Swift Hesperange

Swift Hesperange
Basic data
Surname	Football Club Swift Hesperange
Seat	Hesperange
founding	1916
Colours	Red White
president	Fernand Laroche
Website	swifthesper.lu
First soccer team
Head coach	Dan Theis
Venue	Stade Alphonse Theis
Places	4,000
league	BGL Ligue
2019/20 (canceled after matchday 15)	1st place ( honorary doctorate , ▲ )
home Away

Swift Hesperange ( Luxembourgish Swift Hesper , officially: Football Club Swift Hesperange ) is a Luxembourg football club.

The club colors are red and white. Swift plays his home games in the Stade Alphonse Theis in Hesperange, which has a capacity of 4,000 .

history

The association was founded in 1916. Until the Second World War Swift played with the exception of the 1928/29 season, when the promotion to the honorary doctorate, third or fourth class. During the German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II, the club was renamed FV Rot-Weiß Hesperingen in 1940 . In 1944 it was renamed FC Swift Hesperange . After a temporary descent into the fifth class in the mid-1960s, the return to the honorary doctorate was not possible until 1976. In 1985 he was promoted to the national division for the first time . With the greatest success in the club's history, winning the Coupe de Luxembourg in 1990 against AS Differdange , Swift qualified for participation in the 1990/91 European Cup Winners' Cup . There Hesper was eliminated in the first round after two 3-0 defeats against Legia Warsaw .

After relegation in 1995, the club was passed through to the third class 1st division, managed to get promoted again immediately and returned to the BGL Ligue in 2001. At the end of the 2011/12 season, Swift barely missed direct relegation and ended the season in twelfth place. In the barrage game against third place in the honorary doctorate FC Wiltz 71, Swift surprisingly lost 2: 6 and was relegated again. The immediate ascent and the immediate descent followed.

At the end of 2018 it was rumored that the sports patron and real estate broker Flavio Becca would end his involvement with series champion F91 Dudelange and become involved with Swift in the future. These indications condensed in April 2019.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Luxembourg Football Association interrupted the current season on March 12, 2020. At the time of the interruption, Swift led the table of the honorary doctorate after the 15th game day.

On April 22, 2020, the association announced the final end of the season and declared Swift Hesperingen to be promoted to the BGL Ligue .

Former players

Dan Collette (2004-2006) Claudio da Luz (2011-2013) Franck Deville (1987-1992) Laurent Deville (1985-1994, 2002-2004) Maurice Deville (-2007) Jean-Paul Girres (1991-1992) Kim Kintziger (2004-2007)

Thierry Pauk (2002-2004) René Peters (2001-2008) Gerson Rodrigues (2012-2014) Cedric Sacras (2007-2011) Jeff Saibene (1999-2002) Niki Wagner (2008-2009)

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1990/91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1 round	Legia Warsaw	0: 6	0: 3 (A)	0: 3 (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 0 games, 0: 6 goals (goal difference −6)

Logo history

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  Old logo

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  Current logo

Web links

• Homepage of the association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flavio Becca is serious: in two years he wants to withdraw from the F91. In: tageblatt.lu. November 27, 2018, accessed April 19, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Life after the surplus: What does the future of the F91 Dudelange look like? In: tageblatt.lu. April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ tageblatt.lu: Lower divisions canceled: No relegated teams, Wiltz and Hesperingen are promoted to the BGL Ligue. April 22, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 .