Union Mertert-Wasserbillig
| Union Mertert-Wasserbillig | ||
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| Basic data | ||
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| Surname | Union Mertert-Wasserbillig | |
| Seat | Mertert | |
| founding | 1994 | |
| Colours | Yellow black | |
| president | Sam Befort | |
| Website | umw.lu | |
| First soccer team | ||
| Head coach |
 Carlo Trierweiler
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| Venue | Stade de la Sûre | |
| Places | 1,800 | |
| league | Honorary doctorate | |
| 2018/19 | 7th place | |
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Union Mertert-Wasserbillig , also in Luxembourgish Union Mäertert-Waasserbëlleg , is a Luxembourg football club . The fusion club was founded in 1994 from the merger of the clubs Union Sportive Mertert and FC Jeunesse Wasserbillig . The club colors are yellow-black.
The "UMW" plays its home games in the "Stade de la Sûre" in Wasserbillig . The stadium has a standing capacity of 1,800 people. In Mertert, on the field with a capacity of 1,000, mainly youth games take place.
The association organizes the 4-day “Spatzfest” every year starting on Ascension Day.
National successes
Since the 2004/2005 season the club has played again in the second highest division in Luxembourg, the honorary doctorate . Reaching 5th place in the 2006/2007 season was the fusion club's greatest success up to that point. The 2nd team became national reserves champions in the 2004/2005 season.
The 2008/09 season ended the club as 12th in the honorary doctorate and thus had to compete in a barrack game against the runner-up in the 1st division of the 1st district (3rd division) Jeunesse Schieren . Since Mertert-Wasserbillig lost this game with 1: 3, the "UMW" rose to the third division. The 2009/2010 season closed the club after a radical makeover of the players in the 4th place in the 1st division, 2nd district.
In 2012, Mertert-Wasserbillig was relegated to the fourth-class 2nd division as the penultimate, only to find himself in the 1st division a year later thanks to renewed promotion. The previous relegation game was won 3-1 against FC 47 Bastendorf in Consdorf . After a 6: 5 penalty shoot-out in the barrage game against FC 72 Erpeldingen , UMW rose again to the honorary doctorate at the end of the 2015/16 season after a seven-year absence.
In the 2018/19 season, the merger club reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de Luxembourg . Here you failed with 0: 3 against the first division team Etzella Ettelbrück .
Known players
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Sacha Schneider (27 senior internationals / 1 goal for Luxembourg, from 2005 to 2010)
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Zarko Lukic (2 senior internationals for Luxembourg, from 2004 to 2006)