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
Capacity3,058
ChairmanFernand Laroche
ManagerDany Theis
LeagueLuxembourg National Division
2020–21National Division, third
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 2005–2006 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
Winners (1): 1989–90

European competition

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:

P W D L GF GA GD
FC Swift Hesperange 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7
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
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round
  • 1R: First round

Current squad

As of 27 January 2022. 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 Hugo Costa
2 DF  SEN Thierno Gaye
3 DF  FRA Andy Minolien
4 DF  LUX Kevin Malget
5 DF  LUX Tom Schnell
6 MF  FRA Clément Couturier
7 MF  ALG Mehdi Terki
8 MF  LUX Olivier Marques
9 FW  ALG Marwane Benamra
10 MF  GER Dominik Stolz
11 FW  FRA Achraf Drif
14 DF  LUX Cédric Sacras
18 MF  BEL Mohamed Loua
19 MF  ALG El Hadi Belameiri
20 MF  FRA Mickael Garos
21 DF  FRA Roman Pierrard
22 DF  FRA Lamine Fall
23 DF  FRA Hakim Menaï
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF  GHA Jerry Prempeh
29 MF  LUX Jan Ostrowski
31 DF  FRA Bryan Mélisse
38 FW  FRA El Hadj Coly
39 FW  CIV Hermann Behiratche
40 GK  FRA Geordan Dupire
45 FW  FRA Rayan Philippe
55 MF  GHA Kwame Ofor
67 MF  GHA Blankson Anoff
77 FW  LUX David Turpel
80 MF  LUX Kenan Avdusinovic
81 GK  LUX Youn Czekanowicz
90 FW  FRA Franck Koré
93 FW  SEN Hamidou Séné
97 FW  LUX Florik Shala
— FW  COD Benjamin Mokulu

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BEL Maxime Electeur (at Virton)

Managers
  • Théo Scholten (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2001)
  • Carlo Weis (2004–05)
  • Luc Muller (1 July 2004 – 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–)
  • Serge Missler (1 July 2014–)
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