FC Swift Hesperange












































Swift Hesperange
FC Swift Hesperange Logo.png
Full name Football Club Swift Hesperange
Founded 1916
Ground
Stade Alphonse Theis,
Hesperange
Capacity 3,058
Chairman
Luxembourg Fernand Laroche
Manager
France Serge Wolf
League Luxembourg Division of Honour
2017–18 Division of Honour, 4th

















Home colours














Away colours




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




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Honours


  • 3 European Competition


  • 4 Current squad


  • 5 Managers


  • 6 External links





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

  • 1990: First participation in European competition (season 1990–91)


In the 2005–06 season, Hesperange finished ninth in the National Division. The following year, they improved this position to 5th, level on points with fourth-placed Racing FC and sixth-placed CS Grevenmacher. During the 2013–14 season, Hesperange finished 13th and has thus been relegated to the Éierepromotioun. Since then, Hesperange is competing in the second-top tier of Luxembourg football.



Honours


  • Luxembourg Cup

Winners (1): 1989–90


European Competition


Swift Hesperange have qualified for UEFA European competition once, when they were beaten in both legs by Polish side Legia Warsaw.


  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round (1): 1990–91

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:
























P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
FC Swift Hesperange
2
0
0
2
0
6
−6


Current squad


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




























































































No.

Position
Player
1

Luxembourg

GK

Esteban Delaporte
12

Portugal

GK

Celso Gabriel Malheiro Goncalves
4

Luxembourg

DF

Denis Cabrillon
2

Luxembourg

DF

Pit Hilbert
3

Luxembourg

DF

Pit Fehlen
15

Mali

DF

Souleimane Regui
18

Luxembourg

DF

Moreno Fabbro
23

France

DF

Abdelhak Maddi
5

France

DF

Jordan Swistek
8

Tunisia

MF

Mohamed Naguez
9

Luxembourg

MF

Antonio Casafina
6

Luxembourg

MF

Patrick Aquaro
7

Croatia

MF

Luka Vrebac












































































No.

Position
Player
15

France

MF

Zaccharia Chakir


Luxembourg

MF

Aldin Latic


Luxembourg

MF

Jeff Flies


Italy

MF

Ivan Iovalone
11

France

FW

Jordi Merino
19

France

FW

Anthony Babit
20

Luxembourg

FW

Alessandro Scanzano
14

Luxembourg

FW

Jordan Morocutti


Portugal

FW

Diogo Soares da Costa


Portugal

FW

Filipe Martins


Portugal

DF

Tiago da Silva Teixeira



Managers




  • Luxembourg Theo Scholten (July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001)


  • Luxembourg Carlo Weis (2004–05)


  • Luxembourg Luc Muller (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2008)


  • Luxembourg Theo Scholten (July 1, 2008 – March 29, 2010)


  • Italy Angelo Fiorucci (March 29, 2010 – March 14, 2011)


  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Nedžib Selimović (March 14, 2011 – March 8, 2012)


  • Luxembourg Dan Theis (March 9, 2012 – June 30, 2012)


  • France Serge Wolf (July 1, 2012–)


  • France Serge Missler (July 1, 2014–)



External links


  • FC Swift Hesperange official website








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