FC Progrès Niederkorn

Football Club Progrès Niederkorn is a football club based in Niederkorn, in south-western Luxembourg.

Progrès Niederkorn
Full nameFootball Club Progrès
Niederkorn
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundStade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Capacity4,830
ChairmanFabio Marochi
ManagerThomas Gilgemann
CoachRoland Vrabec
LeagueLuxembourg National Division
2018–19National Division, 4th
WebsiteClub website

History

During the German occupation of Luxembourg, the club played in the Gauliga Moselland under the name of FK Niederkorn, where it finished runners-up in 1942–43, behind champions TuS Neuendorf.

Three times domestic league winners, the club's most successful years were at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. They have not won any major silverware since the 1981 league title.

In the 2005–06 season, Niederkorn finished second in Luxembourg's second division, the Division of Honour. As the top league, the National Division, expanded from twelve teams to fourteen, Niederkorn were promoted along with Differdange 03.

In the 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division, Progrès Niederkorn drew the league's highest attendance that year: 1,820. Their average home attendance was 710.[1]

On 4 July 2017, Progrès beat Scottish side Rangers in the 1st qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. They overcame a 1–0 defeat at Ibrox with a 2–0 win at the Stade Josy Barthel, having scored only once before in European competition. This victory was also the club's first ever win in European football.[2] They enjoyed an even greater campaign in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, defeating FK Gabala and Budapest Honvéd FC to reach the third qualifying round against Russian side FC Ufa. The tie seemed destined for extra-time but a last-minute goal for Ufa sent Progres out, denying them a rematch against Rangers in the play-offs.

Honours
Winners (3): 1952–53, 1977–78, 1980–81
Runners-up (6): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2017–18
Winners (4): 1932–33, 1944–45, 1976–77, 1977–78
Runners-up (3): 1945–46, 1955–56, 1979–80

European competition

Their first European goal was against Glentoran in the 1981–82 European Cup, where they drew 1–1.

Record by competition

As of match played 1 August 2019

Competition Game Won Drawn Lost GF GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League 4013117
UEFA Cup / Europa League 2253151529
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup 2002010
Overall 2854201656

Matches
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Vejle Boldklub 0–1 0–9 0–10
1978–79 European Cup 1R Real Madrid 0–7 0–5 0–12
1979–80 UEFA Cup 1R Grasshopper Club Zürich 0–2 0–4 0–6
1981–82 European Cup 1R Glentoran 1–1 0–4 1–5
1982–83 UEFA Cup 1R Servette 0–1 0–3 0–4
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Shamrock Rovers 0–0 0–3 0–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Rangers 2–0 0–1 2–1
2Q AEL Limassol 0–1 1–2 1–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Gabala 0–1 2–0 2–1
2Q Honvéd 2–0 0–1 2–1
3Q Ufa 2–2 1–2 3–4
2019–20 UEFA Europa League PR Cardiff Metropolitan University 1–0 1−2 2–2 (a)
1Q Cork City 1−2 2–0 3–2
2Q Rangers 0–0 0−2 0–2
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Zeta N/A N/A

Current squad
As of 6 August, 2020[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Sébastien Flauss
4 DF  LUX Aldin Skenderovic
5 MF  LUX Ben Vogel
9 FW  LUX Yannick Bastos
10 MF  LUX Belmin Muratovic
17 FW  EQG Issa Bah
19 DF  LUX Mathias Jänisch
22 FW  GER Kempes Tekiela (on loan from Borussia Dortmund II)
23 DF  FRA Adrien Ferino
31 MF  LUX Sébastien Thill (captain)
32 DF  LUX Tom Laterza
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF  FRA Metin Karayer
40 MF  GER Christian Silaj
70 DF  LUX Yann Matias
97 FW  LUX Florik Shala
-- GK  LUX Tom Boussong
-- GK  FRA Kévin Sommer
-- MF  LUX Kevin Holtz
-- MF  LUX Antonio Luisi (on loan from Dudelange)
-- MF  LUX Yannis Dublin
-- FW  FRA Ryad Habbas
-- DF  LUX Irvin Latic

Women's team

The women's team plays in Luxembourg's highest league, the Dames Ligue 1. The team has won 15 championships and are therefore the national record champions. The last title was won in 2010–11, which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

References
  1. "EFS Attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
  2. Ostlere, Lawrence (4 July 2017). "Rangers suffer humiliating loss to Luxembourg side in Europa League qualifying". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. "FC Progrès Niederkorn". UEFA. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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