FC Swift Hesperange

Summary

Football Club Swift Hesperange (Luxembourgish: Football Club Swift Hesper, German: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a football club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg.

Swift Hesperange
Full nameFootball Club Swift Hesperange
Founded1916; 108 years ago (1916)
GroundStade Alphonse Theis
Capacity3,058
OwnerPrince Sébastien
ChairmanFernand Laroche
ManagerRoland Vrabec
LeagueLuxembourg National Division
2022–23National Division, 1st of 16 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

History edit

  • 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
  • 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. 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 edit

Winners (1): 2022–23
Winners (1): 1989–90

European competition edit

As of 17 August 2023

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:

P W D L GF GA GD
FC Swift Hesperange 10 2 3 5 9 18 −9
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
1990–91 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R   Legia Warsaw 0–3 0–3 0–6
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR   Domžale 1–1 0–1 1–2
2023–24 UEFA Champions League 1QR   Slovan Bratislava 0–2 1–1 1–3
UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR   The New Saints 3–2 1–1 4−3
3QR   Struga 2–1 1–3 3–4
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round
  • 1R: First round

Current squad edit

As of 30 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   MLI Abdoul Karim Danté
3 DF   ALG Toufik Zeghdane
4 DF   LUX Aldin Skenderović
5 MF   MAD Clément Couturier
6 MF   BEL Yanis Bouazzati
7 FW   MAR Rachid Alioui
8 MF   AUT Raphael Holzhauser
9 FW   LUX Maurice Deville
10 MF   GER Dominik Stolz
11 FW   FRA Bridge Ndilu
12 MF   FRA Négo Ekofo
13 DF   LUX Dylan Cardoso
14 DF   LUX Cédric Sacras
15 DF   LUX Ricardo Delgado
16 MF   FRA Bryan Nouvier
17 DF   POR Simão Martins
18 MF   GER Mohamed Morabet
21 FW   LUX Dejvid Sinani
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   GHA Blankson Anoff
23 FW   SEN Moussa Seydi
24 FW   MDA Lado Akhalaia (on loan from Torino)
25 MF   FRA El Hedi Belameiri
26 DF   GHA Jerry Prempeh
27 MF   FRA Jérôme Simon
28 MF   BEL Charles Morren
30 MF   BRA Gustavo Hemkemeier
31 DF   BEL Wout De Buyser
32 DF   LUX Yann Marques
33 GK   POR Ricardo Brito
37 DF   BEL Luca Ferrara
38 MF   LUX Lucas Correia
39 DF   POR Jaime Simões
40 GK   FRA Geordan Dupire
41 DF   FRA Roman Pierrard
45 GK   FRA Anthony Sadin
47 FW   CIV Yoane Lasme

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   FRA Karim Zedadka (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024)

Managers edit

  •   Théo Scholten (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2002)
  •   Marco Morgante (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2004)
  •   Carlo Weis (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
  •   Benny Reiter (1 July 2005 – 3 April 2006)
  •   Luc Muller (3 April 2006 – 3 March 2008)
  •   Daniel Andreosso (4 March 2008 – 30 June 2008)
  •   Théo Scholten (1 July 2008 – 29 March 2010)
  •   Angelo Fiorucci (29 March 2010 – 14 March 2011)
  •   Nedžib Selimović (14 March 2011 – 8 March 2012)
  •   Dany Theis (9 March 2012 – 30 June 2012)
  •   Serge Wolf (1 July 2012 – 19 October 2015)
  •   Carlo Tutucci (19 October 2015 – 1 December 2015)
  •   Serge Wolf (1 January 2016 – 3 October 2018)
  •   Dany Theis (10 October 2018 – 30 June 2020)
  •   Jeff Strasser (1 July 2020 – 14 October 2020)
  •   Pascal Carzaniga (15 October 2020 – 30 June 2021)
  •   Vincent Hognon (1 July 2021 – 20 September 2021)
  •   Aniello Parisi (23 September 2021 – 24 May 2022)
  •   Pascal Carzaniga (24 May 2022 – 30 June 2023)
  •   Carlos Fangueiro (1 July 2023 – 14 November 2023)
  •   Roland Vrabec (21 November 2023 – )

External links edit

  • Official website