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Stade Dudelange was a
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club from Dudelange, in southern
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. It is now a part of F91 Dudelange, which was formed by the merger of Stade,
Alliance Dudelange Club Sportif Alliance Dudelange was a football club from Dudelange in southern Luxembourg. It was founded in 1916 as a merger between Étoile Rouge Dudelange (1908) and Étoile Bleue Dudelange (1912). Under German occupation in World War II, its ...
, and
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in 1991. Stade was one of the country's most successful clubs, winning 10 National Division championships and four
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titles; to this day, the former is the third-greatest haul by any club behind Jeunesse Esch and the defunct CA Spora Luxembourg. In its heyday of the late 1940s, Stade won four consecutive National Division titles. Including two championships won before
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interrupted domestic play, Stade won a string of six consecutive titles, a feat that has never been matched. During
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, Luxembourg was annexed by
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and the club became part of German football competition. Playing as FV Stadt Düdelingen they were part of the top flight Gauliga Moselland. The team captured the divisional title there in 1942 and advanced to the German national playoffs where they were put out by the dominant side of the era,
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, who were on their way to the championship.


Honours

* National Division :Winners (10): 1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1964–65 :Runners-up (6): 1919–20, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1955–56, 1959-60 *
Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian Association football, football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons du ...
:Winners (4): 1937–38, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1955–56 :Runners-up (8): 1927–28, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60 * Gauliga Moselland :Winners (1): 1941–42


Footnotes

Stade Dudelange Defunct football clubs in Luxembourg Sports clubs and teams in Dudelange Association football clubs established in 1913 Association football clubs disestablished in 1991 1913 establishments in Luxembourg 1991 disestablishments in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-footyclub-stub