Marisca Mersch

Football club in the Luxembourg top division
Football club
FC Marisca Mersch
Full nameFC Marisca Mersch
Founded1908
StadiumTerrain Schintgespesch
Capacity1000
ChairmanFrédéric Wiseler
ManagerMikhail Zaritskiy
LeagueLuxembourg National Division
WebsiteClub website

FC Marisca Mersch are a Luxembourg football club, based in Mersch. They currently compete in the Luxembourg National Division, having been promoted from the Luxembourg Division of Honour at the end of the 2022/23 season.[1][2]

History

The club was founded in 1908 under its current name. In 1940 as part of Germanisation of Luxembourg, FC Marisca Mersch was renamed Fussballklub (FK) Mersch. Following the liberation of Luxembourg, the original name FC Marisca Mersch was restored.[3]

In 1947, as runners up in Division 2 Serie 1, Marisca Mersch were promoted for the first time to the third level of the Luxembourg league pyramid for the first time, where they remained for 10 seasons. In 1963 they reached the Luxembourg Division of Honour, the second division in Luxembourg's football pyramid for the first time.[4]

In 2012 Marisca Mersch reached the final of the Coupe FLF, a cup competition for teams in the third to fifth divisions of the Luxembourg football league system. They lost in the final 6-0 to Jeunesse Junglinster.[3][5]

In 2023 Marisca Mersch were promoted to the Luxembourg National Division for the first time, after finishing runners up in the 2022/23 Luxembourg Division of Honour season.[6][7] 2023 also saw the club reach the final of the Luxembourg Cup for the first time, where they were beaten 4-2 by Differdange 03.[8][9][10]

The club has played at Terrain Schintgespesch since 1989.[11][12]

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024[13][14]

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 France FRA Tanguy Wenner
5 DF France FRA Valentin Duarte
6 MF Luxembourg LUX Jedilson Varela
7 MF Luxembourg LUX Frédéric Thill
8 MF Luxembourg LUX Michel Jacobs
9 FW Luxembourg LUX Leonel Gomes
11 FW Luxembourg LUX Benjamin Bresch
13 DF Luxembourg LUX Patrick Esteves
14 DF Germany GER Mohammad Amir Mohammadi
17 MF Cameroon CMR Landry Meyong
18 MF Luxembourg LUX David Dadashev
19 MF Luxembourg LUX Nicola Schreiner
21 MF France FRA Lucas Gonzales
22 DF France FRA Lamine Fall
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Luxembourg LUX Rayan Natami
30 GK Cameroon CMR Stéphan Moussima
43 DF Luxembourg LUX Tun Held
44 DF France FRA Valdemar Correia
45 DF Luxembourg LUX Danilo Marcelino
60 GK France FRA Benjamin Salmistraro
71 GK Luxembourg LUX Guilherme Pereira Sequeira
75 MF Portugal POR Alison Martins
77 FW Luxembourg LUX Joel Rodrigues da Cruz
80 FW Luxembourg LUX Resul Musolli
88 MF Luxembourg LUX Andre Manuel Silva Moreira
92 MF Burkina Faso BFA Saidi Ndayishimiye
97 DF Luxembourg LUX Giuseppe Ferretti
98 GK Luxembourg LUX Tom Boussong

References

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  2. ^ Butel, Simon. "[Football] Montées et descentes : le bilan" (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ^ a b "marisca_mersch.html". www.fussball-lux.lu. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ^ "Saison1963-1964.html". www.fussball-lux.lu. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ^ Trotta, Laurent (14 June 2011). "La belle annee de Junglinster" (PDF). Le Quotidien. p. 35.
  6. ^ "PROMOTION D'HONNEUR". Soccerway.
  7. ^ "Finale gegen Differdingen: das größte Spiel der Merscher Geschichte!". FuPa (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  8. ^ "LE FC DIFFERDANGE 03 S'IMPOSE 4-2 CONTRE LE FC MARISCA MERSCH". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football.
  9. ^ "As it happened: Luxembourg Cup Final: FC Differdange 03 4 - 2 Marisca Mersch". today.rtl.lu. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  10. ^ Kampfsportarten, Christelle DiederichNach drei Jahren Romanistik an der Uni Lëtzebuerg und der Sorbonne-Paris IV schloss die ehemalige Judoka ihr Masterstudium in grenzüberschreitender Kommunikation an der Université Paul Verlaine in Metz ab Seit Februar 2011 Teil der Sportredaktion des "Tageblatt" Schwerpunkte: nationaler Fußball und. "Coupe de Luxembourg / Am Tag vor dem Finale: Mersch steht kopf". www.tageblatt.lu (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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