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
ManagerEmmanuel Da Costa
LeagueBGL Ligue
2023–24National Division, 2nd of 16
Websitehttps://www.swifthesper.lu

History

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  • 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

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

European competition

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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

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As of 14 September, 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
1 GK   LUX Noah Scheidweiler
2 MF   LUX Eldin Cikotic
4 DF   LUX Aldin Skenderović
6 MF   BEL Yanis Bouazzati
7 MF   FRA El Hedi Belameiri
8 FW   GLP Florian David
9 FW   ALG Karim Bouhmidi
10 MF   GER Dominik Stolz
11 MF   FRA Mohamed Ali Gueddar
12 DF   FRA Négo Ekofo
13 DF   LUX Dylan Cardoso
14 DF   BEL Kobe Bohets
15 DF   LUX Ricardo Delgado
16 MF   FRA Bryan Nouvier
17 DF   POR Simão Martins
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   BEL Mohamed Loua
20 FW   CMR Jerome Mabom
21 FW   LUX Dejvid Sinani
22 FW   LUX Yanis Jankovic
24 FW   CIV Ambroise Gboho
25 DF   FRA Mathis Lemeray
26 DF   GHA Jerry Prempeh
27 MF   FRA Jérôme Simon
28 MF   BEL Charles Morren
29 DF   CMR Pierre-Daniel N'Guinda
32 DF   LUX Yann Marques
37 DF   BEL Luca Ferrara
38 MF   LUX Lucas Correia
40 GK   FRA Geordan Dupire
44 DF   FRA Adrien Kack

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

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