FC Swift Hesperange

Swift Hesperange

Full name	Football Club Swift Hesperange
Founded	1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Ground	Stade Alphonse Theis
Capacity	3,058
Owner	Prince Sébastien
Chairman	Fernand Laroche
Manager	Roland Vrabec
League	Luxembourg National Division
2022–23	National Division, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Football Club Swift Hesperange (Luxembourgish: Football Club Swift Hesper, German: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a football club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg.

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

• Luxembourg National Division

Winners (1): 2022–23

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (1): 1989–90

European competition

As of 17 August 2023

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:

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

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. Nation Player 2 DF  MLI Abdoul Karim Danté 3 DF  ALG Toufik Zeghdane 4 DF  LUX Aldin Skenderović 5 MF  MAD Clément Couturier 6 MF  BEL Yanis Bouazzati 7 FW  MAR Rachid Alioui 8 MF  AUT Raphael Holzhauser 9 FW  LUX Maurice Deville 10 MF  GER Dominik Stolz 11 FW  FRA Bridge Ndilu 12 MF  FRA Négo Ekofo 13 DF  LUX Dylan Cardoso 14 DF  LUX Cédric Sacras 15 DF  LUX Ricardo Delgado 16 MF  FRA Bryan Nouvier 17 DF  POR Simão Martins 18 MF  GER Mohamed Morabet 21 FW  LUX Dejvid Sinani

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  GHA Blankson Anoff 23 FW  SEN Moussa Seydi 24 FW  MDA Lado Akhalaia (on loan from Torino) 25 MF  FRA El Hedi Belameiri 26 DF  GHA Jerry Prempeh 27 MF  FRA Jérôme Simon 28 MF  BEL Charles Morren 30 MF  BRA Gustavo Hemkemeier 31 DF  BEL Wout De Buyser 32 DF  LUX Yann Marques 33 GK  POR Ricardo Brito 37 DF  BEL Luca Ferrara 38 MF  LUX Lucas Correia 39 DF  POR Jaime Simões 40 GK  FRA Geordan Dupire 41 DF  FRA Roman Pierrard 45 GK  FRA Anthony Sadin 47 FW  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. Nation Player — FW  FRA Karim Zedadka (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024)

Managers

• 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 – )

External links

• Official website