Football Club Swift Hesperange (Luxembourgish: Football Club Swift Hesper, German: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a football club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg.
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| Full name | Football Club Swift Hesperange | |||
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| Founded | 1916 | |||
| Ground | Stade Alphonse Theis | |||
| Capacity | 3,058 | |||
| Owner | Prince Sébastien | |||
| Chairman | Fernand Laroche | |||
| Manager | Emmanuel Da Costa | |||
| League | BGL Ligue | |||
| 2023–24 | National Division, 2nd of 16 | |||
| Website | https://www.swifthesper.lu | |||
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History
edit- 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
edit- Winners (1): 2022–23
- Winners (1): 1989–90
European competition
edit- As of 17 August 2023
Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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| FC Swift Hesperange | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | −9 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 1990–91 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  Legia Warsaw
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0–3 | 0–3 | 0–6 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR |  Domžale
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1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR |  Slovan Bratislava
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0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR |  The New Saints
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3–2 | 1–1 | 4−3 | |
| 3QR |  Struga
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2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 |
- Notes
- QR: Qualifying round
- 1R: First round
Current squad
edit- 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.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
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Théo Scholten (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2002)
Marco Morgante (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2004)- Carlo Weis (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
- Benny Reiter (1 July 2005 – 3 April 2006)
- Luc Muller (3 April 2006 – 3 March 2008)
- Daniel Andreosso (4 March 2008 – 30 June 2008)
- Théo Scholten (1 July 2008 – 29 March 2010)
Angelo Fiorucci (29 March 2010 – 14 March 2011)
Nedžib Selimović (14 March 2011 – 8 March 2012)- Dany Theis (9 March 2012 – 30 June 2012)
- Serge Wolf (1 July 2012 – 19 October 2015)
- Carlo Tutucci (19 October 2015 – 1 December 2015)
- Serge Wolf (1 January 2016 – 3 October 2018)
- Dany Theis (10 October 2018 – 30 June 2020)
- Jeff Strasser (1 July 2020 – 14 October 2020)
- Pascal Carzaniga (15 October 2020 – 30 June 2021)
- Vincent Hognon (1 July 2021 – 20 September 2021)
- Aniello Parisi (23 September 2021 – 24 May 2022)
- Pascal Carzaniga (24 May 2022 – 30 June 2023)
Carlos Fangueiro (1 July 2023 – 14 November 2023)
Roland Vrabec (21 November 2023 – 30 June 2024)- Emmanuel Da Costa (1 July 2024 – )
