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

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Esteban Delaporte
12 GK Celso Gabriel Malheiro Goncalves
4 DF Denis Cabrillon
2 DF Pit Hilbert
3 DF Pit Fehlen
15 DF Souleimane Regui
18 DF Moreno Fabbro
23 DF Abdelhak Maddi
5 DF Jordan Swistek
8 MF Mohamed Naguez
9 MF Antonio Casafina
6 MF Patrick Aquaro
7 MF Luka Vrebac
No. Position Player
15 MF Zaccharia Chakir
GK Tim Kuep
MF Aldin Latic
MF Jeff Flies
MF Ivan Iovalone
11 FW Jordi Merino
19 FW Anthony Babit
20 FW Alessandro Scanzano
14 FW Jordan Morocutti
FW Diogo Soares da Costa
FW Filipe Martins
DF Tiago da Silva Teixeira

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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