Football Club Swift Hesperange ( lb, Football Club Swift Hesper, german: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a
football club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album '' kelsea''
Brands and enterprise ...
, based in
Hesperange
Hesperange (; lb, Hesper ; german: Hesperingen) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City.
The total population of the commune is 14.701 people. This breaks down into 6.909 Luxembourgers, 2.021 Fre ...
, in southern
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
.
History
*1916: Club founded as ''FC Swift Hesperange''
*1940: Club renamed as ''FV Rot-Weiß Hesperingen'' during the German occupation
*1944: Original name ''FC Swift Hesperange'' restored
*1985: First season in National Division
*1990: Winners of
Luxembourg Cup
The Luxembourg Cup () is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War.
...
*1990: First participation in European competition (season 1990–91)
In the
2005–2006 season, Hesperange finished ninth in the
National Division.
The following year, they improved this position to fifth, level on points with fourth-placed
Racing FC and sixth-placed
CS Grevenmacher
Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.
History
The club was founded in 1909 as '' 'Stade Mosellan' ''. The current name of the club, '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '', was adopted in 1919.
During ...
. During the
2013–2014 season, Hesperange finished 13th and has thus been relegated to the
Éierepromotioun. The gained promotion back to the top division in the 2019–2020 season where they finished third in their first season back and qualified for play in Europe.
Honours
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Luxembourg Cup
The Luxembourg Cup () is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War.
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:Winners (1): 1989–90
European competition
Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:
;Notes
* QR: Qualifying round
* 1R: First round
Current squad
Managers
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Théo Scholten
Théo Scholten (born 4 January 1963) is a retired Luxembourgian football midfielder. He became Luxembourg National Division top goalscorer in 1988–89 and was awarded Luxembourgish Footballer of the Year The Luxembourgian Footballer of th ...
(1 July 1999 – 30 June 2001)
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Carlo Weis (2004–05)
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Luc Muller (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2008)
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Théo Scholten
Théo Scholten (born 4 January 1963) is a retired Luxembourgian football midfielder. He became Luxembourg National Division top goalscorer in 1988–89 and was awarded Luxembourgish Footballer of the Year The Luxembourgian Footballer of th ...
(1 July 2008 – 29 March 2010)
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Angelo Fiorucci
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger".
People People with the given name
*Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church
*Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Ro ...
(29 March 2010 – 14 March 2011)
*
Nedžib Selimović (14 March 2011 – 8 March 2012)
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Dany Theis
Dany Theis (11 September 1967 – 29 December 2022) was a Luxembourgian football player and manager. A midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, break ...
(9 March 2012 – 30 June 2012)
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Serge Wolf (1 July 2012–)
*
Serge Missler Serge may refer to:
* Serge (fabric), a type of twill fabric
* Serge (llama) (born 2005), a llama in the Cirque Franco-Italien and internet meme
* Serge (name), a masculine given name (includes a list of people with this name)
* Serge (post), a hi ...
(1 July 2014–)
External links
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Football clubs in Luxembourg
FC Swift Hesperange
Association football clubs established in 1916
FC Swift Hesperange