FC Swift Hesperange

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
GroundStade Alphonse Theis,
Hesperange
Capacity3,058
ChairmanFernand Laroche
ManagerJeff Strasser
LeagueLuxembourg Division of Honour
2018–19Division of Honour, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

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
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.

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

As of 14 August, 2020. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  LUX Nicolas Schalbar
4 DF  LUX Kevin Malget
5 DF  LUX Tom Schnell
6 MF  GER Mike Andreas
7 MF  FRA Grégory Adler
8 MF  LUX Olivier Marques
9 FW  ALG Marwane Benamra
10 MF  LUX Aydine Correia
11 FW  GER Daniel Hammel
12 GK  LUX Tom Keup
14 FW  FRA Emmanuel Françoise
15 FW  CIV Fabrice Yao
17 FW  FRA Lenny Leonil
20 MF  FRA Mickael Garos
21 DF  FRA Roman Pierrard
23 FW  FRA Hakim Menai
24 FW  FRA Nelson Galvanelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF  FRA Bryan Mélisse
44 DF  LUX Loris Bernardy
45 MF  POR Edgar Neves
72 DF  FRA Lamine Fall
77 FW  LUX Dave Turpel
80 MF  LUX Kenan Avdusinovic
90 FW  FRA Nicolas Perez
92 MF  LUX Ken Corral
99 FW  FRA Brian Babit
— DF  GHA Jerry Prempeh
— MF  LUX Seerp van Roijen
— MF  BEL Mohamed Loua
— GK  FRA Guillaume Cappa
— GK  LUX Jonathan Joubert
— MF  GER Dominik Stolz
— MF  LUX Joël Pedro
— FW  FRA Hakim Abdallah

Managers
  • Theo Scholten (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2001)
  • Carlo Weis (2004–05)
  • Luc Muller (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2008)
  • Theo Scholten (1 July 2008 – 29 March 2010)
  • Angelo Fiorucci (29 March 2010 – 14 March 2011)
  • Nedžib Selimović (14 March 2011 – 8 March 2012)
  • Dan Theis (9 March 2012 – 30 June 2012)
  • Serge Wolf (1 July 2012–)
  • Serge Missler (1 July 2014–)
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