securing promotion with its third consecutive second division title in 1929, Luzern was barred from participating in the national first tier until the spring of 1931.

The club board appointed young German manager Rudi Gutendorf, whose managerial career would later span the entire planet.

[16] While league performances in the Nationalliga A were erratic throughout the first half of the 1960s, Luzern won its first major national trophy by winning the Swiss Cup in 1960.

[17] The success did not last long and the chronically poor financial situation and average league performances led to many managerial changes.

[20] With a fifth-place finish in 1987 and 1988, Luzern, being widely viewed as an underdog team, sensationally won the Swiss championship in 1989.

However, Luzern was without a realistic chance against Dutch champions PSV and suffered another early halt to their European campaigns.

Unable to defend the league title in 1990, Luzern qualified for the UEFA Cup and secured its first European win against MTK Budapest, but lost to Admira Wacker Vienna in the next round.

Only days after the shock, Luzern won its third major trophy after beating FC Lugano 3–1 in the Swiss Cup final.

[22] Having returned immediately to the Nationalliga A in 1993, the club could not live up to the earlier successes and played a mediocre role in the following years, with the exception of a cup final appearance in 1997 that was lost against champions FC Sion.

In 2006, under the management of former centre-back René van Eck, the team won the Swiss Challenge League and secured promotion with a 31-match unbeaten run.

After a poor start to the 2012–13 season and the defeat to Genk in the UEFA Europa League playoff round, Murat Yakin was replaced with Carlos Bernegger.

However, Luzern continuously failed to advance in UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds after aggregate defeats to Sassuolo in 2016 and Osijek in 2017.

Only weeks after the end of the season, Seoane joined new Swiss champion Young Boys Bern in a surprise move.

Luzern progressed to the next round in a European qualifying encounter for the first time since 1992 by beating Faroese side KÍ Klaksvik 2–0 on aggregate but was subsequently eliminated by Espanyol.

The club draws its support predominantly from Central Switzerland, leading the number of sold season tickets in the cantons of Lucerne, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Uri, Zug as well as in some parts of Aargau and Schwyz.

[28] The local derby is played with SC Kriens, whose stadium is located about 1.3 kilometres from FC Luzern's facilities at Allmend.

The greatest success in the club's history was winning the championship in 1989 under the management of German head coach Friedel Rausch.

They compete in the Swiss Promotion League Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.