FC Swift Hesperange

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Swift Hesperange
FC Swift Hesperange Logo.png
Full nameFootball Club Swift Hesperange
Founded1916;108 years ago (1916)
Ground Stade Alphonse Theis
Capacity3,058
Owner Prince Sébastien
ChairmanFernand Laroche
Manager Roland Vrabec
League Luxembourg National Division
2022–23 National Division, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website Club website

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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History

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): 2022–23
Winners (1): 1989–90

European competition

As of 17 August 2023

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:

PWDLGFGAGD
FC Swift Hesperange10235918−9
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAway Agg.
1990–91 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Flag of Poland.svg Legia Warsaw 0–30–30–6
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Flag of Slovenia.svg Domžale 1–10–11–2
2023–24 UEFA Champions League 1QR Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovan Bratislava 0–21–11–3
UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg The New Saints 3–21–14−3
3QR Flag of North Macedonia.svg Struga 2–11–33–4
Notes

Current squad

As of 30 January 2024

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Mali.svg  MLI Abdoul Karim Danté
3 DF Flag of Algeria.svg  ALG Toufik Zeghdane
4 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Aldin Skenderović
5 MF Flag of Madagascar.svg  MAD Clément Couturier
6 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanis Bouazzati
7 FW Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Rachid Alioui
8 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Raphael Holzhauser
9 FW Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Maurice Deville
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dominik Stolz
11 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Bridge Ndilu
12 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Négo Ekofo
13 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Dylan Cardoso
14 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Cédric Sacras
15 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Ricardo Delgado
16 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Bryan Nouvier
17 DF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Simão Martins
18 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mohamed Morabet
21 FW Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Dejvid Sinani
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Blankson Anoff
23 FW Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Moussa Seydi
24 FW Flag of Moldova.svg  MDA Lado Akhalaia (on loan from Torino)
25 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA El Hedi Belameiri
26 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Jerry Prempeh
27 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Jérôme Simon
28 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Charles Morren
30 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Gustavo Hemkemeier
31 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Wout De Buyser
32 DF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Yann Marques
33 GK Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Ricardo Brito
37 DF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Luca Ferrara
38 MF Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Lucas Correia
39 DF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Jaime Simões
40 GK Flag of France.svg  FRA Geordan Dupire
41 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Roman Pierrard
45 GK Flag of France.svg  FRA Anthony Sadin
47 FW Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Yoane Lasme

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.NationPlayer
FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Karim Zedadka (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024)

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