FC Swift Hesperange

Swift Hesperange

Full name	Football Club Swift Hesperange
Founded	1916 (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:

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
FC Swift Hesperange	10	2	3	5	9	18	−9

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