Union Sportive Thionville Lusitanos is a

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club based in

Thionville Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz. History Thionvi ...

, France. As of the 2023–24 season, it competes in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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History

The football club was born in 1905 as ''Fußball-Club Diedenhofen''. After

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it was renamed ''La Sportive Thionvilloise'' following the transfer of Thionville from Germany to France in accord with the

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. During the second world war, between 1940 and 1945, with the Germans in charge of the area again, the club was renamed ''Turn-und-Sportgemeinschaft'' before reverting to its previous name. In 1943,

Fritz Walter Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany an ...

played in the squad, who went on to win the World Cup in 1954 with

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. In 1969 the club gained promotion to the national amateur division for the first time. They turned professional whilst in the

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for the two seasons 1979-1980 and 1980–1981. In the latter season they reached the

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of the

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, where they drew 2–2 at home, before losting 3–0 in the return leg against

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. They also reached the last 32 in the 1979–80, 1983–84 and 1997–98 seasons. In the second of the two second division seasons, the club declared bankruptcy and reformed in division 4 as ''Thionville Football Club'' The club spent the rest of the 1980s and 1990s in either the fourth of fifth tier of the national pyramid, before relegation back to the regional level in 2000. They spend one further season at the national level in 2009–10. On 2 May 2021, Thionville FC merged with ''Thionville AS Portugais Saint-François'' to create US Thionville Lusitanos. In 2023, the club achieved promotion back to the

Club presidents

*Roger Hoffmann *Jean-Marc Plez *Christian Ragni *Jean-Luc Bitard *Pascal Dine *Jean-François Geissler

Managers

*1976-1979: Rolland Ehrhardt *1979-December 1980:

Robert Szczepaniak Robert Szczepaniak (born 4 April 1942) is a French retired professional football midfielder. International career Sczczepaniak was born in France, and is of Polish descent. He represented the France national football team The France natio ...

*January 1980 – 1981:

Pierre Flamion Pierre Émile Flamion (13 December 1924 – 3 January 2004) was a French football manager and former player who played as a striker. Honours Reims * Division 1: 1948–49 *Coupe de France: 1949–50 Orders *Knight of the National Order of M ...

*1983-January 1987: Paweł Chodakowski *February 1987 – 1987: Branko Tucač *1992-2000:

José Souto José Souto (20 December 1959 – 15 January 2019) was a French professional association football, football player and manager. Early and personal life Souto was born in Arzúa, Spain. He was married with two children. He was also an amateur te ...

*2000-2001: Gabriel Dalvit *2001-2003: Pascal Raspollini *2003-2006: Patrick Libot *2006-2007: Gabriel Dalvit *2008-2010: Eric Brusco *June 2010 – 2012:

Christophe Borbiconi Christophe Borbiconi (born 26 February 1973) is a French former professional football player and manager. As a player, he was a centre-back. He scored eight goals in 222 Division 2 games in France. Personal life Christophe's younger brother ...

*November 2013-June 2018: Manu Cuccu *2019: David Fanzel

Honours

*National Fourth Division Champion, Group East: 1984 *Lorraine Champions: 1923, 1925, 1928, 1961, 1977, 2009 *Honour Division Champions: 1927, 1932, 1938, 2016 *Lorraine Cup: 1925, 1929, 1964, 1983, 1993, 2008

Naming history

*1905–1919: Fußball-Club Diedenhofen *1919–1940: La Sportive Thionvilloise *1940–1945: Turn-und-Sportgemeinschaft *1945–1981: La Sportive Thionvilloise *1981–2021: Thionville Football Club *2021–present: Union Sportive Thionville Lusitanos

References

External links

* - Footeo profile * - Official website {{Championnat National 2 Group C US Thionville Lusitanos Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in France Sport in Moselle (department) Football clubs in Grand Est Association football clubs established in 2021 2021 establishments in France